Movies like Malpractice
If Malpractice's mix of poison, private investigator and lawyer stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Malpractice's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Big Sleep
1946 · Directed by Howard Hawks · 114 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: poison, private investigator
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what…
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Cape Fear
1962 · Directed by J. Lee Thompson · 106 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: poison, lawyer
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
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D.O.A.
1949 · Directed by Rudolph Maté · 83 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: poison, doctor
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him.
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Just Mercy
2019 · Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton · 137 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence…
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The Nice Guys
2016 · Directed by Shane Black · 116 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: private investigator
A private eye investigates the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and uncovers a conspiracy.
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Presumed Innocent
1990 · Directed by Alan J. Pakula · 127 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.
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Roman J. Israel, Esq.
2017 · Directed by Dan Gilroy · 122 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: lawyer
Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role.