Here we've displayed a list of the best Lawyer films : 12 Angry Men(1957), Witness for the Prosecution(1957), Incendies(2010), Judgment at Nuremberg(1961), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang(1932), To Kill a Mockingbird(1962), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance(1962), On the Waterfront(1954), Alter Ego(2017), The Invisible Guest(2016), Inherit the Wind(1960), The Sea Inside(2004) ... ...
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Henry Fonda Lee J. Cobb Ed Begley E.G. Marshall Jack Klugman Martin Balsam John Fiedler Joseph Sweeney George Voskovec Robert Webber Jack Warden
architect coach businessperson juror judge lawyer tense emotional suspenseful courtroom murder court battles class distinctions justice underdog quest 1950s
A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1957
114 Minutes
Tyrone Power Marlene Dietrich Charles Laughton Elsa Lanchester John Williams Henry Daniell Ian Wolfe Una O'Connor Torin Thatcher Francis Compton Norma Varden
lawyer wife defendant prosecutor nurse witness gripping crafty courtroom trial love triangle love-hate relationship betrayal murder investigation mystery rivalry love temptation 1950s
A veteran British barrister must defend his client in a murder trial that has surprise after surprise.
Drama
Canada|France
2010
130 Minutes
Lubna Azabal Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin Maxim Gaudette Rémy Girard Allen Altman Mohamed Majd Baya Belal Abdelghafour Elaaziz Nabil Sawalha
mother sister father brother employer lawyer profound tense powerful gripping montreal notary office family home small town middle east family secrets self-discovery journey estrangement twins
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Drama
USA
1961
186 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Burt Lancaster Richard Widmark Marlene Dietrich Maximilian Schell Judy Garland Montgomery Clift William Shatner Ed Binns Kenneth MacKenna Werner Klemperer
judge defendant lawyer military officer nazi widow dark disturbing courtroom nuremberg, germany world war ii nazism genocide court battles quest wretched excess 1940s
In 1948, an American court in occupied Germany tries four Nazis judged for war crimes.
Drama
USA
1932
93 Minutes
Paul Muni Glenda Farrell Helen Vinson Preston Foster Edward Ellis Allen Jenkins Noel Francis Berton Churchill
veteran prisoner guard landlady lawyer bleak brutal intense georgia diner prison chicago construction site prison injustice torture escape aspirations jealousy escape
Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.
Drama
USA
1962
129 Minutes
Gregory Peck Mary Badham Phillip Alford John Megna Brock Peters Robert Duvall Rosemary Murphy Paul Fix Collin Wilcox Paxton Alice Ghostley William Windom
young girl young boy lawyer neighbor defendant drunk emotional heartwarming moving small town alabama courtroom family home racism childhood class distinctions family growing up underdog 1930s
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his children against prejudice.
Western
USA
1962
122 Minutes
James Stewart John Wayne Vera Miles Lee Marvin Edmond O'Brien Andy Devine Woody Strode Jeanette Nolan Ken Murray John Qualen Strother Martin
senator outlaw lawyer rancher gritty engaging brooding rousing wild west small town vigilantism love social change law and order rivalry pursuit 19th century
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Drama
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Marlon Brando Eva Marie Saint Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger Leif Erickson Pat Henning James Westerfield Tony Galento Tami Mauriello John Hamilton
dockworker mobster lawyer priest sister brooding gritty powerful port hoboken, n.j. organized crime corruption justice transformation underdog rivalry 1950s
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
Drama
Nigeria
2017
90 Minutes
Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde Wale Ojo Kunle Rhemmy
attorney lawyer sex addict victim melodramatic tense sultry passionate nigeria law crime lawyers sex temptation temptation rise 21st century
Alter Ego tells the story of Ada Igwe "played by Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde" who is bent on bringing child molesters and sexual offenders to justice. But she has her own demons, an insatiable desire for sexual escapades.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2016
106 Minutes
Mario Casas José Coronado Bárbara Lennie Ana Wagener Francesc Orella Paco Tous David Selvas San Yélamos Iñigo Gastesi
businessman dead person murder suspect lawyer wife lover emotional engaging suspenseful thrilling intense apartment murder murder plot innocence relationships investigation suspicion adventure discovery
A successful entrepreneur accused of murder and a witness preparation expert have less than three hours to come up with an impregnable defense.
