Aug 07, 2018 · Legal Action: Directed by Brent Christy. With Eric Close, Nick Searcy, Tommy Flanagan, Tanya Clarke. A woman asks her big shot lawyer ex-husband to defend her career criminal brother, accused of killing a DA. He'll need more …
After a young woman suffers a brutal gang rape in a bar one night, a prosecutor assists in bringing the perpetrators to justice, including the ones who encouraged and cheered on the attack. Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Kelly McGillis, Jodie Foster, Bernie Coulson, Leo Rossi. Votes: 35,033 | Gross: $32.07M. 25.
Dec 31, 2019 · The Rainmaker (1997) The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, follows a new attorney by the name of Rudy Baylor, who, struggling to find work, is forced to take a job under another lawyer of questionable morals, played by Mickey Rourke.
Puncture - A major underdog story of a drug-addled attorney who fights a large health supply company while fighting his own personal battle with addiction. Length: 100 minutes Directors: Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen Stars: Chris Evans, Mark Kassen, Vinessa Shaw, Marshall Bell Watch Movie: Puncture Top Lawyer Movie From 2010
Legal thriller Dark Waters tells the story of tenacious attorney Mark Ruffalo, who takes a stand against a chemical company that has been poisoning a local town. From director Todd Haynes (Carol, Wonderstruck), the film is based on real events that affected thousands of people in West Virginia.Mar 5, 2020
No, Deep Water is not based on a true story, but instead, an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name. Highsmith has also penned the novels Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr. Ripley, both of which have been turned into silver screen live-actions.Mar 22, 2022
An attorney whose firm defends chemical companies jeopardizes his career to expose a toxic waste-dumping scheme in this drama based on a true story. Watch all you want.
Is Nobody (2021) on Netflix? No, sorry. As stated above, the only way to watch Nobody on streaming is to rent the film on premium video-on-demand so you won't see it on Netflix anytime soon.Aug 29, 2021
Thus, as co-lead counsel for plaintiffs in the Ohio MDL, Taft partner Rob Bilott has been successfully able to recover over $753 million in individual damages compensation for those injured by that drinking water contamination, in addition to earlier class-wide benefits, such as medical monitoring, valued at over ...Jan 26, 2021
His litigation efforts yielded more than $671 million dollars in damages for approximately 3,500 people. DuPont also settled with the EPA, agreeing to pay a mere $16.5 million fine for failure to disclose their findings about C8, a toxin that is now estimated to be present in 98 percent of the world's population.Jul 12, 2021
When Todd Haynes' environmental legal thriller Dark Waters hit theaters a few weeks ago, the Mark Ruffalo starrer earned comparisons to Erin Brockovich due to its focus on a crusading real-life whistle-blower fighting to protect people from dangerous chemicals in drinking water.Dec 18, 2019
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According to director Ilya Naishuller, a sequel is being written. In an interview from June 2021, Naishuller explained that Derek Kolstad, the writer behind the "John Wick" movies, has begun penning a script: "There's plenty of stories that can be told in this world, with the character Hutch.Mar 10, 2022
Nobody, a comedy movie starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, and Alexey Serebryakov is available to stream now. Watch it on HBO Max, Spectrum TV, ROW8, Prime Video, Vudu Movie & TV Store, VUDU, Redbox. or Apple TV on your Roku device.
Currently you are able to watch "Nobody" streaming on Sky Go, Now TV Cinema, Virgin TV Go or buy it as download on Apple iTunes, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Rakuten TV, Chili, Microsoft Store, Sky Store, YouTube.
Deemed one of the greatest courtroom dramas of all time and based on the novel with the same title, Anatomy of a Murder follows Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler (played by James Stewart), who has his work cut out for him after agreeing to defend Lt. Manion (played by Ben Gazzarra), who murdered a local bar owner after learning he’s been accused of rape.
The Rainmaker (1997) The Rainmaker, directed by Francis Ford Coppola, follows a new attorney by the name of Rudy Baylor, who, struggling to find work, is forced to take a job under another lawyer of questionable morals, played by Mickey Rourke.
