Legislation in Pop Tradition
Which law-related movies have gained Oscars? You might be shocked (picture gallery)
Legislation & Oscars
With the 97th Academy Awards occurring this Sunday, we’re looking out for future authorized traditional films. Will Zoe Saldaña win the “finest actress in a supporting position” award for her flip as a lawyer in Emilia Pérez? Will Conclave—which we’d argue options lots of canon legislation—take residence an Oscar in one of many eight classes that it’s been nominated for? We’ll need to see.
However whereas we look ahead to the winners of the 97th Academy Awards to be introduced, we thought we’d spotlight some successful authorized films from the previous.
Surprisingly, a few of the movies that we picked for our top 25 legal movies weren’t Oscar winners once they got here out. For instance, 12 Offended Males and Inherit the Wind by no means acquired these gold statuettes from the Academy of Movement Image Arts and Sciences. The Verdict was launched the identical 12 months as Gandhi, and Ben Kingsley walked away with that 12 months’s “finest actor” award, quite than Paul Newman.
So what law-related films did grasp that golden statuette? Scroll by way of and see a few of our favourite honorees.
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