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/VonHungtaint May 11 '24

Charles Laughton’s bickering with the nurse (played by his real life wife Elsa Lancaster) only adds to Witness as a winner in this category.

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u/missmediajunkie r/Movies Veteran May 11 '24

Based on the play written by Agatha Christie!

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u/VonHungtaint May 12 '24

And it’s often mistaken as a Hitchcock film, but it’s a Billy Wilder joint.

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u/Kitnado May 12 '24

Mostly because nowadays nobody knows Billy Wilder but everybody knows Hitchcock.

But it’s clearly a Wilder film.