Genre
Courtroom Dramas
Films where argument is the action. The confined setting and fixed procedure force the drama into language, testimony, and what the jury is willing to believe.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.

12 Angry Men
Sidney Lumet · 1957

Anatomy of a Murder
Otto Preminger · 1959

Witness for the Prosecution
Billy Wilder · 1957

Anatomy of a Fall
Justine Triet · 2023
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