Movies and TV shows like Family Matters 2014

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Family Matters (2014)
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Family Matters (2014)
Original name: Questão de Família
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In 13 episodes, the series of fiction "Family Issues" portrays the life of Peter, a family court judge that you will find that there is a very common routine. He has a troubled past - his mother still abandoned child - and still carries family problems as his brother's fight to get rid of drugs and hospitalization of the father who is dying. While Peter faces its own family dilemmas, see passing before him in the courtroom, complex family dilemmas: ex-spouses who strive for material goods or custody, children rejected and unrecognized and other surrounding cases. Intoxicated by a need to do justice, Peter develops out of court and investigative dark side that puts you at risk.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, touching, suspenseful
Plot: legal, uncover truth, injustice, rivalry, introspection, courtroom, courtroom drama, family problems, haunted by the past, righting the wronged, judge, danger, family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, legal investigation, dishonesty, hopes
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: brazil

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, tense and captivating films and TV series with plots about dishonesty, legal, life is a bitch, family relations, courtroom drama, uncover truth and lawyer mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres. Some movies like Family Matters: Injustice (2011), The Divide (2014), Innocently Convicted (2008), Hostages (2013), House of Hancock (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Injustice (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: On the surface William Travers is a picture of success. An accomplished criminal barrister happily living with his wife in rural Suffolk. However, Travers is still recovering from a traumatic series of events that have shaken his belief in the legal ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, tense, rough, captivating ...
Plot: legal, courtroom drama, murder, lawsuit, courtroom, police investigation, legal system, law enforcement, police detective, police brutality, injustice, vicious ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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95%
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The Divide (2014)
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: tense, realistic, serious, captivating, political ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, legal investigation, moral dilemma, district attorney, courtroom, lawyers and clients, murder, planting evidence, investigation, feminist, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Innocently Convicted (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
TV show
Story: 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: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot: legal investigation, courtroom drama, civil rights, courtroom, dedicated lawyer, injustice, university, lawyers and clients, society, legal, wrongful conviction, lawyer ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Hostages (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The night before a high profile operation on the PM, the surgeon due to perform the procedure is surprised at her family home by four masked men. The gang quickly take control of her and her family and order her to kill the PM.
Style: tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, captivating
Plot: family relations, political conspiracy, treason, twists and turns, moral dilemma, danger, parents and children, dishonesty, confined, kidnapping, abduction, israeli ...
Time: 21st century
Place: israel, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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House of Hancock (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
TV show
Story: House of Hancock tells the epic true story of the Hancock dynasty and the bizarre love triangle that emerged between Lang, his daughter Gina, and his beautiful Filipina housekeeper Rose.
Style: serious, realistic, captivating, saga, epic
Plot: family business, fall in love, family relations, rivalry, parents and children, courtroom drama, betrayal, dishonesty, uninhibited rivalry, family problems, legal, manipulation ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: australia, the philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Hidden (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min.
TV show
Story: When a mysterious lawyer Gina Hawkes turns up asking Harry to find a missing alibi witness for her client he agrees to take on the job but is unwittingly drawn into investigating the death of his brother 20 years ago. Harry quickly finds himself ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, twists and turns, haunted by the past, who to trust, lawyers and clients, investigation, political conspiracy, murder, uncover truth, politics, conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Class Action (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Liberal activist lawyer Jedediah alienated daughter Maggie years ago when she discovered his many affairs. Now a conservative corporate lawyer, Maggie agrees to go up against her father in court. To gain promotion, she must defend an auto ...
Style: suspense, thought provoking, serious, touching, talky ...
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, legal, court, father daughter relationship, father daughter conflict, parents and children, uncover truth, hopes, righting the wronged, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, year 1991, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Sequestered (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A jury is sequestered in a hotel while deliberating a court case with massive implications.
Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: legal, uncover truth, jury, murder trial, dishonesty, law enforcement, isolation, lawyer, investigation, hotel, legal investigation, conspiracy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Exile (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Exile is a British psychological thriller television series dealing with the topic of Alzheimer's disease against a background of corruption. It stars John Simm and Jim Broadbent and was broadcast on BBC One. The series received varyingly ...
Style: psychological, tense, realistic, serious, captivating ...
Plot: parents and children, mental illness, homecoming, haunted by the past, family relations, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, mental health, murder mystery, investigation, father son relationship, dementia ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Father & Son (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
TV show
Story: Ex Manchester gangland boss Michael O'Connor, who is now happily settled in rural Ireland, is forced to go back to Manchester when his son Sean is found guilty of the murder of a gang member.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot: mafia, uncover truth, haunted by the past, murder, criminal heroes, righting the wronged, dishonesty, gangster, confined, parents and children, danger, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets
Style: realistic, serious
Plot: courtroom drama, racism, courtroom, lawyer, american civil war, fighting the system, life is a bitch, legal, legal investigation, uncover truth, dishonesty, military ...
