Want to know the best Lawyer Movies? How about the worst Lawyer Movies? Curious about Lawyer Movie box office grosses or which Lawyer Movies picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Lawyer Movies got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well, you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
Drivel part of the page: WoC’s big sister spent the Christmas holiday with us. She (SILOC -Sister-in-law of Cogerson) is a judge in Alabama. During her stay she suggested two new pages for UMR. Her first suggestion was a Top Comedy Movies page, while her second suggestion was a page on lawyer movies. While we work on the comedy page, we decided to create this Lawyer movie page. Is it all the lawyer movies? Of course not. If your favorite lawyer movie is not listed, please leave a comment below and I will get that movie included.
Lawyer Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews, and awards.
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| 2002 | Chicago (2002) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1966 | A Man for All Seasons (1966) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1979 | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) AA Best Picture Win |
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| 1962 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1957 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1961 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1959 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1954 | The Caine Mutiny (1954) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1991 | JFK (1991) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1982 | The Verdict (1982) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2000 | Erin Brockovich (2000) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1949 | Adam's Rib (1949) | |
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| 1988 | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) | |
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| 1992 | A Few Good Men (1992) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1979 | And Justice for All (1979) |  |
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| 1993 | Philadelphia (1993) | |
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| 1990 | Presumed Innocent (1990) | |
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| 1991 | Cape Fear (1991) | |
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| 1997 | Liar Liar (1997) | |
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| 1993 | The Firm (1993) | |
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| 1994 | The Client (1994) | |
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| 1992 | My Cousin Vinny (1992) | |
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| 1996 | A Time to Kill (1996) | |
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| 2001 | Legally Blonde (2001) | |
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| 1931 | A Free Soul (1931) | |
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| 2007 | Michael Clayton (2007) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1993 | In the Name of the Father (1993) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1939 | Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) | |
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| 1947 | The Paradine Case (1947) | |
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| 1955 | Trial (1955) | |
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| 1993 | The Pelican Brief (1993) | |
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| 1957 | 12 Angry Men (1957) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1997 | The Devil's Advocate (1997) | |
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| 1981 | Body Heat (1981) |  |
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| 1985 | Jagged Edge (1985) | |
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| 1996 | Primal Fear (1996) | |
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| 1933 | Counselor At Law (1933) | |
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| 1997 | The Rainmaker (1997) | |
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| 1998 | A Civil Action (1998) | |
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| 1988 | The Accused (1988) | |
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| 1996 | Sleepers (1996) | |
