Top 20 movies like Main Street Lawyer
Top 20 Movies like Main Street Lawyer
- 1. The Docks of New York
- 2. Birdman of Alcatraz
- 3. Cool Hand Luke
- 4. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!
- 5. This Man Must Die
- 6. Ask the Dust
- 7. The Edge of Heaven
- 8. The Real McCoy
- 9. Blue Movie
- 10. Becoming Jane
- 11. 15 Minutes
- 12. The Lovers on the Bridge
- 13. Klondike Kate
- 14. A Letter for Evie
- 15. Jai Bhim
- 16. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- 17. Malcolm X
- 18. Salvador (Puig Antich)
- 19. Inherit the Wind
- 20. The Sea Inside
1. The Docks of New York
A blue-collar worker on New York's depressed waterfront finds his life changed after he saves a woman attempting suicide.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
2. Birdman of Alcatraz
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
It has an average vote of 7.467 on TMDB.
3. Cool Hand Luke
When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
4. Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Átame!)
Recently released from a mental hospital, Ricky ties up Marina, a film star he once had sex with and keeps her hostage.
It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.
5. This Man Must Die (Que la bête meure)
When his young son is killed in a hit and run accident, Charles Thenier resolves to hunt down and murder the killer. By chance, Thenier makes the acquaintance of an actress, Helène Lanson, who was in the car at the time of the accident. He then meets Helène’s brother-in-law, Paul Decourt, a truly horrible individual.
It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.
6. Ask the Dust
Mexican beauty Camilla hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. That is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini, a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing career and a blue-eyed blonde on his arm.
It has an average vote of 5.35 on TMDB.
7. The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)
The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.
It has an average vote of 7.202 on TMDB.
8. The Real McCoy
Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer, old business partners, and an idiot ex-husband she will have to do the unthinkable in order to save her son.
It has an average vote of 5.633 on TMDB.
9. Blue Movie (Blue Movie)
25-year-old Michael has been released from prison after a five-year sentence. He moves into a big apartment block, filled with young women who gladly have sex with him.
It has an average vote of 4.9 on TMDB.
10. Becoming Jane
A biographical portrait of a pre-fame Jane Austen and her romance with a young Irishman.
It has an average vote of 7.3 on TMDB.
11. 15 Minutes
When Eastern European criminals Oleg and Emil come to New York City to pick up their share of a heist score, Oleg steals a video camera and starts filming their activities, both legal and illegal. When they learn how the American media circus can make a remorseless killer look like the victim and make them rich, they target media-savvy NYPD Homicide Detective Eddie Flemming and media-naive FDNY Fire Marshal Jordy Warsaw, the cops investigating their murder and torching of their former criminal partner, filming everything to sell to the local tabloid TV show "Top Story."
It has an average vote of 5.93 on TMDB.
12. The Lovers on the Bridge (Les Amants du Pont-Neuf)
Set against Paris' oldest bridge, the Pont Neuf, while it was closed for repairs, this film is a love story between two young vagrants: Alex, a would be circus performer addicted to alcohol and sedatives and Michele, a painter driven to a life on the streets because of a failed relationship and an affliction which is slowly turning her blind.
It has an average vote of 7.405 on TMDB.
13. Klondike Kate
A young man in Alaska finds himself accused of murder, and must fight to clear his name.
It has an average vote of 5.7 on TMDB.
14. A Letter for Evie
Evie's co-workers at the uniform shirt factory, and her almost-fiancée's inability to kiss, inspire her to slip a letter into a size sixteen-and-a-half shirt for some anonymous soldier. It's received by "Wolf" Larson, who immediately throws it away, but his sensitive, dreaming--and short--buddy John McPherson snags it, and begins a correspondence with Evie, pretending to be Wolf. But things get complicated when Evie wants to meet her tall, handsome soldier. And even more complicated when Wolf sees Evie and likes what he sees.
It has an average vote of 6.7 on TMDB.
15. Jai Bhim (ஜெய் பீம்)
A pregnant woman from a primitive tribal community, searches desperately for her husband, who is missing from police custody. So as to find her husband and seek justice for them, as their voice, a High Court advocate rises in support. Will their battle for justice succeed?
It has an average vote of 7.508 on TMDB.
16. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
It has an average vote of 7.21 on TMDB.
17. Malcolm X
A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
It has an average vote of 7.533 on TMDB.
18. Salvador (Puig Antich) (Salvador (Puig Antich))
The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
19. Inherit the Wind
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
It has an average vote of 7.725 on TMDB.
20. The Sea Inside (Mar adentro)
The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living.
It has an average vote of 7.579 on TMDB.