Set in 1839, Amistad tells the story of a slave ship sailing from Cuba to the United States. In the film, directed by Steven Spielberg, Cinque (played by Djimon Hounsou) leads the slaves in an uprising, which results in them being held as prisoners in Connecticut.
Trivia: Julia Roberts’ salary for her role as Erin Brockovich made her the first actress in Hollywood to earn more than $20 million. 9.
1. My Cousin Vinny (1992) Directed by Jonathan Lynn and written by Dale Launer, My Cousin Vinny follows two young New Yorkers, Bill Gambini and Stan Rothenstein, who are arrested and put on trial for murder while traveling in rural Alabama. The fate of these men rests in the hands of Vincent Gambini ...
This classic courtroom drama was directed by Sidney Lumet and details the deliberations of 12 men, all of whom are part of the jury deciding the fate of a poor young man who’s been accused of murder. If found guilty, he will face the death penalty.
In this film, written and directed by Steven Zaillian and based on a true story, John Travolta stars as personal injury attorney Jan Schlichtmann. Schlichtmann finds himself involved in a case that, while seemingly straightforward at first, ends up being incredibly difficult and appears to have the potential to be his undoing.
The Paper Chase - A 1L law student at Harvard has trouble balancing his schoolwork and his relationship with the daughter of his toughest professor.#N#Length: 113 minutes#N#Direct or: James Bridges#N#Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman#N#Watch Movie: The Paper Chase
The Witching Hour - A gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, accidentally hypnotizes a young man, who then kills an enemy of the gambler. No one believes that the young man didn't have any murderous intent, so the gambler teams up with a retired lawyer in hopes of saving the young man from death row.
Murder in the First - A young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner who has been accused of killing another inmate, despite his client having just spent over three years in solitary confinement.#N#Length: 122 minutes#N# Director: Marc Rocco#N#Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman#N#Watch Movie: Murder in the First
The Client - A small boy who saw the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to help protect him when the DA tries to use him to take down the mob family.#N#Length: 119 minutes# N#Director: Joel Schumacher#N#Stars: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro#N#Watch Movie: The Client
Reversal of Fortune - Rich Sunny von BĂĽlow lies brain-dead, and husband Claus is found guilty of attempted murder; but he maintains his innocence and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.#N#Length: 111 minutes#N#Director : Barbet Schroeder#N#Stars: Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver#N#Watch Movie: Reversal of Fortune
Legal Eagles - A New York DA works and flirts with his legal opponent and her bizarre artist client, who is on trial for a murder that she didn't commit.#N#Length: 116 minutes#N#Direct or: Ivan Reitman.#N#Stars: Robert Redford, Debra Winger, Daryl Hannah#N#Watch Movie: Legal Eagles
Absence of Malice - When a prosecutor leaks an untrue story that a warehouse owner is involved in the murder of a local union head, the man's life begins to come apart.#N#Length: 116 minutes#N#Director : Sydney Pollack#N#Stars : Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban#N#Watch Movie: Absence of Malice
A Civil Action is a thrilling tale about an aggressive and gutsy lawyer taking on a case that will put his entire career and potentially his firm at risk. He’s convinced he can win and the movie tells a great underdog story about a man fighting against the world he lives within and trying to prove himself capable of doing the impossible.
A Time to Kill tells the story of a man being forced to do something virtually unthinkable and the lawyer who decides to defend him. After his daughter is kidnapped, brutally beaten and raped by a group of white supremacists, the father takes it upon himself to seek justice. As the men are walking down a hallway in the courthouse, he mows them down with a machine gun. While there is no question of whether or not he killed them, the question is whether or not he was in his right mindset. Using a plea of not guilty due to momentary insanity, his lawyer must try to get his client off of his charges.
The Client is the story of two poor young boys who come across a man killing himself while they’re going out to smoke a cigarette. He pulls the older boy into his vehicle and tells him about his life, spilling the beans about his life as an attorney for the mafia. The younger boy goes into a fear-induced coma as the older boy is summoned by the ambitious district attorney to get him to testify against the mafia. The boy pleas the fifth and gets a lawyer to defend him, as he is afraid to testify and risk the lives of himself, his brother, and single mother.
