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In the entertainment industry, shows and movies about cops and lawyers are considered especially great. These are their stories.

Best TV

Shawn Spencer

This list of the best TV detectives includes some of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/tv-detectives-who-solve-everything/erin-cody" target="_blank">greatest crime-solving sleuths</a> in television history. While some <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-movie-detectives/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">movie detectives</a> are a little clueless, TV is full of amazing detectives with lots of different kinds of skills. Supernatural, intuitive, or just plain brilliant... it&#39;s like comparing apples to oranges in some ways. But you have to pick. Which one would you want following the clues that would bring your murderer to justice? Vote for your favorite detectives, psychics, cops, or scientists, and rerank your own version if you want. Feel free to add anyone who&#39;s missing!

Many of the TV detectives listed here are part of some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-serial-cop-dramas-of-all-time/tvs-frank" target="_blank">best serial cop dramas</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-serial-legal-dramas-of-all-time" target="_blank">legal dramas of all time.</a> They are fierce, intelligent, and dogged in their determination to solve some of the most complex fictional crimes on television.

Who would you want investigating your murder? Choose carefully, because obviously you&#39;ll want the TV detective with the best skill set to uncover the clues that will bring your killer to justice. And keep in mind that looks and mannerisms can be deceiving: Adrian Monk is certainly a little goofy and neurotic, but he gets the job done. Columbo can be disarmingly bumbling, but he&#39;s sharp as a tack. Sometimes, being cleverly disarming can make all the difference in solving crimes.

In the world of Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit, several episodes over <a href="/list/best-law-order-svu-seasons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">the many seasons</a>&nbsp;are ripped straight from newspaper headlines. The writers of SVU often adapt current events into scripts for the dark, gritty police procedural show that everyone loves to binge (if you&#39;re looking for something to watch you can also check out our list of other <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-law-and-order/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like Law &amp; Order</a>).&nbsp;&nbsp;

What&#39;s the best Law &amp; Order: SVU episode <a href="/list/best-movies-based-on-true-stories/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">based on a true story</a>? &quot;Funny Valentine&quot; was based on the physical altercation that took place between pop singer Rihanna and rapper Chris Brown in 2009. Another episode, &quot;Devastating Story,&quot; was based on the UVA&nbsp;allegations published in Rolling Stone magazine that were later proven to be false.&nbsp;

Other top based-on-a-true-story episodes of SVU include &quot;Intimidation Game&quot; (based on the Gamergate controversy of 2014) and &quot;Scavenger,&quot; (based on the BTK <a href="/list/best-serial-killer-movies/all-genre-movies-lists?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">serial killer</a> case).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Before the credits fade to black, and Executive Producer Dick Wolf&#39;s name pops up on the screen, vote up the best episodes of Law &amp; Order: SVU that were ripped straight from newspaper headlines. &nbsp;

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Blue Bloods

What are the best lawyer shows? Here, the very best <a href="/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-legal-dramas-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">legal drama</a> shows on television are ranked from best to worst, and await your votes, too! Popular legal <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-television-dramas-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">drama TV shows</a> have been a staple of television for years, so there&#39;s often debate about what the most entertaining legal drama show of all time is. Don&#39;t let your favorite legal drama television programs fall to the bottom of the list - be sure to vote them up so they have the chance to reach the top spot and win in the court of opinion. The list of legal drama television shows below includes information like the program&#39;s cast, creator, and premiere date, and even pictures, when available.

Below you&#39;ll find attorney TV shows and courtroom shows like Conviction, Law &amp; Order, Damages, and many more. <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/legal-tv-shows-and-series/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Lawyer TV shows</a> and good law TV shows are popular among television fans for their high stakes, inside look at the legal system, and strong characters audiences love - even if they occasionally fall into <a href="/list/courtroom-drama-tropes/elle-tharp" target="_blank">familiar cliches</a>. Whether you&#39;ve been to law school yourself or are just interested in the world of the justice system, these law firm TV shows are sure to be ones you&#39;ll enjoy.

