My Cousin Vinny
1992 · 119 min
Directed by Jonathan Lynn. Written by Dale Launer. Starring Ralph Macchio, Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Mitchell Whitfield.
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!
Critics 84% · audiences 87% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo · 1 Oscar nomination, 1 won