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Plot Summary:
A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing, talky
Best tv shows and movies like Burden of Truth (2018):
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Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)
Plot Summary:
Brilliant attorney Woo Young-woo tackles challenges in the courtroom and beyond as a newbie at a top law firm and a woman on the autism spectrum.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: dorama, psychological, captivating, disturbing, romantic, inspirational, heartfelt
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Verdict (2022)
Plot Summary:
When a renowned criminal lawyer sees one of the people she loves most become a victim of the Brazilian penitentiary system, she must decide whether to cross the line that separates her between looking for justice or committing an unforgivable crime.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 300
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Uruguay, Brazil
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Naked Fireman (2017)
Plot Summary:
Kang Chul Soo (Lee Joon Hyuk) is an enthusiastic fireman. He poses as a nude model to make money for his sick friend. He is then targeted as the criminal of an arson-murder case that took place 10 years. Kang Chul Soo and mysterious heiress Han Jin Ah (Jung In Sun) try to find the real culprit.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 106
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Juror 8 (2019)
Plot Summary:
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 conclusive evidence.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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Diggstown (2019)
Plot Summary:
Follow Marcie Diggs, a star corporate lawyer who reconsiders her priorities after her beloved aunt commits suicide following a malicious prosecution.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 464
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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99.9: Criminal Lawyer (2016)
Plot Summary:
Hiroto Miyama is an unconventional young lawyer who dances to his own tune and gets a little obsessive. For one thing, he’s only interested in criminal cases, and he will never give up in his pursuit of the truth even if offers only a 0.1% chance of being discovered. Japan’s 99.9% criminal case conviction rate leads the world, attesting to a “highly reliable” judicial system. In other words, once a crime suspect is indicted, prosecutor arguments tend to be accepted hook, line and sinker. In the face of those 99.9% odds, there’s no money in being a defense lawyer specializing in criminal cases, but for Miyama, that’s where the interest and kernels of truth lie. From unexpected places, the mold-breaking Miyama stakes his reputation on a prayer of a chance as he clashes with hotshot lawyers who’ll go to any lengths to win in this gloriously fun, legal mystery.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 463
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Detectives of Seonam Girls' High School (2014)
Plot Summary:
There are a lot of dark secrets at Seonam Girls High School, but nothing is too difficult to solve for the school's Sherlockian group of private investigators. Mentored by their teacher Ha Yeon Joon, these beautiful and intelligent sleuths use investigatory finesse to solve hot-button cases, including abortion, bullying and suicide.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 93
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: detective, dorama, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Woman with a Suitcase (2016)
Plot Summary:
A successful career woman gets framed for a crime and works her way back up after serving her time. She was once an office manager with a thriving career, but that takes a major hit when she is penalized for violating the Attorneys-at-Law Act and sent to prison for it. The drama follows the success story as she comes back as an ex-con, and follows her dream to become an outstanding lawyer.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Shinzanmono (2010)
Plot Summary:
Shinzanmono is a detective Japanese television drama, part of the Spring 2010 season of the Japanese TBS Network. It is based on the latest novel in the "Kyoichiro Kaga" series by mystery author Keigo Higashino and is set and filmed in the Ningyo-cho area of Nihonbashi, Tokyo. This series was followed by a special "Akai Yubi" aired on January 3, 2011 and a feature film The Wings of the Kirin, released on January 28, 2012.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 446
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: detective, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Perfect Wife (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sim Jae-Bok is married with two children. Due to hardships she went through, she has a wild temper. She gets involved in an unexpected case and begins to regain her true self.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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The Code (2019)
Plot Summary:
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 serve their country with integrity while often putting aside ideals for the sake of the truth.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating
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The Life and Time of Judge A.K. (2014)
Plot Summary:
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 try and understand each of the parties, and pronounce a judgment in keeping with his idea of justice. And he also must bear never-ending responsibility for the way his verdict impacts the painful spots in the parties' lives. Judge Adam Klos strives to understand not only the cases he deals with, but himself as well.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 51
Genere: Drama
Country: Czech Republic
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Legal V: Ex-lawyer Shoko Takanashi (2018)
Plot Summary:
Takanashi Shoko is a former lawyer. She was disbarred from the law profession due to an incident. Later, she persuades a university professor, who is accredited as a lawyer, to open a law firm. Takanashi Shoko hires a lawyer and assistants to work at the law firm. The team goes after legal victory. They go up against a large firm in a civil suit. While working on the suit, the team experiences difficult situations.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 153
