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 sincere films and TV shows about / with dedicated lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, power relations, law, legal investigation, trial and legal action plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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dedicated lawyer movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as dedicated lawyer: North Square (2000), Last Dance (1996), Janet King (2014), The Good Wife (2009), Difret (2014), Return to Sender (2004), Crownies (2011), Music Box (1989), High Crimes (2002), Law & Order (1990).

List of dedicated lawyer movies

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 8.1
 314
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: clever, tense, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Plot: legal, dedicated lawyer, lawyer, legal investigation, law firm, scapegoat, ambition, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry, jury, workaholic, courtroom drama ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, yorkshire
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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 ...
Plot: prison, death penalty, death row, lethal injection, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, justice, love story, courtroom drama, prison life, legal action, life is a bitch ...
Time: 90s
Place: india, taj mahal
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 7.8
 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: realistic, captivating, serious, clever, detective ...
Plot: legal, courtroom drama, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, ambition, boss and employee, workplace, workplace situations, legal action, murder, courtroom, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 8.4
 82K
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: serious, clever, captivating, political, suspense ...
Plot: legal, trial, lawyer, workplace situations, dedicated lawyer, law firm, lawyers and clients, court, self discovery, female protagonist, working mom, politics ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, hawaii, usa
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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, thought provoking, social ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: human rights, legal investigation, fighting the system, injustice, righting the wronged, false accusation, against the odds, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, life is a bitch, hopes, legal ...
Time: year 2014, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: ethiopia, africa
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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, realistic ...
Plot: uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, false accusation, death sentence, redemption, confined, prison life, legal, life is a bitch, dishonesty, letter, execution ...
Place: texas
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 7.6
 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, psychological, tense, serious ...
Plot: legal, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, workplace situations, workplace, ambition, moral dilemma, lawsuit, courtroom, boss and employee, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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 7.3
 9K
Music Box (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Style: suspenseful, emotional, political, heartbreaking, talky ...
Plot: courtroom drama, court, courtroom, lawyer, legal, twists and turns, betrayal, communism, world war two, conspiracy, politics, anti semitism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place: usa, budapest, chicago, hungary
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 6.4
 48K
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, suspenseful, twist ending, serious, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lawyer, twists and turns, justice, murder, fbi, false accusation, marines, legal, army investigation, courtroom, life turned upside down, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2002, 80s, year 1988, 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa, los angeles, mexico
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 7.8
 44K
Law & Order (1990)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It originally aired on NBC and, in syndication, on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered ...
Style: detective, realistic, tense, serious, clever ...
Plot: crime investigation, law and order, police, legal, murder investigation, homicide detective, dedicated lawyer, trial, police officer, lawyer, rivalry, punishment ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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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, cynical, humorous, semi serious
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, legal, family relations, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients, rivalry, district attorney, dishonesty, 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, captivating ...
Plot: law firm, lawyer, legal, trial, dedicated lawyer, courtroom, workplace situations, courtroom drama, power relations, friends, young man, ambitious ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 5.3
 163
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 investigation, life is a bitch, legal, courtroom, murder, teenage girl, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: georgia, usa
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 5.6
 115
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
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: high school, young heroes, teenage life, legal, legal action, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, high school life, courtroom drama, youth, social relations, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.7
 7K
The Attorney (2013)
Genre: Drama
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, realistic, serious, thought provoking
Plot: courtroom drama, legal, courtroom, against the odds, fighting the system, hotshot lawyer, false accusation, lawyer, rivalry, dedicated lawyer, injustice, righting the wronged ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: south korea, busan, korea
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 6.7
 664
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: rough, thought provoking, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot: legal, mathematics, legal investigation, life is a bitch, dedicated lawyer, courtroom drama, legal action, injustice, society, courtroom, law, archer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia, south korea
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 6.2
 732
Outlaw (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench and returns to private practice in an elite law firm where Claire Sax, ...
Style: realistic, clever, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyers and clients, legal action, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace, power relations, society, jury, lawyer, judge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.6
 1K
Heavens Fall (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Successful New York attorney Sam Leibowitz travels to the South in 1933 to defend nine young black men accused of raping two women on an Alabama freight train.
Style: serious, sincere, disturbing, independent film, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, false accusation, interracial relations, racism, discrimination, injustice, journalism, dedicated lawyer, human spirit, legal action, life is a bitch, power relations ...
Time: 1930s
Place: usa, alabama, new york
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 6.7
 20K
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: serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot: military, legal, marines, lawyer, navy, army investigation, court martial, insubordination, courtroom drama, military life, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
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 6.2
 455
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: psychological, serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic
Plot: false accusation, hotshot lawyer, fighting the system, protagonist as suspect, frame up, society, law enforcement, life is a bitch, rebellion, legal investigation, dishonesty, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india
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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: serious, realistic, suspenseful, sentimental
Plot: legal, workplace, boss and employee, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, district attorney, power relations, family relations, jury, lawyer, working mom, female lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, indianapolis indiana
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Prosecuting Casey Anthony (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: "Prosecuting Casey Anthony" reveals Florida prosecutor, Jeff Ashton’s inside story of the true crime drama that captivated and then shocked the nation when Caylee Anthony’s mother, Casey, was acquitted of killing her daughter, despite ...
Style: disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, detective ...
Plot: trial, true crime, courtroom drama, investigation, murder, legal, dedicated lawyer, obsession, courtroom, life is a bitch, law, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
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 4.3
 302
Alleged (2010)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Alleged is a romantic drama based on events occurring behind the scenes and outside the courtroom of the famous Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925. Charles Anderson, a talented young reporter, feels trapped working for his deceased ...
Style: serious, realistic, disturbing, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot: journalism, ambition, fighting the system, rivalry, idealism, moral dilemma, injustice, righting the wronged, couples, legal, hopes, dedicated lawyer ...
Place: tennessee
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Body of Evidence (1992)
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, suspenseful, psychosexual thriller ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: femme fatale, seduction, courtroom drama, sex scene, lawyer, murder, strong sexual content, fatal attraction, sex, infidelity, extramarital affair, dying during sex ...
Time: year 1993, 90s, 20th century
Place: portland oregon, oregon
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 6.3
 589
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, rebellion, military, dedicated lawyer, legal, law enforcement, society, dishonesty ...
Place: vietnam, asia
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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, lifestyle, dedicated lawyer, heir, workplace situations, mogul ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.3
 413
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: legal, courtroom drama, legal action, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, single mother, reluctant partners, power relations, law firm, workplace situations, lawsuit, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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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, exciting, realistic, 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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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, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, murder, adultery, mistress, infidelity, legal, investigation, court, twists and turns, obsession ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: michigan, detroit
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 6.6
 12K
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, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, murder mystery, courtroom, murder, twists and turns, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
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