Highest-Rated Movies about 'Law', Sort by Popularity

Character (1997), Alter Ego (2017), Bowling for Columbine (2002), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Philadelphia (1993), Victoria (2015), And Now for Something Completely Different (1971), The Talk of the Town (1942) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Law movies.

#16. Boom Town (1940)

Storyline: Buddies Big John McMasters and Square John Sand are fast-talking, wisecracking wildcatters who manage to con enough equipment and capital to develop their own oil fields, but their friendship is put to the test when Big John inadvertently falls in love with Elizabeth, Square John's longtime girlfriend. Eventually their friendship and partnership comes to an end on the flip of a coin. Years later, when Big John's interest in the beautiful Karen Vanmeer threatens his marriage too, Square John intervenes in an effort to save the marriage of his former friend - even if it means ruining him financially.—G. Taverney (duke1029@aol.com)

Plot Keywords: partner, sheriff, oil baron, love interest, engaging, emotional, texas ...

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#17. Party Girl (1958)

Storyline: Lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career defending crooks in trials. He has never realized that there is a downside to his success, until he meets the dancer Vicki Gaye. She makes him decide to get a better reputation. But mob king Rico Angelo *insists* that he continues his services.—Mattias Thuresson

Plot Keywords: lawyer, crime boss, showgirl, henchman, wife, assistant, dark ...

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#18. Unlocking the Cage (2016)

Storyline: Follows animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented challenge to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans, by filing the first lawsuits that seek to transform a chimpanzee from a 'thing' with no rights to a 'person' with legal protections.

Plot Keywords: lawyer, animal, activist, judge, scientist, narrator, emotional ...

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#19. Hang 'Em High (1968)

Storyline: A band of vigilantes catch Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) and, incorrectly believing him guilty of cattle rustling and murder, hang him, and leave him for dead. But he doesn't die. He returns to his former profession of lawman to hunt down his lynchers and bring them to justice.

Plot Keywords: marshal, judge, cattle rustler, criminal, victim, cool, dark ...

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#20. Sweet Country (2017)

Storyline: Sweet Country is set in 1929 in the outback of the Northern Territory. It is the story of a young boy called Philomac, who witnesses Sam, an Aboriginal stockman kill station owner Harry Marsh in self defense. Sam and his pregnant wife Lizzie go on the run and a posse pursues them across the outback.

Plot Keywords: aboriginal, murderer, farmer, murder victim, runaway, office worker, emotional ...

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#21. Judge Hardy and Son (1939)

Storyline: Mr. and Mrs. Valduzzi come to see Judge James Hardy for advice on how to prevent the loss of their home. He senses the aged Italian immigrant couple has a grown daughter who is ashamed of her parents and has not kept in contact with them. Failing to locate her himself, he offers money to his teenage son, Andy, if he can locate her. Andy has been having his usual problems with his car and girlfriends and eagerly accepts the challenge, since he needs the money. At the same time he plans on getting some girl to enter a school essay contest and split the $50 winning prize money with her. Since he supposes that a daughter of the daughter might have Valduzzi as a middle name, he sees three high school girls, Euphrasia V. Clark, Clarabelle V. Lee and Elvee Horton, in the hope that one of them may be the right one. Not only do they all reject Andy's unethical proposal about the essay, but Euphrasia blackmails him into taking her to the Fourth-of-July fireworks show, which causes him more problems with his jealous girl, Polly Benedict. But Andy finally realizes how insignificant these problems really are when his mother becomes deathly ill with pneumonia.—Arthur Hausner <genart@volcano.net>

Plot Keywords: immigrant, girlfriend, household, high school, illness, blackmail, dating ...

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#23. Shepherds and Butchers (2016)

Storyline: SHEPHERDS AND BUTCHERS follows a jaded lawyer, John Weber (Steve Coogan), who takes on a seemingly hopeless multiple murder case and uncovers scandalous shortcomings in South Africa's capital punishment system as he mounts a defense for a prison guard traumatized by the executions he took part in.

Plot Keywords: lawyer, prison guard, judge, wife, murderer, prisoner, prisoners ...

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#24. A Second Chance (2014)

Storyline: How far would decent human beings be willing to go, when tragedy blurs the line between just and unjust? With "A Second Chance", Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen have crafted another startling yet moving drama about how easily we lose our grasp on justice, when confronted with the unthinkable, and life as we know it is hanging by a thread.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: partner, baby, junkie, brutal, closet, apartment, second chance ...

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#26. The Children Act (2017)

Storyline: As her marriage to Jack Faye (Stanley Tucci) flounders, eminent High Court judge Fiona Maye (Dame Emma Thompson) has a life-changing decision to make at work - should she force a teenage boy, Adam Henry (Fionn Whitehead), to have the blood transfusion that will save his life? Her unorthodox visit to his hospital bedside has a profound impact on them both, stirring strong new emotions in the boy and long-buried feelings in her.—Duncan Kenworthy

Plot Keywords: judge, husband, teen boy, parent, bleak, emotional, intense ...

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#27. The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)

Storyline: When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

Plot Keywords: attorney, priest, young woman, prosecutor, judge, doctor, chilling ...

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#28. The Case of the Curious Bride (1935)

Storyline: After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meets him at a restaurant. Even though she says that she is asking for a friend, Perry can see right through her. It seems that her husband Moxley, who had been allegedly dead for four years, is alive and demanding money as she has married into wealth. The case escalates when the police find the body of Moxley and charge her with the murder.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

Plot Keywords: perry mason, friend, ex-husband, husband, detective, attorney, engaging ...

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