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10 Best Movies Like Designated Lawyer

If you loved Designated Lawyer, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Inherit the Wind

Inherit the Wind

1999★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Designated Lawyer for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution....

#2
Seeds of Yesterday

Seeds of Yesterday

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Designated Lawyer for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store a...

#3
The Wings of the Kirin

The Wings of the Kirin

2012★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Designated Lawyer for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man's body is found under the statue of a winged kirin in the Nihombashi area of Tokyo. A suspect named Yashima has a car accident and falls unconscious while he is attempting to...

#4
American Son

American Son

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Designated Lawyer for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Time passes and tension mounts in a Florida police station as an estranged interracial couple awaits news of their missing teenage son....

#5
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Designated Lawyer for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#6
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Designated Lawyer for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

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