Year: 1957
Actors: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam
Directors: Sidney Lumet
Writers: Reginald Rose
Plot: The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.
Year: 1960
Actors: Stanley Baker, Sam Wanamaker, Grégoire Aslan, Margit Saad
Directors: Joseph Losey
Writers: Alun Owen (screenplay)
Plot: In the UK, after pulling a racetrack robbery, repeat offender Johnny Bannion hides the loot in a farmer’s field but the police and the local mob come looking for Johnny and the money.
Year: 1967
Actors: Paul Newman, George Kennedy, J.D. Cannon, Lou Antonio
Directors: Stuart Rosenberg
Writers: Donn Pearce (screenplay), Frank Pierson (screenplay), Donn Pearce (novel)
Plot: A laid back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.
Year: 1986
Actors: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Clarence Gilyard Jr.
Directors: N/A
Writers: Dean Hargrove
Plot: Ben Matlock is a very expensive criminal defense attorney, who charges one hundred thousand dollars to take a case. Fortunately, he’s worth every penny, as he and his associates defend his clients by finding the real killer.
Year: 1990
Actors: Christopher Walken, David Caruso, Laurence Fishburne, Victor Argo
Directors: Abel Ferrara
Writers: Nicholas St. John
Plot: A drug kingpin is released from prison and seeks to take total control of the criminal underworld in order to give back to the community.
Year: 1972
Actors: Jimmy Cliff, Janet Bartley, Carl Bradshaw, Ras Daniel Hartman
Directors: Perry Henzell
Writers: Perry Henzell, Trevor D. Rhone
Plot: Wishing to become a successful Reggae singer, a young Jamaican man finds himself tied to corrupt record producers and drug pushers.
