Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "female-lawyer"

101. Two Weeks Notice (2002)

PG-13 | 101 min | Comedy, Romance

A lawyer decides that she's used too much like a nanny by her boss, so she walks out on him.

Director: Marc Lawrence | Stars: Sandra Bullock, Hugh Grant, Alicia Witt, Dana Ivey

Votes: 126,155 | Gross: $93.35M

102. Daddy's Little Girls (2007)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Romance

A mechanic and his family are struggling to make ends meet with his ex-girlfriend and her drug dealing boyfriend He struggles to get custody of his children during the way he falls inlove with his attorney.

Director: Tyler Perry | Stars: Gabrielle Union, Idris Elba, Tracee Ellis Ross, Louis Gossett Jr.

Votes: 8,329 | Gross: $31.34M

103. The Hole (2001)

R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.

Director: Nick Hamm | Stars: Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Laurence Fox

Votes: 48,325

104. Legally Blonde 3

Comedy | Pre-production

Plot unknown. Third installment of 'Legally Blonde'.

Director: Jamie Suk | Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Alanna Ubach, Jennifer Coolidge, Jessica Cauffiel

105. The Client List (2010 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 88 min | Drama

A young woman takes a job at a massage parlor to support her family when her husband is unable to work, and soon finds her life spiraling out of control.

Director: Eric Laneuville | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Teddy Sears, Sonja Bennett, Lynda Boyd

Votes: 8,284

106. Operation Napoleon (2023)

102 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller

A lawyer is sucked into an international conspiracy after being accused of a murder she didn't commit. Her only chance of survival lies in uncovering the secret of an old German WWII airplane, discovered on Iceland's largest glacier.

Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson | Stars: Vivian Ólafsdóttir, Jack Fox, Iain Glen, Wotan Wilke Möhring

Votes: 2,823

107. The Hunter's Prayer (2017)

R | 91 min | Action, Thriller

An assassin helps a young woman avenge the death of her family.

Director: Jonathan Mostow | Stars: Sam Worthington, Odeya Rush, Allen Leech, Amy Landecker

Votes: 10,398

108. Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)

Not Rated | 85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.

Directors: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr | Stars: Mathias Melloul, Valérie Maës, Stephan Hersoen, Leïla Denio

Votes: 4,773

109. Vampyros Lesbos (1971)

Unrated | 89 min | Drama, Horror

An erotic horror tale about a vixen vampiress seducing and killing women to appease her insatiable thirst for female blood.

Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Soledad Miranda, Dennis Price, Paul Muller, Ewa Strömberg

Votes: 5,223

110. The Stronghold (2020)

TV-MA | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A police brigade working in the dangerous northern neighborhoods of Marseille, where the level of crime is higher than anywhere else in France.

Director: Cédric Jimenez | Stars: Gilles Lellouche, Karim Leklou, François Civil, Adèle Exarchopoulos

Votes: 13,520

111. In Her Shoes (2005)

PG-13 | 130 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Strait-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.

Director: Curtis Hanson | Stars: Toni Collette, Cameron Diaz, Shirley MacLaine, Anson Mount

Votes: 65,180 | Gross: $32.88M

112. Thunder Road (2018)

92 min | Comedy, Drama

A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

Director: Jim Cummings | Stars: Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer

Votes: 19,582

113. Certain Women (2016)

R | 107 min | Drama

The lives of three women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.

Director: Kelly Reichardt | Stars: Michelle Williams, Kristen Stewart, Laura Dern, James Le Gros

Votes: 15,754 | Gross: $1.03M

114. Dragonfly (2002)

PG-13 | 104 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A grieving doctor is being contacted by his deceased wife through his patients' near death experiences.

Director: Tom Shadyac | Stars: Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin

Votes: 40,029 | Gross: $30.32M

115. Intruders (2015)

R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only problem.

Director: Adam Schindler | Stars: Rory Culkin, Leticia Jimenez, Jack Kesy, Timothy McKinney

Votes: 14,293

116. Separation (I) (2021)

R | 107 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.

Director: William Brent Bell | Stars: Rupert Friend, Violet McGraw, Madeline Brewer, Mamie Gummer

Votes: 5,752

117. Victoria (2016)

Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Thirtysomething lawyer Victoria is struggling with her past and looking for stability and true love in her life. Finally she realizes that love should not always be sought.

Director: Justine Triet | Stars: Virginie Efira, Vincent Lacoste, Melvil Poupaud, Laurent Poitrenaux

Votes: 4,815

118. The Escape Artist (2013)

60 min | Drama, Thriller

A junior barrister celebrated for spiriting people out of tight legal corners represents an accused murderer.

Stars: David Tennant, Toby Kebbell, Brid Brennan, Sophie Okonedo

Votes: 6,957

119. Welcome to Me (2014)

R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama

When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.

