HERE”S MY NEXT TOP TEN FROM SEPTEMBER, 2008. ( There are no additions since then)

 

TOP TEN BEST LEGAL MOVIES

 

Clark

 

 

 

Being a lawyer, I decided it was time to put forth my picks for the Top Ten Best Legal Movies of All Time. Any rebuttals or objections will be welcomed but will probably be overruled since I am the  judge and jury of this category. Seriously, I'd love to hear from any of you about any I may have overlooked or mis-rated.

Here goes:

 

1) To Kill a Mockingbird  (1962)

2) Anatomy of a Murder  (1959)

3) Inherit the Wind  (1096)

4) Philadelphia  (1993)

5) 12 Angry Men  (1957)

6) My Cousin Vinny  (1992)

7) Judgment at Nuremberg  (1961)

8) A Few Good Men  (1992)

9) Presumed Innocent  (1990)

10) Paper Chase  (1973)

 

Honorable Mentions in no particular order:

 

North Country  (2005)

Caine Mutiny  (1954)

Witness for the Prosecution  (1957)

Breaker Morant  (1980)

Erin Brockovich  (2000)

The Verdict  (1982)

Kramer v. Kramer  (1979)

 A Civil Action  (1998)

The Firm  (1993)

The Pelican Brief  (1993)

The Accused  (1988)

Legally blond  (2001)

Fracture  (2007)