Time: 19th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Fatal Secrets (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: "BALANCING THE BOOKS" is a character-driven suspense drama about an attractive woman who enlists the help of her two best friends to confront a traumatic experience she can no longer deny. Julia, divorced and successfully self-employed, ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot: danger, dishonesty, rivalry, secret, couple relations, uncover truth, maniac, murder, best friend, violent content, profanity, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Runaway (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Raders are a normal middle-class American family on the run hiding from the legal system that unjustly accused Paul Rader of a terrible and violent crime. Adding to the danger, the real killer is now threatening the lives of the Rader children.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: false accusation, on the run, family relations, injustice, secret hideout, frame up, middle class, dishonesty, family life, mistaken identity, investigation, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: legal investigation, rehabilitation, legal, injustice, courtroom, family problems, dishonesty, law enforcement, estrangement, false accusation, courtroom drama, police corruption ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, washington d.c., seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
American Odyssey (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist.
Style: captivating, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: military, twists and turns, uncover truth, violent content, corporate crime, dishonesty, left to die, spy, family relations, state affairs, society, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Living Memories (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: The story of families haunted, despite themselves, by a past that has not died.
Style: serious, sentimental, realistic, captivating
Plot: missing person, uncover truth, haunted by the past, under the surface, parents and children, couple relations, love and romance, life is a bitch, family problems, couples, lesbian love, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: quebec, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Justice (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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, lawyer, legal, trial, courtroom drama, female lawyer, lawyer client relationship, media circus, legal investigation, rivalry, celebrity culture, innocence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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The Sculptress (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: Olive Martin (Quirke), a heavily overweight young woman is convicted of killing and butchering her mother and sister and sentenced to life imprisonment. However, when she is assigned to write a book about her life, author Rosalind Leigh (Goodall) ...
Style: detective, psychological thriller, contemplative, serious, realistic ...
Plot: prison, innocence, mysticism, writers, murder, accused of murder, hopes, uncover truth, dishonesty, journalism, legal, investigation ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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The Jury (2002)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: The Jury is a British television serial broadcast in 2002. The series was the first ever to be allowed to film inside the historic Old Bailey courthouse.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: jury, legal, courtroom drama, courtroom, murder, uncover truth, life is a bitch, price of justice, moral dilemma, support group, society, lawyers and clients ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
The Man Inside (2012)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
Style: realistic, suspenseful, bleak, serious, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: boxer, gangster, haunted by the past, parents and children, danger, athlete and trainer, escape from reality, family problems, starting over, boxing, rivalry, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Sins of the Preacher (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
Style: disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot: legal investigation, murder, legal action, protagonist as suspect, couple relations, false accusation, dedicated lawyer, society, clergy, legal, dishonesty, injustice ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Blame (2010)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A group of young vigilantes seeking revenge for a sexual betrayal fall far from grace. When the truth is out they find themselves on the dark side of justice.
Style: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: vengeance, assassination attempt, haunted by the past, injustice, rivalry, danger, vigilante, revenge, teacher student relationship, suicide, postman, isolated house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Blood and Ties (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Da-eun lives a happy life with her single father, a man who sacrificed everything in his life for her. She loved her father very dearly. However, their relationship is about to take an unexpected turn. Da-eun becomes suspicious that her father might ...
Style: tense, psychological, serious, realistic, captivating ...
Plot: kidnapping, murder, uncover truth, investigation, moral dilemma, danger, hidden identity, woman in danger, parents and children, single parent, reporter, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, korea, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Stolen Children (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
TV show
Story: Real life story of babies stolen from their mothers during the 1970s and their struggles during the following decades.
Style: emotional, serious, disturbing, touching, realistic
Plot: uncover truth, haunted by the past, kidnapping, parents and children, life is a bitch, missing child, family problems, couples, babies and infants, hospital, child kidnapping, couple relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: spain, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
The Escape Artist (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
TV show
Story: A chilling and bloody legal thriller that explores the line between law and justice. Will Burton, a talented junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, specialises in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. He is in high demand ...
Style: serious, tense, suspenseful, intellectual, detective ...
Audience: teens
Plot: legal, lawyer, lawsuit, hotshot lawyer, courtroom drama, lawyers and clients, law firm, murder, revenge, danger, jury, mistrust ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, scotland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Naked Lie (1989)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: They are the perfect, and politically correct, couple. He is a judge, she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case, the trail leads right to her own front door.
Style: erotic, sexual, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: law, murder, prostitute, legal, power relations, who done it, dedicated lawyer, uncover truth, dangerous attraction, courtroom, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Canterbury's Law (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Elizabeth Canterbury is a force of nature. An attorney on the rise, she puts her career on the line to take on risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a toll on her personal life. Elizabeth and her law professor husband, Matt Furey, haunted ...
Style: realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot: legal, lawyer, investigation, courtroom drama, workplace, law firm, price of justice, injustice, lawyers and clients, rivalry, trespassing, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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The Slap (2015)
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, friendship, infidelity, suburbs, parents and children, society, courtroom, friends, dishonesty, family in crisis, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their deaths through labyrinth traps. Three innocent men have already taken the fall for Daedalus and ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, realistic, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, law enforcement, police investigation, legal investigation, twists and turns, dedicated lawyer, rivalry, legal, parents and children, lawyer, power relations, courtroom drama ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A modern interpretation of the classic Dickens novel.
Style: captivating, emotional, touching, serious, tense ...
Plot: life is a bitch, family relations, parents and children, rich and poor, escapades, injustice, society, family problems, social problems, relationships, family life, financial problem ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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