Movies and TV shows like The Guardian

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The Guardian (2001)
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The Guardian (2001)
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, sensitive
Plot: lawyer, legal, law firm, child in peril, friendship, rivalry, society, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, social worker, law, investigation, community service, cocaine, custody, child custody, parent child relationship, judge, drug dealer, foster parent, foster home, hiding place, courtroom, gang member, closeted homosexual ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, philadelphia, pittsburgh

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Most similar movies to The Guardian

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and rough films and TV series with plots about legal, lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, law, district attorney and legal action mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Guardian: Justice (2006), Your Honor (2020), Damages (2007), Outrageous Fortune (2005), Father Dowling Mysteries (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Justice (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, rough, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot: law firm, lawyer, legal, trial, courtroom drama, female lawyer, lawyer client relationship, media circus, legal investigation, rivalry, celebrity culture, innocence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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Your Honor (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: The son of a respected judge is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices. A legal thriller that rips through all strata of New Orleans society.
Style: thrilling, realistic, suspenseful, serious, emotional
Plot: courtroom drama, legal, courtroom, mafia, crime boss, judge, father son relationship, family relations, parent child relationship, car accident, lawyer, uncover truth ...
Time: 2020s
Place: new orleans
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Damages (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, ...
Style: rough, clever, captivating, tense, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: trial, lawyer, legal investigation, female lawyer, hotshot lawyer, workplace, legal action, dishonesty, power relations, corporate crime, manipulation, intrigue ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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100%
Outrageous Fortune (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 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: realistic, semi serious, 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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100%
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Father Dowling Mysteries (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Father Dowling Mysteries is an American television mystery series that aired from January 20, 1989 to May 2, 1991. Prior to the series, a TV movie aired on November 30, 1987. For its first season, the show was on NBC; it moved to ABC for its last ...
Style: detective, realistic, semi serious, rough, suspenseful
Plot: investigation, legal, religion, priest, nun, amateur detective, murder, society, clergy, religions or cults, sister, housekeeper ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago, usa
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100%
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Just Cause (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, rough, suspenseful
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyer, parole officer, righting the wronged, legal investigation, wrongful conviction, dishonesty, missing person, legal action, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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The Jury (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: disturbing, suspenseful, serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: legal, courtroom, lawyer, jury, courtroom drama, legal investigation, law enforcement, legal action, murder, murder mystery, nypd, trial ...
Time: 21st century
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37%
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In Justice (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: attorney, lawyer, legal, wrongful conviction, evidence, false accusation, courtroom, witness, murder, released from prison, righting the wronged, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco, oakland california
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37%
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Conviction (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: realistic, rough, serious, thought provoking
Plot: legal, lawyer, law enforcement, courtroom drama, police detective, fighting the system, hotshot lawyer, rivalry, fighting crime, sexual abuse, society, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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36%
Jake and the Fatman (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: legal, investigation, lawyer, cop, team, law, murder mystery, intelligence agency, criminal, buddy cop, private investigator, crime investigation ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: hawaii, california, usa
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35%
Proven Innocent (2019)
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, evidence, help, ex convict, career, legal, society, court ...
Place: usa
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35%
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Murder One (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: suspenseful, thrilling, detective, exciting, realistic ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, law, murder, courtroom, couples, boss and employee, investigation, hotshot lawyer, couple relations, workplace situations, trial ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
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35%
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, realistic, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot: legal, courtroom, law enforcement, fighting crime, workplace, rivalry, police detective, courtroom drama, partner, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, sexual abuse ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Silent Witness (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Prominent defense attorney Tony Lord returns to his hometown to defend an old friend, a teacher accused of murdering one of his students. The case re-opens the heartache from Tony's own high school days, when he was a student falsely accused of ...
Style: realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, courtroom drama, homecoming, courtroom, friendship, legal, lawyer, danger, rivalry, family relations, law, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ohio
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Reckless (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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.  
Style: realistic, tense, serious, sexy, captivating ...
Plot: hotshot lawyer, courtroom, opposites attract, lawyer, lawyers and clients, courtroom drama, legal, love and romance, friendship, dishonesty, friends, high priced lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, south carolina, charleston south carolina
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Dark Justice (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: legal, lawyer, vigilante, judge, rivalry, dishonesty, law enforcement, innocence lost, legal action, vigilantism, against the rules, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
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American Crime (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: An anthology drama focusing on all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system dealing with crimes committed in America.
Style: anthology, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot: murder, courtroom, family relations, racism, interracial relations, parents and children, society, tragedy, investigation, lawyer, friendship, legal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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34%
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The Client (1995)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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.
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot: lawyer, custody, law firm, recovering alcoholic, power relations, family problems, kids in trouble, legal action, legal, dedicated lawyer, alcohol abuse, parents and children ...
Time: 90s
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34%
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Outlaw (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, ...
Style: realistic, clever, psychological, captivating, sincere ...
Plot: legal, law firm, lawyers and clients, legal action, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace, power relations, society, jury, lawyer, judge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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34%
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Rake (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, semi serious
Plot: lawyer, courtroom, legal, family relations, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients, rivalry, district attorney, dishonesty, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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34%
100 Centre Street (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, workplace, dedicated lawyer, law enforcement, lawsuit, workplace situations, cop witness relations, jury, lawyer, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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33%
The Whole Truth (2010)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot: lawyer, legal action, district attorney, lawyers and clients, rivalry, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, hidden truth, jury, ego clash, legal, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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33%
Made in Jersey (2012)
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, captivating, serious, talky
Plot: lawyer, law firm, lawsuit, workplace, workplace situations, ambition, legal, jury, rivalry, society, strong female presence, unsupportive coworkers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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33%
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Harry's Law (2011)
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: legal, law firm, lawyer, trial, courtroom, starting over, courtroom drama, workplace, partner, lawyers and clients, dedicated lawyer, legal action ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, cincinnati ohio
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32%
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Family Law (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic
Plot: lawyer, legal, law, law firm, legal action, legal investigation, dishonesty, family problems, woman, divorce lawyer
Time: 90s
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31%
In Defense Of (2018)
Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story: This series gives viewers a unique perspective on some of the most high profile cases as they turn the lens on the top defense lawyers who represented them. The attorneys will share riveting details from the most personal moments between attorney ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological
Plot: lawyer, court case, manipulation, rivalry, legal system, courtroom, hotshot lawyer, murder mystery, legal, society, defense attorney, attorney ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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31%
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Shark (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, suspense
Plot: trial, lawyer, murder, legal, hotshot lawyer, team, prosecutor, law enforcement, false accusation, evidence, uncover truth, testimony ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 8.0
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PMTA (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
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, clever, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: judiciary, corruption, attorney general, police interrogation, investigation, lawyer, judge, court, district attorney, israeli, legal, law ...
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Practice (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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, thrilling ...
Plot: lawyer, law firm, courtroom drama, legal, hotshot lawyer, courtroom, moral dilemma, social problems, workplace, dedicated lawyer, dishonesty, injustice ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: boston, las vegas, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Reasonable Doubts (1991)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Reasonable Doubts is a police drama broadcast in the United States by NBC that ran from 1991 to 1993.
Style: detective, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful
Plot: deaf, lawyer, disabled, legal, district attorney, courtroom, disabled person, attorney, police, police detective, law enforcement, mute or deaf ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
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30%
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