10 Best Lawyer Movies of All Time 1 A Few Good Men (1992) 2 The Rainmaker (1997) 3 The Judge (2014) 4 My Cousin Vinny (1992) 5 Fracture (2007) 6 A Time to Kill (1996) 7 Philadelphia (1993) 8 Primal Fear (1996) 9 The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) 10 A Civil Action (1998)
Theodore Joadson, a freed slave played by Morgan Freeman, learns of the plight of these individuals and recruits the help of property lawyer Roger Baldwin (played by Matthew McCaughnehey) to defend and exonerate them. Their pursuit later wins the support of John Quincy Adams, who is played by Anthony Hopkins.
A fast-track lawyer can't lie for 24 hours due to his son's birthday wish after he disappoints his son for the last time. Yes, this is a legal movie. It is....seriously. Okay so there's some laughs along the way. Just deal with it. The trial scene DOES get pretty deep and emotional so take that! 13. Presumed Innocent (1990) Error: please try again.
A movie where the focus is not only on the legal case in it, yet the scenes and acting during those particular scenes are deep and emotional leaving audiences with a chill.
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While it would make the plot of A Fall From Grace that much more interesting to learn it was based on a true story, it's a total work of fiction. That just means it has more potential to be even more dramatic, however, so you can't really be mad at that. A Fall From Grace is currently streaming on Netflix.
A Fall from Grace was released in the United States by Netflix on January 17, 2020.
Vinny is an amalgamation of real people "My Cousin Vinny" screenwriter Dale Launer told the American Bar Association (ABA) Journal that he got the first sparks of the idea for the plot in the '70s, when he learned that you could take the bar exam as many times as you like.
Tyler Perry's A Fall From Grace, a thriller movie starring Cicely Tyson, Tyler Perry, and Bresha Webb is available to stream now. Watch it on Netflix on your Roku device.
When a woman is indicted for murdering her husband, her rookie lawyer believes there may be a conspiracy at play.A Fall from Grace / Film synopsis
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All these reveals leads to a confrontation between Jasmine, Jasmine's police officer husband, Jordan (Matthew Law), Shannon, and Sarah. Jasmine kills Shannon trying to save Jordan, but Sarah escapes.
My Cousin Vinny isn't currently streaming on Netflix or Hulu, but it is available to watch with fuboTV and Philo. The movie is also available to rent from $2.99 via Amazon Prime, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, YouTube and the Microsoft Store.
Yes, it's a comedy, but My Cousin Vinny has a deeper meaning. It points out a lot of issues with America's legal system, including the reliability of eyewitness accounts and expert testimony. For director Lynn, the courtroom film was more than just laughs; it was also a case against the death penalty.
2 fingersVinny Gambini : How many fingers am I holding up? Judge Chamberlain Haller : Let the record know that the counsellor is holding up 2 fingers.
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.
5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) In this film, Tyrone Power plays Leonard Vole, who has been accused of murdering a wealthy woman.
Trivia: Julia Roberts’ salary for her role as Erin Brockovich made her the first actress in Hollywood to earn more than $20 million. 9.
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.
Philadelphia (1993) Directed by Jonathan Demme, Philadelphia tells the story of lawyer Andrew Beckett, who struggles to hide his homosexuality, as well as his HIV status, for fear that they will have a negative impact on his career at a prestigious Philadelphia law firm.
Trivia: Witness for the Prosecution was the last film that Power completed before he died of a heart attack in November of 1958. 6. Legally Blonde (2001) Based on the novel by Amanda Brown, Legally Blonde is a courtroom comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a sorority girl from California.
2. 12 Angry Men (1957) 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.
He knew that he has got no case because the accused was caught nearby the crime scene covered with blood. But he believed that the DA has no case too until they get the motive. So he played his cards. Through the middle of the case, he found that the accused is suffering from multiple personality disorder.
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.
At the end of the trail, Jake did feel that he is going to lose. But his compassion reflected in his summation, when he narrated the painful details of the rape of Tonya. He made the Jury realized the magnitude of the crime did to the young kid by making them imagine Tonya as white kid.
