| The Verdict (1982) | 7.7 | |
| Erin Brockovich (2000) | 7.5 | |
| Leviathan (2014) | 7.6 | |
| My Cousin Vinny (1992) | 7.6 | |
| Dark Waters (2019) | 7.6 |
Lawyer movies and TV shows – page 3
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
Style:
black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, judge, genocide, holocaust, lawyer, nazi, legal, redemption, court, trial, politics, justice ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945, year 1961, post world war two ...
Place:
germany, europe, berlin germany, poland
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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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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now defend a college professor who is appearantly guilty of ...
Style:
anamorphic, realistic, psychological, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, satire, murder trial, insanity, jury, idealist, nervous breakdown, integrity, yuppie, narcissist, lawyer client relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
boston, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
sorority, lawyer, girl power, blonde, law school, fashion, college, law, university, law student, campus, believe in yourself ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, boston, harvard university, los angeles, massachusetts ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
As a young associate, Mitchell McDeere brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob -- and his life was never the same. After a difficult decade, which included a stay ...
Style:
clever, psychological, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, law firm, moral dilemma, workplace, legal investigation, haunted by the past, witness protection, corruption, family man, organized crime, jury ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Savannah lawyer Rick Magruder is at a party celebrating his courtroom victory defending a cop killer when a member of the catering staff, Mallory Doss, discovers her car has been stolen. Having had a few drinks, Magruder offers to give her a lift ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, courtroom, psychopath, courtroom drama, twists and turns, law, plot twist, femme fatale, couples, legal, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, year 1998
Place:
georgia, savannah georgia, southern usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
political, suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
political conspiracy, politics, investigation, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, lawyer, spy, political corruption, corruption, secret service, fbi, surveillance ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., new orleans, southern usa, new york
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, intellectual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, twists and turns, courtroom drama, lawyer, adultery, investigation, murder mystery, manipulation, mind game, courtroom, trial, police investigation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 1900s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, california, usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and ...
Style:
tense, sad, realistic, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, false accusation, wrongful arrest, scapegoat, media frenzy, terrorist, fbi, federal bureau of investigation, biopic, security guard, friendship between men, media circus ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 2010s, year 2019, year 1986 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Japan, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
Style:
talky, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, legal, courtroom, murder, court, trial, biopic, coma, uncover truth, protagonist as suspect, false accusation ...
Time:
20th century, year 1990, 90s, 80s
Place:
rhode island
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, suspense, twist ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
evidence, lawyer, lie, uncover truth, infidelity, suspect, death, murder suspect, interrogation, strong female character, moral dilemma, blackmail ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, barcelona
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Genre: Crime
Country: Germany
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In the final analysis, it all comes down to guilt, different shades of guilt that one assumes in a single moment of thoughtlessness or in months of premeditated planning. Defence Attorney Friedrich Knonberg knows he must tip legal scales of justice ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, captivating, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
lawyer, justice, guilt, defense attorney, attorney, courtroom, criminal justice, criminal lawyer, law and order, moral dilemma, criminal, price of justice ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is ...
Style:
psychological, detective, suspense, enigmatic, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
police investigation, twists and turns, lawyer, rape, murder mystery, pedophile, murder, secret relationship, plot twist, marriage of convenience, dysfunctional marriage, christmas ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century
Place:
puerto rico, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Based primarily on the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, the film focuses on rookie defense attorney Ryūichi Naruhodō, as he strives to protect his clients in various murder trials, including the death of his mentor, Chihiro ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, captivating, light, tense ...
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, murder, legal action, rivalry, supernatural, false accusation, ghost, legal, danger, multiple suspects, jury ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the special prosecutor and is thrown in jail. Meanwhile, her attorney, Albert ...
Style:
psychological, political, suspenseful, twisted, emotional ...
Plot:
journalism, cia, courtroom drama, reporter, lawyer, media, courtroom, corruption, espionage, murder, conspiracy, assassination attempt ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., persia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Ally McBeal is an American legal comedy-drama television series, originally aired on Fox from September 8, 1997 to May 20, 2002. Created by David E. Kelley, the series stars Calista Flockhart in the title role as a young lawyer working in the ...
