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Plot Summary:
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have. Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt. Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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The Way of the Househusband (2020)
Plot Summary:
An infamous yakuza sets out to master the Way of the Househusband! "The Immortal Dragon"—an infamous and feared yakuza who has left behind countless legends in the underworld—has decided to wash his hands of his dark past and become… a "househusband"! Under the watchful eye of the neighborhood, the yakuza, and the police, witness this gangster-turned-husband's style of "justice and family love." A thrilling slapstick drama where the ultimate househusband faces struggles from every side! Can Tatsu protect his beloved family and neighborhood when they are caught up in an incident?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, anime
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Policeman from Rublyovka (2016)
Plot Summary:
The television tragicomic story about a young guy named Grisha Izmailov, who became a policeman and was called to protect peace and order in the most elite area of the city of Moscow and the Russian Federation. The guy has to investigate the cases in which the residents of Rublyovka get involved, and he does this, often exceeding his authority. Grisha is about 30 years old, he is handsome, lonely, rich, cynical, passionate and treats everything with a fair amount of black humor. He takes care of his younger sister Nika, who he is forced to constantly get out of trouble. He regularly mocks his boss, Volodya, who thinks that Grisha was sent to him for all his deadly sins. The main character’s best friend is Mukhich, a colorful, clumsy fat man who has no success with girls. Grisha himself, without exerting effort, knows how to please women, for example, his girlfriend - prostitute Christina, but can never achieve reciprocity from Alena, who has long been in love with.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 954
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, captivating, funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, light, detective
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Squad 38 (2016)
Plot Summary:
As a reference to Article 38 which pertains to tax payments, this special police unit utilizes the criminals' own tactics of scams and deceit to catch rich tax cheats.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 522
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, light, captivating, entertaining, realistic, detective
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Capitain Marleau (2014)
Plot Summary:
Beneath her eccentric appearance, Captain Marleau is a formidable detective. Her Sherlock Holmes deerstalker cap, her character, her unusual appearance, her humor, her unpredictable behavior - Captain Marleau is not your average gendarme. She never rushes an investigation; she becomes the investigation and relentlessly pursues the suspects.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 640
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: detective, light, humorous, entertaining
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Ossan's Love (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sōichi Haruta is a 33-year-old single man who isn't popular with women. He works at a real estate office and lives with his parents. However, one day, his mother walks away from him and he has to live independently. Sōichi doesn't know basic things such as cooking or washing his clothes. He then decides to live with Ryōta Maki, a co-worker who is good at housekeeping. One day, Ryōta and Musashi Kurosawa, a gay co-worker, both confess their feelings to Sōichi.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, romantic, captivating, entertaining
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Sleepeeer Hit! (2016)
Plot Summary:
Kokoro Kurosawa used to be a contender for the Olympic Judo Team, but she had to give up on her dream due to an injury. In the end, she ends up working at weekly manga magazine "Vibes." The publishing industry is going through a turbulent time due to ebooks. Members of the editorial department struggle to come up with ways to sell more manga books. She learns about editing from her senior editors and becomes fascinated with the edition world, interacting with manga writers, and discovering new manga artists. But what surprises her the most is that in a competitive world such as manga publishing, not all dreams come true, and even when they do, they come with a price.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, manga, seinen
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My Boss, My Hero (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sakaki Makio, also known as "Tornado" is a tough 27-year-old high school drop-out. By academic standards, he's pretty dumb. His father decides to force Makio to return to high school to receive his diploma and he asks an old friend who happens to be the principal of a nearby school to admit Makio. If Makio doesn't graduate, the position of boss will be given to his younger brother, Mikio. Furthermore, he must pose as a 17-year-old during school hours and in the presence of any classmates or teachers outside of school. If his cover is blown, it would be the end of his high school career as well as his hopes to become boss. Things start out rough and tough as Makio's violent temper is tested. As the lessons and days go by he learns there is much more to school than just tests and studying.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: dorama, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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The Fix (2019)
Plot Summary:
High-profile district attorney Maya Travis fled L.A. after devastating defeat when prosecuting an A-list actor for double murder. Eight years later, the same celebrity is under suspicion for another murder, and Maya is lured back to the DA’s office for another chance at justice.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, serious, realistic
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My Brother's Husband (2018)
Plot Summary:
Yaichi (Ryuta Sato) is a single father and he raises his elementary school aged daughter alone. One day, a foreign man named Mike (Baruto Kaito) visits him. Yaichi has an identical twin brother Ryoji, but Ryoji moved to Canada years ago. They have disconnected since that time. Mike introduces himself as the husband of Ryoji. They are a married gay couple. Yaichi is confused and doesn't know how to deal with Mike.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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Seven Days of a Daddy and a Daughter (2007)
Plot Summary:
This home comedy tells the story of Kyoichiro and his teenage daughter Koume. One day, the two ride a train together after visiting Kyoichiro's mother-in-law. He sees it as a chance to get to know his daughter better, but he ends up getting more than that - by some mysterious force, both Kyoichiro and Koume end up with their mind in the other's body! Unfortunately, they have no choice but to swap lives, pretending to be each other at school and work.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 314
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, captivating, dorama
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Juvenile Justice (2022)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, disturbing
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Last Cop (2015)
Plot Summary:
Police Captain opens his eyes on the hospital bed and finds out that the wound he received on the job put him in a coma - for 20 years. Since 1995, the world has changed.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Russia, Ukraine
Duration: 39 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, funny, light, detective
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You're Under Arrest (2002)
Plot Summary:
You're Under Arrest: The Drama was a live-action adaptation of Kōsuke Fujishima's manga You're Under Arrest!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 70
