Top 20 movies like The Law
Top 20 Movies like The Law
- 1. Bridget Jones's Diary
- 2. The Godfather
- 3. The Godfather Part II
- 4. The Godfather Part III
- 5. The War of the Roses
- 6. Chicago
- 7. Primal Fear
- 8. A Time to Kill
- 9. Aftermath
- 10. Michael Clayton
- 11. A Tale of Two Cities
- 12. Carlito's Way
- 13. Marshall
- 14. A Lost Lady
- 15. Das Glück ist eine Insel
- 16. Oh Tannenbaum
- 17. Contergan
- 18. The Seven Minutes
- 19. Saint Judy
- 20. For the Defense
1. Bridget Jones's Diary
A chaotic Bridget Jones meets a snobbish lawyer, and he soon enters her world of imperfections.
It has an average vote of 6.748 on TMDB.
2. The Godfather
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
It has an average vote of 8.692 on TMDB.
3. The Godfather Part II
In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.
It has an average vote of 8.577 on TMDB.
4. The Godfather Part III
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
It has an average vote of 7.428 on TMDB.
5. The War of the Roses
The Roses, Barbara and Oliver, live happily as a married couple. Then she starts to wonder what life would be like without Oliver, and likes what she sees. Both want to stay in the house, and so they begin a campaign to force each other to leave. In the middle of the fighting is D'Amato, the divorce lawyer. He gets to see how far both will go to get rid of the other, and boy do they go far.
It has an average vote of 6.884 on TMDB.
6. Chicago
Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chicago.
It has an average vote of 7.117 on TMDB.
7. Primal Fear
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.
It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.
8. A Time to Kill
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
It has an average vote of 7.384 on TMDB.
9. Aftermath
A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake loses his mind—as he happens to be the air traffic controller who failed to avert the nightmare. Rage and revenge engulfs Roman and Jake finds himself swamped with guilt and regret.
It has an average vote of 5.739 on TMDB.
10. Michael Clayton
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
It has an average vote of 6.787 on TMDB.
11. A Tale of Two Cities
British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of the brutal French Revolution and is himself jailed and condemned to the guillotine. But Sydney Carton, in love with a woman he cannot have, comes up with a daring plan to save her husband.
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
12. Carlito's Way
A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him, and lead a better life outside NYC.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
13. Marshall
Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, battles through one of his career-defining cases.
It has an average vote of 7.252 on TMDB.
14. A Lost Lady
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
15. Das Glück ist eine Insel (Das Glück ist eine Insel)
(Das Glück ist eine Insel)
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
16. Oh Tannenbaum (Oh Tannenbaum)
The lawyer Dr. Wagner is a real disgust - neither for his employees nor for the residents of his apartment building does he have a friendly word. But when a violent pipe break in Wagner's penthouse flooded the apartments underneath on Christmas, the neighbors who had become "homeless" made a radical decision: Since Wagner refused to help his tenants, they settled under the leadership of the resolute Rita and her adult daughter Sophia without further ado with the stubborn loner - for a few happy, if not exactly quiet, Christmas holidays.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
17. Contergan (Contergan)
(Contergan)
It has an average vote of 6.8 on TMDB.
18. The Seven Minutes
To help with an upcoming election, a bookstore clerk is indicted for selling obscene material. The defense attorneys need to find the mystery of the original publication of the book.
It has an average vote of 5.6 on TMDB.
19. Saint Judy
The true story of immigration attorney Judy Wood and how she singlehandedly changed the U.S. law of asylum to save women's lives.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
20. For the Defense
William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning acquittals, and having decisions reversed, thus springing criminals out of prison. He is romantically involved with dancer Irene Manners, who is two-timing him, although she wants to marry him. She kills a man driving while out with her other man, Jack Defoe, who takes the blame. Unfortunately, a ring Foster had just given Irene is found at the crime scene. Foster ends up defending Jack, but when the ring is found, he thinks he is protecting Irene, so pleads guilty to jury tampering.
It has an average vote of 4.6 on TMDB.
