Movies like Michael Clayton (movies similar to Michael Clayton)

[riley]

Michael Clayton is a great movie. And, if you enjoyed the movie, you are sure gonna love these. Lets make a list of movies that are similar or suited for same audience.

[cacao]

The Lincoln Lawyer 2011

A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.

The Lincoln Lawyer features clever, serious, captivating, twists and turns and tense style.

[Kennethzef]

A Few Good Men 1992

When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway are assigned to a murder case they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

A Few Good Men features tense, earnest, twists and turns, realistic and serious style.

[gerald]

The Firm 1993

Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam he is approached by The Firm and made an offer he doesnt refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him he is totally oblivious to the ...

The Firm features tense, suspenseful, serious, stylized and realistic style.

[brent]

State of Play 2009

Handsome unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his partys ...

State of Play features political thriller, tense, suspenseful, twists and turns and serious style.

[Kennethzef 0]

Fracture 2007

A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife in what is seemingly an openshut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However there are surprises for both around every corner and as a suspenseful game of ...

Fracture features twists and turns, suspense, intellectual, enigmatic and serious style.

[jeffrey]

Gone Baby Gone 2007

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solving the case the girls aunt Beatrice McCready hires two private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro. The detectives freely admit that ...

Gone Baby Gone features twist ending, disturbing, neo noir, suspenseful and twists and turns style.

[chris]

Runaway Jury 2003

A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

Runaway Jury features captivating, stylized, tense, cynical and twists and turns style.

[Antonioliz]

Syriana 2005

The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies while Bryan Woodman a ...

Syriana features political thriller, thought provoking, tense, realistic and serious style.

[harry]

L.A. Confidential 1997

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

L.A. Confidential features neo noir, tense, captivating, suspenseful and interesting style.

[gerald]

The Constant Gardener 2005

Justin Quayle is a low-level British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly not causing any problems. But after his radical wife Tessa is killed he becomes determined to find out why thrusting himself into the middle of a very ...

The Constant Gardener features thought provoking, tense, suspenseful, captivating and psychological style.

[tamara]

Jagged Edge 1985

San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack is devastated by the crime but soon finds himself accused of her murder. He hires lawyer Teddy Barnes to defend him despite the fact she ...

Jagged Edge features twists and turns, tense, suspenseful, serious and suspense style.

[BobbyZomia]

Dolores Claiborne 1995

Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago but the courts findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer Vera Donovan and this time there is a ...

Dolores Claiborne features psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense and enigmatic style.

[manuel]

In the Valley of Elah 2007

A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their sons disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.

In the Valley of Elah features tense, disturbing, heartbreaking, psychological and touching style.

[moviebuff]

Edge of Darkness 2010

As a seasoned homicide detective Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life the search for his only daughter Emmas killer. Now he is on a personal mission to ...

Edge of Darkness features suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic and captivating style.

[Faisal Zahid]

The Ghost Writer 2010

A writer stumbles upon a long-hidden secret when he agrees to help former British Prime Minister Adam Lang complete his memoirs on a remote island after the politicians assistant drowns in a mysterious accident. In director Roman ...

The Ghost Writer features twists and turns, serious, atmospheric, tricky and captivating style.

[timeblocknob]

Damages 2007

Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around the brilliant ruthless lawyer Patty Hewes and her protge ...

Damages features clever, rough, twists and turns, suspenseful and realistic style.

[baris]

Side Effects 2013

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husbands upcoming release from prison.

Side Effects features psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating and clever style.

[Bluemargo1]

The Pelican Brief 1993

Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.

The Pelican Brief features tense, political thriller, political, suspense and clever style.

[bessie]

Glengarry Glen Ross 1992

Glengarry Glen Ross follows the lives of four unethical Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to go to any lengths legal or illegal to unload undesirable real estate on unwilling prospective buyers.

Glengarry Glen Ross features suspense, neo noir, intense, entirely dialogue and cult classic style.