History KangarooCourt / LiveActionFilms

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* In the climax of Music/PinkFloyd's RockOpera ''Music/TheWall'', Pink puts himself on trial in his head, with the witnesses being the various people who hurt him or he hurt throughout his life and the judge being a giant talking buttocks in a powdered wig. Oddly enough, [[spoiler:this proves to be a very ''good'' thing - the judge's sentence is ''"TEAR DOWN THE WALL!"'', opening him to the world again.]] Although [[spoiler:tearing down the wall]] might not be such a great idea after all, since the movie implies it's what finally [[spoiler:drives Pink completely insane]].

* In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'', after Bane takes over Gotham, a kangaroo court is implemented to sentence Gotham's elite and corrupt. All who stand before the judge are automatically determined to be guilty and are given a choice between two punishments, death or exile; [[MortonsFork both choices turn out to be the same thing]]. The kicker? The judge is [[spoiler:Dr. Crane. ]]

* ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'': While nobody disputes the fact that [[CompleteMonster Beria]] has done any number of things that could justify executing him, the "court" that sentences him to death is little more than a lynch mob of men equally guilty of crimes against humanity who barely bothered to write the charges down. The movie version of events is shorter than it was in RealLife, and the focus of the charges is different; In the movie, there is a significant focus on the man's crimes as a serial rapist, while the real convictions were for Treason, Terrorism, and Counter-Revolutionary Activity. In the movie he is hustled from the courtroom immediately after the verdict is pronounced and almost immediately shot; in real life that ''did'' happen to his co-accused, but even though Beria's execution took place later, he was still tried (with no defence counsel and no right of appeal), convicted, and executed within a single day.

* The townsfolk of ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'' summarily think a woman is a witch simply because she looks like one (even though ''they'' dressed her up like it). They ask Sir Bedevere's permission to burn her, but Bedevere insists on physical proof the woman is a witch.

* ''Film/TheDeathOfStalin'': While nobody disputes the fact that Beria has done any number of things that could justify executing him, the "court" that sentences him to death is little more than a lynch mob of men equally guilty of crimes against humanity who barely bothered to write the charges down.

* In ''Film/{{Rimfire}}'', The Abilene Kid is convicted and sentenced to hang in a 'verdict by acclamation' in courtroom filled with members of the outlaw gang who want him out of the way. Lolita describes it as "a first rate railroading".

* ''Film/ABCsOfDeath2'': In "C [[spoiler:is for Capital Punishment]]", the man is sentenced to death by a court of locals who have no authority to do so. The 'jurors' are even identifies in the credits as 'the Kangaroo Court'.

* The Depardieu FilmOfTheBook of ''Series/{{The Count of Monte Cristo|1998}}'' includes a scene where Villefort has an impoverished woman sentenced to death for infanticide while delivering a lecture on her immorality. This is [[HypocriticalHumor particularly hypocritical]] as Villefort believes ''himself'' guilty of infanticide.