Movies like Marshall
If Marshall's mix of court, interracial relationship and lawyer stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Marshall's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Primal Fear
1996 · Directed by Gregory Hoblit · 130 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: court, lawyer, courtroom drama
Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the archbishop of Chicago.
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Anatomy of a Murder
1959 · Directed by Otto Preminger · 161 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer, courtroom drama
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her.
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Murder in the First
1995 · Directed by Marc Rocco · 122 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer, 1940s
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.
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...And Justice for All
1979 · Directed by Norman Jewison · 119 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer, courtroom drama
An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is forced to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial under the threat of being disbarred.
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The Trial of the Chicago 7
2020 · Directed by Aaron Sorkin · 130 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: courtroom drama
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.
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The Last of the Mohicans
1992 · Directed by Michael Mann · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: interracial relationship
In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron…
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Runaway Jury
2003 · Directed by Gary Fleder · 127 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: courtroom drama
After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to…
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Reversal of Fortune
1990 · Directed by Barbet Schroeder · 111 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
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A Civil Action
1998 · Directed by Steven Zaillian · 115 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up…
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The Trials of Cate McCall
2013 · Directed by Karen Moncrieff · 89 min6.4
Why you'll like itWith James Cromwell · From the same decade (2010s)
In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.