What is the best legal drama show of all time? What are the greatest courtroom dramas?&nbsp;What are your favorite law shows? Vote them up on this legal drama shows list to determine the best law shows that have ever aired on television.

Law & Order

The very best crime fiction shows on television, ranked from best to worst. This is a list of the greatest crime fiction shows to ever grace the airwaves. Airwaves are the waves that TV shows ride on. They are in the air and you can&#39;t really see them. Popular crime fiction <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-tv-shows-of-recent-memory?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">TV shows</a> have been a staple of television for years because they are, uh, popular - so there&#39;s often debate about what the most entertaining crime fiction show of all time is. Seriously, these are the things that people debate. Don&#39;t let your favorite crime fiction television programs in history get to the bottom of the list- be sure to vote them up so they have the chance to reach the top spot.&nbsp;

This list includes Law &amp; Order, Ironside and more. These are some of the best <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/crime-dramas?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">Crime Dramas</a> of all time! Cops! Lawyers! THE SYSTEM!

This list answers the questions, &quot;What is the best crime fiction show of all time?&quot; and &quot;What are the greatest crime fiction shows?&quot;

These are the best crime shows! The best <a href="http://www.ranker.com/tags/crime-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_tag">crime TV</a> shows! Get it?! What do you think are the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-crime-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">best crime shows on TV</a>? Why don&#39;t you vote about it?

Crime Entertainment

Let’s play a fun game called spot Law &amp; Order SVU characters in other roles. Before they landed on the popular show, cast regulars already had quite a body of work between them. In some cases, Law &amp; Order: SVU actors have popped up in some fun, random, and strange places. From daytime soaps to many an ABC&nbsp;Afterschool Special, The SVU cast has made the rounds in Hollywood. &nbsp; We may know Ice-T as Fin Tutuola, but New Jack City and Tank Girl fans also know him from his work in Johnny Mnemonic, a strange 1990s imagining of the future starring <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-7-greatest-_true_-keanu-reeves-stories-ever-told/joanne?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Keanu Reeves</a>. The next time you watch Leaving Las Vegas, look out for Mariska Hargitay as a hooker. Yep, there she is, performing with a really depressed <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/nicolas-cage-movies-and-films-and-filmography/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Nic Cage</a>. Christopher Meloni may be known for his serious acting chops, but the actor is not afraid to slip into some gross prosthetics and play a character called Freakshow in <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-harold-and-kumar-go-to-white-castle-quotes-v1/movie-and-tv-quotes?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Harold and Kumar</a> Go to White Castle. &nbsp; Where have you seen Law &amp; Order actors in other roles? Let’s take a look at the many times you seen these actors somewhere else and investigate the standouts.

Everybody loves those dazzling displays of&nbsp;forensics on <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-law-and-order-svu-episodes-based-on-true-stories/whitneyvanlaningham" target="_blank">Law and Order when Ice-T</a> spots a hair at a crime scene and takes it back to the lab to process through the database containing the DNA&nbsp;of every single human on the planet.&nbsp;However,&nbsp;that's not&nbsp;how forensic science actually works. In fact, that kind of scenework assumes said &quot;science&quot; works at all, while in reality&nbsp;forensic methods are far from foolproof. Jurors (and even judges) have been falling victim to the &quot;CSI effect&quot; since procedural crime dramas rose to prominence in the early 2000s.Forensics in real life compared to&nbsp;forensics on&nbsp;CSI&nbsp;suffer from&nbsp;a major discrepancy: while jurors generally accept such evidence as absolute fact in both cases, only in one is it absolute. It may seem cool when Mark Harmon <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/criminal-cases-blood-spatter-analysis/april-a-taylor" target="_blank">determines the&nbsp;killer from a blood spatter</a>, but such evidence is as subjective as a Rorschach test, only&nbsp;with much graver consequences.&nbsp;That's why it's important to examine&nbsp;the dangers of forensic science brought about by the weird and fantastic cases on CSI&nbsp;(though&nbsp;sometimes real life can be stranger than fiction, as seen in <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-forensic-cases/lea-rose-emery" target="_blank">these creepy forensic cases</a>).

