The 25 Best Courtroom/Legal/Lawyer Movies of All Time. 1 1. To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Approved | 129 min | Crime, Drama. 2 2. 12 Angry Men (1957) 3 3. Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) 4 4. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) 5 5. Witness for the Prosecution (1957) More items
The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict. Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) Error: please try again. A lawyer defending a wealthy man begins to believe his client is guilty of more than just one crime. Director: Brad Furman | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy
Elle Woods – Legally Blonde (2001) 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.
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
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
...And Justice for All - An attorney is forced to defend a guilty judge, while still helping other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.#N#Length: 119 minutes#N#Director: Norman Jewison#N#Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe#N#Watch Movie: ...And Justice for All
Length: 107 minutes. Director: Michael Anderson. Stars: Michael York, Richard Attenborough, Trevor Howard.
High powered lawyer Claire Kubik finds her world turned upside down when her husband, who she thought was Tom Kubik, is arrested and is revealed to be Ron Chapman. Chapman is on trial for a murder of Latin American villagers while he was in the Marines.
In early versions of the script, Ashley Judd 's character was to be a Harvard law professor.
By what name was High Crimes (2002) officially released in India in English?
A lawyer's husband is having an affair. When the woman he is having the affair with is found dead. He is the prime suspect. Though he adamantly proclaims his innocence. His wife takes charge of his defense, but can she place his betrayal behind or aside to be able provide him with the best possible defense? — <rcs0411@yahoo.com>
first time as a television movie composer with the improvised solos of the jazz great Stan Getz.
Rudy Baylor : “Every lawyer in every case feels himself crossing a line he doesn’t really mean to cross. It just happens. And if you cross it enough times, it disappears forever. And then you’re nothing but another lawyer joke. Just another shark in the dirty water.”
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.
3. Atticus Finch – To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
First was; “From this day forward, when your mother tells you she loves you – get a second opinion.”
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.
It’s a different role for Richard Gere who we’re used to seeing in slightly more soppy or romantic roles. In this, Gere plays Marty Vail, a money hungry defence lawyer who doesn’t really care about the truth, the self-proclaimed “hot shot” attorney who loves the spotlight, thrives on legal technicalities and wants to win. Vail is memorable in this role, however, for his transformation from self-centred Chicago attorney to a man who truly believes his altar boy client is innocent of murder charges and defends him with vigour.
It’s not surprising Julia Roberts received Hollywood’s curvy golden prize for her sassy, bold, heart warming portrayal of the real Erin Brockovich. Playing the down and out single Mum and paralegal turned legal crusader against energy giant, Pacific Gas & Electric, she reveals the company has been illegally dumping highly toxic hexavalent chromium into the local water source. Albert Finney also does a wonderfully grumpy but loveable turn as her boss, Ed Masry. Part of one of the largest civil law suits in US history, we love Erin because she never gives up, she has a lot of fun with female stereotypes in the conservative legal world, she’s got some lip and she’s on the side of those who can’t afford to access justice and fight for themselves.
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.
The brash Brooklyn lawyer headed to a small town in Alabama to defend his nephew from a trumped up murder charge. The film had the ultimate fish-out-of-water story, and even though it was a comedy, the 1992 movie smartly gave a glimpse into criminal trials and the flaws of eyewitness testimony.
In particular, the film focuses on four judges who allegedly became Nazi accomplices by using their courts to turn a blind eye to Nazi atrocities.
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.
Anatomy of a Murder tells the story of an Army lieutenant who was accused of killing a bartender who allegedly raped his wife. The script was an adaption of a novel that was based on true events and written by a Michigan judge.
His honesty is so extreme that it wrecks havoc on his career, as he previously used his gift of manipulation to get ahead. Once forced to tell the truth and nothing but the truth, Fletcher realizes he can actually succeed as a lawyer being honest and can use truth-telling to get closer to his son.
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.