Movies that display criminal justice system?
08-19-15, 05:12 PM
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Movies that display criminal justice system?
so i am taking a graduate course on basic criminal justice.
one of our assignments is to come up with a list of movies that can be had on DVD or streamed from YouTube that deals with or surrounds something to do with the criminal justice system.
nothing too graphic or filled with nudity, but really portrays the criminal justice system well. older movies good, but looking for some updated takes as well.
so, i leave it to you guys to give me a good list...
1. 12 Angry Men
2. To Kill A Mockingbird
one of our assignments is to come up with a list of movies that can be had on DVD or streamed from YouTube that deals with or surrounds something to do with the criminal justice system.
nothing too graphic or filled with nudity, but really portrays the criminal justice system well. older movies good, but looking for some updated takes as well.
so, i leave it to you guys to give me a good list...
1. 12 Angry Men
2. To Kill A Mockingbird
Last edited by OldBoy; 08-19-15 at 05:41 PM.
08-19-15, 05:47 PM
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Re: Movies that display criminal justice system?
so i am taking a graduate course on basic criminal justice.
one of our assignments is to come up with a list of movies that can be had on DVD or streamed from YouTube that deals with or surrounds something to do with the criminal justice system.
nothing too graphic or filled with nudity, but really portrays the criminal justice system well. older movies good, but looking for some updated takes as well.
so, i leave it to you guys to give me a good list...
1. 12 Angry Men
2. To Kill A Mockingbird
one of our assignments is to come up with a list of movies that can be had on DVD or streamed from YouTube that deals with or surrounds something to do with the criminal justice system.
nothing too graphic or filled with nudity, but really portrays the criminal justice system well. older movies good, but looking for some updated takes as well.
so, i leave it to you guys to give me a good list...
1. 12 Angry Men
2. To Kill A Mockingbird
The Verdict
Witness for the Prosecution
All of these jump to mind right away as movies I really enjoyed.
Here is the AFI Top 10 list:
1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. 12 Angry Men
3. Kramer vs. Kramer
4. The Verdict
5. A Few Good Men
6. Witness for the Prosecution
7. Anatomy of a Murder
8. In Cold Blood
9. A Cry in the Dark
10. Judgment at Nuremberg
08-19-15, 08:33 PM
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Re: Movies that display criminal justice system?
Dead Man Walking
The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption
In the Name of the Father
Murder in the First
08-19-15, 08:54 PM
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Re: Movies that display criminal justice system?
I like Primal Fear (though that does have some nudity). Great ensemble cast
08-19-15, 10:56 PM
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Re: Movies that display criminal justice system?
My Cousin Vinny is often cited as one of the best all around law movies (unsurprising since the director does have a law degree from Cambridge). It's also on ABA (American Bar Association) Journal's Top 25 list at #3 (behind To Kill a Mockingbird and 12 Angry Men): http://www.abajournal.com/gallery/top25movies/
08-19-15, 11:38 PM
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Re: Movies that display criminal justice system?
The Rainmaker and The Star Chamber are great because the deal specifically with jurisprudence, specifically legal precedents and evidence handling/introduction.
08-20-15, 06:47 AM
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Re: Movies that display criminal justice system?
One of the best, that hasn't been mentioned yet, also stars Henry Fonda and was made a year before 12 ANGRY MEN: Alfred Hitchcock's THE WRONG MAN (1956), in which Fonda plays a musician who resembles a robbery suspect and is arrested, booked, charged and tried and the film follows the process each step of the way, showing how harrowing it is for an innocent man to be put through this treatment. Also set in New York.
08-20-15, 06:48 AM
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Re: Movies that display criminal justice system?
Two movies based on true stories: The Wrong Man and the TV movie Fear on Trial.
In The Verdict, when the jury comes back with a question, I've always felt that scene was lifted from Fear on Trial. And that particular incident really did happen.
There are several books on the law in the movies. I recommend Reel Justice, by Paul Bergman and Michael Asimow. The original and updated editions list some different movies between the two. And if you look it up on Amazon, you'll get a list of similarly themed books.
EDIT: Ash Ketchum beat me (by one minute!) listing The Wrong Man, but note that it was based on a true story. Several critics have compared Fonda's (character's) experience to going through a meat grinder.
In The Verdict, when the jury comes back with a question, I've always felt that scene was lifted from Fear on Trial. And that particular incident really did happen.
There are several books on the law in the movies. I recommend Reel Justice, by Paul Bergman and Michael Asimow. The original and updated editions list some different movies between the two. And if you look it up on Amazon, you'll get a list of similarly themed books.
EDIT: Ash Ketchum beat me (by one minute!) listing The Wrong Man, but note that it was based on a true story. Several critics have compared Fonda's (character's) experience to going through a meat grinder.
Last edited by digidoh; 08-20-15 at 08:26 AM.
08-20-15, 11:53 AM
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Re: Movies that display criminal justice system?
American Me - it is a bit graphic at times, but a look at how the Mexican Mafia came to power in the California dept of corrections in the 60s-70s
