Cinemaths · List View Legal/Courtroom Films Ranked by Score
143 films · View as Text List
1.
97 /100
99th percentile
The Passion of Joan of Arc
1928 82m Drama, History, NR
Directed by
Carl Theodor Dreyer
France · No Language
2.
95 /100
97th percentile
Paths of Glory
1957 88m War, Drama, NR
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
USA · English
3.
94 /100
96th percentile
Witness for the Prosecution
1957 116m Drama, Mystery, Crime, NR
Directed by
Billy Wilder
USA · English
4.
93 /100
95th percentile
12 Angry Men
1957 97m Drama, NR
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
USA · English
5.
92 /100
93rd percentile
A Matter of Life and Death
1946 104m Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Comedy, PG
Directed by
Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
UK · English
6.
90 /100
90th percentile
The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 76m Western, Drama, NR
Directed by
William A. Wellman
USA · English
7.
90 /100
90th percentile
Mangrove
2020 127m Drama, NR
Directed by
Steve McQueen
UK · English
8.
89 /100
89th percentile
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 191m Drama, History, NR
Directed by
Stanley Kramer
USA · English
9.
88 /100
87th percentile
JFK
1991 189m Drama, Thriller, History, R
Directed by
Oliver Stone
USA · English
10.
88 /100
87th percentile
The Verdict
1982 129m Drama, R
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
USA · English
11.
88 /100
87th percentile
Philadelphia
1993 126m Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Jonathan Demme
USA · English
12.
87 /100
85th percentile
Dark Waters
2019 127m Drama, Thriller, PG-13
Directed by
Todd Haynes
USA · English
13.
86 /100
83rd percentile
The Insider
1999 158m Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Michael Mann
USA · English
14.
86 /100
83rd percentile
My Cousin Vinny
1992 120m Comedy, Drama, R
Directed by
Jonathan Lynn
USA · English
15.
86 /100
83rd percentile
Court
2015 116m Drama, NR
Directed by
Chaitanya Tamhane
India · Marathi
16.
85 /100
80th percentile
The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 130m Drama, History, R
Directed by
Aaron Sorkin
USA · English
17.
85 /100
80th percentile
The Life of David Gale
2003 130m Drama, Thriller, Crime, R
Directed by
Alan Parker
USA · English
18.
85 /100
80th percentile
10 Rillington Place
1971 106m Crime, Thriller, PG
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
UK · English
19.
84 /100
78th percentile
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 130m Drama, R
Directed by
Miloš Forman
USA · English
20.
84 /100
78th percentile
Bridge of Spies
2015 141m Thriller, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
USA · English
21.
84 /100
78th percentile
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1988 122m Drama, TV Movie, NR
Directed by
Robert Altman
USA · English
22.
84 /100
78th percentile
Young Mr. Lincoln
1939 100m Drama, History, NR
Directed by
John Ford
USA · English
23.
83 /100
75th percentile
...And Justice for All
1979 119m Drama, R
Directed by
Norman Jewison
USA · English
24.
83 /100
75th percentile
A Cry in the Dark
1988 120m Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Fred Schepisi
Australia · English
25.
82 /100
73rd percentile
A Soldier's Story
1984 101m Mystery, Crime, Drama, PG
Directed by
Norman Jewison
USA · English
26.
82 /100
73rd percentile
Argentina, 1985
2022 141m Drama, History, Crime, R
Directed by
Santiago Mitre
Argentina · Spanish
27.
82 /100
73rd percentile
Kramer vs. Kramer
1979 105m Drama, PG
Directed by
Robert Benton
USA · English
28.
81 /100
72nd percentile
Inherit the Wind
1960 128m Drama, NR
Directed by
Stanley Kramer
USA · English
29.
80 /100
69th percentile
A Civil Action
1998 115m Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Steven Zaillian
USA · English
30.
80 /100
69th percentile
Music Box
1989 124m Drama, Thriller, Mystery, PG-13
Directed by
Costa-Gavras
USA · English
31.
80 /100
69th percentile
You Don't Know Jack
2010 134m Drama, TV Movie, History, PG-13
Directed by
Barry Levinson
USA · English
32.
79 /100
67th percentile
The Rainmaker
1997 135m Drama, Crime, Thriller, PG-13
Directed by
Francis Ford Coppola
USA · English
33.
79 /100
67th percentile
A Few Good Men
1992 138m Drama, R
Directed by
Rob Reiner
USA · English
34.
78 /100
64th percentile
Compulsion
1959 103m Crime, Drama, History, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Richard Fleischer
USA · English
35.
78 /100
64th percentile
Find Me Guilty
2006 125m Comedy, Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
USA · English
36.
77 /100
62nd percentile
Anatomy of a Murder
1959 161m Crime, Drama, Mystery, NR
Directed by
Otto Preminger
USA · English
37.
