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Sep 13, 2024 · 1. The Rainmaker (1997) ‘The Rainmaker,’ directed by Francis Ford Coppola, stars Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight and Danny DeVito. The film can easily be considered one of the ‘Best Directed Movie’ based on Grisham’s novel. It focuses on a young man, Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon), from an impoverished background.
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- The Client (1994) Available to rent or purchase on Prime Video. The Client quickly became overshadowed by many other Grisham adaptations in the mid to late 90s but remains one of the best.
- The Rainmaker (1997) Available on HBO Max. Francis Ford Coppola has a knack for literary adaptations, as is evident from The Godfather trilogy, Apocalypse Now, and Bram Stoker's Dracula.
- Runaway Jury (2003) Available on Hulu, fuboTV, Philo, Plex, and Paramount+ In this star-studded John Grisham movie, Vicksburg Firearms gets sued, but the jury is up for sale and can be manipulated, and it becomes a deadly race between several parties to gain the upper hand.
- The Pelican Brief (1993) Available on fuboTV and Philo. A law student (Julia Roberts) who writes a college dissertation about the potential reasons behind an assassin killing two Supreme Court judges and a reporter for the Washington Herald (Denzel Washington) realizes how true her conspiracy theory might be in this blockbuster John Grisham movie.
- Christmas With The Kranks (2004) - 5% Grisham's comedy novel Skipping Christmas - about a family that decides to eschew holiday traditions - received mixed reviews, but the film adaptation, 2004's Christmas With The Kranks, was universally panned.
- The Chamber (1996) - 12% 1996's The Chamber is a crime thriller about a lawyer trying to save his grandfather from death row. Unfortunately, even Grisham himself wasn't happy with the end result, calling it "a train wreck from the beginning."
- The Pelican Brief (1993) - 53% A legal thriller starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington, 1993's The Pelican Brief follows Darby (Roberts), a law student who writes a brief blaming the deaths of two Supreme Court justices on an oil tycoon.
- The Gingerbread Man (1997) - 58% 1998's The Gingerbread Man is a thriller about Rick Magruder, a lawyer who has to fight to survive while on the run from his girlfriend's dangerous father, who is enraged at Magruder for having him sent to a mental institution.
Mar 17, 2024 · 5. The Chamber (1996) The Chamber” is a gripping 1996 crime drama thriller that follows a young law school graduate as he battles against the clock to save his grandfather, who is on death row ...
Jun 30, 2018 · 4. A Time to Kill (1996) Samuel L. Jackson murders the men who raped his daughter, and it’s up to young lawyer Matthew McConaughey (in his star-making role) to get him a fair trial in a deeply ...
Jul 27, 2024 · Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. "Sworn in by a fool and vouched for by a scoundrel. I'm a lawyer at last." Matt Damon leads the cast here as Rudy Baylor, an idealistic young attorney who takes ...
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Jan 22, 2023 · Here are the best movies based on John Grisham's books, ranked. 7 A Painted House (2003) Hallmark. A Painted House is a unique book and movie for Grisham, as a semi-autobiographical story ...
