Critically acclaimed Lawyer movies that are award winners or nominees

Actors : Frederic Forrest, Martin Landau, Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen,
Directors : Francis Ford Coppola,

The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill-fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.

Actors : Ed Harris, Powers Boothe, Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen,
Directors : Oliver Stone,

A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame.

Actors : Ali MacGraw, Ryan O'Neal, John Marley, Ray Milland,
Directors : Arthur Hiller,

A boy and a girl from different backgrounds fall in love regardless of their upbringing - and then tragedy strikes.

Actors : Ellen Latzen, Anne Archer, Glenn Close, Michael Douglas,
Directors : Adrian Lyne,

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

Actors : Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman,
Directors : Jonathan Demme,

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

Actors : Djimon Hounsou, Russell Brand, Felicity Jones, Helen Mirren,
Directors : Julie Taymor,

Shakespeare's epic play is translated from page to screen, with the gender of the main character, Prospero, changed from male to female.

Actors : Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae, Jürgen Prochnow, Donald Sutherland,
Directors : Euzhan Palcy,

Ben du Toit is a schoolteacher who always has considered himself a man of caring and justice, at least on the individual level. When his gardener's son is brutally beaten up by the police ...

Actors : Nicole Kidman, Tommy Lee Jones, Val Kilmer, Jim Carrey,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

Batman must battle former district attorney Harvey Dent, who is now Two-Face and Edward Nygma, The Riddler with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat who becomes his sidekick, Robin.

Actors : Susan Sarandon, Mary-Louise Parker, Brad Renfro, Tommy Lee Jones,
Directors : Joel Schumacher,

A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the District Attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family.

Actors : Richard Burton, Gino Cervi, John Gielgud, Peter O'Toole,
Directors : Peter Glenville,

King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas à Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the king's.

Actors : Sally Field, Paul Newman, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

When a prosecutor leaks a false story that a liquor warehouse owner is involved in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.

Actors : Rosemary Murphy, Gregory Peck, Frank Overton, John Megna,
Directors : Robert Mulligan,

Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.

Actors : Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Hal Holbrook, Gene Hackman,
Directors : Sydney Pollack,

A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.

Actors : Cate Blanchett, Jordi Mollà, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush,
Directors : Shekhar Kapur,

A mature Queen Elizabeth endures multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.

Actors : Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate, Barbara Parkins,
Directors : Mark Robson,

Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.

Actors : James Mason, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Newman, Jack Warden,
Directors : Sidney Lumet,

A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

Actors : Anne Pitoniak, Anne Bancroft, Meg Tilly, Jane Fonda,
Directors : Norman Jewison,

When a naive novice nun is discovered with a dead newborn in her convent quarters, a court-appointed psychiatrist investigates her case.

Actors : James Woods, Virginia Madsen, Whoopi Goldberg, Alec Baldwin,
Directors : Rob Reiner,

A Mississippi district attorney and the widow of Medgar Evers struggle to finally bring a white racist to justice for the 1963 murder of the civil rights leader.

Actors : Gene Kelly, Fredric March, Dick York, Spencer Tracy,
Directors : Stanley Kramer,

Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.

Actors : Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Bo Hopkins, Paolo Bonacelli,
Directors : Alan Parker,

Billy Hayes, an American college student, is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into prison.