Suggestions please!!!

K so in my APGov glass we're studying the judicial branch so can i get some suggestions for which movie we should watch in class that has to do with the court system and stuff like that (other than 12 Angry Men) thank you!

A Few Good Men is what we watched in my You and the Law class. Along with Runaway Jury

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I'm assuming nothing rated R ... so maybeTo Kill a Mockingbird ... and if I remember right, Anatomy of a Murder was pretty good but it's been a while since I've seen it...

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naw we can do rated R lol we watched some guy get castrated with a knife last year in AP euro when we watched Germinal

A Time To Kill or...Liar, Liar. Ok, so the last one's a joke

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The US judicial system is vast and complex enough that you're gonna have a hard time learning any useful general info by watching a movie. But one that comes to mind is a decent telling of the Gideon v. Wainwright story, and stars Henry Fonda, called Gideon's Trumpet (based on a novel of the same name). It was made for tv. Of course it's case-specific film and would be most useful in conjunction with reading the actual decision (unabridged!) as we had to in my undergraduate Con-Law class.

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I totally forgot John Grisham, here ya go...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gr..._on_his_novels

"Overruled..."

Miracle on 34th Street
1947, George Seaton


*and see THiS existing thread.

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I found the verdict a good movie, and being a bit of a girl was into the legally blond as well lol

I highly recommend this one

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The other mofos have mentioned some fantastic movies,

Here is another suggestion

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What did you end up watching, rice, and what did you think of it/them?

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Nice choices so far...

Here's a couple more for you...both are excellent.



Inherit the Wind (1960)



Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Although the trial is held in Germany, I think it would still make an interesting discussion for an APGov class.

Hope this helps.