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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
Trial is a 1955 American drama film directed by Mark Robson and starring Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy, John Hodiak, Katy Jurado, Rafael Campos, and Juano Hernandez.
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- Falsely Accused! (1908) This is one of the earliest surviving courtroom dramas, and intriguingly it shows that cinema as a technology has been tied up with ideas of truth and reality since its very earliest days.
- Mangrove (2020) The first of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology films for the BBC tells the story of the Mangrove Nine, a group of protestors who in 1970 rallied to the aid of a Notting Hill restaurant which was repeatedly raided by police in a concerted effort to intimidate and degrade the Caribbean community in the area.
- Anatomy of a Murder (1959) Along with 12 Angry Men this is probably the foundation stone of the classical courtroom drama. A folksy, charming lawyer takes on a near-impossible case which strikes at the very heart of our notions of morality, and in the process of defending the little man points to how brutal the big man – usually the state – can be.
- The Devil’s Advocate (1997) View full post on Youtube. Keanu Reeves is in his cocky-and-confused pomp as a hotshot and morally ambiguous lawyer presented with the career opportunity of a lifetime by a charismatic, enigmatic and possibly demonic New York CEO, played by Al Pacino.
Apr 2, 2013 · The Trial: Directed by Gary Wheeler. With Larry Bagby, Matthew Modine, Clare Carey, Robert Forster. After the horrific death of his wife and two sons, suicide seems to be the only escape for a small town attorney, until he's assigned a capital punishment case that begins to transform his life.
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- 12 Angry Men (1957) 12 Angry Men is undeniably the quintessential trial film that set the bar so high that it could never be reached. In this directorial debut of Sidney Lumet, the story revolves around twelve jurors who must decide the fate of a young defendant on trial for murder.
- A Few Good Men (1992) A Few Good Men is the best court martial film ever made and the best courtroom drama of the 1990s. It is directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin, who based it on his 1989 play of the same name.
- Inherit the Wind (1960) Inherit the Wind is a 1960 courtroom drama starring Spencer Tracy and Fredric March. Adapted from the 1955 play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee, Inherit the Wind is based on the infamous 1925 Scopes “Monkey” Trial, in which a high school teacher was accused of violating Tennessee’s Butler Act, which had made it illegal for teachers to teach human evolution in any state-funded school.
- Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) Set in 1948, Judgment at Nuremberg depicts a dramatized version of the Judges’ Trial, one of the twelve famous Nuremberg Military Tribunals, where four Nazi judges were tried for war crimes under the auspices of the U.S. military.
May 1, 2024 · From all-time classics like 12 Angry Men to crowd-pleasers like My Cousin Vinny and powerful, thought-provoking masterpieces like A Few Good Men, this collection of the best courtroom movies covers the spectrum of this beloved genre.
The Trial is a 2010 drama film directed by Gary Wheeler and starring Matthew Modine. It is based on the novel of the same name by Robert Whitlow and was released September 10, 2010, grossing $19,753 at the box office.