Style:
sentimental, talky, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, roommate, lust, female protagonist, seduction, workplace, workplace romance, friendship, workplace situations, legal action, looking for love ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to "get rid of" a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything - including his career and ...
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, suspenseful, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, court, trial, lawsuit, legal, law firm, courtroom, investigation, toxic waste, attorney, judge ...
Time:
90s, year 1988, year 1983, year 1982, year 1987 ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, washington d.c., new york, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Everyone has secrets and Olivia Pope has dedicated her life to protecting and defending the public images of the elite by keeping those secrets under wraps. Pope and her team are at the top of their game when it comes to getting the job done for ...
Style:
political thriller, serious, clever, sexy, political ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
white house, relationship vs career, workplace situations, politics, lawyer, president, senator, politician, twists and turns, coworker, teamwork, young woman ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., indiana
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, tense, social
Plot:
lawyer, murder, courtroom, courtroom drama, pig, cop, puzzle, school, secret, witness, justice, police ...
Place:
japan, hokkaido
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him, despite the fact she ...
Style:
neo noir, tense, suspense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, twists and turns, legal, court, murder, surveillance, danger, women, murder mystery, trial ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, san francisco
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
Style:
compassionate, disturbing, emotional, captivating, uplifting
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
judge, courtroom drama, coworker relationship, lawyer, trial, courtroom, new job, justice, district attorney, legal, uncover truth, criminal ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.
Style:
suspense, tense, intense, tricky, realistic ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, justice, army investigation, trial, military, suicide, u.s. navy, court martial, destiny, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1992
Place:
washington d.c., cuba, persia, caribbean, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Style:
political, clever, witty, black comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
politics, satire, comedy of errors, lawyer, secret service, impotence, mansion, funeral, eviction, country estate, wealth, garden ...
Time:
year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., north carolina, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, southern gothic, suspense, enigmatic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, closeted homosexual, gay interest, investigation, murder, murder trial, journalism, voodoo, gay, justice, american south ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1997
Place:
savannah georgia, southern usa, usa, georgia, new orleans
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Style:
psychological, captivating, atmospheric, surprise ending, surreal ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, childhood trauma, nazi, trial, nazi war criminal, murder, german history, public defender, revenge killing, german soldier ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, 20th century, year 2019, 2000s ...
Place:
berlin germany, germany, frankfurt germany, tuscany
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
High-profile district attorney Maya Travis fled L.A. after devastating defeat when prosecuting an A-list actor for double murder. Eight years later, the same celebrity is under suspicion for another murder, and Maya is lured back to the DA’s ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
lawyer, revenge, district attorney, murder, evidence, celebrity, criminal, investigation, murder mystery, prosecutor, justice, career ...
Place:
los angeles, washington d.c.
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his revenge.
Style:
perverse, captivating, exciting, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, lawyer, homeless shelter, murder, murder investigation, drinking, stoicism, vengeance, underground fighting, justice, funeral, witness ...
Place:
pittsburgh
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Style:
tense, stylized, suspense, realistic, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, outsmarting, courtroom, mafia, lawyer, jury, gangster, court case, court, mobster, legal, justice ...
Time:
year 2006, y2k, 80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Dedicated environmental lawyer Lucy Kelson goes to work for billionaire George Wade as part of a deal to preserve a community center. Indecisive and weak-willed George grows dependent on Lucy's guidance on everything from legal matters to ...
Style:
romantic, light, sweet, rom com, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot:
fall in love, love story, unlikely couple, looking for love, opposites attract, workplace romance, destiny, boss and employee, lawyer, happy ending, love and romance, billionaire ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
coney island brooklyn new york city, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A small time thief from Belfast, Gerry Conlon, is falsely implicated in the IRA bombing of a pub that kills several people while he is in London. He and his four friends are coerced by British police into confessing their guilt. Gerry's father ...
Style:
inspirational, political, thought provoking, sentimental, dramatic ...
Plot:
prison, father son relationship, terrorist, lawyer, courtroom, terrorism, politics, trial, biopic, male nudity, justice, courtroom drama ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1993, 80s, 70s
Place:
ireland, northern ireland, england, nepal, britain ...
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