
“Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.”
The Pelican Brief
6.6
1,786 votes·1993
·2h 21m
·MovieThrillerCrimeDrama
Overview
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
Commercial Verdict
Blockbuster
Revenue vs Budget4.3x
0x1x2x3x4x5x
Massive commercial success
Keywords
based on novel or bookjudgeprofessormission of murdersupreme courtlegal thrillerdramaticsuspenseful
Cast
You Might Also Like
Based on this title

7.0
The Rainmaker
1997·Drama, Crime

6.4
The Seven-Ups
1973·Action, Thriller

5.9
Murder in Three Acts
1986·Crime, Drama

6.1
Surviving the Game
1994·Action, Thriller

6.9
Miss Marple: They Do It with Mirrors
1991·Mystery, Drama

6.2
Nick of Time
1995·Thriller, Crime

7.4
The Woman in the Window
1944·Crime, Drama

6.9
Evil Under the Sun
1982·Thriller, Crime

6.7
Cry of the City
1948·Crime, Drama

6.3
Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017·Drama, Crime
Similar Titles
More like The Pelican Brief

7.5
The Right to Love
1972·Drama, Romance

6.9
The Scarlet Empress
1934·Drama, History

6.9
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018·Romance, Drama

7.7
The Bad Sleep Well
1960·Crime, Drama

6.8
The Stranger
1967·Drama

7.0
The Tales of Hoffman - National Opera Company (INBAL)
2021·Drama, Comedy

6.5
The Informer
2019·Drama, Crime






