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| 1951 | The Enforcer (1951) | |
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| 1959 | Compulsion (1959) | |
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| 1997 | Amistad (1997) | |
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| 1957 | Paths of Glory (1957) | |
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| 2003 | Daredevil (2003) | |
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| 1962 | Cape Fear (1962) | |
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| 1973 | The Paper Chase (1973) | |
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| 1960 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | |
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| 1938 | I Am The Law (1938) | |
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| 1990 | Reversal of Fortune (1990) | |
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| 1986 | Legal Eagles (1986) | |
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| 2011 | The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) | |
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| 2003 | Runaway Jury (2003) | |
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| 1996 | The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) | |
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| 1932 | State's Attorney (1932) | |
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| 1962 | The Trial (1962) | |
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| 2019 | Marriage Story (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 2020 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) AA Best Picture Nom |
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| 1980 | Breaker Morant (1980) | |
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| 2003 | Intolerable Cruelty (2003) | |
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| 2007 | Fracture (2007) | |
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| 2019 | Just Mercy (2019) | |
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| 1991 | Regarding Henry (1991) | |
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| 1950 | Convicted (1950) | |
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| 1989 | True Believer (1989) | |
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| 2001 | I Am Sam (2001) | |
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| 2019 | Dark Waters (2019) | |
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| 1988 | A Cry in the Dark (1988) | |
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| 1961 | The Young Savages (1961) | |
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| 1987 | Suspect (1987) | |
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| 2005 | North Country (2005) | |
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| 2009 | My Sister's Keeper (2009) | |
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| 2014 | The Judge (2014) |  |
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| 1995 | Murder in the First (1995) | |
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| 1956 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) | |
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| 1987 | Nuts (1987) | |
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| 2018 | On The Basis Of Sex (2018) | |
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| 2017 | Marshall (2017) | |
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| 1981 | First Monday in October (1981) | |
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| 2002 | High Crimes (2002) | |
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| 1939 | Society Lawyer (1939) | |
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| 1996 | Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) | |
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| 2021 | Worth (2021) Netflix |
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| 2016 | Denial (2016) | |
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| 2010 | Conviction (2010) | |
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| 1983 | The Star Chamber (1983) | |
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| 2021 | The Mauritanian (2021) | |
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| 1987 | From the Hip (1987) | |
