Movies and TV shows like The Good Fight

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The Good Fight (2017)
 8.3
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The Good Fight (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
Style: saga, light, captivating, exciting, entertaining, queer cinema, political drama
Plot: law firm, lawyer, lesbian, female lawyer, female protagonist, courtroom, investigation, government, business partner, attorney, dysfunctional family, suspicion, mistrust, intrigue, love affair, scandal, legal, new job, starting over, changing lives, new life, social problems, family problems, lifestyle change, corruption ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa

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Most similar movies to The Good Fight

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, tense and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about legal, lawyer, courtroom, investigation, attorney, law firm and court mostly in Drama, Crime and Comedy genres. Some movies like The Good Fight: Bull (2016), The Practice (1997), Matlock (2024), Better Call Saul (2015), Elsbeth (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Good Wife (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: 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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Bull (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
Style: captivating, entertaining, humorous, light
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, lawyer, courtroom, jury, workplace situations, research, outsmarting, leader, psychologist, manipulation, human nature, law enforcement ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, new york, usa
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The Practice (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, 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
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100%
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Matlock (2024)
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
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100%
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Better Call Saul (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, ...
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: new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, syria, north america
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Elsbeth (2024)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.
Style: thrilling, captivating, humorous
Audience: adult
Plot: investigation, police investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, sleuth, crime investigation, advocate, female protagonist, female lawyer, private investigator, urban, female empowerment ...
Place: new york
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Justice (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 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, 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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100%
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Doubt (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm becomes romantically involved with a client who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.
Style: entertaining, captivating, cynical, ironic, psychological thriller ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: legal investigation, investigation, lawyer, courtroom drama, impossible love, attorney, female lawyer, power relations, law firm, legal, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma ...
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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, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, wrongful conviction, women's prison, hotshot lawyer, innocent, help, ex convict, career, evidence, legal, society, court ...
Place: usa
Similarity:
100%
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Gone (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, France, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The survivor of a famous child-abduction case joins a special task force dedicated to solving abductions and missing person cases.
Style: captivating, detective, suspense, serious, social ...
Plot: fbi, strong female lead, police investigation, trial, female protagonist, legal, workplace situations, justice, courtroom, nobody believes, starting over, police officer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Similarity:
100%
The Defenders (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Defenders is a drama about two colorful Las Vegas defense attorneys who go all-in when it comes to representing their clients. Nick and Pete are the local go-to guys with an eclectic client list who are still looking to hit their own jackpot.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, exciting, suspense ...
Plot: lawyer, hopes, legal, jury, courtroom, courtroom drama, workplace, defense attorney, partner, judge, dedicated lawyer, coworker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
Similarity:
100%
Chicago Justice (2017)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The State's Attorney's dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigates heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice.
Style: touching, captivating, witty, disturbing, sincere ...
Plot: defense attorney, legal investigation, attorney, prosecutor, uncover truth, police investigation, legal, coworker relationship, accusation, price of justice, court, district attorney ...
Time: 2010s
Place: chicago, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Franklin & Bash (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest clients...sometimes ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, exciting, touching ...
Plot: law firm, trial, dedicated lawyer, workplace situations, courtroom drama, young man, power relations, friends, ambitious, law, lawyer, women ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
Similarity:
100%
 8.1
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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, captivating, tense, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: trial, legal investigation, powerful corporation, female lawyer, hotshot lawyer, legal action, dishonesty, workplace, power relations, corporate crime, manipulation, intrigue ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
 8.3
 99K
Ray Donovan (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the ...
Style: serious, tense, captivating, clever, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: identity crisis, hollywood, violence, family feud, nudity, power relations, cover up, blackmail, trauma, brother sister incest, relatives, family problems ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, chicago, south america ...
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100%
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Hand of God (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A morally corrupt judge suffers a breakdown and believes that God is speaking directly to him, compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.
Style: sexy, erotic, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: judge, corruption, religion, delusion, husband wife relationship, vigilantism, dysfunctional family, serial killer, female nudity, hallucination, suicide, rape victim ...
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Bosch (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to ...
Style: realistic, tense, detective, exciting, serious ...
Plot: police, law enforcement, coworker, determination, police detective, homicide detective, murder, murder investigation, suspicion, police investigation, father daughter relationship, danger ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, south america
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100%
So Help Me Todd (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story: Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, detective, neo noir
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Place: oregon, portland oregon
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Dead to Me (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.
Style: disturbing, semi serious, dark comedy, dramatic, laugh out loud ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick
Plot: friendship, female friendship, hit and run, murder, grief, strong female lead, lesbian, female female relationship, death of husband, dishonesty, feminist, women ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
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Pearson (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics.
Style: disturbing, captivating, thought provoking, suspense, political drama
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The Burden of Proof (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 184 min.
TV show
Story: A lawyer who's still recuperating after the untimely death of his wife, must defend his probably dirty brother-in-law, a stockbroker under investigation. He discovers that everyone has dark secrets, including himself.
Style: tense, dark, suspense, crime thriller
Plot: courtroom drama, defense attorney, deception, corruption, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, complex characters, family conflict, investigation, secrets, lawyer, betrayal ...
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100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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, exciting, tense, disturbing ...
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Why Women Kill (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 984 min.
TV show
Story: Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.
Style: atmospheric, captivating, witty, erotic, humorous ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
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Story: Annie “Rebel” Bello is a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree. She’s a funny, messy, brilliant and fearless woman who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. When Rebel applies herself to a fight ...
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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 ...
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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: suspenseful, realistic, captivating, clever, serious ...
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Informer 3838 (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 163 min.
TV show
Story: The story of criminal barrister-turned police informer Nicola Gobbo and her involvement in the Melbourne gangland killings.
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: organized crime, lawyer, informant, double life, barrister, true crime, criminal underworld, gang, female lawyer, gangster, advocate, intrigue ...
Place: australia, melbourne
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 7.2
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The Pupil (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Singapore
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Pupil is a Singaporean drama series on MediaCorp Channel 5. The show revolves around the legal profession. It gives us a sneak peek into the world of Singaporean lawyers and the cases they take on as civil litigators. The second season premiered ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological, realistic, tension ...
Plot: lawyer, justice, female lawyer, defense attorney, female protagonist, workplace situations, conspiracy, employer employee relationship, coworker, workplace, political conspiracy, legal ...
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Legal Affairs (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Germany
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Story: An up-to-every-trick media lawyer handles her clients' affairs while discovering a mysterious connection between old family baggage and current political controversy in modern Berlin.
Style: suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: investigation, political intrigue, politics, political conspiracy, intrigue, political activism, political unrest, secret, lawyer, private investigation, female protagonist, family secret ...
Place: berlin germany
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Girls Club (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Girls Club is an American television series created by David E. Kelley that was shown on Fox in the United States in October 2002. It is often compared to Ally McBeal, another series created by Kelley, which ended in May 2002.
Style: disturbing, captivating, psychological, comedy drama, humorous
Plot: female friendship, law firm, lawyer, ambition, roommate, legal, co worker co worker relationship, coworker, workplace situations, social problems, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, attorney ...
Place: san francisco
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