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    • The Rainmaker (1997) This time it was Francis Ford Coppola, who took his piece of John Grisham. The Rainmaker, Grisham’s sixth courtroom thriller was adapted with splendid cast of Matt Damon, Claire Danes, Jon Voight and Danny DeVito.
    • The Client (1994) Director Joel Schumacher made this legal thriller, based on John Grisham’s fourth ‘The Client’. With the cast of Susan Saanson and Tommy Lee Jones and a thrilling story-line, the film turned out to be an overall success.
    • The Firm (1993) John Grisham’s first walk to fame The Firm, the best-selling novel of 1991. Sydney Pollack adapted this legal-thriller into a feature film starring Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman.
    • The Gingerbread Man (1998) The Gingerbread Man proves the significance of Grisham as a writer. A discarded manuscript by him was considered vital enough for filmmakers.
  1. Mar 16, 2024 · In this article, we’re rounding up some of the most notable John Grisham movies, so get ready to experience the suspense and intrigue of these legal thrillers. 1. The Pelican Brief (1993)

  2. Jul 3, 2024 · There are several John Grisham books made into movies and one film (The Gingerbread Man) based on one of his unpublished manuscripts. It’s time to reach a verdict and vote up which are the best John Grisham movies.

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  3. Sort by List order. 1. The Chamber. 1996 1h 53m R. 6.0 (16K) Rate. 45 Metascore. A young man fresh out of law school tries to win a reprieve for his racist grandfather who is on death row. Director James Foley Stars Chris O'Donnell Gene Hackman Faye Dunaway.

    • 7 A Painted House
    • 6 Runaway Jury
    • 5 The Client
    • 4 The Pelican Brief
    • 3 A Time to Kill
    • 2 The Rainmaker
    • 1 The Firm

    A Painted Houseis a unique book and movie for Grisham, as a semi-autobiographical story explaining his upbringing. As so, it is a less intense and stressful story than most of his writing. The earnest Hallmark TV-movie tells the story of Luke Chandler (a very young Logan Lerman) and his experiences with love and danger when his family hires extra h...

    When a stockbroker is gunned down in his office, her widow sues the gun manufacturers. To avoid a bad sentence, the gun manufacturers hire Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman), an expert at picking up favorable juries. His rival is lawyer Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman). Both are surprised when one of the jury members says he can help influence the verdict, a...

    The Client tells the story of an 11-year-old (Brad Renfro) who learns where the body of a murdered senator is buried. Louisiana lawyer Reggie Love (Susan Sarandon), takes care of the kid and protects him from the U.S. attorney trying to destroy him, Roy Foltrigg (Tommy Lee Jones), and the mob. This class-conscious thriller was both a box office and...

    Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington starred in this conspiracy thriller directed by Alan J. Pakula. Two Supreme Court justices have been assassinated, and when young law student Darby Shaw (Roberts) writes a dissertation that it might be because they were against an oil tycoon, they try to kill her. Only a reporter for the Washington Herald, Gray G...

    A Time To Kill was Grisham’s first book, and after the success of The Firm’s adaptation, it was made into a movie. Both the novel and film tell the story of lawyer Jake Tyler Brigance (Matthew McConaughey in one of his best performances, the one that made him a star). Brigance defends a Black man, Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) after he has ki...

    This Francis Ford Coppola movie tells the story of a young, pro bono lawyer (Matt Damon), who fights in court against a big insurance company for negligence, after a 22-year-old died of leukemia because the insurance company didn't pay for his marrow transplant. The Rainmaker was one of Damon’s first leading roles (and one of his best dramatic perf...

    The Firm is Grisham’s greatest movie adaptation ever. It’s also the first that Hollywood did, and the one that opened the gates for all the other films on this list. This legal thriller tells the story of hot shot lawyer, Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise in one of his best dramatic performances) who, after getting hired by one of the biggest firms in Memp...

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  4. May 9, 2023 · An attorney, an activist, a politician, and the undisputed master of legal thrillers, John Grisham has authored several capers that were marketable enough to be made into movies. After Stephen King, he's probably the most popular writer to have his novels adapted into a wide variety of films.

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  6. A list of 10 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Firm (1993), A Time to Kill (1996), Runaway Jury (2003), The Rainmaker (1997) and The Pelican Brief (1993). About this list: One of my favorite authors, whose film adaptations are generally always enjoyable, and sometimes great.

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