Legal Eagles
A natural breeding ground for tension, suspense and witty repartee, the courtroom has long been an obvious choice for filmmakers. Here you will find murder ('In Cold Blood', 'Murder in the First'), injustice ('The Trials of Darryl Hunt', 'In The Name of the Father'), corruption ('Runaway Jury', 'Damages'), bigotry ('To Kill A Mockingbird', 'The Accused') and a few laughs as well ('Legally Blonde'). All be seated! Court is now in session!
Pictured: Brock Peters and the inimitable Gregory Peck who won the Oscar for his protrayal of Atticus Finch in 'To Kill A Mockingbird'.
12 Angry Men (1957)
8.9/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Ed Begley, Lee J Cobb, Henry Fonda, E G Marshall, Jack Warden, Jack Klugman, Mar...
A teenage boy is accused of killing his father, and between him and capital punishment stands just one man. A vivid, shocking courtroom drama with a p... Read more
12 Angry Men (1997)
7.9/10
Director: William Friedkin
Starring: Hume Cronyn, Jack Lemmon, George C Scott, Courtney B Vance, Ossie Davis, Armin M...
A fine new version of the memorable tale of jury haggling on a stuffy afternoon in N.Y.C., with a bunch of cranky men. New to this version are the def... Read more
12 Angry Men ( Blu-ray ) (1957)
8.9/10
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: E G Marshall, Ed Begley, Henry Fonda, Jack Warden, John Fiedler, Lee J Cobb, Mar...
A teenage boy is accused of killing his father, and between him and capital punishment stands just one man. A vivid, shocking courtroom drama with a p... Read more
A Civil Action (1999)
6.5/10
Director: Steven Zaillian
Starring: John Travolta, Robert Duvall, James Gandolfini
Based on a true story and focusing on a high-priced personal injury attorney (John Travolta) who only takes big-money cases he can safely settle out o... Read more
A Few Good Men (1993)
7.7/10
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon
Navy lawyer (Tom Cruise) is driven to investigate the case of two marines who killed a compatriot. Jack Nicholson plays the commanding officer who doe... Read more
A Time to Kill (1996)
7.4/10
Director: Joel Schumacher
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Samuel L Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Matthew McConaughey
Samuel L. Jackson plays a black man on trial in Mississippi for killing the two rednecks who raped his young Daughter. John Grisham's best-selling nov... Read more
Adam's Rib (1949)
7.6/10
Director: George Cukor
Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Tom Ewell, Judy Holliday
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in one of their all-time great appearances as married attorneys who find themselves on opposite sides of a murder... Read more
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling Of A Serial Killer (1992)
7/10
Director: Nick Broomfield
Starring: Aileen Wuornos
A twisted tale of murder, alleged police corruption and conniving opportunists that tracks the sensational trial and conviction of America's First Fem... Read more
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
7.1/10
Director: Joan Churchill, Nick Broomfield
Starring: Aileen Wuornos
Returning to the subject of his 1992 documentary, "Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer", co-director Nick Broomfield delves into Wuornos' t... Read more
Ally McBeal: Season 1 - Part 1 (1997)
6.8/10
Starring: Calista Flockhart, Courtney Thorne Smith, Craig Bierko, Gil Bellows, Jane Krakow...
Calista Flockhart stars in the award-winning series as the slightly neurotic Ally McBeal, a single lawyer both blessed and cursed with eccentric colle... Read more