Movies and TV shows like The Guardian 2001
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The Guardian (2001)
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of community service, somehow to be squeezed into his 24/7 cutthroat world of mergers, acquisitions and board meetings. Reluctantly, he's now The Guardian - a part-time child advocate at Legal Aid Services, where one case after another is an eye-opening instance of kids caught up in difficult circumstances.
Style:
rough, realistic, suspenseful, semi serious
Plot:
lawyer, legal, law firm, child in peril, friendship, rivalry, society, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, social worker, investigation, community service, cocaine, custody, parent child relationship, court, judge, drug dealer, foster parent, foster home, hiding place, courtroom, gang member, child custody, closeted homosexual ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pittsburgh
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and captivating films and TV series with plots about lawyer, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama, district attorney, legal action and power relations mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Guardian: Damages (2007), The Judge (2014), Outrageous Fortune (2005), Justice (2006), Just Cause (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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 protégée, ...
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clever, rough, captivating, tense, serious ...
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lawyer, legal investigation, powerful corporation, female lawyer, court, hotshot lawyer, workplace, dishonesty, legal action, power relations, corporate crime, manipulation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Style:
touching, serious, suspenseful, sentimental, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lawyer, small town, court, courtroom, jury, murder trial, parent child relationship, judge, homecoming, courtroom drama, legal, hotshot lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, massachusetts, usa, chicago illinois, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 45 min.
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Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3. The series followed the lives of the career criminal West family after the matriarch, Cheryl, decided the family should go ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sexy
Plot:
lawyer, dysfunctional family, criminal, family life, going straight, convict, criminal heroes, right and wrong, doubts and hesitations, manipulation, porn, exploitation ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new zealand, oceania
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in Canada. The series also aired on Warner Channel in Latin America, Nine Network in Australia, and on TV2 In New Zealand.
It first was broadcast ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, realistic, captivating
Plot:
law firm, lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, female lawyer, court, media circus, legal investigation, rivalry, innocence, celebrity culture, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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56%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Just Cause is an award-winning Canadian legal drama television series produced by Mind's Eye Entertainment. Filming was done in Vancouver, British Columbia but the series is set in San Francisco, California.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
law firm, lawyer, legal, warden, righting the wronged, legal investigation, wrongful conviction, dishonesty, missing person, life is a bitch, starting over, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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TV shows similar to Your Honor
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Madeline Scott, a fierce and uncompromising lawyer with a hunger for justice, runs an underdog criminal defense firm. There is no one who understands the power of setting an innocent person free more than Madeline. At age 18, she was wrongfully ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful
Plot:
wrongful conviction, women's prison, lawyer, hotshot lawyer, innocent, help, evidence, ex convict, career, court, society, law firm ...
Place:
usa
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51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
Elizabeth Canterbury is a force of nature. An attorney on the rise, she puts her career on the line to take on risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a toll on her personal life. Elizabeth and her law professor husband, Matt Furey, haunted ...
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realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, investigation, courtroom drama, law firm, price of justice, workplace, injustice, rivalry, lawyers and clients, society, trespassing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, rhode island
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51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
legal, courtroom, lawyer, jury, courtroom drama, legal investigation, mind game, law enforcement, legal action, murder, verdict, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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In Justice is an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. The series began airing on Sunday, January 1, 2006 on ABC as a midseason replacement and assumed its regular night and time on Friday, January 6, 2006 ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological
Plot:
lawyer, legal, wrongful conviction, attorney, false accusation, witness, courtroom, evidence, murder, released from prison, righting the wronged, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, oakland california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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An anthology drama focusing on all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system dealing with crimes committed in America.
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, exciting, gloomy ...
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murder, courtroom, family relations, racism, interracial relations, society, parents and children, tragedy, investigation, lawyer, suspense, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A fast-paced character-oriented story, focuses on the lives and loves of the young assistant district attorneys in New York, following their career paths as these passionate but naive ADAs are confronted with tough, emotional cases that challenge ...
Style:
rough, realistic, thought provoking, serious
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city of Charleston, S.C. apart.
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realistic, tense, serious, sexy, captivating ...
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hotshot lawyer, courtroom, opposites attract, lawyer, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients, legal, love and romance, friends, friendship, dishonesty, bondage ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, south carolina
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49%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L. "Fatman" McCabe and Joe Penny as investigator Jake Styles.
The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a ...
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realistic, serious, rough, suspenseful
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Time:
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Place:
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49%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Client is an American television series that aired on CBS from September 18, 1995 to August 16, 1996. The series was based on the 1994 film The Client, itself adapted from the 1993 John Grisham novel also of the same name.
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serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 60 min.
