American legal thriller films

2015 film directed by Steven Spielberg

1997 film directed by Taylor Hackford

1991 film directed by Oliver Stone

2024 film directed by Todd Phillips

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.

1993 film directed by Alan J. Pakula

1993 film by Sydney Pollack

2007 film directed by Tony Gilroy

2011 film by Brad Furman

1994 film directed by Joel Schumacher

1962 film directed by J. Lee Thompson

2007 film directed by Gregory Hoblit

2003 film by Gary Fleder

1999 film directed by Bruce Beresford

2002 film by Carl Franklin

2002 film directed by Roger Michell

1990 film by Alan J. Pakula

1994 film by Barry Levinson

2024 film by Clint Eastwood

Mercy is a 2026 American science fiction thriller film written by Marco van Belle, directed by Timur Bekmambetov, and starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson. The plot involves a detective (Pratt), who is accused of murdering his wife, and must prove his innocence to an artificial intelligence judge (Ferguson). The film also stars Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan, and Kylie Rogers.

1985 film by Richard Marquand

1987 film by Peter Yates

2017 film directed by Reginald Hudlin

1998 film directed by Robert Altman

1989 film by Martin Campbell

1998 film by Randal Kleiser

2024 film directed by Tyler Perry