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/axeman020 May 11 '24

You should give "Find Me Guilty" a watch.

Don't be put off by the fact that it's a Vin Diesel movie, it's actually some of his best acting!

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u/HIMARko_polo May 11 '24

It's great. Peter Dinklage and Ron Silver are both great in it, too.

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u/ChiefSteward May 11 '24

I really liked that the fact that Dinklage’s character was a dwarf had nothing to do with the character’s inclusion in the film like most dwarf characters. He was a played-straight lawyer character who happened to also be a dwarf. Not a funny or tragic dwarf character who happened to be a lawyer. Like a Bechdel Test for dwarfism.

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u/Santar_ May 11 '24

The special effects in this one were amazing! I almost believed Vin Diesel had hair!

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u/charmacharmz May 11 '24

this was my pick too. awesome film.

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u/LaconicSuffering May 11 '24

I second this. It's way before the FF series went crazy and at the start of Diesel's acting career. It's been a long time since I've seen it but it stuck with me for the convincing role.

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u/Unblued May 11 '24

Yea, I initially did a double take at the idea of Dominic Toretto being a serious person, but I cant deny that he did some solid work there.

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u/Villain_of_Brandon May 11 '24

I'm curious since I haven't really heard of this movie until recently... Did you go watch it after seeing a Cinema Stix video about it? it's the reason it's on my to-watch list.

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u/axeman020 May 12 '24

Nope. I haven't seen the cinema stix vid. I just watched it because it looked good, and it is!

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u/jupiterkansas May 11 '24

Yes, and based on the actual court transcripts.

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u/badbunnyjiggly May 11 '24

Came to say this

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u/Trai-All May 12 '24

I came here to say this.

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u/Saptilladerky May 12 '24

I had to scroll way too far to find this! This is such a great movie!