Best movies set in court

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Best movies set in court

Discover the best movies set in court, ranked from best to worst.

Based on 0 votes, the movie ...And Justice for All, starring Al Pacino and Jack Warden, came in first as the best movie set in court of all time, followed by 12 and 12 Angry Men from 1957. Scroll down for the top 10 movies set in court, recommended by movie fans in 2026.

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...And Justice for All
1979 - Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson...
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Arthur Kirkland, an honest Baltimore lawyer, is forced to defend a judge he despises. The trial exposes him to the injustices of the system. Al Pacino stars in the drama directed by Norman •••
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2007 - Sergey Makovetskiy, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Valentin Gaft, Aleksey Petrenko...
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Twelve jurors must decide whether a young Chechen killed his stepfather, a Russian officer. At the first vote, only one thinks the boy might be innocent and asks the others to reconsider •••
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12 Angry Men
1957 - Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Jack Klugman, Edward Binns...
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Twelve jurors must decide whether a young man accused of murder is guilty. Eleven vote "guilty," but only one convinces them, step by step, to look at the evidence again. The Sidney •••
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12 Angry Men (1997)
1997 - Courtney B. Vance, Ossie Davis, George C. Scott, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood...
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A teenager from a poor neighborhood is on trial for the murder of his father, and his life depends on twelve jurors. Eleven vote "guilty" and only one asks them to discuss the evidence •••
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A Few Good Men
1992 - Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T....
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A young US Navy lawyer defends two Marines accused of killing a comrade at the Guantanamo base. As the trial unfolds, the case leads all the way up to a powerful officer, Colonel Jessup. •••
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A Time to Kill
1996 - Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd...
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In Mississippi, Carl Lee Hailey kills the men who attacked his little girl. Young lawyer Jake Brigance defends him in a trial that divides the town. Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock and •••
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Amistad
1997 - Morgan Freeman, Nigel Hawthorne, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Matthew McConaughey...
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In 1839, Africans kidnapped to be sold as slaves take control of the ship La Amistad. Arriving in the United States, they are tried, and their case goes all the way to the Supreme Court. •••
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Anatomy of a Fall
2023 - Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny...
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A man is found dead in the snow, under the window of the house in the mountains of France. His wife, Sandra, a writer, is accused of murder, and their visually impaired son becomes a key •••
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Anatomy of a Murder
1959 - James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, Kathryn Grant...
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Paul Biegler, a small-town Michigan attorney, defends a lieutenant who killed a bartender. The trial becomes a tense confrontation with a prosecutor from the city. James Stewart stars in •••
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Argentina 1985
2022 - Ricardo Darín, Peter Lanzani, Alejandra Flechner, Paula Ransenberg, Carlos Portaluppi...
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Prosecutor Julio Strassera and his team of young lawyers bring the leaders of Argentina's former military dictatorship to justice. The trial takes place in 1985. Ricardo Darín stars in the •••
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This list includes, for example, Bridge of Spies, The Judge, Law Abiding Citizen.

What are the most recent movies in this list?

Among the titles with a known release year, the most recent are: Coyote vs. Acme (2026), Mercy (2026), Juror #2 (2024).

Which movies from 1990–1999 are included?

Titles released in this period include 12 Angry Men (1997) (1997), Amistad (1997), Liar Liar (1997).

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