77 /100
62nd percentile
Anatomy of a Fall
2023 151m Thriller, Mystery, Crime, R
Directed by
Justine Triet
France · French
38.
77 /100
62nd percentile
Legally Blonde
2001 96m Comedy, Romance, PG-13
Directed by
Robert Luketic
USA · English
39.
76 /100
60th percentile
To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 129m Drama, NR
Directed by
Robert Mulligan
USA · English
40.
76 /100
60th percentile
Changing Lanes
2002 98m Thriller, Drama, R
Directed by
Roger Michell
USA · English
41.
76 /100
60th percentile
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 96m Comedy, Drama, Family, G
Directed by
George Seaton
USA · English
42.
76 /100
60th percentile
The Judgement
2021 130m Drama, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Sander Burger
Netherlands · Dutch
43.
75 /100
58th percentile
Primal Fear
1996 129m Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, R
Directed by
Gregory Hoblit
USA · English
44.
75 /100
58th percentile
Guilty as Sin
1993 107m Thriller, Drama, R
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
USA · English
45.
75 /100
58th percentile
Juror #2
2024 114m Drama, Thriller, PG-13
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
USA · English
46.
74 /100
56th percentile
Erin Brockovich
2000 131m Drama, R
Directed by
Steven Soderbergh
USA · English
47.
74 /100
56th percentile
American Violet
2009 103m Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Tim Disney
USA · English
48.
74 /100
56th percentile
The Talk of the Town
1942 118m Comedy, Drama, Romance, NR
Directed by
George Stevens
USA · English
49.
74 /100
56th percentile
I Want to Live!
1958 120m Drama, Crime, NR
Directed by
Robert Wise
USA · English
50.
74 /100
56th percentile
Libel
1959 100m Drama, Mystery, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Anthony Asquith
UK · English
51.
73 /100
54th percentile
Intolerable Cruelty
2003 100m Comedy, Romance, Crime, PG-13
Directed by
Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
USA · English
52.
73 /100
54th percentile
The Firm
1993 154m Drama, Mystery, Thriller, R
Directed by
Sydney Pollack
USA · English
53.
72 /100
52nd percentile
The Burial
2023 126m Drama, History, R
Directed by
Margaret Betts
USA · English
54.
72 /100
52nd percentile
Night Falls on Manhattan
1997 113m Drama, Crime, Thriller, R
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
USA · English
55.
71 /100
50th percentile
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995 135m TV Movie, Drama, R
Directed by
Mick Jackson
USA · English
56.
71 /100
50th percentile
Time Limit
1957 97m Drama, Mystery, War, NR
Directed by
Karl Malden
USA · English
57.
70 /100
48th percentile
The Judge
2014 141m Drama, R
Directed by
David Dobkin
USA · English
58.
70 /100
48th percentile
Reversal of Fortune
1990 111m Drama, R
Directed by
Barbet Schroeder
USA · English
59.
69 /100
45th percentile
The Devil's Advocate
1997 144m Drama, Mystery, Horror, R
Directed by
Taylor Hackford
USA · English
60.
69 /100
45th percentile
The Client
1994 119m Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, PG-13
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
USA · English
61.
69 /100
45th percentile
Denial
2016 109m Drama, History, PG-13
Directed by
Mick Jackson
UK · English
62.
68 /100
42nd percentile
Recount
2008 116m Drama, History, TV Movie, NR
Directed by
Jay Roach
USA · English
63.
68 /100
42nd percentile
Runaway Jury
2003 127m Drama, Thriller, PG-13
Directed by
Gary Fleder
USA · English
64.
68 /100
42nd percentile
True Believer
1989 105m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Joseph Ruben
USA · English
65.
68 /100
42nd percentile
The Lincoln Lawyer
2011 119m Crime, Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Brad Furman
USA · English
66.
68 /100
42nd percentile
In the Name of the Father
1993 133m Drama, R
Directed by
Jim Sheridan
Ireland · English
67.
68 /100
42nd percentile
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
2023 109m Drama, War, PG-13
Directed by
William Friedkin
USA · English
68.
67 /100
40th percentile
Boomerang!
1947 88m Drama, Mystery, NR
Directed by
Elia Kazan
USA · English
69.
67 /100
40th percentile
The Pelican Brief
1993 141m Thriller, Crime, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
USA · English
70.
67 /100
40th percentile
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
1956 80m Crime, Drama, NR
Directed by
Fritz Lang
USA · English
71.
67 /100
40th percentile
I Confess
1953 95m Drama, Thriller, Crime, NR
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
USA · English
72.
66 /100
38th percentile
Nothing But the Truth
2008 108m Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Rod Lurie
USA · English
73.