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, captivating, stylized, detective, anime, serious, realistic, fast
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The Confidence Man JP (2018)
Plot Summary:
Dako is a con woman. She stays at a suite in a luxury hotel and schemes to take money from vicious wealthy people like yakuza bosses and evil businessmen. She works with Boku-chan and Richard. Boku-chan is a sincere and timid young con man. Richard is a veteran con man. Dako is able to master knowledge from various professions in a short period of time and disguises herself as someone working in that field. Along with Boku-chan and Richard, they carry their plans using fantastic teamwork.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 931
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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PMTA (2018)
Plot Summary:
Marcel Ben David is a former police officer that joins PMTA (initials in Hebrew for: Tel Aviv District Attorney), and herself in the middle of an entangled corruption story. A suspenseful legal drama with Chen Amsalem, Shlomo Bar-Aba and Oshri Cohen.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 127
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: clever, serious, captivating, realistic, suspenseful
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My Wife's Girlfriends (2011)
Plot Summary:
Series refers to the Georgian reality reality. Nina Tina And Kato Are Childhood Friends Nina Is a Housewife Tina Is a Feminist And Kato Is a Old Event-manager They Will Join The New Friends In The Third Season Natashka, In The Fifth Season Anka And In The Seventh Season Nato, Later they opened a cafe.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Georgia
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: light, captivating, entertaining
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Brews Brothers (2020)
Plot Summary:
Two rival brothers must work together to keep their brewery in business, but shenanigans keep foaming up their company with chaos.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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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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The Agency (2020)
Plot Summary:
Dicle finds herself in an agency when she comes to Istanbul dreaming of becoming a filmmaker. There’s only place for stars, ego wars, greed, fame, money, hope and disappointment here. As Dicle struggles to exist in this glamorous world without losing her way... Her broken family ties start to bleed again. Her father who abandoned them before she was born is now one of the sharks of the industry and they are working in the same agency. And the magical lights of cinema start to shed light on Dicle’s first love.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious
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The Intern (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a miscarriage of justice that has led her behind bars, Constance Meyer has decided to take a new career path. At age 50, the farmer and mayor of her village became a student at the National School of the Judiciary.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 52
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Today's Webtoon (2022)
Plot Summary:
The story is about a woman who struggles together with her coworkers to mature into a true webtoon editor after joining the webtoon editorial department. On Ma Eum, who enters the webtoon editorial department after beating all odds. She has a large appetite, a great sense of smell, and cauliflower ears typical of a fighter as a former standing member for the judo national team. On Ma Eum had to quit her athletic career when an unfortunate accident during a match tore her ankle ligament, but she begins to dream anew when she coincidentally delivers food to the webtoon editorial department.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 574
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Franklin & Bash (2011)
Plot Summary:
When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest clients...sometimes literally. With business cards in hand, they're ready to nab a client within seconds after a car accident, arrest for solicitation or any other incident where their legal services may be needed. Once in the courtroom, they show their flair for the dramatic and the shocking.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, realistic, exciting, light, sincere, touching, captivating, suspenseful
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Priceless (2012)
Plot Summary:
Originally a mid-level manager (Kimura Takuya) with a promising future in a big corporation and loved by his subordinates, the life of this elite employee changes dramatically one day. Having for some reason attracted the attention of the senior management, he is framed for a crime which he knows nothing of and forced out of the workplace. Even after that, he is assailed by a series of surprises and in one day, he loses his house, wealth and handphone until he is without a cent to his name. At his wits end, he comes to a park where he encounters two children. Learning from them how to survive even if he does not have money, he somehow weathers this crisis and discovers the truly important and priceless things in life. The good thing about him is that his carefree personality amazingly does not shift. It is not resentment and bitterness that become his driving force, but the love and help of the people he meets that enables him to keep go forward step by step.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 339
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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A.U.S.A. (2003)
Plot Summary:
A.U.S.A. is an American sitcom television series that aired in 2003 on NBC, starring Scott Foley.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Just Legal (2005)
Plot Summary:
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 been aired. Almost a year later The WB decided burn off 5 unaired episodes following a repeat of the pilot on August 6, 2006. The series concluded on September 10, 2006.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, psychological, semi serious, humorous, serious
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Legal High (2019)
Plot Summary:
A money-hungry lawyer and a righteous rookie become an unlikely courtroom duo in this remake of the Japanese series of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 206
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Bull (2016)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, light, humorous
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Rake (2010)
Plot Summary:
Rake is an Australian television series, produced by Essential Media and Entertainment, that first aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's ABC1 in 2010. It stars Richard Roxburgh as rake Cleaver Greene, a brilliant but self-destructive Sydney barrister. The show airs in the United States on DirecTV's Audience Network. The second season began on 6 September 2012. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation has also renewed the show for a third season Each episode entails Greene defending a different client. The Fox Network in the USA has commissioned an American version of Rake, starring Greg Kinnear as the lead character, renamed Keegan Deane for American audiences.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, captivating, light, dramatic, crime thriller, clever, realistic, cynical
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The Whole Truth (2010)
Plot Summary:
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 their favor.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 716
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, serious, contemplative
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Pretty Proofreader (2016)
Plot Summary:
Etsuko Kono is a 28-year-old woman who loves fashion. Aspiring to become a fashion editor, she joins a publishing company, but is sent to work in copy editing. There, her job is to correct errors and inadequate parts of documents and copies.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious