The courtroom drama is one of the most reliably entertaining and rousing of movie genres, one that allows for great acting, shocking plot twists, and compelling themes concerning the justice system, ethics, morality and other such matters. The genre has produced some of the finest films of the classic Hollywood system, as well as more recent strong entries that continue the legacy of performance.
It hasn’t changed much over the course of history – but it really didn’t need to – as the stories these films tell fit comfortably within a specific framework. This article will focus on 10 outstanding examples of the courtroom genre, many of them produced within the old Hollywood system…
10. …And Justice For All
Al Pacino is in his 1970s prime in Norman Jewison’s 1979 …And Justice For All, in which he plays lawyer Arthur Kirkland, a man trying to get justice served in an often cruel and unfeeling justice system.
It hasn’t changed much over the course of history – but it really didn’t need to – as the stories these films tell fit comfortably within a specific framework. This article will focus on 10 outstanding examples of the courtroom genre, many of them produced within the old Hollywood system…
10. …And Justice For All
Al Pacino is in his 1970s prime in Norman Jewison’s 1979 …And Justice For All, in which he plays lawyer Arthur Kirkland, a man trying to get justice served in an often cruel and unfeeling justice system.
- 5/9/2013
- by Andrew Edward Davies
- Obsessed with Film
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