Greatest Legal Films

Last night Tim was reading through his ABA Journal and came across an article listing the 25 greatest legal movies. Some he has seen in their entirety, others only small portions and some neither one of us had ever heard of before, especially the older black and white films.

The list is as follows:

1.) To Kill A Mocking Bird (1962)
2.) 12 Angry Men (1957)
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.) Erin Brockovich (2000)
10.) The Verdict (1982)
11.) Presumed Innocent (1990)
12.) Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
13.) A Man for All Seasons (1966)
14.) A Few Good Men (1992)
15.) Chicago (2002)
16.) Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
17.) The Paper Chase (1973)
18.) Reversal of Fortune (1990)
19.) Compulsion (1959)
20.) And Justice for All (1979)
21.) In the Name of the Father (1993)
22.) A Civil Action (1998)
23.) Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
24.) Amistad (1997)
25.) Miracle on 34th Street (1947)