Great courtroom movie dramas

[Yavin4]

Since I'm doing jury duty this week, thought I'd start a thread about the best courtroom drama movies ever. Here's my top pick:

To Kill A Mockingbird:

[shenmue]

1. QB VII, Twelve Angry Men, Witness for the Prosecution

[hlthe2b]

2. 12 Angry Men, Judgement at Nuremberg....Philadelphia, Inherit the Wind

[CTyankee]

12. Love Judgement at Nuremberg...always try to to catch it when it is on TV...

Tracy, Garland, Dietrich...all the greats, now gone...

[cyberswede]

18. Don't forget William Shatner!

[CTyankee]

23. And thar he was!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. "Anatomy of a Murder" and "I Want to Live"

"Anatomy of a Murder" with Jimmy Stewart, Lee Remick, and music by Duke Ellington. It was also noteworthy for its animated title sequence, which was unusual at the time (1959).

"I Want to Live" (1958) is the story of Barbara Graham, the last woman executed in California. The role won Susan Hayward (the youngsters are saying "who?&quot an Oscar.

[cyberswede]

19. The judge in "Anatomy of a Murder"...

was played by a real attorney who represented the US Army during the Army-McCarthy hearings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_N._Welch

One of my favorite movies! George C. Scott is great.

[Populist_Prole]

4. Anatomy of a Murder

LOVE that movie. GREAT courtroom scenes.

[trof]

9. That was a groundberaker for the word 'panties'.

[blueamy66]

5. Al Pacino in And Justice For All

Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men

[pscot]

6. Anatomy of a Murder

and Inherit the Wind are my favorites.

[Aristus]

7. "A Few Good Men".

Some of Aaron Sorkin's best writing ever (and that's saying something...), not Tom Cruise's worse acting ever, Demi Moore in Navy whites, and no scenery left unchewed by Jack Nicholson. Plus, a highly under-rated dramatic performance by comic actor Kevin Pollack.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. The Verdict

A Civil Action
A Man for All Seasons
Presumed Innocent

[nirvana555]

10. I Love the movies that have been brought up in the above threads so since I don't

want to just repeat them I'll mention one I love (don't know if it's considered a "courtroom drama&quot . it's called "Primal fear" and it stars Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Jr., and Laura Linney. It think it came out in the mid to late 90's.

[DFW]

17. "The Verdict" was my chioce, too n/t

[petronius]

11. Breaker Morant, Paths of Glory, My Cousin Vinnie, The Accused, Sergeant Rutledge... (nt)

[Orrex]

13. Trial and Error

[lame54]

14. Liar Liar

[HERVEPA]

15. Inherit the Wind

[dipsydoodle]

16. Runaway Jury

[LynneSin]

21. I love Runaway Jury - great cast

And great plot twists.

[cyberswede]

20. Miracle on 34th Street had a great courtroom scene near the end.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. I totally agree! Love that one, too!

[Ptah]

22. Adam's Rib

[LeftinOH]

24. Witness for the Prosecution-

Marlene Dietrich should have won an Oscar for this.

[Jokerman]

25. The Caine Mutiny

The movie had a few problems. most notably the lame love story that was tacked on but the courtroom scenes with Humphrey Bogart make it all worthwhile.

[Tireman]

26. A Time to Kill...

Great social commentary...



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[Rhiannon12866]

28. The Caine Mutiny, Humphrey Bogart!