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

Alter Ego (2017), Adam's Rib (1949), Huey Long (1985), Jolly LLB (2013), The Young Philadelphians (1959), Michael Clayton (2007), The Cat and the Canary (1939), Jolly LLB 2 (2017) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Lawyers movies.

#2. Adam's Rib (1949)

Storyline: When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels...

Plot Keywords: lawyer, husband, wife, amusing, engaging, hilarious, playful ...

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#4. Jolly LLB (2013)

Storyline: Rajpal a top lawyer is defending Rahul Dewan son a business tycoon in a hit and run case.Jolly is a small time lawyer who comes to stay with his uncle in Delhi and consider's Rajpal his idol.When he finds hi fellow lawyer has gained fame after filing a PIL in-court against a case.Jolly decides to file against case if Rahul Dewan which will lead to a long a battle between Rajpal and Jolly.

Plot Keywords: lawyer, husband, wife, father, gripping, engaging, powerful ...

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#5. The Young Philadelphians (1959)

Storyline: Up and coming, young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.—Mike Welsch <mike.welsch@bull.com>

Plot Keywords: lawyer, mother, sweetheart, alcoholic, birth father, melodramatic, fiery ...

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#6. Michael Clayton (2007)

Storyline: Michael Clayton, a high-priced law firm's fixer, leaves a late night poker game, gets a call to drive to Westchester, and watches his car blow up as he's taking an impromptu dawn walk through a field. Flash back four days. He owes a loan shark to cover his brother's debts (Michael's own gambling habits have left him virtually broke). His law firm is negotiating a high-stakes merger, and his firm's six year defense of a conglomerate's pesticide use is at risk when one of the firm's top litigators goes off his meds and puts the case in jeopardy. While Michael is trying to fix things someone decides to kill him. Who? Meanwhile his son summarizes the plot of a dark fantasy novel.

Plot Keywords: fixer, lawyer, police officer, gambler, brother, wife, intense ...

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#7. The Cat and the Canary (1939)

Storyline: Ten years have passed since the death of millionaire, Cyrus Norman. Cosby, Cyrus' attorney, has gathered Cyrus' 6 remaining relatives to his New Orleans' mansion for Cyrus' "reading of the will". To the others disappointment, Joyce is the sole heir, but, due to a streak of insanity running in the family, a second will has been made in case Joyce falls victim to it. This puts Joyce in danger. Suddenly, Miss Lu, Cyrus' maid, appears and warns them that the spirits have told her that one of them will die that night. Following this, Hendrick, a prison guard, warns them that, "The Cat", a homicidal maniac has escaped. This sets up Cyrus' relatives with a night filled with murders, mysteries and intrigue.—Kelly

Plot Keywords: relative, friend, attorney, housekeeper, maniac, playful, creepy ...

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#9. Runaway Jury (2003)

Storyline: Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a past ..... and their own agenda.

Plot Keywords: lawyer, juror, girlfriend, consultant, judge, widow, intricate ...

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#11. Presumed Innocent (1990)

Storyline: Rozat Sabich - Rusty to most that know him, even in formal circumstances - is the Chief Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for Kindle County, Illinois. His wife, Barbara Sabich, has been struggling with focus on completing her Ph.D. dissertation in Mathemetics - a thus far ten year process - she who nonetheless is applying for a college teaching position. They are generally in a loving, supportive marriage, Barbara who seems to have gotten over Rusty's infidelity with his colleague Carolyn Polhemus, an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney. Carolyn is ambitious, she who, in part, used Rusty to try and climb up the ladder. Barbara will still throw the issue of Carolyn in his face whenever there are problems between the two. Rusty and Carolyn's affair is unknown to others in their personal and professional circles. Rusty is handed the most personal case of his career when his boss and mentor, Chief Prosecuting Attorney Raymond Horgan, assigns him the case to discover who killed Carolyn, her dead body...

Plot Keywords: attorney, wife, lover, politician, judge, dark, sultry ...

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#13. Mayhem (2017)

Storyline: Mayhem tells the story of a virus that infects a corporate law office on the day attorney Derek Cho (Yeun) is framed by a co-worker and wrongfully fired. The infection is capable of making people act out their wildest impulses. Trapped in the quarantined building, our hero is forced to savagely fight tooth and nail for not only his job but his life.

Plot Keywords: lawyer, sick person, victim, client, brutal, rousing, suspenseful ...

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#15. Defending Santa (2013)

Storyline: While responding to the report of a broken down vehicle on Christmas Eve, Scott Hanson, a ski resort town sheriff, stumbles upon a sleeping Santa in the snowy woods. With his sleigh ride in doubt after spending nearly a year in a coma, Santa is put on trial to defend his identity. As the small town learns to "believe," Sheriff Hanson, a dad and widower, also begins to fall for Santa's court-appointed defense attorney, Sarah.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: lawyer, judge, police officer, attorney, amusing, campy, cheeky ...

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