A Few Good Men (1992)
1992 Rob Reiner courtroom drama with Tom Cruise as a Navy lawyer and Jack Nicholson as the Marine colonel who can't handle the truth. A Few Good Men is Rob Reiner's 1992 American courtroom drama and one of the strongest…
Genre: Courtroom Drama
Trials, verdicts, and the theater of justice. Courtroom drama reviews that watch the lawyering, the writing, and whether the closing argument earns its speech.
Courtroom DramaWitness for the Prosecution (1957)
1957 Billy Wilder courtroom drama from Agatha Christie. Charles Laughton as defense barrister, Marlene Dietrich as the wife.
Courtroom DramaInherit the Wind (1960)
1960 Stanley Kramer courtroom drama fictionalizing the Scopes Monkey Trial. Spencer Tracy and Fredric March as opposing attorneys.
Courtroom DramaAnatomy of a Murder (1959)
1959 Otto Preminger courtroom drama with James Stewart as small-town Michigan lawyer defending an Army officer charged with murder. Anatomy of a Murder is Otto Preminger's 1959 American courtroom drama adapting Robert Traver's 1958 novel.
Courtroom DramaPrimal Fear (1996)
1996 Gregory Hoblit thriller with Richard Gere as a Chicago defense attorney and Edward Norton's breakthrough as an altar boy accused of murder. Primal Fear is Gregory Hoblit's 1996 American courtroom thriller adapting William Diehl's 1993 novel.
Courtroom DramaThe Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
The Lincoln Lawyer is Brad Furman's 2011 American courtroom thriller adapting Michael Connelly's 2005 novel. The work launched the McConaughey career resurgence that subsequent productions including Mud (2012), Dallas Buyers Club (2013), and True Detective (2014) would extend.
Courtroom DramaMichael Clayton (2007)
Michael Clayton is Tony Gilroy's 2007 American legal thriller. The work is one of the strongest legal thrillers of the 2000s and one of the principal directorial debuts of the period.
BiopicJFK (1991)
1991 Oliver Stone conspiracy drama with Kevin Costner as New Orleans DA Jim Garrison prosecuting Clay Shaw for the Kennedy assassination. JFK is Oliver Stone's 1991 American historical drama.
Courtroom DramaSleepers (1996)
1996 Barry Levinson drama with Robert De Niro, Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon. Hell's Kitchen friends face their abusers in court.
Courtroom DramaJuror #2 (2024)
2024 Clint Eastwood courtroom drama with Nicholas Hoult as a juror who realizes he may have caused the death his trial is examining. Juror #2 is Clint Eastwood's 2024 American courtroom drama.
ComedyMy Cousin Vinny (1992)
1992 Jonathan Lynn comedy with Joe Pesci as a New York personal-injury lawyer defending his cousin in rural Alabama. My Cousin Vinny is Jonathan Lynn's 1992 American comedy.
Courtroom DramaThe Devil’s Advocate (1997)
The Devil's Advocate is Taylor Hackford's 1997 American supernatural legal thriller adapting Andrew Neiderman's 1990 novel. The work is one of the principal supernatural legal thrillers ever produced and one of the strongest Pacino late-career performances.