Subgenre Sampler
Courtroom: 206 Films to Buy & Rent
Advocate, The (Hour Of the Pig) (1993)
- Dir. Leslie Megahey
Feat. Colin Firth, Donald Pleasence, Nicol Williamson…
- Polished, wry and most unusual medieval fact–based tale. Colin Firth plays a lawyer summonsed to act for the defence a pig (yes, an animal) for…
Firm, The (1993)
- Dir. Sydney Pollack
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman…
- Tom Cruise ain't bad as a prodigal law graduate offered a six–figure salary with a prestigious but corrupt law firm. A reasonable meal is made…
Guilty As Sin (1993)
- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang…
- Attorney Rebecca De Mornay finds herself unable to discharge her suave lady–killing client (Don Johnson – perfectly cast). Never as…
In the Name of the Father (1993)
- Dir. Jim Sheridan
Feat. Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson
- Daniel Day–Lewis gives a devastating performance in this powerhouse re–creation of the tragedy that beset Jerry Conlon, his family and…
Joh's Jury (1993)
- Dir. Ken Cameron
Feat. Simon Bossell, Noah Taylor, Gerry Connolly
- Intensively researched teledrama about the sensational trial of Queensland state premier Joh Bjelke–Petersen (Connolly) for perjury in…
Malice (1993)
- Dir. Harold Becker
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Nicole Kidman, Bill Pullman
- An unlikely but nonetheless ripping yarn unfolds when a brilliant but dubious doctor is sued for medical negligence by his college pal's wife.…
Pelican Brief, The (1993)
- Dir. Alan J. Pakula
Feat. Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington
- Julia Roberts mugs through this leaden adaptation of John Grisham's novel as a genius law student whose thesis about two top–level…
A Few Good Men (1992)
- Dir. Rob Reiner
Feat. Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
- Tom Cruise portrays another upstart lawyer brat who is called to defend the alleged murderers of a fellow army cadet. Blame soon veers to the very…
Brother's Keeper (1992)
- Dir. Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
- An outstanding piece of criminal reportage, that takes a case of hillbilly crime and punishment from backwoods New York State and over the course of…
Citizen Cohn (1992)
- Dir. Frank Pierson
Feat. James Woods
- James Woods plays Joseph McCarthy's crooked lawyer, Roy Cohn – a role meaty enough to sustain every ounce of his frustrated energy. The…