Movies like Inherit the Wind
If Inherit the Wind's mix of politician, trial and teacher stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Inherit the Wind's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Philadelphia
1993 · Directed by Jonathan Demme · 126 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer, judiciary, courtroom drama
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
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The Verdict
1982 · Directed by Sidney Lumet · 129 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver…
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The Judge
2014 · Directed by David Dobkin · 141 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: trial, lawyer, courtroom
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
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12 Angry Men
1957 · Directed by Sidney Lumet · 97 min8.6
Why you'll like itShares: trial, courtroom, courtroom drama
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
1962 · Directed by Robert Mulligan · 129 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: trial, courtroom drama · From the same decade (1960s)
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley.
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The Rainmaker
1997 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · 135 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer, courtroom
Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim.
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Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 · Directed by Dan Gilroy · 122 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer, courtroom
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role.
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Just Mercy
2019 · Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence…
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The Emperor's Club
2002 · Directed by Michael Hoffman · 108 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: teacher
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom.
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The Case for Christ
2017 · Directed by Jon Gunn · 112 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: trial
Based on the true story of an award-winning investigative journalist -- and avowed atheist -- who applies his well-honed journalistic and legal skills to disprove the newfound Christian faith of his wife...
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Juror #2
2024 · Directed by Clint Eastwood · 114 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: courtroom drama
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the…
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The Eichmann Show
2015 · Directed by Paul Andrew Williams · 90 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: trial
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's…