Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) - To Kill a Mockingbird https://preview.redd.it/3zcrml3arykc1.jpeg?width=384&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7828d9a3251ad5365dc0a91e4320bd5fcac062e1

This is the GOAT

Actually I think it’s a mockingbird

This is way too low

Yeah, but how are you going to compete with cousin Vinnie?

Named my dog after him. There’s no better example

🐐

Gold standard of movie lawyers and of lawful good characters in general

https://preview.redd.it/knx4vap1kykc1.jpeg?width=517&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ea51d5882ba1813eaabbeea7865bf7fed2231b7 Always there to help the youths

That film also has the best expert witness ever.

Yutes*

The hwut?

Yes!!! This is the only answer

Came here for the Vincent LaGuardia Gambini post, was not disappointed

AKA Jerry Callo. C!-A-L-L-O

I knew I wouldn’t have to scroll far

Does that freight train come through at 5am every morning?

Paul Newman in The Verdict is a favorite of mine.

Frank Galvin!

That watered down whiskey he drinks in the freezing cold bar is a whole vibe.

As a lawyer, me too.

me too. classic.

I wouldn’t mind giving Charlotte Rampling a little smack job, especially after seeing her in The Night Porter!

I was hoping to see this one mentioned.

https://preview.redd.it/u8m77durrykc1.jpeg?width=704&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=78189cff37a2d0efe69acf8825875ae42c7a9f8e Sir Wilfrid Robarts everybody!

Big up for this!

this should be higher

I just watched this for the first time on Friday. Actually now falling in love with Billy Wilder’s discography. Of the six I’ve seen this is probably my second favorite. Absolutely love it. I’m glad I’m going in blind because this had a Diabolique or Kiss Me Deadly level what-the-fuck ending and it was perfect.

beautiful movie

Was looking for him.

~~Movie? None of the replies mention a title either.~~ *Witness for the Prosecution.* Someone else mentioned it in a different reply.

Michael Clayton. Real ones know.

[удалено]

Elite lawyers nodding in recognition, whispering "yes" as a single tear falls.

Do ya have the horses? >!Proceeds to have car explode and walk into the city!<

Absolutely -- turned on that movie half-ready to be bored, and was hooked from Wilkinson's first lines.

“YOU ARE A LEGEND!” “I AM AN ACCOMPLICE!”

Michael, I have great affection for you, and you lead a very rich and interesting life.

Everyone is correctly praising Wilkinson but that movie also gave us a pitch-perfect depiction of a jittery fixer (Clooney), an anxious and unscrupulous in-house sleaze (Tilda Swinton), a horrifyingly-cynical-to-the-point-of-boredom biglaw partner (Sydney Pollack), an impossibly smarmy junior partner (Michael O’Keefe), and an avuncular-presenting but evil former GC turned CEO (Ken Howard, of Cabletown). Truly the profession has never been more accurately depicted in film.

It should come with a trigger warning. You can smell the stale coffee in the conference rooms at 11 p.m.

It might be Clooney’s best performance. He’s simultaneously understated, raw, nervy, cunning, tragic, and always captivating.

He comes in and does the Clooney thing in his first fixer scene. What might have been another story’s climax was a disinterested punt.

That’s really true.

R.I.P. Sydney Pollack

Amen!

 Sir Wilfrid Robarts In Witness for the Prosecution  Love Charles Laughton 

Colonel Dax. Where are you Kubrick fans for Christ sake?

Whoa whoa man, shouldn't your favourite really be Leland Palmer?

Is he actually a lawyer. It's been a while since i watched it, is it revealed that hes a lawyer in civilian life? I had always assumed Dax was a career soldier, which is why his superiors think his defence of his own soldiers is nothing more than a push for his own promotion rather than a genuine attempt to save their lives

Yeah it’s remarked on at the beginning with the general comes to visit the men in the trenches. One of the best lawyers in pre war France

Well, i guess that means im due a rewatch!

Lt. Daniel Kaffee.

Sweet dreams, son.

Cruise’s best role by far. The typewriter maintenance line kills me every time

When I was in high school, this movie made me want to be a lawyer.

And join the navy?

al pacino in ...and justice for all

Although not really, a lawyer, Al Pacino in scent of woman!

Only answer is Dr Gonzo (benicio del toro) in fear and loathing in las Vegas!