True Crime

Homicide Hunter

These are very best true crime shows on television, ranked from best to worst. This list of the greatest true crime shows also includes pictures from the shows, when available. Popular true crime TV shows have been a staple of television for years, so there&#39;s often debate about what the most entertaining true crime shows of all time are. Don&#39;t let your favorite true crime television programs in history fall to the bottom of the list - be sure to vote them up so they have the chance to reach the top. The list of true crime television television series below includes information like the program&#39;s cast and premiere date, when available.

What are some good true crime TV shows? Examples include Disappeared and <a href="/list/best-snapped-episodes/reference" target="_blank">Snapped</a>, among other <a href="/list/dark-dramas-based-on-true-stories/ranker-tv" target="_blank">real crime shows</a> that pair docudrama with thorough investigation, or use their format as <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-true-crime-documentary-series/ranker-tv" target="_blank">true crime miniseries</a> to dive deep into a story.&nbsp;What is the best true crime show of all time? If you&#39;ve caught any true crime shows, you know which ones you like and probably have a quick answer when someone asks you, &quot;What are the greatest true crime shows?&quot; You&#39;re well aware that these are the best real life crime shows ever.

True crime series are incredibly engaging and arguably some of the best shows on TV. Vote up the true crime TV shows you think are the best and rerank to see how your favorites stack up against the rest.

Drama

Picket Fences

The best serial legal dramas of all time include some truly outstanding law-related TV shows. Many of the law dramas listed here have been, or were, on the air for many years, thrilling viewers with complicated and compelling legal cases and outcomes. This list includes a lot of fantastic legal dramas, but it is far from complete, so feel free to add your personal favorites. Also, be sure to vote for those legal dramas you believe are worthy of the "best all time" description, and vote down any law TV shows you just can't stand.What makes for a great serial legal drama? The show needs to have interesting, popular characters, a solid script and excellent, fresh storylines. There's no doubt that TV viewers love their television lawyers -- Perry Mason (Raymond Burr), Patty Hewes (Glenn Close on 'Damages'), Bobby Donnell (Dylan McDermott on 'The Practice') and Ally McBeal (Calista Flockhart) are just a few notable examples. Legal TV dramas tend to be very popular and long-running series. They may also cross over to include a certain amount of procedural crime drama as well. The best example of this is definitely the tremendously popular and successful 'Law & Order' franchise (think 'Law & Order: SVU' and 'Law & Order: Trial By Jury'). These shows combine both sides of the coin -- the cops who catch the criminals, and the lawyers who either defend, or prosecute them (insert dramatic "dum dum!" sound here). Time to vote, or even to rerank this list your way. Enjoy!

Best Movies

My Cousin Vinny

This list of courtroom drama films includes only the best movies about the legal system. If it features a trial, judge, and jury, then it should be on this list. &nbsp;This courtroom drama movie list can be sorted by cast, year, director and more. Including films such as Degree of Guilt and The Gift, this list includes some of the best courtroom movie dramas made. A classic court movie like 12 Angry Men is a quintessential example of the genre, but is it one of the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-courtroom-thriller-movies/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best courtroom movies</a> ever? Gregory Peck may have delivered an iconic performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird, but how does that <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-defense-attorney-characters-in-movies/jonathan-kantor" target="_blank">legal defense drama</a> stack up against the rest?&nbsp;

Which is your favorite courtroom drama movie? Whether you like the classic old school courtroom movies or the more modern ones starring familiar faces like Al Pacino, this list is sure to have what you love. And if it&#39;s not on the list, add it yourself at the bottom! &nbsp;

