Movies and TV shows like For The People

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For The People (2018)
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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, exciting, tense, disturbing
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, female judge, lesbian, rivalry, court, judge, dispute, law and order, criminal justice, workplace, law school, workplace situations, legal action, suspense, legal, court case, judiciary, lawman, legislation, court hearing, courtroom, coworker relationship, gay, lesbian love ...
Place: new york

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and disturbing films and TV series with plots about legal, lawyer, courtroom drama, courtroom, court, legal action and workplace mostly in Drama, Crime and Mystery genres. Some movies like For The People: Conviction (2016), All Rise (2019), Doubt (2017), Pearson (2019), The Jury (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Conviction (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's new Conviction Integrity Unit. She and her team investigate cases where people may have been wrongly convicted.
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, exciting, disturbing ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lawyer, attorney, court, second chance, investigation, uncover truth, justice, false accusation, accusation, law and order, public defender, falsely accused ...
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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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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, cynical, captivating, ironic
Audience: chick flick
Plot: legal investigation, lawyer, courtroom drama, female lawyer, law firm, power relations, workplace situations, impossible love, investigation, women, legal, transsexual
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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, thought provoking, captivating
Plot: lawyer, politics, government, mayor, corruption, husband wife conflict, strong female character, adaptation, rivalry, society, dishonesty, escapades ...
Place: chicago illinois
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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, captivating, realistic, serious, bleak ...
Plot: jury, courtroom drama, legal, courtroom, murder, uncover truth, life is a bitch, moral dilemma, price of justice, support group, lawyers and clients, society ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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The Life and Time of Judge A.K. (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story: The serial in thirteen parts about the life and time of judge A.K. tells an up-to-date, realistic and internally dramatic story of a young man struggling his way through the maze of civil law disputes typical of the present-day society. He has to ...
Style: tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot: judge, courtroom drama, civil rights, legal action, law and order, uncover truth, justice, court, suspense, workplace situations, price of justice, lawyer ...
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Diary of a Prosecutor (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The stories of overworked prosecutors's daily lives in Seoul. A drama depicting the mundane daily routine of overworked prosecutors staying up all night to tackle all the different cases handed over by the police.
Style: captivating, disturbing, psychological
Plot: prosecutor, lawyer, investigation, legal investigation, everyday life, court, legal action, attorney, crime investigation, lawsuit, judge, law and order ...
Place: korea
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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: lawyer, legal, investigation, courtroom drama, law firm, price of justice, workplace, injustice, rivalry, lawyers and clients, society, trespassing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, rhode island
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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
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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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Made in Jersey (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: A young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan colleagues at a prestigious New York law firm.
Style: realistic, serious, talky, captivating
Plot: lawyer, law firm, workplace, lawsuit, jury, ambition, workplace situations, legal, rivalry, society, strong female presence, unsupportive coworkers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Juvenile Justice (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A tough judge balances her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment as she tackles complex cases inside a juvenile court.
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot: court, judge, courtroom, legal system, criminal justice, law enforcement, lawsuit, legal action, female judge, law enforcer, court case, lawman ...
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The Code (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The military's brightest minds tackle the country's toughest legal challenges at the Marine Corps Base Quantico, where every attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator, and a Marine. Working side-by-side, they ...
Style: captivating, tense
Plot: marine, lawyer, military, marines, military officer, hotshot lawyer, court, prosecutor, courtroom, judge, soldier, american soldier ...
Place: virginia
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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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Juror 8 (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Seoul, South Korea, September 21st, 2008. Eight citizens, the first to intervene as jurors in the country's legal history, are randomly selected to examine a matricide case that appears to have been resolved due to the existence of apparently ...
Style: disturbing, captivating
Plot: jury, legal investigation, court, legal action, court case, courtroom, law and order, legislation, lawman, legal, society, judge ...
Time: 2000s
Place: south korea, seoul
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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 ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Silk (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Silk is a British television drama series produced by the BBC and first shown in 2011. Written by Peter Moffat, the series follows a set of barristers, and what they do to attain the rank of Queen's Counsel, known as "taking silk."
Style: clever, serious, realistic, captivating, dramatic
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Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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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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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 ...
Style: realistic, sincere, sentimental, serious, touching
Plot: legal, judiciary, judge, family relations, parents and children, starting over, single mother, love and romance, living with parents, couples, courtroom drama, female judge ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
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The Defenders (1961)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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: realistic, serious, captivating, talky, clever ...
Plot: lawyer, legal, courtroom, courtroom drama, workplace situations, lawyers and clients, defense attorney, workplace, parents and children, parent child relationship, family relations, society ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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Judge John Deed (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 185 min.
TV show
Story: Judge John Deed is a British legal drama television series produced by the BBC in association with One-Eyed Dog for BBC One. It was created by G.F. Newman and stars Martin Shaw as Sir John Deed, a High Court judge who tries to seek real justice in ...
Style: serious, clever, captivating, realistic
Plot: legal, judge, lawyer, workplace intrigue, uninhibited rivalry, workplace, courtroom, courtroom drama, corruption, rivalry, judiciary, court ...
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The Twelve (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Twelve ordinary people are called for jury duty for a murder case as traumatizing as it is controversial: the respected headmistress Fri Palmers stands accused of two murders, one of whom is her own child. Gradually, as the trial gains momentum, it ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: murder, murder trial, legal action, courtroom drama, jury, court, court case, judge, suspense, courtroom, murderer, tv show ...
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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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Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: 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: courtroom, legal, law enforcement, fighting crime, workplace, rivalry, police detective, courtroom drama, dedicated lawyer, hotshot lawyer, partners, sexual abuse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Laws of love (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of two lawyers specializing in family law, Ricardo and Alejandra, that despite coming from two disappointments and being in a world where it seems that love loses strength, before so much divorce, they still have faith in finding true love.
Style: psychological, realistic, captivating, atmospheric
Plot: law firm, co worker co worker relationship, workplace, lawyer, court, love triangle, lawyers and clients, rivalry, legal action, society, female lawyer, lawyer client relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico
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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, suspenseful ...
Plot: lawyer, jury, courtroom, workplace, hopes, legal, courtroom drama, defense attorney, legal action, lawyers and clients, partners, coworker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: las vegas, usa, nevada
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The Jury (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in New York City, the series brings the viewer into the jury room to watch the deliberators try to answer the many questions posed during a trial. As facts are exposed through flashbacks of testimony and crime footage, viewers will form their ...
Style: serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot: legal, courtroom, lawyer, jury, courtroom drama, legal investigation, mind game, law enforcement, legal action, murder, verdict, nypd ...
Time: 21st century
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34%
The Whole Truth (2010)
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, serious ...
Plot: lawyer, legal action, district attorney, lawyers and clients, rivalry, courtroom drama, hotshot lawyer, hidden truth, ego clash, legal, jury, courtroom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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34%
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North Square (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: North Square is an award-winning British television drama series written by Peter Moffat and broadcast by Channel 4 at the end of 2000. Starring an ensemble cast, including Phil Davis, Rupert Penry-Jones, Helen McCrory and Kevin McKidd, the ...
Style: clever, tense, suspenseful, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: legal, dedicated lawyer, lawyer, legal investigation, law firm, courtroom drama, ambition, jury, rivalry, workaholic, scapegoat, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england
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34%
Partner Track (2022)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: At an elite NYC law firm, Ingrid Yun fights to make partner — and hold onto her principles — while balancing romance, friends and family expectations.
Style: dramatic, captivating, intellectual, serious
Plot: lawyer, law firm, elite, partner, morality, love, legal, korean american, working woman, job, career, women ...
Place: new york
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34%