Season 5 of The Lincoln Lawyer has been confirmed as the show’s last, and with production currently underway and a likely premiere window of early 2027, the wait will take a while.
While Mickey Haller wraps up his final ride in the back of that Lincoln Navigator, here are seven legal dramas worth your time in the meantime.
1. Michael Clayton (2007)
George Clooney plays a corporate “fixer” at a top New York law firm who cleans up messes for a living, until a colleague goes rogue against a corrupt client and forces him to confront his own moral limits. Tilda Swinton won an Oscar for her supporting role. Taut, intelligent, and grimly realistic about how power actually works.
2. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Aaron Sorkin directs this Netflix dramatisation of the 1969 trial of seven anti-Vietnam War protesters charged with inciting riots at the Democratic National Convention. The dialogue crackles, the ensemble cast is stacked, and the commentary on government overreach feels anything but outdated.
3. Runaway Jury (2003)
Based on a John Grisham novel, this thriller centres on a lawsuit against a gun manufacturer after a workplace shooting and the vicious behind-the-scenes battle to control the jury. Gene Hackman and John Cusack are both operating at full tilt. Sharply plotted and enormously entertaining.
4. Goliath (2016–2021)
Billy Bob Thornton plays Billy McBride, a disgraced and alcoholic former attorney who left the firm he helped build and now takes on cases against powerful interests nobody else will touch. Created by David E. Kelley, the mind behind Ally McBeal and Boston Legal, Goliath is four seasons of a man trying to find redemption one impossible case at a time.