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| 2006 | Find Me Guilty (2006) | |
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| 2008 | Flash of Genius (2008) | |
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| 2008 | Nothing But The Truth (2008) |  |
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| 1993 | The Advocate (1993) | |
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| 2010 | The Conspirator (2010) | |
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| 2003 | The Life of David Gale (2003) |  |
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| 1963 | Twilight of Honor (1963) | |
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| 1997 | Trial and Error (1997) | |
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| 1975 | Conduct Unbecoming (1975) |  |
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| 1953 | Count The Hours! (1953) | |
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| 2013 | Devil's Knot (2013) | |
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| 1987 | The Last Innocent Man (1987) HBO Movie |
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| 1996 | The Chamber (1996) |  |
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| 1990 | The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) | |
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| 2016 | Misconduct (2016) | |
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| 2004 | Laws of Attraction (2004) | |
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| 2009 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) |  |
Lawyer Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Blue Link = Lawyer Movie Trailer
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- Sort Lawyer Movie by adjusted domestic box office grosses using current movie ticket cost (in millions)
- Sort Lawyer Movie by yearly domestic box office rank
- Sort Lawyer Movie how they were received by critics and audiences. 60% rating or higher should indicate a good movie.
- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Lawyer Movie received.
- Sort Lawyer Movie by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 2 | Chicago (2002) AA Best Picture Win |
Renée Zellweger & Richard Gere |
170.70 | 367.9 | 661.20 | 10 | 81 | 13 / 06 | 99.8 | |
| 3 | A Man for All Seasons (1966) AA Best Picture Win |
Paul Scofield & Wendy Hiller |
31.90 | 362.2 | 362.20 | 4 | 81 | 08 / 06 | 99.8 | |
| 3 | Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) AA Best Picture Win |
Dustin Hoffman & Meryl Streep |
106.30 | 529.2 | 602.40 | 1 | 76 | 09 / 05 | 99.8 | |
| 4 | To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) AA Best Picture Nom |
Gregory Peck & Robert Duvall |
22.90 | 381.0 | 381.00 | 7 | 90 | 08 / 03 | 99.7 | |
| 5 | Witness for the Prosecution (1957) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tyrone Power & Marlene Dietrich |
10.90 | 242.3 | 242.30 | 15 | 91 | 06 / 00 | 99.5 | |
| 9 | Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) AA Best Picture Nom |
Spencer Tracy & Montgomery Clift |
11.30 | 190.6 | 190.60 | 19 | 86 | 11 / 02 | 99.4 | |
| 6 | Miracle on 34th Street (1947) AA Best Picture Nom |
Maureen O'Hara & Natalie Wood |
7.20 | 242.0 | 242.00 | 35 | 86 | 04 / 03 | 99.4 | |
| 7 | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) AA Best Picture Nom |
James Stewart & George C. Scott |
15.70 | 327.4 | 327.40 | 13 | 86 | 07 / 00 | 99.3 | |
| 8 | The Caine Mutiny (1954) AA Best Picture Nom |
Humphrey Bogart & José Ferrer |
20.40 | 555.5 | 555.50 | 4 | 85 | 07 / 00 | 99.3 | |
| 13 | JFK (1991) AA Best Picture Nom |
Kevin Costner & Jack Lemmon |
70.40 | 209.0 | 609.90 | 17 | 81 | 08 / 02 | 99.2 | |
| 10 | The Verdict (1982) AA Best Picture Nom |
Paul Newman & James Mason |
68.30 | 290.5 | 290.50 | 10 | 86 | 05 / 00 | 99.1 | |
| 10 | Erin Brockovich (2000) AA Best Picture Nom |
Julia Roberts & Albert Finney |
125.60 | 291.3 | 594.30 | 13 | 79 | 05 / 01 | 98.9 | |
| 14 | Adam's Rib (1949) | Spencer Tracy & Katharine Hepburn |
8.30 | 239.9 | 318.70 | 18 | 87 | 01 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 15 | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) | Kevin Kline & Jamie Lee Curtis |
62.50 | 190.1 | 190.10 | 12 | 86 | 03 / 01 | 98.2 | |
| 14 | A Few Good Men (1992) AA Best Picture Nom |
Tom Cruise & Jack Nicholson |
141.30 | 425.7 | 732.70 | 5 | 76 | 04 / 00 | 98.2 | |