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.
10. A Civil Action (1998) Jerry Facher is one of the most experienced Attorneys in the business. He also teaches in the Law schools. He knows how to conduct a trial. He is calm and composed and that helps him asses the progress of the suit correctly. He knows what to ask and what not to ask in a trial.
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.
William Beachum, fondly called as Willy, is a young talented Deputy District Attorney. He has an impressive conviction rate of 97%. The exuberant attorney is so deft that is evident in how he got the job offer in a fancy big Civil law firm. He is a winner.
Language. English. Budget. $120,000. The Guilty is a 1947 film noir based directed by John Reinhardt, based on a story by Cornell Woolrich. The film is based on Woolrich's short story "Two Men in a Furnished Room". The film was produced by oil millionaire Jack Wrather, the husband of lead actress Bonita Granville .
The Guilty. (1947 film) The Guilty is a 1947 film noir based directed by John Reinhardt, based on a story by Cornell Woolrich. The film is based on Woolrich's short story "Two Men in a Furnished Room". The film was produced by oil millionaire Jack Wrather, the husband of lead actress Bonita Granville .
When Tremholt sees Johnny, he insists on calling the police to arrest him, but Johnny escapes once more. Detective Heller arrives and suggests Tremholt of having a long-standing, unrequited love for Estelle and of killing the innocent Linda, whom he mistook for Estelle, the object of his desire.
He stops Estelle from coming in between the two lovers, but when Mike returns home a couple of hours later, Estelle telephones Mike at her mother's request to say that Linda never came home and has been reported missing. Mike sees Johnny, and he turns out to be drunk and distraught.
When the police arrive to the scene they find a buckle from Linda's trenchcoat on Johnny's apartment floor, and after finding Linda's body in the apartment building, they take Johnny in for questioning. Mike passes by McGinniss's and finds another buckle outside the bathroom window.
When he enters the flat, however, Heller is waiting to arrest him. He reveals that Jake, the apartment janitor, recently found Linda's neck scarf in the incinerator chute with Mike's fingerprints all over it.
The film tells the story of two roommates, Mike Carr and Johnny Dixon. Johnny, who suffered a head injury during the war, meets a girl named Estelle Mitchell, and begins to date her. When he finds out she's dating other men around town he dumps her and starts dating her sweet twin sister, Linda.
The defense then calls Joseph Gordon, who rises from a seat in the audience. The man sitting at defense table, the man identified by the maid, was a law student who has nothing to do with the case but who bears some resemblance to the defendant.
Next →. " A Child Is Waiting ". The Defender was an American television play broadcast live in two parts on February 25, 1957, and March 4, 1957, as part of the CBS television series, Studio One. A courtroom drama, it was written by Reginald Rose and directed by Robert Mulligan. The cast included Ralph Bellamy and William Shatner as ...
Writer Reginald Rose opted for a two-parter, because he felt the telling of the story required nearly two hours of air time.
Critic Bill Ladd was more positive. He praised the "superb" camera direction and Rose's "compelling" story compared the courtroom drama to Twelve Angry Men and Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. He also praised Bellamy's performance: "Bellamy is at his best, than which there is no better".
Plot. Walter Preston ( Ralph Bellamy) and his son Kenneth ( William Shatner ), fresh out of law school, defend Joseph Gordon ( Steve McQueen) who is charged with felony murder. Gordon is accused of robbing the apartment of a psychiatrist, Victor Wallach, and strangling his wife.
Reginald Rose, who also wrote Twelve Angry Men (1954), wrote the story especially for Studio One. It was reported to be the first live television drama divided for broadcast on separate nights and one of the first cliffhanger television broadcasts.
Gordon is consistent throughout in insisting that he is innocent. Gordon was the delivery boy for a butcher shop. He was assigned to deliver meat to the Wallach apartment on the morning of the crime. He did not return to the butcher shop after the delivery. The police found him at his home and arrested him there.