66 /100
38th percentile
Inherit the Wind
1999 113m Drama, TV Movie, PG
Directed by
Daniel Petrie
USA · English
74.
66 /100
38th percentile
A Man for All Seasons
1966 120m Drama, History, G
Directed by
Fred Zinnemann
UK · English
75.
65 /100
37th percentile
A Time to Kill
1996 149m Crime, Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
USA · English
76.
65 /100
37th percentile
Presumed Innocent
1990 127m Mystery, Crime, Thriller, R
Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
USA · English
77.
65 /100
37th percentile
12 Angry Men
1997 117m Drama, TV Movie, PG-13
Directed by
William Friedkin
USA · English
78.
65 /100
37th percentile
Just Mercy
2019 137m Drama, Crime, History, PG-13
Directed by
Destin Daniel Cretton
USA · English
79.
64 /100
35th percentile
Class Action
1991 105m Drama, Crime, History, R
Directed by
Michael Apted
USA · English
80.
64 /100
35th percentile
The Gingerbread Man
1998 114m Thriller, R
Directed by
Robert Altman
USA · English
81.
64 /100
35th percentile
Murder in the First
1995 122m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Marc Rocco
USA · English
82.
64 /100
35th percentile
Worth
2021 118m History, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Sara Colangelo
USA · English
83.
63 /100
32nd percentile
Fracture
2007 113m Thriller, R
Directed by
Gregory Hoblit
USA · English
84.
63 /100
32nd percentile
Conviction
2010 107m Drama, R
Directed by
Tony Goldwyn
USA · English
85.
63 /100
32nd percentile
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
1997 155m Mystery, Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Clint Eastwood
USA · English
86.
63 /100
32nd percentile
Hart's War
2002 125m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Gregory Hoblit
USA · English
87.
63 /100
32nd percentile
Call Northside 777
1948 111m Crime, Drama, NR
Directed by
Henry Hathaway
USA · English
88.
62 /100
31st percentile
The Onion Field
1979 122m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Harold Becker
USA · English
89.
62 /100
31st percentile
Blood Oath
1990 108m Drama, War, R
Directed by
Stephen Wallace
Australia · English
90.
62 /100
31st percentile
Breaker Morant
1980 107m Drama, History, War, PG
Directed by
Bruce Beresford
Australia · English
91.
62 /100
31st percentile
Law Abiding Citizen
2009 109m Drama, Crime, Thriller, R
Directed by
F. Gary Gray
USA · English
92.
61 /100
30th percentile
The Caine Mutiny
1954 124m Drama, War, NR
Directed by
Edward Dmytryk
USA · English
93.
61 /100
30th percentile
Legal Action
2018 97m Action, Western, NR
Directed by
Brent Christy
USA · English
94.
61 /100
30th percentile
Phil Spector
2013 92m Drama, TV Movie, R
Directed by
David Mamet
USA · English
95.
60 /100
28th percentile
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
2019 111m Drama, Crime, R
Directed by
Joe Berlinger
USA · English
96.
60 /100
28th percentile
Amistad
1997 155m Drama, History, Mystery, R
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
USA · English
97.
60 /100
28th percentile
The Accused
1988 111m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Jonathan Kaplan
USA · English
98.
60 /100
28th percentile
Vendetta
1999 117m Drama, TV Movie, History, NR
Directed by
Nicholas Meyer
USA · English
99.
59 /100
26th percentile
The Mauritanian
2021 129m Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Kevin Macdonald
USA · English
100.
58 /100
25th percentile
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 122m Drama, Crime, Thriller, PG-13
Directed by
Dan Gilroy
USA · English
101.
58 /100
25th percentile
Nuremberg
2000 182m Drama, NR
Directed by
Yves Simoneau
USA · English
102.
57 /100
24th percentile
High Crimes
2002 115m Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, PG-13
Directed by
Carl Franklin
USA · English
103.
57 /100
24th percentile
The Young Philadelphians
1959 136m Drama, NR
Directed by
Vincent Sherman
USA · English
104.
57 /100
24th percentile
Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde
2003 95m Comedy, Romance, PG-13
Directed by
Charles Herman-Wurmfeld
USA · English
105.
56 /100
23rd percentile
Jagged Edge
1985 108m Thriller, R
Directed by
Richard Marquand
USA · English
106.
56 /100
23rd percentile
On the Basis of Sex
2018 120m Drama, History, PG-13
Directed by
Mimi Leder
USA · English
107.
55 /100
21st percentile
Let Him Have It
1991 115m Drama, R
Directed by
Peter Medak
UK · English
108.
55 /100
21st percentile
The Client
2011 123m Drama, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Sohn Young-sung
South Korea · Korean
109.
55 /100
21st percentile
The Crucible
1996 123m Drama, History, PG-13
Directed by
Nicholas Hytner
USA · English
110.
