20 Best Lawyer Movies on Netflix You Need to Watch
If you like lawyer movies and want to find out which are the best on your favorite streaming platform, you are in the right place. In this article, we are bringing you the best lawyer movies on Netflix you can find right now.
Bare in mind, unfortunately, Netflix’s library of movies changes all the time, so maybe, sometimes, some of the lawyer movies on our list won’t be available. Still, we will try to update the article when we find some of the lawyer movies are not on Netflix anymore or when the new good ones come.
But, for now, check out the best lawyer movies on Netflix you can watch now.
Primal Fear (1996)
The main character is Martin Vaile (Richard Gere), a super-lawyer who defends mobsters and murderers. In addition to money, fame is an additional incentive in his work, so it is not surprising that he is happy to take on the case of Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton). Namely, Chicago Archbishop Rusherman, a great benefactor and one of the most popular and powerful people in the city, was found butchered in his court.
The police caught his minister Stampler, covered in the archbishop’s blood, not far from the scene of the murder. Attorney Vail, seeing that this is an epileptic young man with a completely innocent appearance, begins a fierce fight to exonerate his client from the charges and the threatened death sentence.
District Attorney Shaughnessy (John Mahoney), the leader of a group of city powerful men who were once blown by the late archbishop of a million-dollar investment, is also personally interested in the case. As a rival to Vail, he sends prosecutor Janet Venable (Laura Linney), who was once Vail’s partner at work and in bed.
Seeing Allred (2018)
Women’s rights attorney Gloria Allred takes on the biggest names in American culture as coverage of sexual assault allegations in the media become more prevalent.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil, and Vile (2019)
Ted is handsome, smart, charismatic, and gentle. Cautious single mother Liz Kloepfer cannot resist his charm. For her, Ted is the man of her dreams, she soon falls madly in love with him. They are a picture of a perfect couple who have their lives together……until, out of nowhere, their lives fall apart.
Ted is arrested and charged with a series of gruesome murders. Concern soon turns to paranoia – and as the evidence piles up, Liz is faced with the fact that the man she shares her life with is essentially a psychopath.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Award-winning filmmaker Aaron Sorkin directed and wrote the screenplay for the film based on the true events of 1968, when a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters were arrested and charged with conspiracy to start a protest at the Democratic convention in Chicago. What followed is known as the incredible trial of the century.
Shepherds and Butchers (2016)
Nearing the end of apartheid in South Africa, a young white prison guard (Garion Dowds) embarks on a seemingly motiveless shooting that sees to the death of seven unarmed black men.
A British-born lawyer assigned to his case (Steve Coogan) sets out to prove his actions were a direct result of psychological trauma from his volatile work environment. The defense attorney is an ardent opponent of the death penalty.
OMG – Oh My God! (2012)
Kanji Lalji Mehta, a middle-class Gujarati atheist, owns a shop of Hindu idols and antiques in Mumbai. He makes fun of religious activities around him and one such day, a low-intensity earthquake hits the city, and Kanji’s shop is the only shop that is destroyed. His family and friends blame this on his atheism.
Erin Brockovich (2000)
After losing a court case, Erin Brockovich (Julia Roberts) takes a job with her lawyer, Ed Masry (Albert Finney), as a receptionist. Erin soon discovers that dirty work is taking place in the small Californian town of Hinkley: a large company, “Pacific Gas & Electric”, is trying to cover up a large-scale environmental disaster in which the drinking water sources are completely contaminated, which ultimately resulted in numerous diseases of the local population.
Step by step, Erin wins the locals over and, collecting 600 or so lawsuits with Ed, launches a lawsuit against the company responsible. Unlike a lot of pathetic courtroom dramas with grandiose epilogues, “Erin Brockovich” is an honest slice of life, without dressing up and pandering to the audience. Similar to her famous role in “Pretty Woman”, Julia Roberts once again plays a peculiar woman without a hair on her tongue, this time in the fight for the rights of socially disadvantaged classes.
Ijé: The Journey (2010)
Chioma (Genevieve Nnaji) travels from Nigeria to the United States to aide her sister Anya (Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde) who is being charged with the murder of three men including her own husband.
