Best Courtroom Movies

Nothings better than a good courtroom movie, so I don't know why it took me so long to make this list. These are movies where the main plot and majority of the action are all predicated on the trial in question.

1. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
2. Paradise Lost: The Childhood Murders at Hollywood Hills (1996)
3. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
4. 12 Angry Men (1957)
5. A Time to Kill (1996)
6. Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
7. Adam's Rib (1949)
8. Absence of Malice (1981)
9. The Reader (2008)
10. The Verdict (1982)

Best Picture Nominees 2011

A pretty good crop this year. I don't have any big complaints except for Toy Story 3D. It wasn't even the best animated movie this year.

1.  Inception (tie)
2. True Grit (tie)
3. Black Swan
4. The King's Speech
5. The Fighter
6. The Social Network
7. 127 Hours
8. The Kids Are All Right
9. Winter's Bone
10. Toy Story 3

Best Movies of 2011

1. Warrior
2. Take Shelter
3. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
4. Rise of the Planet of the Apes
5. TrollHunter
6. X-Men: First Class
7. Martha Marcy May Marlene
8. Attack the Block
9. Bridesmaids
10. Hanna

Worst Movies of 2011

1. Rio

2. Scream 4
3. Battle: Los Angeles
4. Season of the Witch
5. Sucker Punch
6. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
7. Cedar Rapids
8. No Strings Attached
9. Cars 2
10. Priest