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Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 19
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, captivating, touching, suspenseful
Best tv shows and movies like Family Matters (2014):
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Naked Lie (1989)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: erotic, tense, sexy, serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual
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Stolen Children (2013)
Plot Summary:
Real life story of babies stolen from their mothers during the 1970s and their struggles during the following decades.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 157
Genere: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, serious, emotional, disturbing, realistic
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Sequestered (2014)
Plot Summary:
A jury is sequestered in a hotel while deliberating a court case with massive implications.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 862
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, serious, captivating, suspenseful, realistic
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Exile (2011)
Plot Summary:
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 positive reviews. John Simm received a BAFTA nomination for his role as Tom Ronstadt, as did the director John Alexander.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, psychological thriller, captivating, dark, sincere, gloomy
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The Man Inside (2012)
Plot Summary:
A thriller centered on a young boxer trying to distance himself from his father's gangster past and the relationship with his trainer.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: realistic, suspenseful, bleak, serious, tense, suspense, captivating, rough, touching, gloomy
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Blood and Ties (2013)
Plot Summary:
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 be a monstrous kidnapper. Even though she wants to believe in his innocence, she finds herself searching for evidence to the contrary. What is her father's true identity? And how will she deal with the burden of discovery if her suspicions are confirmed at the end of her final pursuit of the truth?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, realistic, captivating, suspenseful, twisted
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The Sculptress (1996)
Plot Summary:
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) begins to develop a relationship with Olive and is soon convinced of her innocence. With the help of restaurant owner and former policeman Hal Hawksley (Fulford), she sets out to prove it and undo what she sees as a miscarriage of justice. However, all is not what is seems.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 381
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: detective, psychological thriller, tense, bleak, serious, realistic, suspenseful, contemplative
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American Odyssey (2015)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Follow the Money (2016)
Plot Summary:
'Deceived' is about economic crime. About what happens to people when greed and ambition corrupts. The series exposeses viewers into economic crimes complex world. In the banks, the stock exchange and in boardrooms.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective, noir
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Injustice (2011)
Plot Summary:
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 system. Reluctantly, he is drawn into a case that involves his old friend Martin Newall who faces conspiracy and murder charges while at the same time being investigated by a vicious and vengeful detective DS Mark Wenborn.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspenseful, rough, serious, captivating, realistic, psychological thriller, dark, crime drama
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House of Hancock (2015)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, epic, saga
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Runaway (2006)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 424
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Innocently Convicted (2008)
Plot Summary:
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 same evening on Swedish TV4. The series is produced by Filmlance. On January 23 TV4 announced that Mikael Persbrandt would be playing the main character and on February 10 other cast members were announced; Helena af Sandeberg, Sofia Ledarp, Marie Richardson and Mirja Turestedt. TV4 also announced that they had started to work on the second season before the first had even been aired., the first season was written by Johan Zollitsch, Jan Arnald, Karin Gidfors and Hans Rosenfeldt but the second one is written by Thomas Borgström and Sara Heldt. Filming the second season took place during the spring 2009. TV4 refused to say how much money the filming has cost the channel, but they confirms that "a lot of money" has been used.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration:
Plot tags: realistic, tense, captivating, psychological, serious, suspenseful
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The Divide (2014)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, realistic, serious, captivating, political, detective, contemplative
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The Jury (2002)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, tense, talky
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Justice (2006)
Plot Summary:
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 on Wednesdays at 9:00 but, due to low ratings, it was rescheduled to Mondays at 9:00, in the hope viewers of the hit series Prison Break would stay tuned. On November 13, 2006, the show was put on hiatus, but two days later the network announced it was shifting it to Fridays at 8:00 to replace the canceled Vanished. Fourteen episodes of the series were ordered, of which 13 episodes were produced. Twelve of the episodes of Justice have aired in the United States with the final episode airing in Mexico, the UK and Germany.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic, captivating
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Sins of the Preacher (2013)
Plot Summary:
After the apparent suicide of her daughter, a woman tries to prove that her son-in-law killed her.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: disturbing, tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer (2013)
Plot Summary:
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 when Daedalus strikes again, Shelby finds herself defending the latest man accused, a retired and respected judge--who also happens to be her own father.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 609
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough, bleak
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The Slap (2015)
Plot Summary:
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 values of all who are pulled into it.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating
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The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, captivating, realistic, social, detective, twisted
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The Escape Artist (2013)
Plot Summary:
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 as he has never lost a case. But when his talents acquit the notorious prime suspect in an horrific murder trial, that brilliance comes back to bite him with unexpected and chilling results, not to mention a shocking twist.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspenseful, intellectual, detective, realistic
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Assault at West Point: The Court-Martial of Johnson Whittaker (1994)
Plot Summary:
The story of Johnson Whittaker, one of the first African-American cadets admitted to West Point. Tied down and beaten by his fellow cadets.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 572
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic
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Fatal Secrets (2009)
Plot Summary:
"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, seems to have it all - except the right guy in her life. Her friends urge her to "get back out there." But they don't yet know about Scott - a charming man with a secret background whose true colors paint a streak of pain and fear through Julia's life. When Scott's effect on Julia reaches the breaking point, she and her friends take matters into their own hands... and underestimate the consequences. The outcome forces all of them into a desperate situation. Everyone pays the price.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 394
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, serious, realistic, suspenseful, independent film
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Blame (2010)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 664
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: disturbing, bleak, suspenseful, tense, psychological, captivating, rough, mind bending, serious, realistic
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The Life and Adventures of Nick Nickleby (2012)
Plot Summary:
A modern interpretation of the classic Dickens novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 63
Genere: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, emotional, tense, realistic, modern day adaptation, period drama
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Hostages (2013)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, captivating
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Canterbury's Law (2008)
Plot Summary:
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 by the unsolved disappearance of their young son, struggle to distance themselves from the tragedy and put their relationship back together. But those goals become elusive whenever Elizabeth's work provides a stark reminder of the justice absent in their own lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, psychological, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful
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Hidden (2011)
Plot Summary:
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 caught up in a much bigger and more complex conspiracy that reaches deep into the heart of the British political system.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 57 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, clever, serious, stylized
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Father & Son (2009)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 277
Genere: Drama
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration:
Plot tags: tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, captivating, realistic
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Class Action (1991)
Plot Summary:
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 manufacturer against charges that their explosion-prone station wagons are unsafe. As her mother begs for peace, Maggie takes on her dad in a trial that turns increasingly personal and nasty.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: suspense, thought provoking, touching, serious, realistic, talky, emotional, clever, contemplative, exciting