![]() ![]() ![]() In 2008, the American Film Institute compiled its own "courtroom drama" top-ten list, five films of which were also on the ABA list. Moreover, ten of them take place (at least, in part) in a courtroom. Ten of the films are in English M (1931) is in German and The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) is a French silent film. In 1989, the American Bar Association rated the 12 best trial films of all time in their ABA Journal, providing a detailed and reasoned legal evaluation for its choices. The "trial" genre differs from the broader "courtroom drama" in that the latter includes any film in which a justice system plays an integral role in the film's narrative, and thus does not necessarily require the inclusion of a legal trial. Trial films is a subgenre of the legal/courtroom drama that encompasses films that are centered on a civil or criminal trial, typically a trial by jury.
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