The Top 100 Courtroom Dramas of All Time

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The Top 100 Courtroom Dramas of All Time
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Movie Title Release
Year
Director MPAA
Rating
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55 12 Angry Men 1957 Sidney Lumet NR -
58 The Passion of Joan of Arc 1928 Carl Theodor Dreyer NR -
140 Anatomy of a Murder 1959 Otto Preminger NR -
181 Witness for the Prosecution 1957 Billy Wilder NR -
200 To Kill a Mockingbird 1962 Robert Mulligan NR -
353 Judgment at Nuremberg 1961 Stanley Kramer NR -
526 Inherit the Wind 1960 Stanley Kramer NR -
542 The Verdict 1982 Sidney Lumet R -
606 A Few Good Men 1992 Rob Reiner R -
733 A Man for All Seasons 1966 Fred Zinnemann G -
795 In the Name of the Father 1993 Jim Sheridan R -
821 Kramer vs. Kramer 1979 Robert Benton PG -
841 Close-Up 1990 Abbas Kiarostami NR -
845 The Caine Mutiny 1954 Edward Dmytryk NR -
1000 Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 John Ford NR -
1213 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang NR -
1314 Philadelphia 1993 Jonathan Demme PG13 -
1378 Breaker Morant 1980 Bruce Beresford PG -
1460 ...and justice for all. 1979 Norman Jewison R -
1617 Primal Fear 1996 Gregory Hoblit R -
1628 Twelve Angry Men 1954 Franklin J. Schaffner NR -
1890 Bridge of Spies 2015 Steven Spielberg PG13 -
1946 The Children's Hour 1961 William Wyler NR -
2159 Molly's Game 2017 Aaron Sorkin R -
2194 Reversal of Fortune 1990 Barbet Schroeder R -
2225 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 Milos Forman R -
2240 Advise and Consent 1962 Otto Preminger NR -
2348 Sleepers 1996 Barry Levinson R -
2382 A Time to Kill 1996 Joel Schumacher R -
2439 Presumed Innocent 1990 Alan J. Pakula R -
2445 The Lincoln Lawyer 2011 Brad Furman R -
2541 The Trial of the Chicago 7 2020 Aaron Sorkin R -
2579 The Accused 1988 Jonathan Kaplan R -
2596 The Rainmaker 1997 Francis Ford Coppola PG13 -
2675 Amistad 1997 Steven Spielberg R -
2867 12 Angry Men 1997 William Friedkin PG13 -
2891 Absence of Malice 1981 Sydney Pollack PG -
2909 Side Effects 2013 Steven Soderbergh R -
2962 The Hurricane 1999 Norman Jewison R -
2979 A Passage to India 1984 David Lean PG -
3280 A Soldier's Story 1984 Norman Jewison PG -
3390 Erin Brockovich 2000 Steven Soderbergh R -
3568 Compulsion 1959 Richard Fleischer NR -
3803 The Client 1994 Joel Schumacher PG13 -
3955 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest 2009 Daniel Alfredson NR -
4163 The Crucible 1996 Nicholas Hytner PG13 -
4174 Jagged Edge 1985 Richard Marquand R -
4213 A Cry in the Dark 1988 Fred Schepisi PG13 -
4232 Anatomy of a Fall 2023 Justine Triet NR -
4458 I Am Sam 2001 Jessie Nelson PG13 -
4517 I Want to Live! 1958 Robert Wise NR -
4565 Runaway Jury 2003 Gary Fleder PG13 -
4970 Johnny Belinda 1948 Jean Negulesco NR -
4974 Fracture 2007 Gregory Hoblit R -
5400 True Believer 1989 Joseph Ruben R -
5507 Suspect 1987 Peter Yates R -
5529 A Civil Action 1998 Steven Zaillian PG13 -
5636 Disclosure 1994 Barry Levinson R -
5650 The Paradine Case 1947 Alfred Hitchcock NR -
5792 North Country 2005 Niki Caro R -
5998 Conviction 2010 Tony Goldwyn R -
6023 Just Cause 1995 Arne Glimcher R -
6139 Rules of Engagement 2000 William Friedkin R -
6179 The Exorcism of Emily Rose 2005 Scott Derrickson PG13 -
6439 Sergeant Rutledge 1960 John Ford NR -
6597 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956 Fritz Lang NR -
6693 Dark Waters 2019 Todd Haynes PG13 -
6751 Just Mercy 2019 Destin Daniel Cretton PG13 -
6982 A Dry White Season 1989 Euzhan Palcy R -
6998 Helter Skelter 1976 Tom Gries NR -
7014 The Music Box 1989 Costa-Gavras PG13 -
7298 Class Action 1991 Michael Apted R -
7444 An American Crime 2007 Tommy O'Haver R -
7447 Hart's War 2002 Gregory Hoblit R -
7469 The Conspirator 2010 Robert Redford PG13 -
7537 High Crimes 2002 Carl Franklin PG13 -
7616 Snow Falling on Cedars 1999 Scott Hicks PG13 -
8398 My Sister's Keeper 2009 Nick Cassavetes PG13 -
8607 Night Falls on Manhattan 1997 Sidney Lumet R -
8707 The Winslow Boy 1999 David Mamet G -
9274 Mangrove 2020 Steve McQueen NR -
9567 Knock on Any Door 1949 Nicholas Ray NR -
9654 12 2007 Nikita Mikhalkov PG13 -
9982 Shakedown 1988 James Glickenhaus R -
10035 The Gingerbread Man 1998 Robert Altman R -
10095 Eureka 1983 Nicolas Roeg R -
10310 Before and After 1996 Barbet Schroeder PG13 -
10470 The Truth 1960 Henri-Georges Clouzot NR -
10524 The Juror 1996 Brian Gibson R -
10638 Nothing but the Truth 2008 Rod Lurie R -
11106 Red Corner 1997 Jon Avnet R -
11420 The Kiss 1929 Jacques Feyder NR -
11641 The Chamber 1996 James Foley R -
11739 Puncture 2011 Adam Kassen, Mark Kassen R -
11939 The Burning Bed 1984 Robert Greenwald NR -
12017 La dictée du bordereau 1899 Georges Méliès NR -
12020 Nuts 1987 Martin Ritt R -
12063 They Won't Forget 1937 Mervyn LeRoy NR -
12195 Woman in Gold 2015 Simon Curtis PG13 -
12397 Madame X 1929 Lionel Barrymore NR -

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