Dedicated lawyer movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant dedicated lawyer movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense and clever films and TV shows about / with legal, dedicated lawyer, power relations, lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, law, legal investigation, dishonesty and court plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as dedicated lawyer: North Square (2000), Janet King (2014), Suspect (1987), The Good Wife (2009), Last Dance (1996), The Attorney (2013), Salvation (2001), Return to Sender (2004), Crownies (2011), Difret (2014).

List of dedicated lawyer movies

 8.1
 349
North Square (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: North Square is an award-winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast, including Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the ...
Style: tense, clever, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Plot: legal, dedicated lawyer, lawyer, law firm, legal investigation, scapegoat, uninhibited rivalry, lawyers and clients, jury, rivalry, courtroom drama, ambition ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england
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 7.7
 3K
Janet King (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Senior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.
Style: serious, captivating, clever, realistic, detective ...
Plot: courtroom drama, ambition, dedicated lawyer, legal investigation, boss and employee, murder, workplace, workplace situations, legal action, courtroom, lesbian, woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 6.6
 13K
Suspect (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, psychological, intense, talky ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: courtroom drama, murder mystery, twists and turns, lawyer, courtroom, justice, murder, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
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 8.3
 89K
The Good Wife (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The Good Wife is a legal drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption ...
Style: clever, captivating, sexy, political, serious ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace situations, law firm, court, lawyers and clients, strong female lead, female protagonist, self discovery, politics, working mom ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, hawaii, usa
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 5.7
 5K
Last Dance (1996)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As Hayes investigates the background for her case, the two begin to form a deep ...
Style: emotional, talky, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: death penalty, prison, death row, lethal injection, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, death sentence, justice, love story, courtroom drama, prison life, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, taj mahal, california, australia, texas ...
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 7.7
 8K
The Attorney (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: In the early 1980s, South Korea is torn by student protests over the lack of representation in the government. Song Woo-Seok is a successful attorney in Busan specializing in tax law. His views regarding civil liberties are changed by student ...
Style: rough, serious, realistic, thought provoking
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, fighting the system, against the odds, hotshot lawyer, false accusation, lawyer, rivalry, dedicated lawyer, righting the wronged, injustice, legal action ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: south korea, busan, korea
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 6.1
 490
Salvation (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story: A young law student finds his strongly held ideals clashing with the work he has to undertake, leading to a crisis of confidence in this 2001 Bollywood feature from director Ashok Mehta.
Style: serious, psychological, rough, suspenseful, realistic
Plot: false accusation, protagonist as suspect, fighting the system, hotshot lawyer, frame up, dishonesty, legal investigation, legal, rivalry, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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Return to Sender (2004)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client
Style: suspenseful, psychological, sincere, suspense, serious ...
Plot: uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, death sentence, prison life, redemption, confined, life is a bitch, legal, dishonesty, death row, letter, execution ...
Place: oklahoma city, texas
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 7.7
 1K
Crownies (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Delving into the extraordinary world of the Department of Public Prosecutions and its young, eager lawyers, Crownies follows five young solicitors as they face the pressures and endearing madness of modern single life - in a fast paced workplace ...
Style: realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot: courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, ambition, workplace situations, moral dilemma, workplace, lawsuit, courtroom, boss and employee, power relations, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 6.9
 1K
Difret (2014)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: Ethiopia, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave Hirut grabs a rifle and tries to escape, but ends up shooting her would-be husband. In her village the ...
Style: serious, emotional, touching, social, political ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: human rights, legal investigation, injustice, righting the wronged, false accusation, against the odds, legal, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer, life is a bitch, ambition, hopes ...
Time: year 2014, 20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place: africa, ethiopia, east africa
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 6.4
 51K
High Crimes (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military ...
Style: clever, serious, twist ending, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot: twists and turns, lawyer, murder, murder mystery, false accusation, legal, conspiracy, army investigation, justice, husband wife relationship, fbi, courtroom ...
Time: year 2002, 80s, year 1988, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, los angeles, mexico, latin america
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 7.3
 439
Philly (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Philly is an American television series created by Steven Bochco that focused on criminal defense attorney Kathleen Maguire. It lasted a full season and was canceled due to low ratings. The final episode was advertised heavily as the series finale, ...
Style: serious, touching, realistic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot: courtroom drama, legal action, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, single mother, power relations, reluctant partners, law firm, workplace situations, lawsuit, lawyer, court case ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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Presumed Innocent (1990)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
Style: surprise ending, neo noir, sexy, suspense, tricky ...
Audience: adult
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, murder, murder mystery, twists and turns, adultery, legal, court, infidelity, police detective, obsessive love ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: michigan, detroit, illinois
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 6.8
 3K
Rake (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Keegan Deane's staggering lack of discretion and inability to self-censor land him the law cases that nobody else will touch. He always tries to do the right thing, but at the same time struggles to save himself from the many self-destructive ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, cynical, humorous
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, legal, dedicated lawyer, family relations, hotshot lawyer, lawyers and clients, courtroom drama, rivalry, against the rules, petty criminal, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Franklin & Bash (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest clients...sometimes ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, touching ...