| 20 | And Justice for All (1979) | Al Pacino & Jack Warden |
38.40 | 191.3 | 191.30 | 23 | 83 | 02 / 00 | 97.6 | |
| 17 | Philadelphia (1993) | Tom Hanks & Denzel Washington |
77.40 | 233.8 | 624.00 | 12 | 75 | 05 / 02 | 97.5 | |
| 16 | Presumed Innocent (1990) | Harrison Ford & Raul Julia |
86.30 | 255.0 | 654.00 | 12 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 97.4 | |
| 17 | Cape Fear (1991) | 79.10 | 234.8 | 541.20 | 12 | 77 | 02 / 00 | 96.9 | ||
| 18 | Liar Liar (1997) | Jim Carrey & Cary Elwes |
181.40 | 494.0 | 824.40 | 4 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 96.3 | |
| 21 | The Firm (1993) | Tom Cruise & Gene Hackman |
158.30 | 478.1 | 816.00 | 4 | 69 | 02 / 00 | 95.0 | |
| 22 | The Client (1994) | Susan Sarandon & Tommy Lee Jones |
92.10 | 282.2 | 360.30 | 13 | 70 | 01 / 00 | 94.9 | |
| 25 | My Cousin Vinny (1992) | Joe Pesci & Marisa Tomei |
52.90 | 159.4 | 193.00 | 29 | 78 | 01 / 01 | 93.8 | |
| 22 | A Time to Kill (1996) | Matthew McConaughey & Sandra Bullock |
108.80 | 307.6 | 430.60 | 10 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 93.5 | |
| 24 | Legally Blonde (2001) | Reese Witherspoon & Luke Wilson |
96.50 | 213.5 | 313.70 | 22 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 93.0 | |
| 26 | A Free Soul (1931) | Norma Shearer & Clark Gable |
2.60 | 156.6 | 250.40 | 32 | 75 | 03 / 01 | 92.9 | |
| 26 | Michael Clayton (2007) AA Best Picture Nom |
George Clooney & Tilda Swinton |
49.00 | 89.1 | 169.00 | 55 | 85 | 07 / 01 | 92.3 | |
| 25 | In the Name of the Father (1993) AA Best Picture Nom |
Daniel Day-Lewis & Emma Thompson |
25.10 | 75.8 | 198.70 | 60 | 90 | 07 / 01 | 92.3 | |
| 30 | Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) | Henry Fonda & Directed by John Ford |
3.00 | 133.9 | 133.90 | 77 | 83 | 01 / 00 | 92.2 | |
| 33 | The Paradine Case (1947) | Gregory Peck & Directed by Alfred Hitchcock |
5.90 | 200.9 | 200.90 | 54 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 92.1 | |
| 34 | Trial (1955) | Glenn Ford & Dorothy McGuire |
6.60 | 158.8 | 158.80 | 45 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 91.8 | |
| 29 | The Pelican Brief (1993) | Denzel Washington & Julia Roberts |
100.80 | 304.3 | 589.60 | 8 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 91.7 | |
| 33 | 12 Angry Men (1957) AA Best Picture Nom |
Henry Fonda & Directed by Sidney Lumet |
2.90 | 63.8 | 63.80 | 80 | 95 | 01 / 00 | 90.9 | |
| 35 | The Devil's Advocate (1997) | Keanu Reeves & Al Pacino |
60.90 | 166.0 | 416.50 | 27 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 90.4 | |
| 35 | Body Heat (1981) | William Hurt & Kathleen Turner |
24.10 | 108.2 | 108.20 | 36 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 90.0 | |
| 38 | Jagged Edge (1985) | Jeff Bridges & Glenn Close |
40.50 | 142.6 | 142.60 | 22 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 89.9 | |
| 39 | Primal Fear (1996) | Richard Gere & Edward Norton |
56.10 | 158.7 | 290.20 | 27 | 68 | 01 / 00 | 89.7 | |
| 39 | Counselor At Law (1933) | John Barrymore & Melvyn Douglas |
2.00 | 111.0 | 111.00 | 34 | 82 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 42 | The Rainmaker (1997) | Matt Damon & Danny DeVito |
45.90 | 125.0 | 136.20 | 44 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 41 | A Civil Action (1998) | John Travolta & Robert Duvall |
56.70 | 151.1 | 151.10 | 37 | 67 | 02 / 00 | 88.9 | |
| 37 | The Accused (1988) | Kelly McGillis & Jodie Foster |
32.10 | 97.6 | 97.60 | 35 | 83 | 01 / 01 | 88.9 | |
| 44 | Sleepers (1996) | Brad Pitt & Robert DeNiro |
53.30 | 150.8 | 468.40 | 29 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 88.6 | |
| 44 | The Enforcer (1951) | Humphrey Bogart & Everett Sloane |
4.50 | 113.1 | 205.20 | 74 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 88.3 | |
| 45 | Compulsion (1959) | Orson Welles & Dean Stockwell |
5.10 | 107.1 | 107.10 | 48 | 80 | 00 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 48 | Amistad (1997) | Anthony Hopkins & Directed by Steven Spielberg |
44.20 | 120.5 | 177.90 | 48 | 73 | 04 / 00 | 87.8 | |
| 44 | Paths of Glory (1957) | Kirk Douglas & Directed by Stanley Kubrick |
3.40 | 76.5 | 76.50 | 71 | 89 | 00 / 00 | 87.7 | |
| 46 | Daredevil (2003) | Ben Affleck & Jennifer Garner |
102.50 | 212.6 | 371.40 | 27 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 87.1 | |
| 47 | Cape Fear (1962) | Gregory Peck & Robert Mitchum |
