With the release of The Judge with Robert Downey Jr and Robert Duvall, it got me thinking about what other courtroom dramas have been made before. And one decade which produced plenty of quality courtroom films is the 90s, including one which also starred Duvall. See how many of the chronologically-ordered films below you can work out.
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1. Presumed Innocent (1990)
2. A Few Good Men (1992)
3. Philadelphia (1993)
4. Primal Fear (1996)
5. The People vs Larry Flynnt (1996)
6. A Civil Action (1998)
Six for six.
One for six. Lol!
Very well done. What did you think of A Civil Action?
Thanks.
I thought it was a well done film. I remember reading the book
that the movie is based on, and the film, from what I can recollect, didn’t stray too far from its source material. Even though, John Travolta’s character, Jan Schlichtmann, especially in the novel, came across as a jerk, I felt bad for him, because… well… I better not reveal any more information. I don’t want to ruin it for your followers, who might want to read the book and have not had the opportunity to do so yet.
I’ve been curious to read the book. I might try and read it this Christmas. I’ve been meaning to use that opening monologue in a Line(s) of the day for a while now.
6/6 🙂 woo hoo!
Fab stuff Rob. Do you have a favourite of the six?
tough to answer that.
the first 3 are all spectacular.
4 is good, but the book is even better
5 – wasn’t really my cup of tea
6 – only saw once and liked it, but it was remade a few years later as Erin Brockovich 🙂
I really did like A Civil Action, It has a great story, superb cast and one of my favourite film opening lines. You’re right though, it will always suffer an unflattering comparison with Erin Brockovich. The book of Primal Fear must be fantastic, but Norton’s performance was sensational!
you’ve inspired me to rewatch A Civil Action. Thanks Alex. The book is amazing and even the final line is slightly different in the book making it even more shocking
Well it’a film i’ve long debated with people with. There are better films out there, but I do find it an amazing story. The book it was based on took six years to write!
wow! well, hopefully, we’ll be able to debate it later this week 🙂
I look forward to it 🙂
rewatched it and it was very good, but not excellent
Always interesting to hear your opinion. I think that’s how a lot of people feel.
Hope to have the review up later today or tomorrow
zero 😦
No one gets six every time.
You’re just softening the blow!
But it is true. You might even get this next time https://larspsyll.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/dice011.jpg
Yikes! Only 2/6 although I haven’t actually seen most of these.
There are some really good films in there if you get the chance.
Only 2 for 6 this time. Yeesh.
Form is temporary, class is permanent 🙂
I don’t usually like courtroom dramas, but I’m a huge RDJ fan, so this one looks good. I got 0/6. My favorite courtroom film is Runaway Jury. 🙂
I really do like John Grisham. Less his recent comments. The Runaway Jury is a superb page turner, and The Firm, The Brethren, The Litigator and The Street Lawyer are good too. A Painted House is a pretty sweet one too, in a very different style.