The courtroom drama is a staple of the movies, and no wonder — trials are just bursting at the seams with possible dramatic moments and somebody always wins. Movie courtrooms also give us the opportunity to watch our favorite actors chew the scenery as lawyers in clips hopefully destined for the “for your consideration” reel.
Grandstanding speeches about justice. Righteous anger at a clearly guilty client. Impassioned pleas to exonerate the innocent victim of the system. Movie courtrooms let actors do it all.
Check out these stills of 10 movie courtrooms and see if you can name the actor and the film they’re from.
Answers up after one of the best courtroom scenes in history: Al Pacino going absolutely batshit in “…And Justice for All.”
Answers:
- Denzel Washington: “Philadelphia”
- Matthew McConaughey: “A Time to Kill”
- Katharine Hepburn: “Adam’s Rib”
- Joe Pesci: “My Cousin Vinny”
- Tom Cruise: “A Few Good Men”
- Mark Rylance: “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
- Michael B. Jordan: “Just Mercy”
- Laura Linney: “Primal Fear”
- Reese Witherspoon: “Legally Blonde”
- Gregory Peck: “To Kill a Mockingbird”
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