Drama
USA
1960
127 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Fredric March Gene Kelly Florence Eldridge Dick York Harry Morgan Donna Anderson Elliott Reid Claude Akins Noah Beery Jr. Norman Fell
lawyer teacher reporter intense somber suspenseful witty courtroom tennessee court battles creationism vs. evolution lawsuit rescue rivalry 1920s
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Biography, Drama
Spain|France|Italy
2004
125 Minutes
Javier Bardem Belén Rueda Lola Dueñas Mabel Rivera Celso Bugallo Clara Segura Joan Dalmau Alberto Jiménez Tamar Novas Francesc Garrido Josep Maria Pou
patient lawyer friend quadriplegic emotional gripping inspiring spain ocean courtroom injury court battles love right-to-die love sacrifice 2000s
The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a thirty-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1988
133 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Tom Cruise Valeria Golino Jerry Molen Jack Murdock Michael D. Roberts Ralph Seymour Lucinda Jenney Bonnie Hunt
autistic car dealer doctor girlfriend lawyer emotional moving amusing airport family home highway hospital cincinnati las vegas family wealth road trip illness transformation discovery
Selfish yuppie Charlie Babbitt's father left a fortune to his savant brother Raymond and a pittance to Charlie; they travel cross-country.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1967
105 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Anne Bancroft Katharine Ross William Daniels Murray Hamilton Elizabeth Wilson Brian Avery Walter Brooke Norman Fell Alice Ghostley Buck Henry
college graduate lawyer college student sexy woman amusing sad witty california hotel campus family home wedding may-december romance post-college aimless youth new love growing up love temptation 1960s
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
Crime, Drama
USA
1936
90 Minutes
Sylvia Sidney Spencer Tracy Walter Abel Bruce Cabot Edward Ellis Walter Brennan Frank Albertson
wrongly accused girlfriend lawyer fiery intense america prison crime revenge revenge fall quest 1930s
When a wrongly accused prisoner barely survives a lynch mob attack and is presumed dead, he vindictively decides to fake his death and frame the mob for his supposed murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1938
97 Minutes
James Cagney Pat O'Brien Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan George Bancroft William Pawley John Hamilton Earle Dwire William Worthington
gangster priest child lawyer gritty emotional hell's kitchen street friendship crime corruption gangs sacrifice growing up rise 1930s
A priest tries to stop a gangster from corrupting a group of street kids.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
112 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Sam Jaffe Marilyn Monroe Louis Calhern Jean Hagen James Whitmore John McIntire Marc Lawrence Barry Kelley Anthony Caruso Teresa Celli
ex-convict waitress safecracker thief lawyer intricate tense united states city jewelry theft greed deception schemes murder fall temptation 1950s
A major heist goes off as planned, but then double crosses, bad luck and solid police work cause everything to unravel.
Comedy
USA
1936
115 Minutes
Gary Cooper Jean Arthur George Bancroft Lionel Stander Douglas Dumbrille Raymond Walburn Margaret Matzenauer H.B. Warner Warren Hymer Muriel Evans Ruth Donnelly
heir reporter lawyer amusing charming spirited new york city small town vermont fame wealth love small-town life city vs. country love discovery transformation rise 1930s
A simple small-town man inherits a massive fortune and is immediately hounded by those who wish to take advantage of him.
Comedy, Other, Drama
USA
1947
96 Minutes
Maureen O'Hara John Payne Edmund Gwenn Gene Lockhart Natalie Wood Porter Hall William Frawley Thelma Ritter Jack Albertson Jerome Cowan Philip Tonge
santa claus lawyer daughter event coordinator wealthy man charming endearing touching new york city department store courtroom mental institution christmas faith childhood court battles discovery love quest 1940s
When a nice old man who claims to be Santa Claus is institutionalized as insane, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he is the real thing.
Crime, Drama
USA
1993
144 Minutes
Al Pacino Sean Penn Penelope Ann Miller Luis Guzman John Alberto Leguizamo Ingrid Rogers James Rebhorn Joseph Siravo Viggo Mortensen Richard Foronjy Jorge Porcel
ex-convict lawyer friend dancer girlfriend gangster tense gritty emotional new york city nightclub courtroom big city criminal underworld crime shady dealings drugs gangsters murder ex-convicts
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C.