Plot: law firm, trial, dedicated lawyer, workplace situations, courtroom drama, young man, power relations, friends, ambitious, law, lawyer, women ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.4
 236
Past Sins (2006)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Donna Erickson, an overworked public defender, is in the middle of a tricky case — she's representing a woman suspected of committing a murder that happened years ago. Even though recent DNA evidence lays the blame on her client, this legal ...
Style: suspenseful, tense, serious, suspense, crime thriller ...
Plot: legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, woman in danger, haunted by the past, uncover truth, legal, dishonesty, life is a bitch, law enforcement, conspiracy, investigation, cold case ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.3
 175
Untouched (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Untouched is the story of a reluctant attorney's struggle with inner demons while defending a teenage girl accused of murdering her newborn. When the "Hostess City of the South" is rocked by the horrific crime, Mitchell Thomas III ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, haunted by the past, courtroom drama, legal, legal investigation, life is a bitch, courtroom, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage girl, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, savannah georgia
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Prince of Swine (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Prince of Swine is a sex comedy about feminism.
Style: semi serious, humorous, cynical, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot: fighting the system, idealism, injustice, satire, dedicated lawyer, boss and employee, legal action, rebellion, obnoxious boss, workplace, society, feminism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.3
 131
Overruled! (2009)
Genre: Family
Country: UK, Canada
TV show
Story: Overruled! is a Canadian children's television sitcom about high school kids with problems, which are taken to Teen Court, hosted by Judge Tara; the series airs on Family Channel in Canada and Disney Channel in the United Kingdom. It premiered ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, teen ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: high school, young heroes, teenage life, dedicated lawyer, legal action, high school life, legal, youth, courtroom drama, dishonesty, social relations, school ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, crime thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, law enforcement, legal investigation, police investigation, dedicated lawyer, twists and turns, legal, parents and children, rivalry, investigation, family secret, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.7
 709
Unbowed (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Inspired by the true story of Kim Kyung-ho, a math professor who was arrested for shooting a crossbow at the presiding judge of his appeal against unfair dismissal.
Style: thought provoking, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: legal, mathematics, life is a bitch, courtroom drama, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, society, legal action, injustice, courtroom, law, archer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, korea, south korea
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 6.0
 13K
Legal Eagles (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: District Attorney Tom Logan is set for higher office, at least until he becomes involved with defence lawyer Laura Kelly and her unpredictable client Chelsea Deardon. It seems the least of Chelsea's crimes is the theft of a very valuable ...
Style: melancholic, entertaining, realistic, humorous, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: courtroom, lawyer, conspiracy, investigation, murder, insomnia, lone hero, dedicated lawyer, legal action, court case, cons and scams, couples ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, san francisco
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 6.7
 22K
JAG (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: JAG is an American legal drama television show with a distinct military theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The first season was co-produced with NBC ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: military, army investigation, lawyer, navy, court martial, insubordination, courtroom drama, military life, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, price of justice, power relations ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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100 Centre Street (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.
Style: serious, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot: legal, courtroom, legal action, workplace, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, lawsuit, workplace situations, jury, cop witness relations, lawyer, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Close to Home (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. While in pre-production the series was known as American Crime. It first aired from October 4, 2005 to May ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, suspenseful
Plot: boss and employee, workplace, dedicated lawyer, district attorney, lawyers and clients, family relations, power relations, jury, lawyer, working mom, female lawyer, police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, indianapolis indiana
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Body of Evidence (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Sizzingly sexy Madonna leads a star-filled cast in this erotic thriller as a woman accused of killing a wealthy, elderly man through her insatiable sexual prowess.
Style: erotic, sexy, sensual, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, sex scene, seduction, murder, lawyer, infidelity, courtroom drama, fatal attraction, strong sexual content, extramarital affair, videotaped sex, dying during sex ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place: portland oregon, oregon
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 6.4
 626
Word of Honor (2003)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 18 years before, the army recalls Tyson to stand trial for murder. Tyson, confronted by an army ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot: vietnam war, courtroom drama, army investigation, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, society, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, law enforcement, rebellion, legal, dishonesty ...
Place: asia, vietnam, indochina
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Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Darling family's obscene wealth and enormous power makes them easy targets for their rivals, enemies, and the tabloids. Patriarch Tripp uses his money and influence to shield his five adult children from the prying eyes of the world. As ...
Style: sexy, realistic, talky, serious, sexual ...
Audience: teens
Plot: wealthy family, lawyer, hot and sexy, dysfunctional family, family problems, eccentric family, family life, dedicated lawyer, lifestyle, workplace situations, master and servant, businessman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.3
 7K
Harry's Law (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely of places -- a rundown ...
Style: serious, clever, realistic, exciting, dramatic
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyer, trial, courtroom, starting over, courtroom drama, workplace, partner, lawyers and clients, dedicated lawyer, legal action ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, cincinnati ohio
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 5.2
 111
Trapped (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The suicide was easy, getting away with everything else could be murder.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: femme fatale, mind game, legal investigation, protagonist as suspect, manhunt, law enforcement, betrayal, danger, rivalry, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
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