Movies and TV shows like Judging Amy

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Judging Amy (1999)
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Judging Amy (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Judging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a family court, and in addition to the family-related cases that she adjudicates, many episodes of the show focus on her own experiences as a divorced mother, and on the experiences of her mother, a social worker who works in the field of child welfare. This series was based on the life experiences of Brenneman's mother.
Style: sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching, serious
Plot: legal, judiciary, judge, family relations, parents and children, starting over, single mother, love and romance, couples, courtroom drama, living with parents, female judge, mother daughter relationship, gay, lawyer, intelligence agency, women, investigation, nypd, young heroes, social worker, strong female presence, hopes, con artists, court ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century, contemporary

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Most similar movies to Judging Amy

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and sincere films and TV series with plots about family relations, parents and children, legal, society, couples, lawyer and strong female presence mostly in Drama, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Judging Amy: Everwood (2002), Cedar Cove (2013), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), Philly (2001), Soul Food (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Everwood (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly as he raises his talented but ...
Style: realistic, sentimental, touching, serious, rough ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: doctor, small town, first love, family relations, small town life, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, father son estrangement, friends in love, widower, love and romance ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: colorado, usa
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Cedar Cove (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Judge Olivia Lockhart is considered the community's guiding light in the picturesque, coastal town of Cedar Cove, Washington. But like everyone else, Olivia fights the uphill battle of balancing career with family and finding love, all the ...
Style: serious, sincere, sentimental, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: relationship vs career, small town, small town life, courtroom, family relations, looking for love, love and romance, career woman, social relations, loss of son, couple relations, wooing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington state, seattle, washington d.c.
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100%
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American Western drama series created by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour who plays Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, a physician who leaves Boston in search of adventure in the American West and who settles ...
Style: touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, medical drama
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: family values, old west, doctors and patients, small town, parents and children, love and romance, female doctor, children, american indian, couple relations, society, interracial relations ...
Time: 19th century
Place: colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Philly (2001)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Philly is an American television series created by Steven Bochco that focused on criminal defense attorney Kathleen Maguire. It lasted a full season and was canceled due to low ratings. The final episode was advertised heavily as the series finale, ...
Style: serious, touching, captivating, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: courtroom drama, legal, legal action, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, single mother, reluctant partners, power relations, law firm, lawsuit, workplace situations, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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30%
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Soul Food (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. Created by filmmaker George Tillman, Jr. and developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, Soul Food is based upon ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: family relations, parents and children, family life, family feud, siblings relations, hopes, love and romance, parents separation, couples, family values, family tradition, couple relations ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: illinois, chicago illinois, usa
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29%
Venice the Series (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story: Venice: The Series is a web series co-produced by and starring American actress Crystal Chappell, and is inspired in part by the "Otalia" storyline on the daytime drama Guiding Light. The series has been broadcast since 2009, and is ...
Style: realistic, emotional, touching, serious, sincere ...
Plot: lesbian, lesbianism, gender, family relations, love and romance, lifestyle, gays and lesbians, family life, parents and children, strong female presence, lgbt, lgbtq ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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28%
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Sisters (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Sisters is an Emmy Award-winning television drama which aired on NBC for six seasons, from 1991 to 1996. The series was created by Ron Cowen and Daniel Lipman, who also created the Showtime series Queer as Folk and wrote the acclaimed Emmy and ...
Style: serious, realistic, talky, sincere, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lesbian mother, strong female presence, women, phone sex, family relations, sibling relationship, couples, snobbism, family problems, gender, housewife, family life ...
Time: 90s
Place: illinois, usa
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27%
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Fairly Legal (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min.
TV show
Story: Kate Reed is a firm believer that justice can always be found--even if it's not always in the courtroom. Once a lawyer at her family's esteemed San Francisco firm, Kate's frustration with the legal system led her to a new career as a ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, sincere ...
Plot: female lawyer, lawyer, law firm, legal, family relations, power relations, workplace, starting over, introspection, career change, parents and children, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
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26%
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Providence (1999)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Providence is an American television drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.
Style: realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot: family relations, living with parents, family problems, love and romance, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, hometown, small town life, homecoming, looking for love, small town ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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First Monday (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A newcomer to the Supreme Court finds himself a pivotal force on an often deadlocked bench, frequently at odds over hot-button cases in this earnest but brief legal drama.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, sincere, gloomy
Plot: legal, supreme court, legal action, workplace, power relations, lawsuit, workplace situations, courtroom, politics, life is a bitch, judiciary, liberal ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Life Goes On (1989)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989, to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, who is ...
Style: serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, contemplative
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, protective parent, misfit, teenage life, parents and children, americana, family life, couples, living with parents, supportive parent, young lovers, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, chicago illinois, illinois
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26%
30 Degrees in February (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: ​From International Emmy Award-winning writer Anders Weidemann, compelling ten-part drama 30 Degrees in February follows a group of Swedes who've left the snow and cold of Scandinavia for the warm, sandy beaches of Thailand in the dead of ...
Style: realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: starting over, family life, hopes, immigrants, society, unfulfillment, family relations, parents and children, human nature, follow your dream, culture clash, self discovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, asia
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26%
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Moving On (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.
Style: sincere, emotional, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot: introspection, starting over, parents and children, hopes, couple relations, couples, family relations, family problems, redemption, life turned upside down, optimism, change