…And Justice for All is a tale of moral questions. The film centers around a lawyer who finds himself forced to defend a judge who he knows is guilty. He is a good person though and is torn about what to do.
A Few Good Men. A Few Good Men tells the story of a military lawyer trying to defend a group of marines accused of murder. The Marines contend that they were “following orders” and cannot be held accountable. The movie questions what the military is allowed to do and what rights are restricted to all.
The Lincoln Lawyer in an enthralling film about a lawyer who begins to question whether his wealthy client is guilty of more crimes than what he is defending him for. The film is incredible and told at great pace. It will question the morality of defending anyone, and sheds light on some of the moral sacrifice lawyers are often forced to make.
The movie is about a loudmouthed law school graduate who hasn’t passed the bar attempting to free his cousin and his cousin’s friend who has been wrongfully accused of murder.
Al Pacino plays a manic and angry lawyer who must represent a judge accused of rape. The film was famous for Pacino’s line, “ You’re out of order! You’re out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They’re out of order!” and the screenplay rightfully was nominated for an Oscar.
Steven Spielberg directed this 1997 film about a lawyer, played by Matthew McConaughey, who represents slaves involved in a slavery ship uprising. Although it was nominated for four Oscars, critics said that the film took too many liberties with the facts. Despite the controversy, Amistad examined our country’s history with slavery and how the law was used for and against it.
This thriller explores a case where a small Boston law firm takes on two conglomerates who they claim caused leukemia-related deaths in eight children. The Oscar-nominated film stars John Travolta as a lawyer obsessed with fighting a better-funded enemy.
Even those who haven’t seen the movie know the pivotal scene of A Few Good Men when Jack Nicholson’s character barks at Tom Cruise’s character, “You can’t handle the truth!” The courtroom drama about two Marines accused of killing one of their colleagues was written by A-list scribe, Aaron Sorkin, and it was loosely based off of a military case prosecuted by David Iglesias, who later become the Attorney General of New Mexico.
The 1980 film deals with military themes of which orders to follow and what people are actually the enemy , and the superb writing was awarded with an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
A Man for All Seasons. Legal movies don’t just have to deal with the modern justice system. In A Man for All Seasons, Sir Thomas More, played by Paul Scofield, plays a judge who is caught in the trial between Henry VIII and the Roman Catholic Church.
The film was based on the true story of Claus von Bulow who was tried and convicted of murder in 1982. In real life, von Bulow hired famed attorney Alan Dershowitz, and the film was based on Dershowitz’s account of the trial.
Joe Miller is a Personal Injury lawyer . Public refer him as the TV guy. Andrew Beckett, another excellent lawyer brought him a very sensitive case. Andre Beckett was fired from his Law firm because he contracted AIDS and now he wants to sue them. Initially he was hesitant and denied representing Andrew. When Mr. Miller understood the severity of the disease and seeing Andrew struggling to find a representation, he decided to represent Andrew. During the trial, when the defendants were keen on demeaning Mr. Miller’s client, he concentrated on establishing not just how the Firm members have prejudiced his diseased client but the whole society is showing discrimination them. At every opportunity he threw light on the public hatred, loathe and fear of homosexuals. He realized he has a greater responsibility in enlightening the society about this issue and he ensured that his client got his due.
Mickey Haller is a Criminal Defence Attorney who runs his office from the backseat of his Lincoln Tower car. He lives with a principle that every client is as scary as an innocent man and if he screws up and the client goes to prison, he will never be able to live with that. So he gives a fight for all of his clients.
Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee is a U.S. Navy lawyer. He is graduated from Harvard law school and joined Navy because he thought his father, an Ex Attorney General of United States, would want him to do that. In the initial period of his practice, all he did was successfully undertaking plea-bargaining for low profile cases.
