Best Law Movies of the 1990s

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Wesley Strick
Stars: Robert De Niro,Jessica Lange,Nick Nolte,Joe Don Baker,Juliette Lewis,Illeana Douglas,Martin Balsam,Gregory Peck,Fred Thompson,Robert Mitchum
IMDb ID: tt0101540
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Thriller,Crime Fiction,Psychological thriller,Remake,Crime Thriller,Suspense,Drama
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1991-11-13
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Miloš Forman
Writers: Scott Alexander,Larry Karaszewski
Stars: Woody Harrelson,Courtney Love,Edward Norton,Brett Harrelson,Donna Hanover,James Cromwell,Crispin Glover,Vincent Schiavelli,Miles Chapin,James Carville
IMDb ID: tt0117318
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Biographical film,Period piece,Trial drama,Comedy-drama,Drama
Subjects: Law,Larry Flynt
Release date: 1996-10-13
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Writers: Francis Ford Coppola,Michael Herr
Stars: Matt Damon,Claire Danes,Danny DeVito,Mary Kay Place,Jon Voight,Dean Stockwell,Teresa Wright,Virginia Madsen,Mickey Rourke,Andrew Shue
IMDb ID: tt0119978
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Thriller,Legal drama,Crime Fiction,Trial drama,Drama
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1997-11-18
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Sydney Pollack
Writers: David Rabe,Robert Towne,John Grisham,David Rayfiel
Stars: Tom Cruise,Jeanne Tripplehorn,Gene Hackman,Hal Holbrook,David Strathairn,Holly Hunter,Ed Harris,Wilford Brimley,Tobin Bell,Paul Calderon
IMDb ID: tt0106918
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Thriller,Documentary,Suspense,Mystery,Trial drama,Film adaptation,Crime Thriller,Drama
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1993-06-30
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Writers: Dale Launer
Stars: Joe Pesci,Ralph Macchio,Marisa Tomei,Mitchell Whitfield,Fred Gwynne,Lane Smith,Austin Pendleton,Bruce McGill,Maury Chaykin,Paulene Myers
IMDb ID: tt0104952
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Crime Fiction,Courtroom Comedy,Comedy of manners,Comedy,Trial drama
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1992-03-13
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: David Franzoni
Stars: Matthew McConaughey,Anthony Hopkins,Djimon Hounsou,Stellan Skarsgård,Harry Blackmun,Jeremy Northam,Chiwetel Ejiofor,Pete Postlethwaite,Darren E. Burrows,Anna Paquin
IMDb ID: tt0118607
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Costume drama,Trial drama,Period piece,Mystery,History,Drama,Historical fiction
Subjects: Law,Racism
Release date: 1997-12-04
Country: United States of America
Language: Spanish Language,English Language,Mende Language

Director: Michael Apted
Stars: Fred Thompson,Gene Hackman,Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,Donald Moffat,Wood Moy,Joanna Merlin,Jonathan Silverman,Colin Friels,Jan Rubes,Laurence Fishburne
IMDb ID: tt0101590
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Trial drama,Drama
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1991-03-15
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Jonathan Demme
Writers: Ron Nyswaner
Stars: Tom Hanks,Jason Robards,Denzel Washington,Antonio Banderas,Joanne Woodward,Mary Steenburgen,Ron Vawter,Chandra Wilson,Charles Napier,Roberta Maxwell
IMDb ID: tt0107818
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Trial drama,Drama
Subjects: Law,Tragedy
Release date: 1993-12-23
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Joel Schumacher
Writers: Akiva Goldsman,Robert Getchell
Stars: Anthony Edwards,Will Patton,Anthony LaPaglia,Susan Sarandon,Tommy Lee Jones,Mary-Louise Parker,Brad Renfro,Ossie Davis,J. T. Walsh,Kim Coates
IMDb ID: tt0109446
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Trial drama,Crime Fiction,Crime Thriller,Mystery,Film adaptation,Suspense,Thriller,Drama
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1994-07-22
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Taylor Hackford
Writers: Jonathan Lemkin,Tony Gilroy
Stars: Al Pacino,Charlize Theron,Keanu Reeves,Judith Ivey,Heather Matarazzo,Connie Nielsen,Craig T. Nelson,Jeffrey Jones,Laura Harrington,Ruben Santiago-Hudson
IMDb ID: tt0118971
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Horror,Trial drama,Thriller,Psychological thriller,Mystery
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1997-10-17
Country: United States of America,Germany
Language: English Language,Italian Language,Spanish Language,German Language,Standard Mandarin

