These are the 10 best legal films that have added suspense and caused the most human pathos. The American Film Institute only included 2 legal films on their best movie list with To Kill A Mockingbird in 1997 and 12 Angry Men in 2007. Thanks to the ABA Journal, AFI, Keyser Law Firm, and The Radix, these are the 12  films that made everyone’s list:

1. 12 Angry Men (1957)

2. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)

3. My Cousin Vinny (1992)

4. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

5. Inherit the Wind (1960)

6. Witness for the Prosecution (1957)

7. Breaker Morant (1980)

8. Philadelphia (1993)

9. The Verdict (1993)

10. A Few Good Men (1992)

A few films not on this list that had great courtroom drama were, A Time to Kill (1996), Rashomon (1950) and a peculiar choice with Jim Carey’s Liar, Liar (1997). Is this the end-all list of legal films and do they best represent the legal system?

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