Monster (2021)
A group of scientists and immune soldiers must take an unknown Commission from one city to another in a Post-apocalyptic world but on the way they must take care of beings that mutated due to contagion
The Laundromat (2019)
When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world’s wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.
The Accountant (2016)
Wolff is a math whiz who has more of an affinity for numbers than people. While working as an accountant in a small CPA office, he also performs the same work for the world’s most dangerous criminal organizations.
Because of his abilities, he caught the eye of the Ministry of Finance headed by Ray King. At the same time, Wolff starts working for a powerful company within which Dana Cummings discovered a financial embezzlement involving millions of dollars.
Yara (2021)
A determined prosecutor becomes consumed with the case of a missing 13-year-old and goes to extreme lengths to get to the truth. Based on a real case.
Alter Ego (2017)
Alter Ego tells a story of a successful lawyer who has dedicated a great part of her professional life to prosecuting sex offenders. She adopts any measure possible to see that sex offenders, especially those who molest children, are jailed. Ada Igwe (Omotola Jalade) does not only rely on the law to exert punitive measures on offenders as she also uses unorthodox methods to make sure those she finds guilty of child molestation and sex offences pay for their crimes.
Her quest for justice is influenced by her personal childhood experience as she was raped by her teacher in school. However, her drive to punish sex offenders is impeded by her high craves for sex. A situation that is beyond her control. She engages her domestic as well as official workers in sex to quench her urge whenever she feels the cravings, irrespective of the time and place.
Pink (2016)
A sexual assault victim, unjustly tried for the attempted murder of her attacker, is defended by a retired lawyer who challenges India’s rape culture.
Focus (2015)
Experienced conman Nicky (Will Smith) is able to convince anyone of anything he wants. One day the beautiful Jess (Margot Robbie) knocks on his door asking him to teach her everything he knows. The two hit it off immediately and she becomes his intern, even more than that. Better than anyone before, she masters the secrets of the trade, although in fact it is only one thing: It all boils down to drawing attention.
The brain is slow and cannot keep track of many things at the same time. So take it from one side and take it from the other side. And it is Jess who will win Nicky where he is at his weakest: as he falls more and more in love with the beautiful blonde, he will begin to lose focus and make very risky decisions.
In Defense of a Married Man (1990)
When a defense lawyer’s adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him. Can she overcome his betrayal while searching for the truth?
The Interpreter (2005)
Silvia Broome (N. Kidman) works as a translator at the United Nations. One evening, when he accidentally returns to the translation booth to pick up his bag, he overhears a conversation from which, despite the whispers, he understands that the assassination of the president of the African country of Motaba, Zuwanie (E. Cameron), who crushed the resistance of the rebels with mass murders, is being planned. Silvia is terrified by what she heard, because she thinks the conspirators have seen her and will try to kill her.
She reported everything to the police, but instead of the expected protection, she was subjected to a thorough investigation. Investigator Tobin Keller (S. Penn) suspects that Silvia is telling the truth. Little by little it is revealed that she, although white of American origin, is a citizen of Motabe, that she grew up there, that her father, mother and sister were killed. Keller also gets photos showing that Silvia belonged to rebel groups.
Boy Missing (2016)
Patricia is a prestigious lawyer whose life turns into a nightmare the day her son Viktor disappears from school without a trace. A few hours later, bruised and covered in sweat, the boy will reappear and say that a man tried to kidnap him, but that he managed to escape.
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The police will start an investigation and find the suspect, but due to lack of evidence, he remains at large. Then Patricia, fearing for her son’s life, decides to take justice into her own hands. But the situation will get out of control and lead to unforeseen consequences…
Milada (2017)
The story of Milada Horáková, democratic pre-WW2 Czech politician who was arrested and tried by the Nazis during World War II. During the postwar years, she was arrested on fabricated charges and executed by the Communist government for her refusal to cease her opposition activity and leave the country.
A Fall From Grace (2020)
Disheartened since her ex-husband’s affair, Grace Waters feels restored by a new romance. But when secrets erode her short-lived joy, Grace’s vulnerable side turns violent.
