Courtroom Film Tournament - Sweet 16, Group Y (1 Viewer)

[Keith R]

The top 32 movies (in my humble opinion combined with IMDB lists, RT score and public notoriety) qualified.  5 rounds.  There shall be a winner. Vote as you feel is appropriate.  Let’s continue.

Group X

In the Name of the Father - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_Father_(film)

My Cousin Vinny - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Cousin_Vinny

Inherit the Wind - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherit_the_Wind_(1960_film)

To Kill a Mockingbird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_(film)

The Firm - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Firm_(1993_film)

The Rainmaker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rainmaker_(1997_film)

Anatomy of a Murder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatomy_of_a_Murder

Primal Fear - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_Fear_(film)

Group Y

A Few Good Men - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Few_Good_Men

Erin Brockovich - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich

12 Angry Men - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Angry_Men_(1957_film)

The Verdict - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verdict

Philadelphia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_(film)

Presumed Innocent - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presumed_Innocent_(film)

The Devil’s Advocate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil's_Advocate_(1997_film)

Kramer vs Kramer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_vs._Kramer

These groups hold only for this round and will be reshuffled for the next round.

Voting ends Friday at 1:00 pm ET.

 

[Keith R]

Group X - https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/784811-courtroom-film-tournament-sweet-16-group-x/

Group Y - https://forums.footballguys.com/forum/topic/784812-courtroom-film-tournament-sweet-16-group-y/

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Ahem.  

 

[Zow]

Ahem.  

If it were up to me I'd fast lane you right to the final with My Cousin Vinnie.

 

[Zow]

Also, it's a travesty that A Time to Kill didn't make the tournament. 

 

[Mr. Mojo]

A Few Good Men over Erin "Wonder Bra" Kovich seems like a slam dunk.

 

[-OZ-]

May the best men win.

12 angry or a few good ones?

 

[Stompin' Tom Connors]

Great series of polls, by the way, really enjoyable and fun to see what will net out on top.

You don't even need the entire movie for A FEW GOOD MEN -- the last, what, 20 minutes of that movie alone rivals the best of the best.

I like that 12 Angry Men are in a different bracket than TKaM -- those two, in my mind, are the pinnacles of the genre, and impossible to choose between IMO.

 

[Ilov80s]

Brutal matchup for The Verdict

 

[Keith R]

Great series of polls, by the way, really enjoyable and fun to see what will net out on top.

I like that 12 Angry Men are in a different bracket than TKaM -- those two, in my mind, are the pinnacles of the genre, and impossible to choose between IMO.

I reseed after every round based on the margin of victory in the previous round, so you never know...

 

[Jazzman]

Sad that The Devil's Advocate is losing to Kramer vs Kramer.  Devil's Advocate is one of the most rewatchable movies of the 1990's.  Pacino, Keanu and DON FREAKING KING!

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Great OP!
 

4. Who wins?

The Devil's Advocate

Kramer vs Kramer

^ The courtroom scenes in DA aren't really a thing, they're sort of a lampoon and it's all under the sway of the .

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Brutal matchup for The Verdict

Seeding can be a crapshoot.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Inherit the Wind - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherit_the_Wind_(1960_film)

To Kill a Mockingbird - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Kill_a_Mockingbird_(film)

This is just it for me.

 

[Keith R]

A few hours until voting closes...