5.00 | 83.3 | 83.30 | 51 | 85 | 00 / 00 | 86.9 | |
| 50 | The Paper Chase (1973) | Timothy Bottoms & John Houseman |
12.10 | 85.6 | 85.60 | 30 | 78 | 03 / 01 | 85.9 | |
| 50 | Inherit the Wind (1960) | Spencer Tracy & Fredric March |
3.50 | 63.4 | 103.50 | 71 | 86 | 04 / 00 | 85.9 | |
| 52 | I Am The Law (1938) | Edward G. Robinson | 3.00 | 140.1 | 140.10 | 68 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 85.7 | |
| 51 | Reversal of Fortune (1990) | Jeremy Irons & Glenn Close |
15.40 | 45.6 | 45.60 | 79 | 88 | 03 / 01 | 85.0 | |
| 54 | Legal Eagles (1986) | Robert Redford & Debra Winger |
49.90 | 168.0 | 168.00 | 16 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 84.7 | |
| 55 | The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) | Matthew McConaughey & Marisa Tomei |
58.00 | 91.4 | 118.20 | 58 | 76 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 55 | Runaway Jury (2003) | Gene Hackman & Dustin Hoffman |
49.40 | 102.5 | 166.20 | 59 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 83.4 | |
| 54 | The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996) | Woody Harrelson & Edward Norton |
20.30 | 57.4 | 120.50 | 81 | 83 | 02 / 00 | 83.2 | |
| 57 | State's Attorney (1932) | John Barrymore | 2.10 | 117.1 | 117.10 | 34 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 82.8 | |
| 57 | The Trial (1962) | Anthony Perkins & Orson Welles |
2.90 | 47.6 | 47.60 | 86 | 84 | 00 / 00 | 81.5 | |
| 59 | Marriage Story (2019) AA Best Picture Nom |
Scarlett Johansson & Adam Driver |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 342 | 85 | 06 / 01 | 80.8 | |
| 60 | The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) AA Best Picture Nom |
Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Eddie Redmayne |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.20 | 268 | 82 | 06 / 01 | 80.0 | |
| 59 | Breaker Morant (1980) | Edward Woodward & Jack Thompson |
7.10 | 34.3 | 34.30 | 87 | 84 | 01 / 00 | 79.9 | |
| 63 | Intolerable Cruelty (2003) | George Clooney & Catherine Zeta-Jones |
35.30 | 73.2 | 249.20 | 79 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 79.8 | |
| 64 | Fracture (2007) | Anthony Hopkins & Ryan Gosling |
39.00 | 70.9 | 166.00 | 70 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 79.5 | |
| 62 | Just Mercy (2019) | Michael B. Jordan & Jamie Foxx |
36.00 | 49.1 | 68.20 | 70 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 79.3 | |
| 65 | Regarding Henry (1991) | Harrison Ford & Annette Bening |
43.00 | 127.7 | 127.70 | 29 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 79.0 | |
| 69 | Convicted (1950) | Glenn Ford & Broderick Crawford |
3.30 | 85.6 | 85.60 | 99 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 76.1 | |
| 65 | True Believer (1989) | James Woods & Robert Downey Jr. |
8.70 | 27.5 | 27.50 | 86 | 81 | 00 / 00 | 75.4 | |
| 72 | I Am Sam (2001) | Sean Penn & Michelle Pfeiffer |
40.30 | 89.2 | 216.40 | 61 | 59 | 01 / 00 | 74.4 | |
| 66 | Dark Waters (2019) | Mark Ruffalo & Anne Hathaway |
11.10 | 15.2 | 15.90 | 116 | 83 | 00 / 00 | 73.8 | |
| 67 | A Cry in the Dark (1988) | Meryl Streep & Sam Neill |
6.90 | 21.0 | 21.00 | 110 | 79 | 01 / 00 | 73.2 | |
| 73 | The Young Savages (1961) | Burt Lancaster & Shelley Winters |
5.00 | 84.5 | 84.50 | 47 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 72.5 | |
| 71 | Suspect (1987) | Cher & Dennis Quaid |
18.80 | 60.0 | 60.00 | 57 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 72.1 | |
| 73 | North Country (2005) | Charlize Theron & Woody Harrelson |
18.30 | 35.8 | 49.20 | 124 | 72 | 02 / 00 | 71.4 | |
| 76 | My Sister's Keeper (2009) | Cameron Diaz & Alec Baldwin |
49.20 | 82.0 | 159.50 | 62 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 71.3 | |
| 78 | The Judge (2014) | Robert Downey Jr. & Robert Duvall |
47.10 | 72.1 | 129.20 | 73 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 69.9 | |
| 74 | Murder in the First (1995) | Gary Oldman & Kevin Bacon |
17.40 | 49.9 | 49.90 | 88 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 69.4 | |
| 75 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) | Dana Andrews & Joan Fontaine |
2.10 | 48.7 | 48.70 | 133 | 67 | 00 / 00 | 68.9 | |
| 80 | Nuts (1987) | Barbra Streisand & Richard Dreyfuss |
31.00 | 98.9 | 98.90 | 38 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 68.7 | |
