If You Liked Michael Clayton, Watch These Next
Finished Michael Clayton (2007) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Michael Clayton, most of them are drama, thriller, crime.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.The Enforcer(1951)
7.1DramaThrillerAlso drama and thriller
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
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2.Roman J. Israel, Esq.(2017)
6.3DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
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. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping…
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3.Red Corner(1997)
6.3CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
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4.Man on a Ledge(2012)
6.4ActionThrillerCrimeAlso thriller and crime
An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
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5.Cry of the City(1948)
6.7CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism.…
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6.Where the Sidewalk Ends(1950)
7.2CrimeDramaThrillerAlso crime and drama
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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7.Prince of the City(1981)
7.0DramaThrillerCrimeAlso drama and thriller
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
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8.The Rainmaker(1997)
7.0DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama and crime
Fresh out of law school and desperate for work, idealistic rookie Rudy Baylor takes on a powerful insurance company accused of denying a dying boy’s claim. Teaming up with a scrappy, unlicensed paralegal, he finds himself in a David-versus-Goliath courtroom battle that tests his ethics, courage, and belief in justice.
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9.The File on Thelma Jordon(1949)
6.6ThrillerDramaCrimeAlso thriller and drama
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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10.The Pelican Brief(1993)
6.6ThrillerCrimeDramaAlso thriller and crime
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
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12.The Seven-Ups(1973)
6.4ThrillerCrimeMysteryAlso thriller and crime
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
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13.Changing Lanes(2002)
6.3ThrillerDramaAlso thriller and drama
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be…
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14.State of Play(2009)
6.8ThrillerCrimeMysteryAlso thriller and crime
When a congressional aide is killed, a Washington, D.C. journalist starts investigating the case involving the Representative, his old college friend.
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15.Catch Me If You Can(2002)
8.0DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
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16.Just Mercy(2019)
7.8DramaCrimeHistoryAlso drama and crime
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 proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
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17.They Made Me a Fugitive(1947)
6.6DramaThrillerCrimeAlso drama and thriller
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.
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18.A Murder of Crows(1999)
6.1ThrillerActionCrimeAlso thriller and crime
In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the…
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19.Witness for the Prosecution(1957)
8.2DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and crime
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
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20.Premium Rush(2012)
6.4CrimeActionThrillerAlso crime and thriller
In Manhattan, a bike messenger picks up an envelope that attracts the interest of a dirty cop, who pursues the cyclist throughout the city.
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