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10 Best Movies Like The Lawyer

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

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#1
True Believer

True Believer

1989★ 6.2

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

Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases a...

#2
Panic

Panic

2000★ 6.2

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

Alex is going through a midlife crisis and it has become a very difficult time for him. His marriage is struggling, he's worried about his son, and his job of killing people for hi...

#3
Suburbicon

Suburbicon

2017★ 5.9

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

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasio...

#4
Run

Run

1991★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lawyer for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police....

#5
The Black Book

The Black Book

2023★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Lawyer for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him....

#6
Blood Ties

Blood Ties

2013★ 6.1

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

Two brothers, on either side of the law, face off over organized crime in Brooklyn during the 1970s....

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