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Justice (2011)
Plot Summary:
Justice is a British legal drama starring Robert Pugh as Judge Patrick Coburn. The first episode was originally broadcast on 4 April 2011 on BBC One.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Bluff City Law (2019)
Plot Summary:
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 navigating their complicated relationship.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: bleak, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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All Rise (2019)
Plot Summary:
A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, emotional, disturbing, compassionate, uplifting
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Chicago Justice (2017)
Plot Summary:
The State's Attorney's dedicated team of prosecutors and investigators navigates heated city politics and controversy head-on, while fearlessly pursuing justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: touching, captivating, sincere, witty, disturbing, psychological thriller, psycho film
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Law School (2021)
Plot Summary:
Following the case of the murder of a professor at South Korea's top prestigious law school, professors and students become suspects in the murder.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: dorama, tense, captivating, suspense
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New Amsterdam (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Max Goodwin, the hospital's newest medical director, sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and provide exceptional care.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: medical drama, captivating, sincere, inspirational, disturbing, emotional
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The Running Mates: Human Rights (2019)
Plot Summary:
The ‘Human RIghts Promotion’ team helps out people who are in need to protect and secure their human rights.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 17
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Lucky Seven (2012)
Plot Summary:
Lucky Seven Rakkīsebun is a 2012 Japanese television drama broadcast by Fuji Television from January 16 to March 19, 2012. It stars Jun Matsumoto and Eita.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 129
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, detective
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Diary of a Prosecutor (2019)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 406
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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CSI: Crime Scene Talks (2011)
Plot Summary:
Satoshi Itomura is an assistant police investigator who belongs to the Metropolitan Police Department’s Scientific Investigation Team. Reenactments, fingerprint and voice data collections, profiling... His team collects scientific evidence and pieces together fragments of information in order to help build evidences. However, Itomura often does not care about the scientific approach and instead pays a great deal of attention to the things that the victims always carried with them or treasured. And he focuses on these things because they usually carry the victim’s dying wishes, understanding that last message not only helps solve the cases but also brings closure to the depressed family of victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Untouchable (2017)
Plot Summary:
The city of Bukcheon has been dominated by the Jang family for 3 generations. Jang Joon-Seo is the second son of family leader Jang Beom-Ho. A woman who Jang Joon-Seo loves dies. After that, he tries to reveal the truth about her death and a secret from his family.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing
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The Negotiator (2008)
Plot Summary:
In a modern society in which violent crimes are on the rise, there is a team that tries to resolve cases without bloodshed. It is the metropolitan police's special team, known by the abbreviation SIT (Special Investigation Team). The SIT doesn't get into action after a case but heads to the site just as a crime is being committed. They are on the front-line of risky missions, facing off against criminals; tenaciously conducting negotiations with criminals. As a result of the rigid police hierarchy that can curb the conduct of negotiators, the SIT is also a male-dominated society controlled with strict discipline. There is one female negotiator, Usagi Reiko, who bravely fights at the frontline. She is isolated in the male world of the SIT but courageously fights against crime as well as her organisation.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 47
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Aber Bergen (2016)
Plot Summary:
Aber Bergen is an entertaining courtroom drama about the recently separated , but for the time being professional partners, Erik Aber and Elea Bergen. They are two of the country's sharpest defense attorneys, who together with an unorthodox team lawyers have built up a reputable law firm, where they attempt to balance professional and private as they are thrown between moral, political and legal dilemmas.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 793
Genere: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Confession (2019)
Plot Summary:
A sickly man with a strong mind has spent most of his childhood in a hospital. He is involved in a case of "double jeopardy," the principle that one cannot be tried for the same crime twice following either a conviction or an acquittal.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Ichikei's Crow (2021)
Plot Summary:
Michio Iruma is a former lawyer. He now works as a judge in the first criminal court (commonly known as "Ichikei") of the Tokyo District Court. He is an unusual judge. To avoid issuing wrong judgements, Michio Iruma seeks out the truth in cases by performing on-site inspections by himself. Due to this, lawyers and prosecutors are afraid of him.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 81
Genere: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Girls Club (2002)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 103
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Doubt (2017)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, cynical, ironic