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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, sensitive
Plot:
lawyer, legal, child in peril, closeted homosexual, law firm, friendship, rivalry, society, father son relationship, dysfunctional family, social worker, law, child custody, probation, investigation, court case, community service, cocaine, parent child relationship, custody, judge, drug dealer, foster parent, foster home, hiding place ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
philadelphia, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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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 legal, lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, district attorney, law and law firm mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Guardian: Justice (2006), Damages (2007), Father Dowling Mysteries (1989), Just Cause (2001), The Jury (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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It first was broadcast ...
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
legal, law firm, lawyer, parole officer, righting the wronged, legal investigation, wrongful conviction, dishonesty, missing person, rivalry, legal action, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
san francisco, usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Three broke men try to become rich by finding rich women.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
31%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
759
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
realistic, clever, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
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Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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 ...
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, psychological
Plot:
lawyer, attorney, wrongful conviction, false accusation, courtroom, witness, evidence, murder, released from prison, righting the wronged, rivalry, law ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
30%
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, tense, cerebral, suspenseful
Audience:
adult
Plot:
lawyer, court, legal investigation, legal, resilience, law firm, hotshot lawyer, female lawyer, advocate, lawyers and clients, criminal, female protagonist ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
serious, clever, realistic, exciting, 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
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
detective, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough
Plot:
deaf, lawyer, disabled, legal, district attorney, courtroom, crooked cop, attorney, disabled person, police, police detective, partners against crime ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Style:
anthology, tense, realistic, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, family relations, courtroom, racism, parents and children, interracial relations, society, tragedy, investigation, lawyer, friendship, criminal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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, serious, realistic, thrilling, intense ...
Plot:
law firm, lawyer, courtroom drama, legal, hotshot lawyer, courtroom, social problems, moral dilemma, dishonesty, workplace, dedicated lawyer, injustice ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, las vegas, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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, semi serious, cynical, humorous
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, legal, dedicated lawyer, family relations, hotshot lawyer, lawyers and clients, courtroom drama, rivalry, against the rules, petty criminal, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The exploits and cases of two rival barristers' chambers with very different attitudes to justice.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
legal, court case, lawyer, court, judiciary, judge, courtroom drama, courtroom, legal system, problem, lawsuit, advocate ...
Place:
manchester
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, contemplative ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal action, district attorney, rivalry, lawyers and clients, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, hidden truth, legal, ego clash, jury, courtroom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sexy, realistic, tense, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
hotshot lawyer, courtroom, opposites attract, lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients, love and romance, friends, dishonesty, friendship, sex scandal ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, south carolina, charleston south carolina
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
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.
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Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, clever, thrilling ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, lawsuit, law firm, courtroom drama, hypocrisy, workplace situations, office, partner, womanizer, dedicated lawyer, workplace ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
Similarity:
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162
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:
suspenseful, realistic, captivating, clever, serious ...
Plot:
corruption, investigation, district attorney, israeli, judiciary, attorney general, police interrogation, lawyer, judge, court, legal, cover up ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
tel aviv israel, israel, jerusalem
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27%
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