| 79 | On The Basis Of Sex (2018) | Felecity Jones | 24.60 | 33.6 | 52.90 | 95 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 65.6 | |
| 80 | Marshall (2017) | Chadwick Boseman & Josh Gad |
10.10 | 14.0 | 14.10 | 122 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 64.7 | |
| 83 | First Monday in October (1981) | Walter Matthau & Jill Clayburgh |
12.50 | 56.1 | 56.10 | 64 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 62.6 | |
| 83 | High Crimes (2002) | Morgan Freeman & Ashley Judd |
41.50 | 89.5 | 137.50 | 58 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 62.0 | |
| 84 | Society Lawyer (1939) | Walter Pidgeon | 1.20 | 55.7 | 84.30 | 161 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 58.8 | |
| 85 | Night Falls on Manhattan (1996) | Andy Garcia & Richard Dreyfuss |
9.90 | 28.0 | 28.00 | 126 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 58.1 | |
| 85 | Worth (2021) Netflix |
Michael Keaton & Stanley Tucci |
0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 247 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 56.8 | |
| 85 | Denial (2016) | Rachel Weisz | 4.10 | 5.9 | 13.40 | 175 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 56.6 | |
| 84 | Conviction (2010) | Hilary Swank & Sam Rockwell |
6.80 | 10.7 | 18.70 | 136 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 56.5 | |
| 86 | The Star Chamber (1983) | Michael Douglas & Hal Holbrook |
5.60 | 22.0 | 22.00 | 88 | 66 | 00 / 00 | 56.0 | |
| 87 | The Mauritanian (2021) | Benedict Cumberbatch & Shailene Woodley |
0.80 | 1.0 | 3.90 | 108 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 53.1 | |
| 90 | From the Hip (1987) | Judd Nelson & John Hurt |
9.50 | 30.4 | 30.40 | 87 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 52.8 | |
| 91 | Find Me Guilty (2006) | Vin Diesel & Peter Dinklage |
1.20 | 2.2 | 5.00 | 225 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 51.4 | |
| 93 | Flash of Genius (2008) | Greg Kinnear & Lauren Graham |
4.40 | 7.7 | 8.40 | 166 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 51.2 | |
| 92 | Nothing But The Truth (2008) | Alan Alda & Kate Beckinsale |
0.00 | 0.1 | 0.50 | 367 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 49.7 | |
| 94 | The Advocate (1993) | Colin Firth & Amina Annabi |
0.60 | 1.8 | 1.80 | 197 | 68 | 00 / 00 | 46.7 | |
| 95 | The Conspirator (2010) | James McAvoy & Directed by Robert Redford |
11.50 | 18.3 | 24.50 | 127 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 44.4 | |
| 96 | The Life of David Gale (2003) | Kevin Spacey & Kate Winslet |
20.00 | 41.4 | 80.80 | 109 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 37.2 | |
| 97 | Twilight of Honor (1963) | Richard Chamberlain & Claude Rains |
2.20 | 31.7 | 31.70 | 85 | 50 | 02 / 00 | 32.5 | |
| 100 | Trial and Error (1997) | Michael Richards & Jeff Daniels |
13.60 | 37.0 | 39.80 | 103 | 49 | 00 / 00 | 30.2 | |
| 98 | Conduct Unbecoming (1975) | Michael York & Richard Attenborough |
2.50 | 15.2 | 15.20 | 101 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 28.5 | |
| 101 | Count The Hours! (1953) | Teresa Wright & Directed by Don Siegel |
1.30 | 26.9 | 26.90 | 191 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 27.9 | |
| 99 | Devil's Knot (2013) | Colin Firth | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 296 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.1 | |
| 102 | The Last Innocent Man (1987) HBO Movie |
Ed Harris | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 268 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 21.7 | |
| 104 | The Chamber (1996) | Gene Hackman & Faye Dunaway |
14.60 | 41.2 | 41.20 | 101 | 40 | 00 / 00 | 17.8 | |
| 105 | The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) | Tom Hanks & Bruce Willis |
15.70 | 46.4 | 82.90 | 77 | 37 | 00 / 00 | 14.8 | |
| 103 | Misconduct (2016) | Al Pacino & Anthony Hopkins |
0.10 | 0.1 | 3.00 | 372 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 13.8 | |
| 106 | Laws of Attraction (2004) | Pierce Brosnan & Julianne Moore |
17.90 | 36.0 | 60.40 | 108 | 39 | 00 / 00 | 13.5 | |
| 107 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) | Michael Douglas | 0.10 | 0.1 | 7.40 | 302 | 34 | 00 / 00 | 1.7 |
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I have seen 34 of these movies. I am sorry I don’t have time to list them all, but I have seen the top 5 and 8 of the top 10.My favourite is To kill a Mockingbird.