Director: Bruce Beresford
Writers: David Weisberg,Douglas S. Cook
Stars: Ashley Judd,Tommy Lee Jones,Bruce Greenwood,Annabeth Gish,Benjamin Weir,Jay Brazeau,John Maclaren,Ed Evanko,Michael Gaston,Gillian Barber
IMDb ID: tt0150377
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Thriller,Mystery,Crime
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1999-09-21
Country: United States of America,Canada,Germany
Language: English Language

Director: Rob Reiner
Writers: Lewis Colick
Stars: Alec Baldwin,James Woods,Virginia Madsen,Whoopi Goldberg,Susanna Thompson,Craig T. Nelson,Lucas Black,Joseph Tello,Alexa Vega,William H. Macy
IMDb ID: tt0116410
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Trial drama,Crime Fiction,Docudrama,Drama,Historical fiction
Subjects: Law,Racism,Medgar Evers
Release date: 1996-12-20
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Steven Zaillian
Writers: Steven Zaillian
Stars: John Travolta,Robert Duvall,Tony Shalhoub,William H. Macy,Željko Ivanek,Bruce Norris,John Lithgow,Kathleen Quinlan,Peter Jacobson,Mary Mara
IMDb ID: tt0120633
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Trial drama,Docudrama,Drama
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1998-12-25
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Irwin Winkler
Writers: Irwin Winkler
Stars: Robert De Niro,Annette Bening,George Wendt,Patricia Wettig,Sam Wanamaker,Luke Edwards,Chris Cooper,Ben Piazza,Martin Scorsese,Barry Primus
IMDb ID: tt0101984
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Period piece,Trial drama,Political drama,Drama,Thriller
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1991-03-15
Country: United States of America,France
Language: English Language

Director: Arne Glimcher
Writers: Peter Stone,Jeb Stuart
Stars: Scarlett Johansson,Ed Harris,Kate Capshaw,Laurence Fishburne,Sean Connery,Blair Underwood,Ruby Dee,Ned Beatty,Kevin McCarthy,Lynne Thigpen
IMDb ID: tt0113501
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Libraries and librarians,Mystery,Action Film,Trial drama,Thriller,Suspense,Film adaptation,Crime Thriller,Psychological thriller,Crime Fiction
Subjects: Capital punishment,Law
Release date: 1995
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Barry Levinson
Writers: Michael Crichton,Paul Attanasio
Stars: Michael Douglas,Demi Moore,Donald Sutherland,Roma Maffia,Rosemary Forsyth,Dennis Miller,Donal Logue,Caroline Goodall,Dylan Baker,Suzie Plakson
IMDb ID: tt0109635
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Thriller,Erotic thriller,Trial drama,Mystery,Film adaptation,Suspense,Drama
Subjects: Law,Sexual harassment
Release date: 1994-12-09
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Gregory Nava
Writers: Tina Andrews
Stars: Halle Berry,Vivica A. Fox,Lela Rochon,Larenz Tate,Paul Mazursky,Pamela Reed,Alexis Cruz,Miguel A. Núñez, Jr.,Clifton Powell,Lane Smith
IMDb ID: tt0123324
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Musical,Biographical film,Romance Film,Musical Drama,Drama
Subjects: Law,Frankie Lymon
Release date: 1998-08-28
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Joel Schumacher
Writers: Akiva Goldsman
Stars: Matthew McConaughey,Sandra Bullock,Samuel L. Jackson,Kevin Spacey,Oliver Platt,Charles S. Dutton,Brenda Fricker,Donald Sutherland,Kiefer Sutherland,Patrick McGoohan
IMDb ID: tt0117913
Rating: R (USA)
Genres: Thriller,Drama,Crime Fiction
Subjects: Capital punishment,Law,Racism
Release date: 1996-07-24
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Jonathan Lynn
Writers: Gregory Bernstein,Sara Bernstein
Stars: Michael Richards,Charlize Theron,Jeff Daniels,Rip Torn,Jessica Steen,Lawrence Pressman,Alexandra Wentworth,Austin Pendleton,Jennifer Coolidge
IMDb ID: tt0120373
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Indie film,Romance Film,Romantic comedy,Slapstick,Comedy
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1997-05-30
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language

Director: Alan J. Pakula
Writers: Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Julia Roberts,Denzel Washington,Jake Weber,William Atherton,Tony Goldwyn,James Sikking,Sam Shepard,Stanley Tucci,Robert Culp,John Heard
IMDb ID: tt0107798
Rating: PG-13 (USA)
Genres: Thriller,Action Film,Film adaptation,Mystery,Suspense,Political thriller,Trial drama,Action/Adventure,Action Thriller
Subjects: Law
Release date: 1993-12-17
Country: United States of America
Language: English Language