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Dark Justice is an American crime drama about a judge that turns into a vigilante by night in order to bring to justice high-level offenders that use technicalities to "escape" the legal system. The role of Judge Nicholas Marshall was ...
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serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
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Time:
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Series like Boston Legal
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Law & Order: Trial by Jury is an American television drama about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the third spin-off from the long-running Law & Order. The show's almost exclusive focus was on the criminal trial of the ...
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Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.
Style:
serious, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy
Plot:
legal, courtroom, legal action, law enforcement, workplace, dedicated lawyer, lawsuit, workplace situations, cop witness relations, jury, lawyer, nypd ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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As District Attorney Kathryn Peale and defense attorney Jimmy Nolan rally their teams around their arguments and prepare to go head-to-head in the the courtroom, they make frantic moves and countermoves of complex legal wrangling to tilt justice in ...
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captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal action, district attorney, lawyers and clients, rivalry, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, hidden truth, ego clash, legal, jury, courtroom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
A young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan colleagues at a prestigious New York law firm.
Style:
realistic, serious, talky, captivating
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, workplace, lawsuit, jury, ambition, workplace situations, legal, rivalry, society, strong female presence, unsupportive coworkers ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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47%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Outlaw is an American television series that was aired on the NBC network. The one-hour courtroom drama stars Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who resigns from the bench and returns to private practice in an elite law firm where Claire Sax, ...
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realistic, clever, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot:
legal, law firm, lawyers and clients, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace, legal action, society, power relations, jury, lawyer, judge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Series like Law & Order
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Theodore 'Teddy' Hoffman is a highly-regarded defense attorney in a prestigious Los Angeles law firm. Having successfully defended the wealthy but suspicious Richard Cross in a much-publicised murder trial, he is now involved in the ...
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suspenseful, exciting, realistic, serious, sincere ...
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legal, lawyer, murder, courtroom, couples, workplace situations, boss and employee, couple relations, hotshot lawyer, investigation, serial killer, police ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
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47%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Reasonable Doubts is a police drama broadcast in the United States by NBC that ran from 1991 to 1993.
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
deaf, lawyer, legal, district attorney, disabled person, police, handicapped, police detective, partners against crime, law enforcement, mute or deaf, human ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Keegan Deane's staggering lack of discretion and inability to self-censor land him the law cases that nobody else will touch. He always tries to do the right thing, but at the same time struggles to save himself from the many self-destructive ...
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realistic, cynical, humorous, semi serious
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, legal, dedicated lawyer, family relations, lawyers and clients, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, intrigue, dishonesty, district attorney, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
Marcel Ben David is a former police officer that joins PMTA (initials in Hebrew for: Tel Aviv District Attorney), and herself in the middle of an entangled corruption story. A suspenseful legal drama with Chen Amsalem, Shlomo Bar-Aba and Oshri Cohen.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, clever
Plot:
judiciary, corruption, attorney general, police interrogation, investigation, lawyer, legal, judge, district attorney, court, attorney, police investigation
Place:
israel, tel aviv
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46%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely of places -- a rundown ...
Style:
serious, clever, exciting, realistic, dramatic
Plot:
law firm, legal, lawyer, courtroom, starting over, courtroom drama, workplace, court, lawyers and clients, legal action, dedicated lawyer, partners ...
Time:
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Place:
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TV shows like Bull
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
The lives and cases of young lawyers who work on opposite sides - the public defender's office and the district attorney's office - as well as those who sit in judgment on their cases.
Style:
serious, realistic, tense, clever, stylized
Plot:
legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, district attorney, courtroom, friends, workplace, relationship vs career, friendship, classmate, legal action, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
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45%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Practice is an American legal drama created by David E. Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston law firm. Running for eight seasons on ABC from 1997 to 2004, the show won the Emmy in 1998 and 1999 for Best Drama Series, and ...
Style:
tense, realistic, serious, clever, stylized
Plot:
law firm, lawyer, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, legal, courtroom, social problems, moral dilemma, injustice, dishonesty, workplace, dedicated lawyer ...
Time:
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Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts
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44%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
lawyer, hotshot lawyer, murder, legal, prosecutor, law enforcement, false accusation, evidence, uncover truth, court, testimony, team ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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44%
Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Dominick Delvecchio is an integrity-minded, honest police detective who works out of the Washington Heights division of the Los Angeles Police Department. When not screeching tires, rousting bad guys and trading quips with his burly partner Paul ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, suspenseful, humorous
Plot:
police station, society, fighting crime, law enforcement, partners, lapd, law student, police, investigation
Time:
70s
Place:
usa, los angeles
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43%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.
Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, clever
Plot:
lawyer, legal, law firm, courtroom drama, lawsuit, hypocrisy, workplace situations, office, partners, womanizer, hotshot lawyer, rivalry ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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