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Deadline (2000)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Deadline is a television series which was shown on NBC in the 2000–2001 season. It starred Oliver Platt as Wallace Benton, who worked for the fictional New York Ledger. This was a daily newspaper which was seen in many episodes of Law & Order.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
journalism, ambition, journalist, investigation, society, workplace, obsessive quest, boss and employee, price of justice, workplace situations, legal action, dishonesty, writers, court, reporter, law and order, legal, media, partner, state affairs, columnist, writing
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa
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Most similar movies to Deadline
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, captivating, serious and psychological films and TV series with plots about workplace, workplace situations, power relations, legal, rivalry, society and lawyer mostly in Drama, Comedy and Crime genres. Some movies like Deadline: Proof (2004), Breaking News (2002), For the People (2002), Canterbury's Law (2008), The $treet (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
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The discovery of a connection between a small-time thief's murder and the death of a crooked accountant, peeks the interest of investigative reporter Terry Corcoran. Further digging leads him into a sordid scandal involving human trafficking, ...
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, undercover, uncover truth, workplace, journalism, fighting crime, political conspiracy, legal, price of justice, power relations, dishonesty, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Breaking News is an American drama television series about the fictional Milwaukee-based 24-hour cable news television network I-24, with the motto 'Around the Clock, Around the World.' The series premiered July 17, 2002, on Bravo.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
rise to the top, journalism, boss and employee, workplace, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, behind the scenes, office politics, professional rivalry, ambition, office romance, news anchor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin
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77%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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For the People is an American Legal drama that aired from July 21, 2002 until February 16, 2003.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot:
legal, district attorney, workplace, social differences, workplace situations, boss and employee, society, lawyer, courtroom, interracial relations, judiciary, prosecutor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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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, atmospheric, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
lawyer, investigation, courtroom drama, price of justice, workplace, law firm, injustice, rivalry, lawyers and clients, trespassing, society, defense attorney ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The $treet is an American television drama series that aired on Fox in 2000. 11 episodes were produced and 6 aired in the U.S.
The series was about a small brokerage house called Belmont Stevens located in New York and the lives of its employees. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, thought provoking, captivating
Plot:
finance, wall street, stock broker, ambition, rise to the top, corporate crime, workplace, thirtysomething life, power relations, uninhibited rivalry, blind ambition, boss and employee ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
64%
759
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
63%
226
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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E.N.G. is a Canadian television drama, following the staff of a fictional Toronto television news station. The show aired on CTV from 1989 to 1994. The series ran for 96 episodes, produced by the Alliance Entertainment Corporation.
Style:
captivating, realistic, serious
Plot:
journalism, reporter, behind the scenes, office politics, professional rivalry, urban, realism, social issues, city life, friendship, ambition, slice of life ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
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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, talky, serious, captivating, fast paced ...
Plot:
law firm, ambition, lawyer, workplace, lawsuit, jury, workplace situations, legal, urban, rivalry, female protagonist, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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:
captivating, serious, realistic, sincere, gloomy
Plot:
supreme court, workplace, legal action, power relations, lawsuit, workplace situations, politics, courtroom, life is a bitch, judiciary, liberal, american politics ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The series revolves around Rothman, Greene, and Moore, a fictional advertising firm. The storylines center on the difficulties of securing accounts and the characters' personal lives.
Style:
realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological, witty ...
Plot:
advertising, workplace, workplace intrigue, partner, relationship vs career, friendship, advertising agency, boss and employee, ambition, workaholic, promotion, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, illinois
Similarity:
50%
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 ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, lawyer, legal, lesbian, attorney, coworker relationship, rivalry, law school, workplace, law and order, judge, court ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Pepper Dennis is a comedy-drama television series
Style:
sexy, semi serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot:
ambition, tv reporter, love and romance, workplace, television, rivalry, boss and employee, friendship, society, writers, journalism, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
46%
463
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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LAX is a television drama set at the Los Angeles International Airport and draws its name from the airport's IATA airport code, "LAX".
On May 17, 2004 NBC announced that they had picked up the pilot to series. This show was not ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, fast
Plot:
airport, partner, rivalry, workplace romance, airline, workaholic, sexism, workplace, aviation, friendship, love, staff ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
46%
459
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
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3 lbs is a drama that aired on CBS from November 14 to 28, 2006, replacing the cancelled series Smith. The show itself was then canceled three weeks later due to poor ratings. The title refers to the fact that the average human brain weighs ...