Drama, History
USA
1935
128 Minutes
Ronald Colman Elizabeth Allan Edna May Oliver Blanche Yurka Reginald Owen Basil Rathbone Henry B. Walthall Donald Woods Walter Catlett Fritz Leiber H.B. Warner
lawyer wealthy man pretty woman emotional melodramatic passionate england london france paris social change love triangle french revolution friendship injustice love forbidden love quest rescue 1780s
A pair of lookalikes, one a former French aristocrat and the other an alcoholic English lawyer, fall in love with the same woman amongst the turmoil of the French Revolution.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Sweden|Denmark|Germany|Norway
2011
158 Minutes
Daniel Craig Rooney Mara Christopher Plummer Stellan Skarsgård Steven Berkoff Robin Wright Yorik van Wageningen Joely Richardson Geraldine James Goran Visnjic Donald Sumpter
reporter industrialist investigator executive lawyer hacker gripping brutal suspenseful island subway apartment sweden family home london investigation murder family secrets unlikely allies missing persons
A journalist is aided by a young female hacker in his search for the killer of a woman who has been dead for forty years.
Drama
USA
1979
104 Minutes
Dustin Hoffman Meryl Streep Justin Henry Jane Alexander Howard Duff George Coe JoBeth Williams Howland Chamberlin
father mother son friend lawyer judge emotional heartwarming intense apartment park courtroom new york city office divorce court battles parenthood transformation rivalry quest
Ted Kramer's wife leaves him, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation.
Comedy
France|UK|Germany|USA
1997
85 Minutes
Michael Caton Anne Tenney Stephen Curry Sophie Lee Anthony Simcoe Charles "Bud" Tingwell Tiriel Mora Bryan Dawe Eric Bana Robyn Nevin Costas Kilias
tow truck driver wife hairdresser son lawyer inspector hilarious offbeat uplifting family home airport melbourne, australia courtroom office family court battles eccentricity land dispute government policy underdog
A documentary surveying the various Hollywood screen depictions of homosexuals and the attitudes behind them throughout the history of North American film.
Drama
USA
1999
157 Minutes
Al Pacino Russell Crowe Christopher Plummer Diane Venora Philip Baker Hall Lindsay Crouse Debi Mazar Stephen Tobolowsky Colm Feore Bruce McGill Gina Gershon
television producer scientist lawyer executive wife thrilling powerful dark office household courtroom kentucky mississippi new york city big business news deception tobacco family quest
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2015
130 Minutes
Steve Carell Ryan Gosling Christian Bale Brad Pitt Marisa Tomei Hamish Linklater Rafe Spall Jeremy Strong Adepero Oduye Karen Gillan Max Greenfield
guru banker investor specialist homeowner lawyer brooding emotional intense fascinating amusing new york city office street house car restaurant mortgage betting finance
In 2006-2007 a group of investors bet against the US mortgage market. In their research they discover how flawed and corrupt the market is.
Biography, Drama
India
2015
114 Minutes
Sukhesh Arora Manoj Bajpayee Balaji Gauri Sumit Gulati Dilnaz Irani Sachin Parikh K.R. Parmeshwar Rajkummar Rao Ishwak Singh Nutan Surya Suman Vaidya
professor gay man journalist lawyer intense emotional brooding profound india university flat court gay rights homophobia homosexuality fight for justice friendship morality underdog love
A gay, linguistic professor living in a small orthodox city must deal with the aftermath of a sting operation that puts his sexual orientation in front of the entire nation.
Drama
USA
1992
138 Minutes
Tom Cruise Jack Nicholson Demi Moore Kevin Bacon Kiefer Sutherland Kevin Pollak James Marshall J.T. Walsh Christopher Guest J.A. Preston Matt Craven
lawyer soldier officer engaging patriotic suspenseful courtroom military base law and order military conspiracy mystery transformation pursuit 1990s
Military lawyer Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder. They contend they were acting under orders.
Biography, Drama
USA
2010
120 Minutes
Jesse Eisenberg Andrew Garfield Justin Timberlake Armie Hammer Max Minghella Josh Pence Brenda Song Rashida Jones John Getz David Selby Denise Grayson
computer programmer genius billionaire lawyer twin businessperson amusing engaging endearing dark witty melancholy harvard university bar palo alto, calif. household office new york state friendship betrayal
As Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking site that would become known as Facebook, he is sued by the twins who claimed he stole their idea, and by the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
Drama
USA
1982
122 Minutes
Paul Newman Charlotte Rampling James Mason Jack Warden Milo O'Shea Ed Binns Julie Bovasso Lindsay Crouse Roxanne Hart James Handy
lawyer judge passionate raw law firm boston united states career judicial system underdog 1980s
A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.