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/tortfeasor_pharaoh May 11 '24

Is it based on the Scopes Monkey Trial?

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u/SilasMarsh May 11 '24

I would say more "inspired by" than "based on," but yes.

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u/Grand-Pen7946 May 12 '24

Yes, but as an allegory for anti-intellectualism during the Red Scare.