The films on this list cover the most famous courtroom drama movies of all time and are voted on by people who really care about courtroom drama movie lists. Vote up the ones you think are best and vote down any dramas that are guilty of not being very good.&nbsp;

Nola Falacci

In Law &amp; Order&rsquo;s 25 year run on network television, it has introduced viewers to a slew of detectives - some good, some great, and some who are kind of terrible at their job. But despite their failings, and because of their triumphs, everyone has a favorite Law &amp; Order detective. Most of the time, viewers tend to ignore a detective&rsquo;s ability to do their job in lieu of a juicy storyline or the officer&rsquo;s charisma. But today, it&rsquo;s finally time to rank the detectives on Law &amp; Order in order of how they do their job. It&rsquo;s going to be hard to be impartial, but anytime you find yourself feeling conflicted, just remember: it&rsquo;s what ADA Casey Novak would do.&nbsp;

The <a href="/list/best-law-order-actors/ranker-tv" target="_blank">Law &amp; Order cast</a> is ever-expanding, and constantly adding members to its crew of detectives. Trying to remember who has been on Law &amp; Order can be tough if you don&rsquo;t have some handy graphics in front you of. So now that you&rsquo;ve got a list of Law &amp; Order detectives staring you down, it&#39; time to decide who&#39;s the best at getting the job done. Will it be Detective Odafin Tutuola, who basically ignored his family for the first few years on the job in order to go undercover as a narcotics officer, or do you think Detective Zack Nichols did a better job while making time to play the piano in his downtime?&nbsp;

Vote up the very best Law &amp; Order detectives below, and be sure to let us know what your reasoning is in the comment section. Be sure to also check out our list of other <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-law-and-order/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like Law &amp; Order.</a>

Columbo

The very best police procedural shows on television, ranked from best to worst. What is it about a group of detectives that can carry a series for years and years? Some of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/longest-running-us-drama-shows/tvs-frank">longest-running drama shows</a> have been police procedurals, including the original Law &amp; Order, which ran for 22 seasons and spawned <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-law-and-order-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">multiple spin-offs</a>, and Dragnet, which aired 450 episodes. This list of the greatest police procedural shows focuses on series that follow the police - civilian or military - as they solve crimes.

Popular police procedural <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-tv-shows-of-recent-memory?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">TV shows</a> have been a staple of television for years, so there&#39;s often debate about which is the most entertaining in a genre that spans so many styles. While some cop whodunit shows like Bones have a bit of whimsical comedy in each episode, procedural dramas like SVU are darker with gritty grimes. What is your favorite police procedural show? Do you prefer the higher stakes found in military police procedural shows like NCIS? Don&#39;t let your favorite cop dramas and detective series get to the bottom of the list. Be sure to vote them up so they have the chance to reach the top spot. The list of police procedural television shows below includes information like the program&#39;s cast and premiere date when available. With shows ranging from Criminal Minds to Dexter, this is a great starting point for a list of your favorites.

What do you think are the best police procedurals? What are your favorite current cop shows?

Rookie Blue

The best serial cop dramas of all time include long-running police television shows that managed to combine elements of mystery and suspense, captivating viewers along the way. TV fans might also enjoy <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/true-crime-tv-shows-and-series/reference">best true crime TV shows</a> and <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-british-detective-series/ranker-tv">best British detective series</a>. Top TV cop dramas have long been a major part of American television (with many ranking among the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-best-tv-shows-of-recent-memory">best TV shows of recent momory</a>), and they&#39;ve remained popular for decades. This list includes some of the greatest police TV dramas ever, so be sure to vote for your favorites, and vote down any programs you really didn&#39;t like.

