Best Lawyer movies of 1980s

Actors : Hal Holbrook, Sharon Gless, Michael Douglas, Yaphet Kotto,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty.

Actors : James Woods, Yuji Okumoto, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin,
Directors : Joseph Ruben,

A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.

Actors : Cher, Liam Neeson, John Mahoney, Dennis Quaid,
Directors : Peter Yates,

A judge commits suicide, and his secretary is found murdered. A homeless deaf-mute man, Carl Anderson is arrested for her murder. Public defender Kathleen is assigned by the court as his ...

Actors : Darren McGavin, John Hurt, Judd Nelson, Elizabeth Perkins,
Directors : Bob Clark,

Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must re-examine his scruples after his shenanigans win him a promotion in his firm, and he must now ...

Actors : Anne Archer, Gene Hackman, J.T. Walsh, James Sikking,
Directors : Peter Hyams,

A Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney is sent to protect a woman who accidentally witnessed a Mafia murder.

Actors : Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon, Tess Harper, Karen Young,
Directors : Martin Campbell,

Oldman plays a lawyer who defends a killer, but, soon after he wins he finds out that the killer is guilty.

Actors : Ned Beatty, Burt Reynolds, Kay Lenz, Theresa Russell,
Directors : Michael Crichton,

A police officer suspended and now accused of murder is forced to join forces with his court-appointed attorney to assemble the pieces of a deadly puzzle to find the missing link before time runs out.

Actors : Féodor Atkine, Béatrice Romand, Arielle Dombasle, André Dussollier,
Directors : Éric Rohmer,

Sabine vows to give up married lovers, and is determined to find a good husband. Her best friend Clarisse introduces her to her cousin Edmond, a busy lawyer from Paris. Sabine pursues ...

Actors : Todd Graff, Tim Robbins, John Turturro, Jodie Foster,
Directors : Tony Bill,

A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.

Actors : Lino Ventura, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand, Michel Serrault,
Directors : Claude Miller,

A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours.

Actors : Sean Young, James Woods, John Kapelos, Steven Hill,
Directors : Harold Becker,

Lenny Brown moves to California to find his fortune in tax shelter investments. When the federal government changes the tax laws, poor Lenny finds himself $700,000 in hock with nowhere to ...

Actors : Michael V. Gazzo, Dianne Wiest, Peter Falk, Emily Lloyd,
Directors : Susan Seidelman,

Paroled labor racketeer "Dapper" Dino is sought after by a "politically ambitious" prosecutor schemes to put him back in jail and a deceitful partner sizes him up for concrete shoes.

Actors : Maria Pakulnis, Grazyna Szapolowska, Jerzy Radziwilowicz, Aleksander Bardini,
Directors : Krzysztof Kieslowski,

It's 1982: Poland is under martial law, and Solidarity is banned. Ulla, a translator working on Orwell, suddenly loses her husband, Antek, an attorney. She is possessed by her grief, and ...

Actors : Michael Moriarty, Laurene Landon, James Dixon, Karen Black,
Directors : Larry Cohen,

The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cycnicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system and the media, the man responsible for...

Actors : Richard Brooks, Jude Ciccolella, Sam Elliott, Peter Weller,
Directors : James Glickenhaus,

A legal attorney and renegade cop team up to stop a corrupt cop.

Actors : Nicholas Campbell, Alex McArthur, Michael Biehn, Deborah Van Valkenburgh,
Directors : William Friedkin,

Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts killing again.

Actors : Jan Sterling, Jill Clayburgh, Barnard Hughes, Walter Matthau,
Directors : Ronald Neame,

For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.

Actors : Betsy Russell, Ossie Davis, Rory Calhoun, Susan Tyrrell,
Directors : Robert Vincent O'Neill,

Molly, former baby prostitute "Angel" from Sunset Boulevard, has managed to leave her street life with help of Lt. Andrews. She studies law at an university and aims to become attorney. ...

Actors : Naseeruddin Shah, Amrish Puri, Smita Patil, Om Puri,
Directors : Govind Nihalani,

A public prosecutor discovers the harsh realities about life of the scheduled tribes in India during 1980s while defending a case of a tribesman charged of murdering his wife.

Actors : Angelo Evans, Ruthie Evans, Tony Evans, Michael Evans,
Directors : Robert Duvall,

Step in to the world of gypsy life come meet Angelo and his family See the gypsy court system A gypsy wedding where boy family pay for the his wife Come see the gypsy lifestyle how they live How they love family