20. Legally Blonde

• Reese Witherspoon
• Linda Cardellini

When wealthy sorority queen (Elle Woods) is dumped by her Harvard law student boyfriend (Warner) who thinks she is not serious and may get in the way of his political future. She decides to go to...Read more Harvard to study law to prove him wrong.

19. The Judge

• • MPAA
  • R

• Robert Downey Jr.
• Leighton Meester

When Henry “Hank” Palmer, a lawyer, returns to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral, he discovers that his estranged father, Joseph Palmer, the town's judge, is suspected of murder. Hank must...Read more now defend his father in court against a prosecutor determined to have him put away.

18. Primal Fear

• • MPAA
  • R

• Richard Gere
• Laura Linney

Martin Vail, a defense attorney, takes on a case where an altar boy is accused of brutally murdering an archbishop. When Martin starts investigating the case, he learns that it is more complicated and...Read more layered than he has initially anticipated.

17. Juror #2

• • MPAA
  • PG-13

• Nicholas Hoult
• J.K. Simmons

Justin Kemp is a murder jury member who finds himself in a moral dilemma when he tries to convince a jury to convict an innocent man.

16. The Accused

• • MPAA
  • R

• Kelly McGillis
• Jodie Foster

Sarah Tobias (Jodie Foster) is assaulted by three men in a bar one night. Prosecutor Catherine Murphy (Kathryn Murphy) is in charge of the case. Catherine tries to prove that there is no...Read more justification for this assault, even if Sarah was under the influence of drugs, and was acting provocatively.

15. The Devil's Advocate

• • MPAA
  • R

• Keanu Reeves
• Charlize Theron

When an ambitious lawyer receives an offer to join a prestigious law firm in New York, he isn't prepared for the disturbing world his new job will embroil him in, or his not-fully-human boss who lures...Read more him to the dark side.

14. Joan of Arc

• Ingrid Bergman
• Jose Ferrer

A depiction of the life of the French heroine Joan of Arc, from her early days when she was a peasant who was convinced that she heard divine messages ordering her to free France, to her assembling an...Read more army to defeat England and her tragic death that turned her into an iconic martyr.

13. To Kill a Mockingbird

• Gregory Peck
• John Megna

In a city torn apart by racism, when a respected lawyer and father to two children chooses to defend a black man wrongfully accused of rape, his kids get to experience horrors as racism bears its...Read more teeth, and he struggles to educate them about prejudice.

12. Philadelphia

• • MPAA
  • PG-13

• Tom Hanks
• Denzel Washington

Fearing his HIV diagnosis might get him fired from his Philadelphia law firm, Andrew Beckett strives to keep it hidden. But when it's revealed, his worst fears come true as he gets fired and hires a...Read more lawyer to sue his firm for discrimination and wrongful dismissal.

11. My Cousin Vinny

• Joe Pesci
• Ralph Macchio

When Bill and Stanley find themselves accused of murder, they turn to the former's cousin, Vinny, to defend them in a case that could end with their lives forfeited. But as the eccentric Vinny arrives...Read more in town, he realizes that he has more obstacles in his way than just his lack of experience.