Rudy Baylor is a young and dynamic Attorney. He had a pretty abusive upbringing. But that didn’t demoralise him. Ever since he heard about the civil right lawyers and the amazing uses they found for the law, he wanted to be a lawyer. He met an elderly couple at Memphis state law workshop and got his first case, an insurance case. The Great Benefits Insurance Company denied the claim for the elderly couple’s son leukaemia treatment. Inexperienced Rudy is Up against a devious giant law firm. But know what, Rudy is an astute lawyer. He knows the case upside down. Defence counsel tried to exploit his inexperience with all kind of unscrupulous activities. But he has been street smart in averting their games with an able support from Deck Shifflet, a resourceful man and practically an Insurance Law suit expert, who is yet to clear the bar exam. Rudy is compassionate and ethical. He believes that clients are more than just money making machines. When the Defence Counsel lobbied to settle for meager compensation, he stood for the justice for his client and he loathed them for what they represent. He courageously faced bunch of vicious defence counsels during his deposition in their turf. He confidently confronted the condescending members of GB during the trial. Even after getting the staggering verdict, he was calm and composed and let his moral conscience lead his future. That should tell you a lot about this serene young attorney.
They sit on all sides of the moral compass but we love them because they give us drama, action, humour, suspense and ethics all in one – they remind us of what it is to be human, to fight against the odds, to stick up for what’s right and, sometimes, what it feels like to cross that line.
Andrew Beckett – Philadelphia (1993) Andrew Beckett – Philadelphia Source: TriStar Pictures. Inspired in part by the real life case of Geoffrey Bowers, Hanks gives an Oscar-winning performance as Andrew Beckett, the Ivy-educated lawyer whose employment is terminated when his law firm discovers he has contracted AIDS.
Tom Cruise has taken a bit of a press beating since Scientology took hold. Like or hate him, though, his high octane performance as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee in A Few Good Men is one of his greatest performances of all time.
Kaffee is the young, plea bargaining Navy JAG litigator who reluctantly agrees to defend two low-ranking Marines, charged with murdering a fellow Marine at the naval base, allegedly part of an unofficial punÂishment known as a “code red.”.
Finch is the lawyer we aspire to be, defending his client without fear or favour. Quotes: Atticus Finch: “If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you’ll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view….
Fred Gailey : “Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to. Don’t you see? It’s not just Kris that’s on trial, it’s everything he stands for. It’s kindness and joy and love and all the other intangibles.”
Elle Woods – Legally Blonde Source: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Some might argue she’s flighty or vacuous, but Elle Woods is the kind of sharp, sweet, hip-swinging lawyer that just brings a smile to your face. I am pretty certain a lot of young girls went to law school solely because of this film.
In the movie, Michael is a lawyer and fixer who makes sure all the cases in a law firm run smoothly. He is brought in to fix the situation after one of the other lawyers suffers a mental breakdown while defending an agrochemicals company that he believes is guilty. Michael soon discovers he might have bitten more than he can chew after his car gets blown up.
Here's the film that popularized the phrase, “You can’t handle the truth!”. In A Few Good Men, a rookie military lawyer Kaffee (Tom Cruise) is tasked with defending two marines accused of murder after they refuse representation from another veteran lawyer. The two claim they were only acting under orders.
3 Worst: Arthur Kirkland (...And Justice For All) This character is played by Al Pacino, another actor who works better as a bad guy than a good guy. In the movie, Arthur Kirkland discovers that his client is actually guilty and that he's forcing people to be his alibi.
In the movie, he is a struggling criminal defense attorney who is unable to afford an office so he uses the back seat of his chauffeured Lincoln town car to prepare for his court cases.
Clooney got an Oscar nomination for Best Actor while the movie as a whole received seven nominations. The movie also has a 90% score on Rotten Tomatoes. If you want a good legal drama to watch and you also want to see George Clooney at his best, this is your best bet.
Joe Pesci seems better suited for bad guy roles rather than the good guy. In My Cousin Vinny, he plays a lawyer who defends his cousin against a wrongful murder charge in Alabama. His cousin had just left a store before the store clerk was murdered.
The film tells the real-life story of lawyer and environmental activist Erin Brokovich who had a major legal battle against the energy corporation Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Erin leads a major case against the company for illegally dumping highly toxic chemicals into a local water source.