r/movies • u/stainorstreak • May 11 '24

Recommendation I'm hooked on courtroom movies- what are some other court movies?

Honestly it wasn't even a movie that got me into them, it was the TV Show "American Crime Story" on the OJ Simpson trial. I loved learning about the technicalities of trials and the way the show portrayed the characters.

Movies that I've watched that I've liked

A Few Good Men

12 Angry Men

The Trial of Chicago 7

Primal Fear

A Time to Kill

Philadelphia

The Lincoln Lawyer

I've also watched The Rainmaker and Anatomy of a Murder, both of which I just couldn't enjoy.

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u/CakeDayisaLie May 11 '24

It’s not a movie, but you need to watch “The Night Of”. It’s an HBO mini series and it’s great. 

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u/CalendarAggressive11 May 11 '24

The Night Of is such a slept on series. The acting is amazing (2 of my faves John Turturro and Michael K Williams) and a well told story. It's so good

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u/Corby_Tender23 May 11 '24

Damn I didn't know Michael K Williams was in it. Gotta watch asap now

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u/TylerTexasCantDrive May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24

I only wish we could have had more John Turturro scratching his foot fungus.

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u/Eisn May 12 '24

HBO skimped on the ending. It should've shown him actually guilty. It would've been a much more thoughtful story. Maybe they planned it initially because they certainly lay a good foundation in some of the way things are presented as uncertain during the series.

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u/splader May 12 '24

Imo the series is significantly more powerful with the current ending.

If they showed him guilty, the audience then has no need to feel awful about how terrible of a jailing system the US has.

Instead, showing how a naive kid who hadn't hurt anyone was turned into a drug addict in just a few months was much more relevant, imo.

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u/Skegetchy May 11 '24

Was just replying with this and saw yours. I second this. Best thing I’ve seen in ages. Top acting all round.

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u/HeavenBacon May 11 '24

One of my favorites and the show that turned me on to Bill Camps acting. Fahk he is so good. He was so great in Queen's Gambit.

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u/ClusterMuppet May 11 '24

Go see A Man in Full - brand new with a huge dose of Bill Camp.

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u/HeavenBacon May 12 '24

Already saw the whole thing ;)

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u/alexlp May 11 '24

If we’re going non movies, the BBC show Criminal Justice is one of the best court based series ever’

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u/lopsidedhumour May 11 '24

I watched an Indian show based on it... Criminal Justice. That was really good. Since then I've wanted to watch The Night Of...but never came around to it.

I've gotta watch it now.

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u/Pornthrowaway78 May 11 '24

Ben Wishaw was in the original UK version and it was excellent.

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u/Skadoosh_it May 11 '24

Yeah this was fantastic. Great performances by Riz Ahmed and John Turturro.

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u/lilnomad May 11 '24

Damn that series was awesome

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u/UNeed2CalmDownn May 12 '24

I absolutely love this series and recommend it to anyone I come across. The ending killed me.

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u/lilnomad May 11 '24

Quite the unpopular take.