A truly great television cop drama combines interesting, unique story lines with fast-paced action and a solid script. Having an extraordinarily strong ensemble cast doesn&#39;t hurt, either. What&#39;s the best cop show ever on TV? Many fans will argue that it&#39;s the brilliant, David Simon-created <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/hbo-tv-shows-and-programs/voteable?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">HBO drama</a> The Wire. Others might maintain that the FX drama The Shield, which starred Michael Chiklis, is the greatest of all time. Another great example is the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-cbs-dramas/ranker-tv" target="_blank">CBS drama</a> Criminal Minds,&nbsp;the story of FBI agents who profile criminals.&nbsp;And, love them or hate them, it&#39;s hard to deny that the Law &amp; Order franchise programs are almost always solid choices, too.

Older, classic serial cop dramas are also included on this list of the best cop shows, because they paved the way for more modern police procedurals. Among them: The ABC crime drama The Untouchables (1959 to 1963) and the long-running classic Dragnet. And of course, no list of the best serial cop dramas ever would be complete without Columbo, which starred the late, great Peter Falk as homicide detective Lt. Frank Columbo.

Hopefully everyone will find at least one or two favorite cop series among these fantastic serial cop dramas and vote the best to the top!

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NCIS

Television fans love TV <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-crime-tv-show-on-netflix-watch-instantly/lanayoshii?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">crime shows</a> for so many reasons. Crime and criminal shows come in so many shapes and sizes that it can be hard to nail down which one is really the best. Sometimes they&#39;re funny, sometimes they&#39;re romantic, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/creepiest-crime-tv-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">sometimes they&#39;re creepy</a> and sometimes they&#39;re pure dramas. Crime shows often include the best <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-tv-detectives/ranker-tv" target="_blank">TV policemen and detectives</a>, memorable characters with strong problem solving skills. Best of all though, they give us a look at crime from all different angles.

On Blacklist, you see the perspective of a master criminal, while Criminal Minds and Mindhunter take fans inside the minds of the worst of the worst.

Some of the best crime series have already come and gone. Shows like The Mentalist and White Collar have ended and great older crime TV shows like The Sopranos and Murder, She Wrote&nbsp;have long since passed into crime show history, while others have stuck around and become <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-2010s-crime-drama-tv-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">the best crime dramas of the past decade</a>. Along the way, viewers have also been subjected to some truly awful crime shows. Luckily, right now, there are plenty of great crime shows to choose from. Whether you like your investigations with a touch of humor or with heaps of suspense, there&#39;s something for everyone nowadays when it comes to crime <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/legal-drama-tv-shows-and-series/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">dramas on TV</a>.

Check out this list of the top crime <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-shows-currently-on-the-air?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">shows currently on TV</a> and upvote the series you think are the greatest.

Grimm

Sometimes the best TV crime series are is based on a duo of great crime fighting duos rather than an ensemble cast or one hero/heroine solving the crimes by themselves/themself. It's always more <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-movies-to-watch-while-drinking/anncasano?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">fun to watch</a> a &quot;dynamic duo&quot; than just one super sleuth. The relationship between the inseparable pair is the most important part of these shows that featuring tag team crime fighters - their relationship informs how the rest of the show will function and how the crimes will (or won't) be solved.The sidekick and the hero are equally important and every hero needs a great sidekick. These are the best crime fighting duos in TV history! Vote for your favorites now!&nbsp;&nbsp;

Trail of a Killer

Forensic Files examines the many ways forensic science is used to solve crimes and mysterious occurrences. The best episodes of Forensic Files often feature DNA evidence as a tool in catching a killer. Some good episodes of Forensic Files also find investigators matching fabric samples or strands of hair with elements of a crime.

What are the best episodes of Forensic Files? &ldquo;Last Will,&rdquo; from season seven is a fan favorite. It finds investigators uncovering an imprint of a phone number on a notepad to track a kidnapper and murderer. &ldquo;Something&#39;s Fishy&rdquo; is another engaging episode of Forensic Files.

&ldquo;Speck of Evidence&rdquo; is another good episode from Forensic Files as is &ldquo;Signed, Sealed, Delivered,&rdquo; which finds investigators using forensic science to link a pair of deadly crimes.