Hey Flora….thanks for the tally count….I have seen 92 of these movies…that might be enough to even bump Dan from the top spot. I have actually seen the Top 32 movies. I had no idea that I had seen so many lawyer movies. Hope your holidays are going great!
THE DEFINITIVE TOP 10 LAWERS MOVIES
All of these are on Bruce’s list – just usually in the wrong place!
1/A Time to Kill – “Close your eyes and imagine she’s white and not black”
2/The Verdict – “How did Frankie think those legal sharks got all that money – from helping elderly ladies across the road?
3/The Caine Mutiny
4/A Few Good Men
4/Primal Fear – Spellbinding Debut of the great Edward Norton.
5/12 Angry Men – “He can’t hear you – he never will!”
6/Witness for the Prosecution – sadly Ty Power’s last completed movie. Powerhouse [no pun intended] performances from Ty, Dietrich and Charles Laughton. Charles has the lead role but Tyrone is first billed. Indeed the final time that Power took less than 1st billing was way back in 1939 to Myrna Loy in The Rains Came. Has there ever been a greater irony in movie trivia?
7/Philadelphia “Only one man would take his case.”
8/Paths of Glory – “lead but to the grave” [Gray’s Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard in 1750].
9/A Man for All Seasons – “I will obey even a bad law. Because if any law can be wilfully flouted where is my protection if they illegally come for me?” Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More
10/Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956 – Dana Andrews [great pal of Burt Lancaster] at his best during his wonderful noir period in the 1940s and early to mid-fifties. Some critics argue that it is bleakest of the great Fritz Lang’s film noirs. Wonderful surprise ending.
Hey Bob….thanks for sharing your Top 10 Lawyer movies. First of all…I am glad that I was able to include all of your Top 10. Let’s see where they were statistically ranked. #1 A Time To Kill came in at #25….it’s 66% review percentage really hurt that score…but it would be in my Top 10 as well. I just recently rewatched that one. #2 The Verdict…comes in at #7…..a classic for sure…plus you get a Bruce Willis extra appearance. #3 The Caine Mutiny…comes in at #5….me and UMR Hall of Famer George were talking about his movie on the last day before Xmas break. #4 A Few Good Men…comes in at #11…almost in t he Top 10. #4A – Primal Fear….comes in at #43….Norton is excellent…but this is not a favorite of mine. #5 12 Angry…comes in at #19….I looked at many lists while putting this page together….and this was listed as a Top 3 lawyer movie in all the lists. #6 Witness For The Prosecution…comes in at #8….the closest so far when looking at the two rankings. #7 Philadelphia…comes in at #20….a good movie….but I have never wanted to revisit it. #8 Paths of Glory….comes in at #41….another in my Top 10….actually when looking at the lists I mentioned in #5….this was on none of those lists….just a movie from my personal memory bank. #9 A Man For All Seasons….comes in at #3…..I debated whether this needed to be on the list…at the end….it made the list. #10 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt….the only one of your top 10 I have not seen….comes in at #75. Good feedback.
Hey Bob….my Top 10 personal list….in random order….