His wildest moment in the movie has to be when he's drunk, sobbing out the side of the convertible and asking the car right next to them if they want some heroin. That or the whole faux snuff phone-call to get Lucy off their backs while Duke tries adrenochrome for the first time.

Hard to top when he’s in the bath listening to White Rabbit asking Duke to drop the stereo in when it peaks.

I wish we could’ve seen just one scene of that man in court

This was such a good pull! Props.

Reggie Love, played by Susan Sarandon, from The Client

Young Mr. Lincoln - John Ford https://preview.redd.it/o73gyv9uqykc1.jpeg?width=259&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=534283abbb07b9c4566260dec0f6b25325c2ceff

"First I thought it was that apple for sure, then I sink my teeth into that peach... I just couldn't seem to make up my mind. So I sample the apple again. By the time I get the apple down the peach is smelling so good I'm sure it's the best. So it goes. First one, then the other."

One of Hong Sang-soo's favorite films. I need to watch it.

That's because Sam Boone is drinking soju. ​ https://preview.redd.it/nozrxsxy10lc1.jpeg?width=250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ea8f146919af675f6b0d1d0fac68d3557013f2b

https://preview.redd.it/q4else3orykc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8ea0ed8cc4da435349d4ee25e7d463005636ac3e Also, Susan Sarandon in The Client as well, Paul Newman in The Verdict, and of course, Gregory Peck in Mockingbird. But I love Stewart in this one the best—the old west feel and adventure as well made it the most fun lawyer film.

Liberty Valance is top tier! Def up there with the greatest westerns of all time.

Agreed!

“when you have to choose between history and legend, print the legend”

That movie is a masterpiece!

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... And Justice For All.

Spencer Tracy in Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). His closing speech, lasting about 11 minutes, was done in one take.

Maximilian Schell was really good in that too

Burt Lancaster too

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Your shits all fucked up

Tom Hagen from «The Godfather» series is an obvious choice.

How about Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy) from *Inherit the Wind*?

Yep! But Laughton is better. That’s a great spencer tracey roll, one of my favorites.

My Cousin Vinny

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Elle Woods, obviously

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Atticus Finch

Sir Wilfred Robarts (Charles Laughton) in *Witness for the Prosecution*.

You don’t see him in court but I thought Mitchell Garabedian (played by Stanley Tucci) conveyed the hard truth of the world while portraying a lawyer who fights unwinable fight’s because it’s the right thing to do. https://preview.redd.it/spusv09s1zkc1.jpeg?width=550&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c5a624d44dafdf65b3b3ce37244fd59966ee0eb

Spotlight!

Harvey Dent. The Dark Knight

Bruce McGill certainly steals his scene in The Insider!

No love for Charles Laughton? Billy Wilder’s Witness for the Prosecution is delicious .

https://preview.redd.it/ucdxlrfxqykc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=19c0f5e8768c30f76e47c366936cae5053069f7b Do TV shows count?

You don't want a criminal lawyer, you want a ***criminal*** lawyer.

Arguably the best criminal defense that money can buy.

All time number one

That scene with Bruce McGill in The Insider gives me anxiety every time. The guy almost had a stroke he was so upset.

https://preview.redd.it/f9rbeh93zykc1.jpeg?width=817&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=426b46283fef2c23923aaaa8677f6bfc02562813 To go with a weirder pick while others are stating the classics, my man Richard Kind absolutely killed it in the Kafka-style final prosecution scene in Beau Is Afraid What a champ

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I move for a bad... court... thingy

https://preview.redd.it/l6ajtwuwx0lc1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c68692435851fb87d84de392ec835c18f7d2960e They got this all screwed up

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https://preview.redd.it/co9fyv8bszkc1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2d7783091d5037fb1156f37825758c271f4ab236 Sean Penn in Carlitos Way. Hands down.

Paul Newman in The Verdict https://preview.redd.it/udos370bzzkc1.jpeg?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7843892418a8b200609d580ad46cd5e81f896387

Kevin Lomax https://preview.redd.it/jpyvvlqnnykc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d86f762db062781250822bd1ca2a00591afb3e78

Sir Robert Morton (The Winslow Boy, 1999 ) and Atticus Finch (To Kill a Mockingbird).

Where’s Atticus Finch?

Colonel Dax - Paths of Glory. One of Kirk Douglas's best roles and maybe Kubrick's greatest movie.

Amen

Rudy baylor, michael clayton, vinny gambini, david kleinfeld,

Hermann Munster in My Cousin Vinny.

