(#1) My Cousin Vinny
- Marisa Tomei, Joe Pesci, Ralph Macchio, Fred Gwynne, James Rebhorn, Bruce McGill, Maury Chaykin, Lane Smith, Austin Pendleton, Chris Ellis, Mitchell Whitfield, Raynor Scheine, Paulene Myers, Michael Simpson
From Redditor /u/wagwa2001l:
My Cousin Vinny is the best legal movie ever made...
From Redditor /u/Cpt_duo:
If I had a week to live I would totally use Vinny's opening argument: "Everything that guy just said is bullsh*t. Thank you."
From Redditor /u/Reallypablo:
Most accurate movie I've seen from the legal perspective.
(#15) True Grit
- Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Barry Pepper, Hailee Steinfeld, Domhnall Gleeson
From Redditor /u/raouldukeesq:
The remake of True Grit had the most authentic courtroom scene I ever saw.
(#14) The Paper Chase
- Lindsay Wagner, Edward Herrmann, John Houseman, Blair Brown, Timothy Bottoms, James Naughton, David Clennon, Lenny Baker, Craig Richard Nelson, Regina Baff, Graham Beckel, Bob Lydiard
From Redditor /u/cassiope:
I remember watching The Paper Chase - both the movie and the TV show - as a kid. [Granted], I was a kid, but I really liked it. My father (an [attorney]) said that it fit well with his experience (he went to law school in the '60s).
From Redditor /u/Lucas-Davenport:
The Paper Chase: to relive getting cold-called, and for the most neurotic law students you can imagine.
(#4) A Few Good Men
- Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Cuba Gooding Jr., Christopher Guest, Noah Wyle, Kevin Pollak, Aaron Sorkin, J. T. Walsh, Xander Berkeley, Matt Craven, Michael DeLorenzo, David Bowe, James Marshall, Joshua Malina, John M. Jackson, Wolfgang Bodison, Frank Cavestani, Cameron Thor, Harry Caesar, Arthur Senzy, Geoffrey Nauffts, Jan Munroe, Matthew Saks, J. A. Preston, Ron Ostrow, Maud Winchester, Alex Wexo, Lawrence Lowe, Oscar Jordan, Bernard Madrid, John M. Mathews, Gene Whittington
From Redditor /u/maluminse:
Some of the trial scenes are accurate. Some are not accurate at all. Some of the story line is illogical. But it's still a good movie.
From Redditor /u/frankcaruso:
[Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan R. Jessep in] A Few Good Men:
...You don't want the truth because deep down in places you don't talk about at parties, you want me on that wall, you need me on that wall. We use words like honor, code, loyalty. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent defending something. You use them as a punchline. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the blanket of the very freedom that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said thank you, and went on your way.
(#7) Erin Brockovich
- Julia Roberts, Marg Helgenberger, Aaron Eckhart, Albert Finney, Conchata Ferrell, Peter Coyote, Cherry Jones, Scarlett Pomers, Erin Brockovich, Mimi Kennedy, Wade Williams, Michael Harney, Tracey Walter, T. J. Thyne, Valente Rodriguez, William Lucking, Joe Chrest, Veanne Cox, Pat Skipper, Gina Gallego, Michael Shamberg, Scotty Leavenworth, Matthew Kimbrough, Scott Sowers, Jamie Harrold, David Brisbin, Irene Olga López, Julie Wagner, Norma Maldonado, Tom Tangen, Jack Gill, Dawn Didawick, Randy Lowell, Sheila Shaw, Cordelia Richards, Gemmenne de la Peña, Kristina Malota, Don Snell, Scott Allen, Mike Malone, Meredith Zinner, Ron Altomare, Larry Martinez, Emily Marks, Jason Cervantes, Brittany Pimental, Ashley Pimental, George Rocky Sullivan, Irina V. Passmoore, Adilah Barnes, Charles John Bukey, Ronald E. Hairston, Julie Marks, Sarah Ashley
From Redditor /u/lipdu:
Erin Brockovich! Just a legal assistant, but still bad a**.
(#9) The Verdict
- Bruce Willis, Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, Tobin Bell, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse, Colin Stinton, Wesley Addy, Edward Binns, Roxanne Hart, Joe Seneca, James Handy, Julie Bovasso, Lewis J. Stadlen, Kent Broadhurst, Kevin Fennessy, Burtt Harris, John Blood, Willow Hale, Herbert Rubens, Leib Lensky, H. Clay Dear, J.P. Foley, Edward Mason, Gregory Doucette, Joseph Bergmann, Jack Collard, Maggie Task, Evelyn Moore, Cullen O. Johnson, Herb Peterson, Jon Hopwood, Gregor Roy, Tony La Fortezza, J.J. Clark, Scott Rhyne, Patty O'Brien, Dick McGoldrick, Juanita Fleming, Marvin Beck, Ralph Douglas, Susan Benenson
From Redditor /u/GreatReverendBuddha:
The scene where [Paul] Newman is at the hospital and realizes he is the only one speaking for the girl who was effectively brain dead, up against a team of attorneys against him.
From Redditor /u/Provetie:
This movie was our class's example for the best evidence rule. Also, whiskey and pinball in the morning? That's why I went to law school.
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