Directed by Sydney Pollack • 1993 • United States
Starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Hal Holbrook
The first of what would become a virtual microgenre unto itself—the John Grisham adaptation—remains one of the best legal thrillers of the 1990s thanks to the intelligent direction of veteran craftsman Sydney Pollack and the star power of Tom Cruise. He plays Mitch McDeere, a brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad who, driven by a fierce desire to bury his working-class past, joins a small, prosperous Memphis firm that affords him and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) an affluent lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams. But when FBI agents confront him with evidence of corruption and murder within the company, Mitch sets out to find the truth in a deadly crossfire between the FBI, the mob, and a force that will stop at nothing to protect its interests: the firm itself.
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Directed by Barry Levinson • 1994 • United States
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Michael Clayton
Directed by Tony Gilroy • 2007 • United States
Starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda SwintonAttorney Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a fixer, the go-to guy when his powerful New York law firm wants a mess swept under the rug. But now he’s handed a crisis even he may not be able to f...
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Primal Fear
Directed by Gregory Hoblit • 1996 • United States
Starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward NortonA high-profile slaying becomes the case of an ambitious attorney’s career in this smash-hit legal thriller boasting shocking twists and compelling performances from Richard Gere and an Academy Aw...
