What law-related movies have won Oscars in the past? You might be surprised (photo gallery).
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Which law-related films have won Oscars? You may be surprised (photo gallery)
February 27, 2025, 1:17 pm CST
Law & Oscars
With the 97th Academy Awards happening this Sunday, we’re on the lookout for future legal classic movies. Will Zoe Saldana be awarded the “best actress in supporting role” for her performance as a lawyer Emilia Perez in Emilia Perez? Will Conclave, which we would argue has a lot of canon laws in it, win an Oscar for one of the eight categories it’s nominated for. We’ll have to see.
But while we wait for the winners of the 97th Academy Awards to be announced, we thought we’d highlight some winning legal movies from the past.
Surprisingly, some of the films that we picked for our top 25 legal movies were not Oscar winners when they came out. 12 Angry Men and Inherit the Wind, for example, never won gold statuettes from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. What law-related films won the golden statuette that year? Scroll down to see some of the honorees.
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