Do you have a favorite Forensic Files episode? Give the best episodes a vote up and vote down any episodes you may not have liked.

In to crime shows? Well, here are the best current crime <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-television-dramas-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">drama TV shows</a>, ranked by user votes. From some good current crime drama series that are about cops and criminals, to others that are about the lawyers who put the bad guys away for good! While those are the more &quot;by the book&quot; tropes of crime shows, some of the top <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/crime-fiction-tv-shows-and-series/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">current crime shows</a> on this list feature some truly groundbreaking characters, and bar-raising storylines.

What shows will you find on this best current crime drama TV shows list? True Detective revolutionized the TV crime drama by casting new actors to play new roles in each subsequent season and is considered one of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-2010s-crime-drama-tv-shows/ranker-tv" target="_blank">the best crime dramas of the past decade</a>. Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey were great in season one and Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell, and Taylor Kitsch continued their intensity in the second season. Prodigal Son is another good crime drama series currently airing. Other <a href="http://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-shows-currently-on-the-air?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">good shows</a> featured on this top current crime drama TV shows list include NCIS&nbsp;and Better Call Saul.

Do you have a favorite crime show currently on television? Give the best series a thumbs up and get in on the conversation in the comments section.

The Following

The FBI has been the focus of many great procedural dramas. Which makes sense because The FBI are like super cops. The only thing more fun than playing cops and robbers is player super cops and super robbers which is basically what the FBI TV series on this list are. They're just great big games of super cops and super robbers. These are the best FBI TV shows that have ever been produced for the benefit of all mankind.Looking for some new FBI <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-tv-shows-to-binge-watch/ranker-tv?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">shows to watch</a>? Of course you are. Who isn't?! Take a look at this list and let it guide you to your next binge watching adventure full of guns and forensics and conspiracy theories and politics and FBI Agents that play by their own rules but get results!

Amanda Seyfried

If you&rsquo;re an actor in New York, chances are that you have been or will be on Law &amp; Order SVU. Like the slow heat death of our universe, it&rsquo;s inevitable. Early on in SVU&rsquo;s storied history, they began bringing on heavy hitting and big named actors like Alec Baldwin and Sharon Stone to bolster ratings, while letting A-Listers in on the &ldquo;fun.&rdquo; We don&rsquo;t know why we love the <a href="/list/best-law-order-svu-seasons/ranker-tv" target="_blank">long-running television series</a> about sexual assault that brings out the cringe in everyone, but it&rsquo;s obvious that even big name actors want in on the action with a cameo or guest-starring role. If you&rsquo;re the one person who hasn&rsquo;t been sucked into a Sunday afternoon SVU marathon and need further proof of the show&rsquo;s casting ability, check out our list of the best Law &amp; Order SVU guest stars.

If you&rsquo;ve ever spent an entire day binge watching Law &amp; Order SVU (and be real, who hasn&rsquo;t?) then you&rsquo;ve probably noticed their uncanny ability to pull in celebrity cameos. The guest stars on Law &amp; Order can range from rappers-turned-actors like Ludacris, to indie darling Chlo&euml; Sevigny and A-List star of The Hangover&nbsp;Bradley Cooper. Everyone wants to make an appearance on America&rsquo;s #1 TV show about victims of sexual assault! After some careful consideration, we&rsquo;ve put together this list of the best guest stars to ever appear on Law &amp; Order SVU. If you&#39;re a fan who&#39;s seen every episode, you can try watching more <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-law-and-order-svu/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like&nbsp;Law &amp; Order: SVU</a>.

Vote up the Law &amp; Order SVU guest stars that are your favorites, and if you leave us a comment, be aware that we&rsquo;ll be reading it aloud in the voice of Richard Belzer.

...And Justice for All

A courtroom drama and other movies with lawyers in them&nbsp;can be quite riveting. Movies about lawyers and attorneys are some of the most suspenseful, thought-provoking films in the industry! There&rsquo;s nothing quite like the thrill of a mystery, an act of crime, and the months that go into a trial. We love movies that feature an in your face kind of famous lawyer who will bring up questions we never even thought to ask!

