swap_horiz Newton's Law Alternatives

1

And Justice for All

1979 American film directed by Norman Jewison, starring Al Pacino as a disillusioned Baltimore defense attorney confront...

Drama Us Film 1970S

8.7 Great

2

Spiral (Engrenages)

French crime drama that ran on Canal+ from 2005 to 2020, following Paris police, prosecutors, and defense lawyers throug...

French Procedural 2000S TV Series

8.6 Great

3

Rake (Australia)

ABC Australia legal drama (2010–2018) starring Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but dissolute Sydney barr...

Australian Comedy Drama TV Series 2010S

8.5 Great

4

West of Memphis

West of Memphis is a 2012 American documentary film directed by Amy Berg that investigates the West Memphis Three, a gro...

Documentary True Crime Us 2010S

8.2 Great

5

Hero (Japan)

Fuji TV legal drama (2001) starring Kimura Takuya as an unconventional Tokyo prosecutor, one of the highest-rated Japane...

Japanese Comedy Drama 1990S TV Series

8.1 Great

6

The Case Against 8

The Case Against 8 is a 2014 HBO documentary film directed by Ben Cotner and Ryan White that chronicles the legal battle...

Documentary Us Lgbtq+ 2010S

7.9 Good

7

99.9: Criminal Lawyer

TBS Japan legal drama premiering in 2016, starring Matsumoto Jun as a defense attorney determined to challenge the Japan...

Drama Japanese TV Series 2010S

7.7 Good

8

Law & Order: True Crime

Dick Wolf's 2017 NBC anthology spin-off dramatizing real criminal cases, with its debut season focusing on the Menendez...

True Crime Us TV Series 2010S

7.6 Good

9

The Trial of Christine Keeler

2019 BBC Two miniseries dramatizing the 1960s Profumo affair from the perspective of Christine Keeler, whose relationshi...

UK True Crime 2010S Miniseries

7.4 Good

10

The Lincoln Lawyer (film)

2011 American legal thriller starring Matthew McConaughey as defense attorney Mickey Haller, based on Michael Connelly's...

Us Film Thriller 2010S

7.3 Good

11

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

US ABC drama (1971–1974) starring Arthur Hill as a compassionate California defense attorney, notable for tackling socia...

Classic Us 1970S TV Series

7.2 Good

12

Malpractice

2023 ITV drama starring Niamh Algar as a doctor under investigation following a patient's overdose death, blending medic...

Drama UK 2020S Miniseries

7.2 Good

13

Innocent (UK)

Innocent is a British television drama series created by Chris Lang and Matt Arlidge that aired on ITV in 2018, focusing...

Drama UK 2010S Miniseries

7.2 Good

14

Legal V

2018 TV Asahi Japan drama about a disbarred lawyer who establishes a legal consulting firm staffed by other former attor...

Drama Japanese TV Series 2010S

7.0 Good

15

Partner Track

2022 Netflix series based on Helen Wan's novel, starring Arden Cho as a Chinese-American associate at a Manhattan firm s...

Drama Us TV Series 2020S

6.9 Fair

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Street Legal

Canadian CBC legal drama (1987–1994) set in a Toronto law firm, regarded as one of Canada's landmark primetime dramas of...

Drama Canadian 1980S TV Series

6.8 Fair

17

Family Law (Australia)

ABC Australia comedy-drama premiering in 2022, following a lawyer who joins her estranged family's family law practice,...

Drama Australian TV Series 2020S

6.8 Fair

18

Partner

Long-running Japanese TBS legal drama pairing a seasoned detective with a lawyer to solve cases together, known for its...

Korean Drama 2000S TV Series

6.6 Fair

19

The Deep End

2010 ABC legal drama following five idealistic first-year associates navigating the cutthroat culture of a powerful Los...

Drama Law Firm Us TV Series

5.4 Mediocre

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Rake (US)

Short-lived 2014 Fox adaptation of the Australian series, starring Greg Kinnear as a brilliant but self-destructive Los...

Us Comedy Drama TV Series 2010S

5.3 Mediocre