54 /100
20th percentile
Madame X
1966 100m Drama, Crime, NR
Directed by
David Lowell Rich
USA · English
111.
54 /100
20th percentile
Crown Heights
2017 96m Drama, R
Directed by
Matt Ruskin
USA · English
112.
54 /100
20th percentile
Suspect
1987 121m Crime, Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Peter Yates
USA · English
113.
54 /100
20th percentile
Trial by Fire
2019 127m Drama, Crime, R
Directed by
Edward Zwick
USA · English
114.
54 /100
20th percentile
Vardy v Rooney: A Courtroom Drama
2022 90m Drama, TV Movie, NR
Directed by
Oonaugh Kearney
UK · English
115.
54 /100
20th percentile
Custody
2017 104m Drama, R
Directed by
James Lapine
USA · English
116.
53 /100
19th percentile
The Correspondent
2025 119m Drama, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Kriv Stenders
Australia · English
117.
49 /100
15th percentile
The Paradine Case
1947 114m Drama, Mystery, Romance, NR
Directed by
Alfred Hitchcock
USA · English
118.
49 /100
15th percentile
Adam's Rib
1949 100m Comedy, Drama, Romance, NR
Directed by
George Cukor
USA · English
119.
49 /100
15th percentile
Saint Omer
2022 123m Drama, Crime, PG-13
Directed by
Alice Diop
France · French
120.
48 /100
14th percentile
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker
1994 95m TV Movie, Thriller, Drama, NR
Directed by
Harry Moses
USA · English
121.
48 /100
14th percentile
Judge Priest
1934 80m Comedy, Drama, Romance, NR
Directed by
John Ford
USA · English
122.
45 /100
12th percentile
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 130m Drama, History, PG-13
Directed by
Rob Reiner
USA · English
123.
43 /100
11th percentile
Sleepers
1996 147m Crime, Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Barry Levinson
USA · English
124.
42 /100
10th percentile
McBride: Tune in for Murder
2005 88m Mystery, Crime, Drama, NR
Directed by
Stephen Bridgewater
USA · English
125.
42 /100
10th percentile
Monster
2021 98m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
Anthony Mandler
USA · English
126.
38 /100
9th percentile
The Chamber
1996 113m Crime, Drama, R
Directed by
James Foley
USA · English
127.
36 /100
8th percentile
Fury
1936 92m Crime, Drama, NR
Directed by
Fritz Lang
USA · English
128.
35 /100
7th percentile
The Young Savages
1961 103m Crime, Drama, Thriller, NR
Directed by
John Frankenheimer
USA · English
129.
35 /100
7th percentile
Hesitation Wound
2024 84m Drama, NR
Directed by
Selman Nacar
Turkey · Turkish
130.
34 /100
7th percentile
Devil's Knot
2013 114m Crime, Drama, Thriller, NR
Directed by
Atom Egoyan
USA · English
131.
31 /100
6th percentile
Trial
1955 105m Drama, NR
Directed by
Mark Robson
USA · English
132.
30 /100
6th percentile
I Am Sam
2002 132m Drama, PG-13
Directed by
Jessie Nelson
USA · English
133.
28 /100
5th percentile
The Sweet Hereafter
1997 112m Drama, R
Directed by
Atom Egoyan
Canada · English
134.
25 /100
4th percentile
Losing Isaiah
1995 106m Drama, R
Directed by
Stephen Gyllenhaal
USA · English
135.
24 /100
4th percentile
Rules of Engagement
2000 128m War, Drama, R
Directed by
William Friedkin
USA · English
136.
24 /100
4th percentile
The Whole Truth
2016 93m Drama, Thriller, R
Directed by
Courtney Hunt
USA · English
137.
23 /100
3rd percentile
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
2021 107m History, Drama, R
Directed by
Michael Polish
USA · English
138.
21 /100
3rd percentile
Jury Duty
1995 88m Comedy, Drama, PG-13
Directed by
John Fortenberry
USA · English
139.
18 /100
2nd percentile
Defenseless
1991 104m Thriller, Mystery, R
Directed by
Martin Campbell
USA · English
140.
14 /100
1st percentile
A Fall From Grace
2020 120m Drama, Thriller, Mystery, NR
Directed by
Tyler Perry
USA · English
141.
12 /100
1st percentile
The Trial
2010 100m Comedy, Drama, Romance, PG-13
Directed by
Gary Wheeler
USA · English
142.
11 /100
1st percentile
Mistrial
1996 89m Thriller, Drama, Action, TV Movie, R
Directed by
Heywood Gould
USA · English
143.
3 /100
0th percentile
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
2009 105m Thriller, PG-13
Directed by
Peter Hyams
USA · English