The lawyer movies on this list feature some of the greatest attorneys in all of film. Who can forget Jack Nicholson&#39;s &nbsp;&quot;you can&#39;t handle the truth!&quot; or the tenacity of Erin Brockovich? You might also like funny lawyer movies like&nbsp;My Cousin Vinny.

This list has the best movies about lawyers, including classic lawyer movies: A Few Good Men, The Devil&rsquo;s Advocate, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, The Verdict, A Time to Kill, Presumed Innocent, The Firm&nbsp;and Kramer vs. Kramer.

Vote up your favorite lawyer movies you love.

Tropes

No one denies the immense appeal of&nbsp;Law &amp; Order: Special Victims Unit, which has reliably churned out new episodes since its 1999 debut. But like any massively successful franchise, the show falls into all sorts of predictable&nbsp;SVU cliches. As is the case with other <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/crime-tv-shows-and-series/reference" target="_blank">popular crime shows</a>, you can expect to find predictable SVU&nbsp;plots almost every other episode.&nbsp;And if it isn't doling out outrageous storylines,&nbsp;SVU&nbsp;gives you flat-out lies about how law enforcement actually runs.&nbsp;For most fans, the show's banality is something they've grown to love. While many episodes feature engaging plot twists and juicy mysteries, the cliches&nbsp;are unavoidable.Law &amp; Order: SVU&nbsp;may not be the only show guilty of&nbsp;procedural cop show tropes, but it certainly is one of the most prolific.

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Below is a complete Judge Joe Brown episode list that spans the show's entire TV run. Photos from the individual Judge Joe Brown episodes are listed along with the Judge Joe Brown episode names when available, as are the dates of the original airing of the episode. Judge Joe Brown episodes from every season can be seen below, along with fun facts about who directed the episodes, the stars of the and sometimes even information like shooting locations and original air dates. This poll features items like “Judge Joe Brown Show” and “Judge Joe Brown Show.” Are you remembering a funny scene but can't think of the name that the Judge Joe Brown episode is from? Scroll below and you'll find what you're looking for.

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Judge Joe Brown Show

Judge Joe Brown keeps it real when a crackhead starts making a mockery of his courtroom.

Case 1:    A jealous ex slashes his girlfriend's clothes and mattress.
Case 2:    An elderly gardener from Portland claims her neighbors destroyed her bed of flowers.

Case 1:    Kids from Nevada vandalize a home and the owners seek restitution from their parents.

Case 1:    A New Jersey woman wants her daughter-in-law to pay back money used for a bail loan.

Case 1:    Ex-husband denies money given by his former wife was a loan.
Case 2:    A private eye teenager trainee damages a vehicle and asserts his boss will pay for costs.

Tuesday, September 11, 2001   Case 1:    A dating couple break-up after the girlfriend discovers he is accident-prone.
Case 2:    Former roommates fight over back rent, utility bills and baby food.

Case 1:    A friend says â€˜no' to returning her friend's tax refund after she deposited the money into her account.

Case 1:    An Illinois woman stops cell phone service when a former friend dates her cousin.
Case 2:    A woman wants her ex-boyfriend's to pay her back after she sees him kissing another woman.

Case 1:    A Texas mom gets a car instead of child support, which is later repossessed.
Case 2:    A woman sues her former daughter-in-law over unpaid bills.

Case 1:    A New York woman says her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend are using her property without her permission.
Case 2:    Friends fight over who should pay expenses on a prize-winning trip to racing school.

Case 1:    A man from New Hampshire claims his ex-wife had him arrested after she denied his advances.
Case 2:    A woman is asked to pay storage fees for items left with a friend.

Below is a complete Judge Joe Brown episode list that spans the show's entire TV run. Photos from the individual Judge Joe Brown episodes are listed along ...