A Civil Action (1998)
Based on a true story. Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta), sensing a quick settlement to avoid negative press, takes on a couple of multimillion dollar companies on behalf of a handful of families who lost their...
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My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Two New York teens traveling through Alabama stop by a convenience store to pick up some grub and later are pulled over for the murder of the convenience store clerk. Not being able to...
Enemy of the State (1998)
DC lawyer Robert Clayton Dean (Smith) is the unwitting recipient of a tape recording of a murder. Not just any murder, but of an assassination made by none other than the senior adviser to the...
Liar Liar (1997)
One reason that Liar Liar is a difficult film to review lies in the simple reason that a funny-bone lies in the arm (or is that mind?) of the beholder. For comedy audiences and critics alike,...
The Rainmaker (1997)
A young lawyer (Damon, Courage Under Fire) goes to work for a crooked ambulance-chasing firm, and tries not to drown in his first case against a highly successful insurance company and their formidable team of lawyers....
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Based on the Russell Banks novel, who also wrote the book that the film Affliction is based on, this is the story of a small Canadian town that virtually dies when every school-age child in...
The Firm (1993)
An ambitious young lawyer (Cruise, A Few Good Men) joins a close-knit firm of lawyers who offer him more money than he ever imagined and a seemingly idyllic life in the suburbs. Problem is that this...