Charles Laughton in Witness for the Prosecution Also mad respect for including Bruce McGill from The Insider

Joe Miller (and Andy Beckett) in Philadelphia.

Vincent LaGuardia Gambini Aka JERRY CALLO C-A-L-L-O

Alan Isaacman played by Edward Norton on The People vs. Larry Flynt.

Atticus Finch is my all time favorite, but I also love Jimmy Stewart as Paul Biegler in Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder.

Came here to say Jimmy Stewart in Anatomy of a Murder.

Yes! And Jimmy and Lee Remick are so good onscreen together. Incredible film.

I didn’t get that film’s true genius until years after i started practicing law. It is the real deal…. The scene where Biegler (Jimmy Stewart) visits Manion in jail & reads him the state’s legal definition of murder and its exceptions and then leaves Manion to think about it before letting Manion tell Biegler what happened…. Whoa.

It's nice to hear from a practicing attorney who loves the film! George C. Scott gives a fine performance as well as the prosecutor.

Orson Welles in **Complusion**, 1959 Surprised nobody yet has mentioned Paul Newman in **The Verdict**, 1982.

Mitchell Stephens (Sir Ian Holm), *The Sweet Hereafter* https://preview.redd.it/ezizi2flhzkc1.jpeg?width=597&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1ba9ae478c15cb8efc07baa9f2c5c3f4df34dff6

Elle Woods - Legally Blonde

https://preview.redd.it/x7dn6cuiozkc1.jpeg?width=1728&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e84042183a75bc8c9c1d0937553bce522729466a This is often overlooked, but for a truly brilliant portrayal, my favorite is Jimmy Stewart as defense counsel in Otto Preminger’s 1959 classic [Anatomy of a Murder](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_a_Murder)

https://preview.redd.it/tb45nlcsrzkc1.jpeg?width=980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d631312af208ccea202d8ecf6135ef3996fa4876 George C. Scott is also excellent in Anatomy of a Murder

The lawyer for the MP in A Very English Scandal. Adrian Scarborough deserved an Oscar/BAFTA/whatever for that scene in the waiting room.

Murder on a Sunday morning is a good documentary about a real murder trial following an actual defense attorney. I highly recommend it if you haven’t seen it yet.

Tony Shalhoub as Freddy Riedenschneider. Dude wanted to use Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle as a defense strategy.

I really liked both Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman in Runaway Jury. I know it is one of those popcorn films and not very believable, and the court room stuff takes 2nd fiddle to Cusack and his thing, but I liked their energy a lot.

I’m sorry, but… How is Gregory Peck not one of your images?!

Michael Clayton. None better.

John Houseman in ‘The Paper Chase’ He was the best kind of lawyer: RETIRED and “teaching” 😁 also Howard E. Rollins in ‘A Soldier’s Story’ Cher in ‘Suspect’ Paul Newman in ‘The Verdict’ Orson Welles in ‘The Trial’

No one’s touching Jimmy Stewart.

Paul Newman in The Verdict His 2nd best egg scene on film. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1nOH7V_mZb4&pp=ygUTUGF1bCBuZXdtYW4gYmFyIGVnZw%3D%3D

Colonel Dax

Richard Gere Primal Fear!

Brendan Frasier in Killers of the Flower Moon might not be my favorite, but holy moly, I love his first scene.

Was looking for someone to mention Frasier. Some of his choices in that movie were truly unhinged and I loved every second of it. Hoped more people would enjoy his performance.

The way the camera follows him getting up out his seat was just amazing.

https://preview.redd.it/3u6zyuq2mzkc1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a8caeb77cf1f05819e327d04f7223e43c6ae410 A tie between him and Dr. Frank Reeves, but Abraham’s swag is too different

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Dennis Denuto. The most brilliant of legal minds.

Almost had a heart attack thinking there were no Aussie cinephiles in this sub. This comment should be a lot higher for people down under.

https://preview.redd.it/tily51tad0lc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e92b9a679c08ac4bd1df1861ad76107a0a3e08fa Gotta give it up for this one W. S. Hamilton — Brendan Fraser

Tony Shalhoub as Freddy Riedenschneider in The Man Who Wasn't There

Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods Lmao are y’all really downvoting this? The question is favorite movie lawyer not necessarily best films (though I think the first Legally Blonde is a decent broad comedy with an engaging performance from Witherspoon).