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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25%
Wild at Heart (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: The Trevanion family decide to make a fresh start and emigrate to South Africa to set up an animal reserve.
Style: sincere, sentimental, serious, realistic
Audience: family outing
Plot: starting over, family business, veterinarian, workplace, parents and children, couples, workplace situations, family problems, family life, fish out of water, wilderness, owner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: africa, south africa
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25%
Bluff City Law (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The lawyers of an elite Memphis law firm specializing in the most controversial landmark civil rights cases and led by legendary lawyer Elijah Strait and his brilliant daughter, Sydney Keller, take on the toughest David-and-Goliath cases while ...
Style: suspenseful, realistic, captivating, bleak, serious
Plot: lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, court case, father daughter relationship, bittersweet, legal system, family relations, parents and children, alienation, sibling relationship, family reunited ...
Place: memphis
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25%
The Autumn Heart (1999)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: When a school bus driving woman (Tyne Daly) has a heart attack, she makes one request of her three daughters (Ally Sheedy, Marla Sucharetza, Marceline Hugo) - she wants them to find their long lost brother, who was taken away by their father (Jack ...
Style: talky, realistic, serious, sincere, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: family relations, autumn, estrangement, parent child relationship, family problems, couples, rich and poor, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, parents and children, siblings relations, family life ...
Time: 90s
Place: boston, england, europe, usa, harvard university
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25%
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Queen Sugar (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, who, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
Style: serious, touching, realistic, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot: sugarcane, farm, family relations, parents and children, life turned upside down, power relations, single parent, social relations, society, ambition, rivalry, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, louisiana, southern usa
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25%
For The People (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Brand new lawyers work for both the defense and the prosecution as they handle the most high profile and high stakes cases in the country – all as their personal lives intersect.
Style: captivating, talky, tense, exciting, disturbing
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, female judge, lesbian, rivalry, court, workplace, dispute, criminal justice, law school, workplace situations, judge ...
Place: new york
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25%
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Where the Heart Is (1997)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Where the Heart Is is a British television family drama series set in the fictional Yorkshire town of Skelthwaite. First shown in 1997, it was created by Ashley Pharoah and Vicky Featherstone, and focuses on the professional and personal lives of ...
Style: sentimental, touching, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot: women, nurse, family relations, small town, countryside, strong female presence, workplace, love and romance, small town life, workplace situations, sister in law, fictional city ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: yorkshire, england, northern england
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24%
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Any Day Now (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint, who are best friends despite the difference in their races. The show's title is taken from the ...
Style: realistic, serious, captivating, touching
Audience: girls' night
Plot: social justice, legal, female friendship, interracial relations, civil rights, racial prejudice, social issues, strong female presence, coming of age, couple relations, best friends, society ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: alabama, usa, birmingham alabama
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24%
Raising the Bar (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
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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24%
From There to Here (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Created by Peter Bowker, From There To Here is set in the aftermath of the 1996 Arndale bombing and follows Daniel Cotton, a Manchester family man who is torn between the life he wants and the life he could have. The story spans the four years that ...
Style: sincere, serious, touching, realistic, captivating
Plot: streetwise, parents and children, family relations, bombing, bittersweet, soccer, society, siblings relations, city life, ira, bet, maid ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place: england, manchester
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24%
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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: tense, realistic, serious, exciting, gloomy ...
Plot: murder, courtroom, family relations, racism, interracial relations, society, parents and children, tragedy, investigation, lawyer, suspense, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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24%
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Hawthorne (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Hawthorne is an hour-long medical drama on the TNT television network starring Jada Pinkett Smith and Michael Vartan. It premiered on June 16, 2009. On Thursday, September 16, 2010, it was announced that Hawthorne has been renewed for a third and ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, serious, sincere ...
Plot: hospital, african american woman, nurse, workplace, doctors and patients, family relations, single parent, workplace situations, medical, friendship, doctor, male female relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, virginia
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24%
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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, hotshot lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace, legal action, society, power relations, jury, lawyer, judge ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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24%
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All Rise (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
Style: emotional, captivating, compassionate, disturbing, uplifting
Audience: chick flick, boys' night
Plot: judge, lawyer, courtroom drama, police, courtroom, court, coworker relationship, district attorney, new job, justice, uncover truth, criminal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
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24%
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I'll Fly Away (1991)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the ...
Style: realistic, serious, thought provoking, feel good, sincere ...
Plot: lawyer, civil rights, district attorney, nypd, legal, housekeeper, interracial relations, racism, politically correct, social activist, righting the wronged, state affairs ...
Time: 50s, 60s
Place: southern usa, usa
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23%
Common Ground (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In Buenos Aires, a few days before traveling to Spain with his beloved wife Liliana Rovira to visit their son Pedro, the leftist Literature professor Fernando Robles is compulsory retired in the University, and he concludes that it is impossible to ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, realistic, touching, clever ...
Plot: family relations, destiny, couples, family life, love and romance, family problems, parents and children, family in crisis, student life, society, unemployment, social worker ...
Place: latin america, argentina
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23%
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L.A. Law (1986)
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. 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: 20th century, 80s
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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23%
The Astronaut Wives Club (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the book by Lily Koppel, this 10 episode limited series tells the story of the women who were key players behind some of the biggest events in American history. As America’s astronauts were launched on death-defying missions, Life ...
Style: captivating, serious, realistic, psychological
Plot: astronaut, relationship vs career, family relations, nasa, best friends, ambition, couples, parents and children, strong female presence, space program, post war, space ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 50s
Place: usa
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23%