Style:
medical drama, realistic, captivating, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
hospital, partner, reluctant partners, doctors and patients, doctor, power relations, workplace, neurosurgeon, medicine, friendship, rivalry, colleague ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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City of Angels is an American medical drama television series which ran for two seasons on CBS during the 2000 calendar year. It was network television's first medical drama with a predominantly African American cast.
Style:
medical drama, serious, realistic, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
hospital, save the day, society, workplace, doctors and patients, workplace situations, medical, emergency room, surgery, urban, healing, teamwork ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of ...
Style:
clever, political, realistic, sincere, dramatic ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, ethics, journalist, news, workaholic, against the rules, ambitious, workplace, rebellion, power of media, loyalty ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, syria, usa
Similarity:
42%
12K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A behind-the-scenes drama and espionage thriller in Cold War-era England that centers on a journalist, a producer, and an anchorman for an investigative news programme.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, stylized, realistic, historical drama ...
Plot:
journalism, politics, espionage, reporter, journalist, uncover truth, spy, love triangle, workplace, investigation, cold war, boss ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot:
hotshot lawyer, workplace intrigue, relationship vs career, lifestyle, rivalry, legal, ambition, boss and employee, workplace, society, friendship, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
40%
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439
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, realistic, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, legal action, dedicated lawyer, lawyers and clients, single mother, power relations, reluctant partners, law firm, workplace situations, lawsuit, lawyer, court case ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
39%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The lives of the editors and journalists working at a left-leaning broadsheet and a populist tabloid.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
media, investigative journalism, newspaper, newspaper editor, newspaper reporter, relationship vs career, ambition, uncover truth, boss, workplace, workplace situations, integrity ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Gunter Wallraff is a journalist seeking to expose the unethical journalism practiced by The Standard, a very popular and powerful German newspaper. He goes undercover, using forged identity papers and at great personal risk, to join their staff. ...
Style:
action thriller, independent film, serious, realistic, psychological ...
Plot:
undercover, conspiracy, profanity, violent content, biopic, legal, journalism, life is a bitch, uncover truth, state affairs, rise to the top, hidden identity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
38%
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:
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:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Exploring what happens when a bunch of white lies spiral out of control and the effect it has on an ordinary group of colleagues and friends.
Style:
realistic, witty, serious, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
workplace, boss, family problems, couples, workplace situations, disorder, power relations, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, boss and employee, deception, colleague ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
36%
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, thrilling ...
Plot:
legal, lawyer, lawsuit, law firm, courtroom drama, hypocrisy, workplace situations, office, partner, womanizer, dedicated lawyer, workplace ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The D.A. is an American legal drama television series that aired from March 19 until April 9, 2004.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating
Plot:
legal, lawyer, district attorney, legal system, legal action, judiciary, attorney, workplace, coworker, attorney general, lawsuit, investigation ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a person is seriously injured in an accident, they often have only one hour to live. Dr. Michael "Cutter" Royce (James Naughton) leads a hospital's specialized emergency department that is designed to make maximum use of that one ...
Style:
medical drama, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot:
rescue, hospital, power relations, doctors and patients, boss and employee, race against time, workplace, workplace situations, ambulance, surgeon, rescue team, surgery ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico, USA
TV show
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La Patrona is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by United States-based television network Telemundo Studios, Miami and Mexican Argos Comunicación. The telenovela is a remake of the Venezuelan telenovela La Dueña, written by José Ignacio ...
Style:
emotional, captivating, sentimental, serious, novela ...
Plot:
workplace, love affair, family business, fall in love, working class, betrayal, rivalry, parents and children, vengeance, workplace intrigue, love and romance, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
Similarity:
35%
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:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Just Legal is a television courtroom drama that stars Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel as two courtroom lawyers in Venice, California. The series premiered on The WB on September 19, 2005 and was canceled on October 3, 2005 after only three episodes had ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, semi serious, psychological, humorous ...
Plot:
lawyer, law firm, boss and employee, workplace, price of justice, relationship vs career, hotshot lawyer, prodigy, righting the wronged, power relations, legal, trial ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
34%
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:
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:
33%
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