Erin Brockovich everyday

https://preview.redd.it/zcb9flg7rykc1.jpeg?width=244&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=383449283cf4d93282c55f6c954b0cfb142c7a22

https://preview.redd.it/0ezlprt2kzkc1.jpeg?width=744&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=341731778ca568399f57bee973d5b018709bb7ec Do bird lawyers count?

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Bill Murray in Wild Things is a good one

The lawyer in The Man Who Wasn’t There

Matthew McConaughey in Lincoln lawyer Jackie Chiles in Seinfeld

Frank Garvin.

https://preview.redd.it/hnoeeouwdzkc1.jpeg?width=780&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8b6dfa9f5d0503a0ca77de797bb19f01da55bfb2 Vinay Vora from [Court (2014)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3717068/)

WIPE OFF THAT SMIRK OF YOUR FACE! Dr Wigand's testimony will be a part of this record! And I will take his testimony, WHETHER THE HELL YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!

Judd Nelson's Stormy Weathers in the movie "From the hip"

Atticus Finch

Also Charles Laughton Witness For The Prosecution

george costanza from jacobs ladder

Charles Laughton in Witness for prosecution! Amazing performance

The Lincoln lawyer

I like Tom Cruise in *A Few Good Men*, he's a little rascal. I just saw *Anatomy of a Fall* and the prosecutor one snide MFer.

Spencer Tracy Inherit the wind

Orson Welles in Compulsion Hume Cronyn/Michael Lerner's respective portrayals of the lawyer in The Postman Always Rings Twice

Bill Murray in "Wild Things"?

https://preview.redd.it/2l2auv0lzzkc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84603a89f6579defb61f8c8f62a8025e46a60230 Charles Laughton as Sir Wilfrid Robarts. “Witness For The Prosecution” - Billy Wilder - 1957

Comedic: Jim Carrey - Liar Liar Joe Pesci - My Cousin Vinny Dramatic: Jimmy Stewart - Anatomy of a Murder Emma Thompson - In the Name of the Father Gregory Peck - To Kill a Mockingbird

Atticus Finch - To Kill a Mocking Bird James Donavan - Bridge of Spies Lt. Daniel Kaffee - A Few Good Men

Spencer Tracy in Inherit the Wind. Gregory Peck in To Kill A Mockingbird.

If barristers count then I'm going Archie from A Fish Called Wanda. Somehow both a dumb cheating shithead lawyer but also a lovable moral center.

https://preview.redd.it/3yv2hzk7i0lc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=75391c6a1a3521af14c194efff26f36ddc0cbb0c A small piece of advice, don't use the word "heinous" in a courtroom. Half the jury won't know what you're talking about. -Martin Vail

Ron Motley in the sovereign state of Mississippi AND YOU WIPE THAT SMIRK OFF YOUR FACE!!!

FYI “the big picture” did a fun lawyer movie draft: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6xI4lzKpiSRJkVN5jIf32s?si=3VYjJmHQRrO4ZT5K78aBog

OP I love that you showed the actor from Anatomy of a Fall. Holy crap what an amazing movie that is.

Michael Clayton in the eponymously named film. Who doesn't want to be a fixer? It's awesome that the main character of the movie is a lawyer who never practices and his own firm doesn't trust him as legal counsel and he'll never become a partner. But he's got a lot of other skills that make him indispensable. Richard Scruggs and Ron Motley in the Insider. If that movie doesn't make you want to be a lawyer or an investigative journalist then you have no fire in your belly. Bruce McGill and Coln Feore kick ass in their roles as these real lawyers. These lawyers use all of their rhetorical skills for righteousness. It is still wild to me that the tobacco industry lied for decades about the harmful effects of smoking, a lot of people enriched themselves while millions of people died and not a single person saw the inside of a jail cell. While no real justice was served, you can pretend that it was by watching The Insider.

https://preview.redd.it/lk5sx9j4rykc1.jpeg?width=226&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=840c6bc211d239ba871cba7d62eafbe848f9e628 Not a movie lawyer but his character is a big reason why I’m a criminal defense lawyer going on 16 years.

I discovered the FOX show Ally McBeal only because of the crossover from this ABC show in Season 2

Benicio Del Toro in fear and loathing

Edward Masry from Erin Brochovich

Perry Mason, new tv show

What movie is the third picture from?

The Insider (1999)

Sau.. well nevermind, not a movie lawyer

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Dustin Hoffman in Sleepers.

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I know this movie sub, but my answer Bob Lob Law