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Damages (2007)
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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, recent law school graduate Ellen Parsons. Each season features a major case that Hewes and her firm take on, while also examining a chapter of the complicated relationship between Ellen and Patty. The first two seasons center around the law firm Hewes & Associates. Later seasons center more on Patty and Ellen's relationship as Ellen begins to distance herself from Hewes & Associates and begins an independent career.
Style:
rough, tense, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, thrilling, exciting, bloody, political ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
trial, legal investigation, powerful corporation, female lawyer, hotshot lawyer, legal action, manipulation, workplace, corporate crime, dishonesty, power relations, twists and turns, intrigue, law firm, price of justice, characters in danger, female protagonist, whodunit, attorney, law, murder, lawyer, strong female lead, criminal, power ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to Damages
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, suspenseful and tense films and TV series with plots about lawyer, legal, investigation, courtroom, murder, courtroom drama and law mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Damages: The Practice (1997), Murder One (1995), How to Get Away with Murder (2014), The Good Wife (2009), The Guardian (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
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tense, serious, realistic, thrilling, intense ...
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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
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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, thrilling, exciting, detective, contemplative ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder mystery, legal, defense attorney, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, law student, murder, court case, courtroom, college, lgbt, attorney ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, chicago, idaho, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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The Good Wife is a legal drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption ...
Style:
clever, captivating, sexy, political, serious ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, workplace situations, law firm, court, lawyers and clients, strong female lead, female protagonist, self discovery, politics, working mom ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, hawaii, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
clever, tense, detective, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
law and order, police detective, sexual abuse, nypd, police, investigation, police procedural, law enforcement, criminal, courtroom, sex crime, partners against crime ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 2010s, 20th century, 2020s ...
Place:
new york, usa, las vegas, new york state
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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 ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, sensitive
Plot:
lawyer, legal, child in peril, closeted homosexual, law firm, friendship, society, rivalry, father son relationship, social worker, dysfunctional family, law ...
Time:
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Place:
philadelphia, pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A lawyer conducts business from the back of his Lincoln town car while representing a high-profile client in Beverly Hills.
Style:
clever, captivating, serious, sexy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom, lawyer, court, courtroom drama, legal, murder, twists and turns, trial, legal investigation, mind game, hotshot lawyer, arrest ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, peru, san francisco, las vegas ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.
Style:
captivating, serious, soap opera, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
high society, vengeance, hidden identity, pretense, strong female character, twists and turns, suspicion, enemy, revenge, haunted by the past, half sister, victim ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of ...
Style:
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Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Style:
dark, suspenseful, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, political thriller, disturbing ...
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lawyer, legal, business, twists and turns, conspiracy, guilt, character study, divorce, nervous breakdown, law firm, courtroom, trial ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
clever, psychological, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It originally aired on NBC and, in syndication, on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered ...
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realistic, tense, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
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crime investigation, police, legal, law and order, murder investigation, police officer, evidence, homicide detective, dedicated lawyer, trial, cop, partner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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suspense, clever, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Rubicon is an American television series that centers on an intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute, who discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates ...
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
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Spiral is a French television police drama series created by the TV production company Son et Lumière. The first eight episodes series started on Canal+ in France on 13 December 2005. It returned for a second series, partly funded by the BBC, of ...
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tense, serious, suspenseful, detective, rough ...
Plot:
police, lawyer, police detective, judge, uncover truth, murder, suspicion, ethics, double life, legal, snitch, twists and turns ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
witty, stylized, captivating, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
lawyer, workplace situations, family relations, hotshot lawyer, legal, criminal lawyer, dark humor, dishonesty, moral dilemma, money, organized crime, lawyer client relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
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50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 90 min.
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Ömer, a young man returning from military service, is set up by his friends and fiancé and ends up in prison for ten years. He fakes his own death and manages to escape. He re-creates himself as ‘Ezel’, a high-end gambler who is outwardly a ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, soap opera, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
istanbul turkey, turkey
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Jack Bauer comes out of hiding in London to head off a massive terrorist attack while being hunted down by American forces dispatched by President James Heller.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 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, rough, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
Plot:
law firm, legal, lawyer, trial, courtroom drama, female lawyer, lawyer client relationship, media circus, legal investigation, rivalry, innocence, celebrity culture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
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50%
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 ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
legal, courtroom, law enforcement, workplace, fighting crime, rivalry, police detective, courtroom drama, partner, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, police station ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot:
trial, murder, evidence, hotshot lawyer, prosecutor, false accusation, team, law enforcement, uncover truth, lawyer, testimony, righting the wronged ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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24%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min.
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When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cancer, criminal, peril, drug lord, master criminal, drug dealing, drug, unlikely partners, drug cartel, life turned upside down, meth lab, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, south america, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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, 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:
22%
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:
thought provoking, realistic, rough, serious
Plot:
lawyer, law enforcement, courtroom drama, fighting the system, police detective, sexual abuse, society, rivalry, workplace, fighting crime, hotshot lawyer, courtroom ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
Style:
clever, tense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
law and order, lawyer, murder investigation, trial, murder, workplace situations, power relations, mind game, partner, police, investigation, judiciary ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount ...
Style:
witty, suspenseful, realistic, serious, clever ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, uncover truth, legal action, power relations, legal investigation, false accusation, lawyers and clients, murder ...
Time:
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Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa, atlanta georgia
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21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Law & Order: LA, originally titled Law & Order: Los Angeles, is an American police procedural and legal drama television series set in Los Angeles, where it was produced. Created and produced by Dick Wolf and developed by Blake Masters, it ...
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serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, detective ...
Plot:
legal, investigation, murder, police investigation, legal action, workplace, courtroom drama, fighting crime, law enforcement, legal investigation, partners against crime, district attorney ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, south america, usa
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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JAG is an American legal drama television show with a distinct military theme, created by Donald P. Bellisario, and produced by Belisarius Productions in association with Paramount Network Television. The first season was co-produced with NBC ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
military, army investigation, lawyer, navy, court martial, insubordination, courtroom drama, military life, legal investigation, dedicated lawyer, price of justice, power relations ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
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21%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Close to Home is an American crime drama television series co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television for CBS. While in pre-production the series was known as American Crime. It first aired from October 4, 2005 to May ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, suspenseful
Plot:
boss and employee, workplace, dedicated lawyer, district attorney, lawyers and clients, family relations, power relations, jury, lawyer, working mom, female lawyer, police officer ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, indiana, indianapolis indiana
Similarity:
20%
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