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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.

A Few Good Men (1992) film posterCourtroom Drama

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…

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Anatomy of a Murder (1959) film posterCourtroom Drama

Anatomy 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.

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Primal Fear (1996) film posterCourtroom Drama

Primal 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.

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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) film posterCourtroom Drama

The 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.

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JFK (1991) film posterBiopic

JFK (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.

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Juror #2 (2024) film posterCourtroom Drama

Juror #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.

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My Cousin Vinny (1992) film posterComedy

My 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.

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The Devil's Advocate (1997) film posterCourtroom Drama

The 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.

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