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Reckless (2014)
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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:
sexy, realistic, tense, serious, touching, captivating
Plot:
hotshot lawyer, courtroom, opposites attract, lawyer, legal, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients, love and romance, friendship, friends, dishonesty, sex scandal, rape, police, murder, sex tape, corruption, sexual harassment, police corruption, high priced lawyer, attorney, undercover, woman, bondage, romance ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, south carolina, charleston south carolina
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Most similar movies to Reckless
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, courtroom, lawyer, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients, murder and society mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like Reckless: Betrayal (2013), American Crime (2015), Mad Dogs (2015), The Client List (2011), Boston Legal (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Centers on Sara, a beautiful but unhappily married female photographer who begins a torrid affair with Jack, a lawyer for a powerful family.
Style:
serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful, heartbreaking
Plot:
betrayal, family problems, cheating wife, infidelity, love affair, extramarital affair, family in crisis, husband wife relationship, murder, crumbling marriage, unfulfillment, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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, family relations, courtroom, racism, parents and children, interracial relations, society, tragedy, investigation, lawyer, friendship, criminal ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min.
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Story:
When a group of underachieving 40-something friends gather in Belize to celebrate the early retirement of an old friend, a series of wild, comedic events unfold, exposing dark secrets and a web of lies, deception and murder.
Style:
tense, captivating, light, humorous, exciting ...
Plot:
group of friends, murder, friendship, disorder, dark humor, dishonesty, celebration, drug lord, investigation, male friendship, conspiracy, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
central america, latin america
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100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Riley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story:
Boston Legal is an American legal dramedy created by David E. Kelley and produced in association with 20th Century Fox Television for ABC. The series aired from October 3, 2004, to December 8, 2008.
Boston Legal is a spin-off of long-running Kelley ...
Style:
thought provoking, witty, semi serious, humorous, contemplative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
law firm, hotshot lawyer, lawyer, courtroom drama, ethics, partner, idealism, workplace, society, trial, civil rights, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
boston, las vegas, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, rivalry, lawyers and clients, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, hidden truth, legal, ego clash, jury, courtroom ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
45%
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, courtroom drama, homecoming, friendship, legal, lawyer, family relations, danger, rivalry, law, 16 year old ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, ohio
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series that ran on CBS from 1961–1965. It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, talky, contemplative ...
Plot:
lawyer, courtroom, courtroom drama, father son relationship, lawyers and clients, workplace situations, parents and children, workplace, parent child relationship, society, family relations, court case ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
42%
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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:
lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, district attorney, workplace, friends, friendship, relationship vs career, law firm, legal action, power relations, legal ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
lawyer, attorney, wrongful conviction, false accusation, courtroom, witness, evidence, murder, released from prison, righting the wronged, rivalry, law ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco, oakland california
Similarity:
41%
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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, 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:
41%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
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Oskyldigt dömd is a Swedish drama television series from 2008. The first season was recorded in twelve episodes during February 2008 to be aired later during the fall. It premiered on the Finnish TV channel FST5 on September 24, 2008 and later the ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, crime drama, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom, university, wrongful conviction, legal investigation, courtroom drama, civil rights, society, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, injustice, legal, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
759
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
legal, law firm, lawyers and clients, hotshot lawyer, workplace, dedicated lawyer, legal action, society, power relations, lawyer, judge, courtroom drama ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
160
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
legal, courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, jury, legal investigation, law enforcement, legal action, murder, flashback, moral ambiguity, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
40%
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 ...
Plot:
law firm, lawyer, courtroom drama, legal, hotshot lawyer, courtroom, social problems, moral dilemma, dishonesty, workplace, dedicated lawyer, injustice ...
Time:
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Place:
boston, las vegas, massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
39%
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:
39%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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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
Similarity:
39%
15K
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:
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Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The Divide is a 2014 legal drama that aired on WE tv. The first season consisted of eight hour-long episodes. It premiered on July 16, 2014. On October 30, 2014, the series was canceled by WE-tv.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, captivating, detective ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal investigation, district attorney, moral dilemma, lawyers and clients, courtroom, murder, planting evidence, investigation, feminist, courtroom drama, blind ambition ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, pennsylvania
Similarity:
39%
909
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, murder, courtroom drama, dishonesty, legal investigation, uncover truth, father son relationship, law, court case, couple relations, adaptation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
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The series ran on CBS for five seasons from 1987 to 1992. Diagnosis: Murder was a ...
Style:
detective, serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
legal, investigation, lawyer, private investigator, cop, team, law, intelligence agency, murder mystery, criminal, private detective, crime investigation ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
hawaii, usa, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Killing Time is an Australian television drama series on TV1 subscription television channel which first screened in 2011. It is based on the true story of disgraced lawyer Andrew Fraser. In New Zealand it screens on Prime Television.
The ten part ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, serious
Plot:
rise and fall, confined, lawyers and clients, legal, prison, ambition, disgraced, introspection, drug abuse, rivalry, society, cop ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
38%
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, law enforcement, dedicated lawyer, lawsuit, workplace situations, jury, cop witness relations, lawyer, nypd ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
38%
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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:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, serious
Plot:
lawyer, legal, attorney, courtroom, court case, murder mystery, hotshot lawyer, legal system, manipulation, rivalry, society, defense attorney ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
georgia, usa, southern usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
38%
244
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Tony Smalls is a burned out lawyer looking for a new direction in life. He's forced to put his plans on hold when his sister Nia asks him to defend her fiance', a gang kingpin who is under arrest for a triple murder that he says he ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, hood, captivating ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, fighting the system, gang, society, legal, dishonesty, courtroom, homeless, thug life, poverty, african american, black ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Delving into the extraordinary world of the Department of Public Prosecutions and its young, eager lawyers, Crownies follows five young solicitors as they face the pressures and endearing madness of modern single life - in a fast paced workplace ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, tense, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, ambition, workplace situations, moral dilemma, workplace, lawsuit, courtroom, boss and employee, power relations, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A family drama that explodes from one small incident where a man slaps another couple's misbehaving child. This seemingly minor domestic dispute pulls the family apart, exposes long-held secrets, and ignites a lawsuit that challenges the core ...
Style:
tense, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating
Plot:
couples, family problems, infidelity, friendship, suburbs, parents and children, courtroom, society, friends, dishonesty, family in crisis, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
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, 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:
38%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Low Winter Sun is an American television drama series developed by Chris Mundy, starring Mark Strong and Lennie James. The series premiered on August 11, 2013, on AMC, with the first season consisting of ten episodes. It is based upon the 2006 ...
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, detective ...
Plot:
police detective, murder, vengeance, police corruption, law enforcement, perfect crime, right and wrong, rivalry, dishonesty, dirty cop, crooked cop, corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
detroit, usa
Similarity:
37%
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