My Cousin Vinny (1992)

There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.

1h 59m · Released · TMDB ★ 7.5 (1997)

Two carefree pals traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who has just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!

Director: Jonathan Lynn

Starring: Ralph Macchio, Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne, Lane Smith