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1990s legal drama films

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Philadelphia
1993 film by Jonathan Demme
A Few Good Men
A Few Good Men is a 1992 American legal drama film, produced and directed by Rob Reiner and written by Aaron Sorkin, who adapted his 1989 play. It stars an ensemble cast including Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kevin Pollak, J. T. Walsh, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Kiefer Sutherland. The plot follows the court-martial of two U.S. Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine and the tribulations of their lawyers as they prepare a case.
Amistad
1997 film directed by Steven Spielberg
Dead Man Walking
1995 film by Tim Robbins
The Insider
1999 film directed by Michael Mann
The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 film directed by Miloš Forman
Primal Fear (film)
Primal Fear is a 1996 American legal thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by William Diehl, written by Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman. It stars Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, and Edward Norton in his film debut. The film follows a Chicago-based defense attorney who believes that his client, an altar boy, is not guilty of murdering a Catholic bishop.
A Time to Kill
1996 film by Joel Schumacher
The Rainmaker
1997 film by Francis Ford Coppola
The Sweet Hereafter
1997 film by Atom Egoyan
Murder in the First
1995 film by Marc Rocco
A Civil Action
1998 film by Steven Zaillian
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996 film by Rob Reiner
Class Action
1991 film by Michael Apted
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 film by Scott Hicks
Guilty by Suspicion
1991 film by Irwin Winkler
The Conviction
1991 film directed by Marco Bellocchio
Inherit the Wind
1999 television film