Director: Shira Piven | Stars: Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Linda Cardellini, Wes Bentley

Votes: 19,716 | Gross: $0.61M

120. North Country (2005)

R | 126 min | Drama

A fictionalized account of the first major successful sexual harassment case in the United States, Jenson vs. Eveleth Mines, where a woman who endured a range of abuse while working as a miner filed and won the landmark 1984 lawsuit.

Director: Niki Caro | Stars: Charlize Theron, Jeremy Renner, Frances McDormand, Thomas Curtis

Votes: 45,003 | Gross: $18.32M

121. Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988)

R | 88 min | Comedy, Drama

A television actress encounters a variety of eccentric characters after embarking on a journey to discover why her lover abruptly left her.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Carmen Maura, Antonio Banderas, Julieta Serrano, Rossy de Palma

Votes: 46,623 | Gross: $7.18M

122. Broken City (2013)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.

Director: Allen Hughes | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright

Votes: 83,476 | Gross: $19.70M

123. 88 Minutes (2007)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On the day that a serial killer that he helped put away is supposed to be executed, a noted forensic psychologist and college professor receives a call informing him that he has 88 minutes left to live.

Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Ben McKenzie, Leelee Sobieski

Votes: 78,393 | Gross: $16.93M

124. Samantha Who? (2007–2009)

TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

A woman suffers from amnesia and is forced to find out who she really is.

Stars: Christina Applegate, Jennifer Esposito, Kevin Dunn, Melissa McCarthy

Votes: 11,417

125. Brokedown Palace (1999)

PG-13 | 100 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Two women are arrested for smuggling while vacationing in Thailand.

Director: Jonathan Kaplan | Stars: Claire Danes, Kate Beckinsale, Bill Pullman, Jacqueline Kim

Votes: 24,096 | Gross: $10.11M

126. Death Wish 3 (1985)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Architect/vigilante Paul Kersey arrives back in New York City and is forcibly recruited by a crooked police chief to fight street crime caused by a large gang terrorizing the neighborhoods.

Director: Michael Winner | Stars: Charles Bronson, Deborah Raffin, Ed Lauter, Martin Balsam

Votes: 17,487 | Gross: $16.12M

127. 13 Minutes (2021)

PG-13 | 108 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Four families in a Heartland town are tested in a single day when a tornado hits, forcing paths to cross and redefining the meaning of survival.

Director: Lindsay Gossling | Stars: Amy Smart, Anne Heche, Thora Birch, Peter Facinelli

Votes: 5,253

128. Queen & Slim (2019)

R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A couple's first date takes an unexpected turn when a police officer pulls them over.

Director: Melina Matsoukas | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Jodie Turner-Smith, Bokeem Woodbine, Chloë Sevigny

Votes: 34,694

129. True Crime (1999)

R | 127 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Can an over-the-hill journalist uncover the evidence that can prove a death row inmate's innocence just hours before his execution?

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, LisaGay Hamilton, James Woods

Votes: 38,626 | Gross: $16.64M

130. Deep Cover (1992)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A uniformed police officer is recruited by the DEA to infiltrate a drug smuggling ring looking to expand its operation.

Director: Bill Duke | Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Jeff Goldblum, Lira Angel, René Assa

Votes: 14,146 | Gross: $16.64M

131. Bedrag (2016–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A big Danish sustainable energy company has had an enormous, suspect growth. Problems start, when an employee's body is found and cop detective Justesen starts investigating Energreen.

Stars: Esben Smed, Thomas Hwan, Natalie Madueño, Thomas Bo Larsen

Votes: 4,902

132. Fair Game (1995)

R | 91 min | Action, Romance, Thriller

Max Kirkpatrick is a cop who protects Kate McQuean, a civil law attorney, from a renegade KGB team out to terminate her.

Director: Andrew Sipes | Stars: William Baldwin, Cindy Crawford, Steven Berkoff, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 13,879 | Gross: $11.53M

133. Veer-Zaara (2004)

Not Rated | 192 min | Drama, Family, Musical

"Veer-Zaara" is a saga of love, separation, courage, and sacrifice. A love story that is an inspiration and will remain a legend forever.

Director: Yash Chopra | Stars: Shah Rukh Khan, Preity G Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Kirron Kher

Votes: 57,625 | Gross: $2.92M

134. Partner Track (2022)

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

Centers on Ingrid Yun, an idealistic young lawyer, struggles with her moral compass and her passions as she fights to climb the partner track at an elite New York City law firm.

Stars: Arden Cho, Alexandra Turshen, Bradley Gibson, Dominic Sherwood

Votes: 7,429

135. Win Win (2011)

R | 106 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

A struggling lawyer and volunteer wrestling coach's chicanery comes back to haunt him when the teenage grandson of the client he has double-crossed comes into his life.

Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale

Votes: 55,326 | Gross: $10.18M

136. Death Warrant (1990)

R | 89 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

In a violent and corrupt prison, decorated cop Louis Burke must infiltrate the jail to find answers to a number of inside murders. What he finds is a struggle of life and death tied in to his own past.

Director: Deran Sarafian | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Robert Guillaume, Cynthia Gibb, George Dickerson

Votes: 20,875 | Gross: $16.85M

137. Murder in the First (1995)

R | 122 min | Drama, Thriller

An eager and idealistic young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner accused of murdering a fellow inmate. The extenuating circumstances: his client had just spent over three years in solitary confinement.

Director: Marc Rocco | Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz

Votes: 30,759 | Gross: $17.38M

138. The Juror (1996)

R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A juror in a Mafia trial is forced to convince the other jurors to vote not guilty by an obsessive mob enforcer.

Director: Brian Gibson | Stars: Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Gandolfini

Votes: 20,032 | Gross: $22.75M

139. Top Dog (2020– )

44 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A mysterious disappearance makes two completely separate worlds collide, creating an extremely odd couple - the lawyer Emily and recently released convict Teddy.

Stars: Josefin Asplund, Alexej Manvelov, Gustav Lindh, Jessica Grabowsky

Votes: 2,783

140. Fairly Legal (2011–2012)

TV-PG | 41 min | Comedy, Drama

A woman, who quit being an attorney at her father's law firm to become a mediator, copes after her father's death.

Stars: Sarah Shahi, Michael Trucco, Virginia Williams, Baron Vaughn

Votes: 8,963

141. Any Day Now (1998–2002)

60 min | Drama

Two friends, one black and one white, recall their friendship in the past when they reunite in the present.

Stars: Annie Potts, Lorraine Toussaint, Chris Mulkey, Olivia Friedman

Votes: 1,157

142. Love Strikes Twice (2021 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance

Follows Maggie who is in an out-of-sync marriage and wishes for a do-over and wakes up 15 years earlier, and she would decide if she would choose her husband Josh again or not.

Director: Jeff Beesley | Stars: Katie Findlay, Wyatt Nash, Marshall Williams, Brynn Godenir

Votes: 1,329

143. Moonlight Mile (2002)

PG-13 | 117 min | Drama, Romance

As he copes with the death of his fiancée, a young man befriends her parents and must figure out what he wants out of life.

Director: Brad Silberling | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Alexia Landeau

Votes: 14,705 | Gross: $6.84M

144. Ransom for a Dead Man (1971 TV Movie)

Approved | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After killing her boring husband and disposing of the body, a supposedly brilliant tort attorney fakes his kidnapping and keeps the ransom money. The FBI may be fooled, but not Columbo.

Director: Richard Irving | Stars: Peter Falk, Lee Grant, John Fink, Harold Gould

Votes: 3,761

145. Rose Island (2020)

TV-14 | 117 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy

An idealistic engineer builds his own island off the Italian coast and declares it a nation, drawing the world's attention. Values are tested when the Italian Government declares him an enemy, but to change the world risks must be taken.

Director: Sydney Sibilia | Stars: Elio Germano, Leonardo Lidi, Matilda De Angelis, Tom Wlaschiha

Votes: 24,970

146. Harry's Law (2011–2012)

43 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A group of misfit lawyers form an unconventional firm.

Stars: Kathy Bates, Nate Corddry, Christopher McDonald, Karen Olivo

Votes: 6,761

147. 55 Steps (2017)

PG-13 | 115 min | Biography, Drama

When patients' rights lawyer Colette Hughes goes to meet her new client, Eleanor Riese, a patient in the psychiatric unit of a San Francisco hospital, she has no idea that besides taking on... See full summary »

Director: Bille August | Stars: Hilary Swank, Helena Bonham Carter, Johan Heldenbergh, Cynthia Hoppenfeld

Votes: 3,681

148. Desperate Hours (1990)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Drama

An escaped con, on the run from the law, moves into a married couple's house and takes over their lives.

Director: Michael Cimino | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Anthony Hopkins, Mimi Rogers, Lindsay Crouse

Votes: 8,490 | Gross: $2.74M

149. Matador (1986)

NC-17 | 110 min | Drama, Thriller

A matador is wounded by a bull and can no longer kill in the arena. It is just one of the problems of one of the characters that unexpectedly collide in this film.

Director: Pedro Almodóvar | Stars: Assumpta Serna, Antonio Banderas, Nacho Martínez, Eva Cobo

Votes: 12,979 | Gross: $0.21M

150. The Trial (2023– )

Crime, Drama, Mystery

A housewife is forced to take full responsibility of her family after her husband is imprisoned over a corruption and sex scandal.

Stars: Kajol, Kubbra Sait, Sheeba Chaddha, Jisshu Sengupta

Votes: 1,631