1. The Verdict…probably Newman’s best performance.
2. From The Hip…ok…the Judd Nelson bias blinds me here.
3. Paths of Glory…..the trial is just so unfair.
4. The Trial of the Chicago 7….way better than I expected.
5. Body Heat…William Hurt is probably the worst lawyer in the bunch.
6. The Caine Mutiny….love how the movie plays out during the case….”But I had them with the strawberries”
7. The Runaway Jury…..loved the ends in outs of the process of a court case
8. Inherit The Wind….two legends going at each other…though a scene of Spencer Tracy and Frederic March on a porch is my favorite scene in the movie
9. JFK….what a cast….and fun court room scenes
10. To Kill A Mockingbird….gotta go with the movie that finally got Peck an Oscar.
Hey Bob…another one that I really liked is Breaker Morant….but it is so close in story to Paths of Glory….that I have to go with the first great Kubrick movie.
The Work Horse’s Top 10 – statistically speaking at least – are as always reasonable; though I personally would not have ranked To Kill a Mockingbird. so highly.
Don’t get me wrong: it is a great movie – though in those days any movie with Greg at his peak in it was bound to be a bit of a gem in some fashion and as an admirer of his I’m certainly glad he won the Oscar for his performance.
No: what LEGALLY disappointed me about the movie is that it was not ended in a courtroom or in some other broadly-legal fashion as was the likes of A Few Good Men. Who can forget for example Nicholson’s outburst at the witness stand when he is unmasked and in Bruce Willis lingo yells at the officers of the court “You’ve ****** with the wrong marine!”
However in Greg’s Mockingbird the conclusion is brought about not by any legal skills and indeed occurs away from the courtroom when the half -witted Boo Radley -in a landmark debut by the great Bobby Duvall – saves Greg’s children by physically grappling with and killing the racist who is threatening the Peck kids.
“Thank you for the life of my children,” Atticus humbly says to Boo. I can’t help thinking though that the later Col Kilgore of Apocalypse Now who “loved the smell of napalm in the morning” would have been on the side of the racist!
IRRELEVANT TRIVIA: Duvall and The Duke loathed each other when filming 1969’s True Grit
Anyway a viewer who is interested in the DEFINITIVE top 10 greatest lawyer films should read my Part 3.
Hey Bob….good point on To Kill A Mockingbird. I have not seen that one in years….I know Flora is disappointed in me. I will be going to your Top 10 next.
Often the Work Horse introduces a new topic that coincides albeit obliquely with a key situation presently occurring in my own life and/or family; and so it is that with his new page ranking Lawyer films the Work Horse has created such a coincidence.
My son who is an [Alan Ladd-hating!] lawyer based in London England has just secured within the British legal profession an important appointment to one of the King’s Counsel positions. Previously the term was ‘Queen’s Council’ prior to the recent passing of Queen Elizabeth 2nd.
Because of the formal connection with the Monarch -in this case the new King, Charles III – the Sovereign himself/herself has to to albeit as a technicality sign-off all Queen’s/King’s Counsel appointments.
So from now on regard me as this site’s expert on legal flicks – “reflected glory” you know; and what does the Work Horse actually know about the law?
Come to think about it what does he know about Christmas either when one considers how the publicists and hype merchants can con him into accepting that certain movies actually belong in the Xmas genre?
WIKIPEDIA
In the United Kingdom and in some Commonwealth countries, a King’s Counsel [KC] during the reign of a king, or Queen’s Counsel [QC] during the reign of a queen, is a lawyer who is typically a senior trial lawyer.
Technically appointed by the monarch of the country to be one of His [Her] Majesty’s Counsel “learned in the law” appointment as King’s Counsel is an office, conferred by the Crown, that is recognised by courts.
Counsels formally appointed by the King have the privilege of sitting within the inner bar of court and wear SILK gowns of a particular design so that appointment as a KC is known informally as “taking silk.” and KCs are often colloquially called “silks”.
Hey Bob….that is great news about your son….congratulations to SoB. That is great information on his new job. So, I just returned from my local library….one of their new DVDs was a 4 movie set called great Chrismas movies. Those four movies were Christmas Vacation, The Night Before, Gremlins and drumroll….Die Hard. Now that is some good evidence in the Die Hard is or is not a Christmas movie….lol.
Thanks!
You are welcome WoC….I figured if I make SILOC happy and I will be making WoC happy too!.