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1. True Lies (1994)
R | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller
A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.
Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton
Votes: 281,130 | Gross: $146.28M
2. Goliath (2016–2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A disgraced lawyer, now an ambulance chaser, gets a case that could bring him redemption or at least revenge on the firm which expelled him.
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Nina Arianda, Tania Raymonde, Diana Hopper
Votes: 54,241
3. Perry Mason (2020–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
In booming 1932 Los Angeles, a down-and-out defense attorney takes on the case of a lifetime.
Stars: Matthew Rhys, Juliet Rylance, Chris Chalk, Shea Whigham
Votes: 28,798
4. Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
Not Rated | 107 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary on the Friedmans, a seemingly typical, upper-middle-class Jewish family whose world is instantly transformed when the father and his youngest son are arrested and charged with shocking and horrible crimes.
Director: Andrew Jarecki | Stars: Arnold Friedman, Jesse Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman
Votes: 27,144 | Gross: $3.12M
5. Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Not Rated | 161 min | Drama, Mystery
An upstate Michigan lawyer defends a soldier who claims he killed an innkeeper due to temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, Arthur O'Connell
Votes: 71,378 | Gross: $11.90M
6. Decoration Day (1990 TV Movie)
PG | 100 min | Drama
A grumpy man must rejoin his community when his godchild gets in trouble and a childhood friend refuses to accept a Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery in World War II.
Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: James Garner, Judith Ivey, Ruby Dee, Bill Cobbs
Votes: 607
7. Firewalker (1986)
PG | 105 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
A pair of adventurers try to track down an ancient Aztec/Mayan/Egyptian/Apache hoard of gold.
Director: J. Lee Thompson | Stars: Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Will Sampson
Votes: 7,674 | Gross: $11.83M
8. Main Street (2010)
PG | 92 min | Drama
Durham is slowly dying like the tobacco business it once depended on. Leroy comes to Durham with a business plan. He rents an old warehouse from a cash-strapped old tobacco heiress.
Director: John Doyle | Stars: Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson, Orlando Bloom
Votes: 3,087 | Gross: $0.00M
9. Counsellor at Law (1933)
Passed | 82 min | Comedy, Drama
A successful attorney has his Jewish heritage and poverty-stricken background brought home to him when he learns that his wife has been unfaithful.
Director: William Wyler | Stars: John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, Isabel Jewell
Votes: 1,508
10. Like Father Like Son (2005 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 137 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Life for Dee Stanton is improving at every turn. Her legal career is blossoming and her boyfriend Dominic unexpectedly proposes to her. Things were very different 11 years ago when her ... See full summary »
Director: Nicholas Laughland | Stars: Somerset Prew, Georgia Tennant, Francesca Fowler, Florence Bell
Votes: 379
11. Little White Lies (1998 TV Movie)
120 min | Thriller
The tragic, unexpected death of David in a car-crash causes the cozy, safe life of gardener Beth to be thrown into complete chaos. In the aftermath, as Beth begins to pick up the pieces, ... See full summary »
Director: Philip Saville | Stars: Tara Fitzgerald, Cherie Lunghi, Peter Bowles, Gerard Butler
Votes: 146
12. Lawyer Man (1932)
Passed | 72 min | Drama, Romance
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully beats high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley in a murder case. Bentley asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm.... See full summary »
Director: William Dieterle | Stars: William Powell, Joan Blondell, David Landau, Helen Vinson
Votes: 1,115
13. The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Passed | 66 min | Mystery
A bedridden eccentric millionaire, anticipating his own murder, hires Mason to help him rewrite his will, and the lawyer ends up defending the caretaker's cat.
Directors: William C. McGann, Alan Crosland | Stars: Ricardo Cortez, June Travis, Jane Bryan, Craig Reynolds
Votes: 786
14. That Certain Woman (1937)
Passed | 93 min | Drama, Romance
Mary Donnell, a young legal secretary with a past, elopes with a client's son, but his father has the marriage annulled without knowing she's pregnant.
Director: Edmund Goulding | Stars: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter
Votes: 1,675
15. Kanoon (1993–1996)
Crime, Mystery
This is a TV serial by Bollywood giant BR Chopra. It is styled after several of the movies he made and named after one of his most famous movies, Kanoon (1960). The protagonist is a lawyer ... See full summary »
Stars: Pankaj Dheer, Anant Mahadevan, Vinod Kapoor, Kavita Kapoor
Votes: 11
16. Einmal Sohn, immer Sohn (2018 TV Movie)
87 min | Comedy, Drama
Lilo Maertens has been the editor of a women's magazine for several years. Now the women's-rights activist is close to her 80th birthday and must admit slowly but surely that she has to ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Jauch | Stars: Christiane Hörbiger, Mario Adorf, Frank Auerbach, Juliane Behneke
Votes: 69
17.
A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002)
Episode:
Eeny, Meeny, Murder, Moe
(2001)
TV-PG | Action, Drama, Mystery
When fastidious Nero Wolfe abandons a stained tie after eating his lunch in his study, it is used to strangle a prospective client shortly thereafter.
Director: John L'Ecuyer | Stars: Timothy Hutton, Maury Chaykin, Bill Smitrovich, Saul Rubinek
Votes: 145
18.
Civil Wars (1991–1993)
Episode:
Devil's Advocate
(1992)
Drama
Director: Tom Moore | Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Peter Onorati, Debi Mazar, Alan Rosenberg
19.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Hello and Goodbye
(1993)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama
Paros represents a widow suing a newsman for allowing her husband to kill himself as the cameras rolled. Meanwhile, Mullaney maintains a hospital bedside vigil for his dying father. Morales... See full summary »
Director: Andre R. Guttfreund | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker
Votes: 24
20.
Perry Mason (1957–1966)
Episode:
The Case of Constant Doyle
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After the death of her husband and partner, Joe Doyle, Constant Doyle takes on a case involving a young man who knew her husband. Constant asks for Perry's help, and he suggests she hire the Paul Drake Detective Agency to aid in the case.
Director: Allen H. Miner | Stars: Raymond Burr, Barbara Hale, William Hopper, William Talman
Votes: 681
21.
Petticoat Junction (1963–1970)
Episode:
Don't Call Us
(1967)
TV-G | 25 min | Comedy
Billie Jo is buoyed by the news that Sydney Sparks, the talent agent that approached her and Steve following their radio talent show win, still wants to represent her with or without Steve.... See full summary »
Director: Charles Barton | Stars: Bea Benaderet, Edgar Buchanan, Linda Henning, Lori Saunders
Votes: 26
22.
The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode:
Love & Honor
(1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Jimmy leads the firm's defense against Tommy Silva's lawsuit for their actions during the Vogleman trial. Silva uses Ellenor's past actions to hang her, and Jimmy makes a questionable move ... See full summary »
Director: Arvin Brown | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris
Votes: 105
23.
The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode:
New Evidence
(2000)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Lindsay arrives at Los Angeles, where a man she once met at an art class begs for her help when he is charged with murdering a woman he was having a virtual affair with over the Internet. ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Zinberg | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris
Votes: 110
24.
Goliath (2016–2021)
Episode:
Of Mice and Men
(2016)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama
A burned-out attorney gets a second chance for redemption when he agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of his former law firm.
Director: Lawrence Trilling | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, William Hurt, Maria Bello, Olivia Thirlby
Votes: 1,613