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Subgenre Sampler
Life of David Gale, The (2002)- Dir. Alan Parker
Feat. Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney - Ingenious though slightly muddled thriller, enacts the leadup to death–rower Kevin Spacey's arrest, trial for murder and imminent…
Civil Action, A (1999)
- Dir. Steven Zaillian
Feat. John Travolta, Robert Duvall, William H. Macy… - Fact–based account of a protracted courtroom duel between two corporations and small–town folk, whose children have been affected by…
General's Daughter, The (1999)- Dir. Simon West
Feat. John Travolta, Madeleine Stowe, James Woods - Gathering suspense from the 'closed–world' ethics of the US military, this thriller from the writer of A FEW GOOD MEN concerns a gruesome,…
Insider, The (1999)
- Dir. Michael Mann
Feat. Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer… - A brooding masterpiece from dir. Mann (HEAT), who finally wrestles down a topic of sufficient weight to justify the peerless brilliance of his…
True Crime (1999)- Dir. Clint Eastwood
Feat. Clint Eastwood, James Woods - Implausible but fun, this is Clint Eastwood relaxing his usually rigorous standards with a hokey thriller–by–numbers stocked with…
Confession, The (1998)- Dir. David Jones
Feat. Alec Baldwin, Ben Kingsley, Amy Irving - Fairly standard–issue moral dilemmas in the courtroom for attorney Baldwin, involved in a complex case of guilt, redemption and retribution in…
Gingerbread Man, The (1998)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Kenneth Branagh, Embeth Davidtz, Robert Duvall… - Script by the courtroom–obsessed John Grisham is here assigned to auteurist Robert Altman (THE PLAYER, SHORT CUTS), who manages to…
Devil's Advocate, The (1997)- Dir. Taylor Hackford
Feat. Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron - Invincible lawyer Keanu Reeves is tempted to join an elite law firm, but bossman Al Pacino has a firey temper and is looking for lifelong commitment,…
Night Falls On Manhattan (1997)- Dir. Sidney Lumet
Feat. Richard Dreyfuss, Andy Garcia, Lena Olin - Poking around among the NYPD's rotten apples, this unsettling thriller gouges up about as much police corruption and moral dry–rot as you can…
Rainmaker, The (1997)- Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
Feat. Matt Damon, Danny De Vito, Jon Voight… - John Grisham's novel is spared from the airport–novel–as–movie–fodder assembly line by a refined Coppola script that attends…
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