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Plot Summary:
Sweet Justice is an American legal drama television series starring Cicely Tyson and Melissa Gilbert. The hour-long series ran from September 15, 1994 to April 22, 1995 on NBC. The series was produced by Trotwood Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 77
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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The Lyon's Den (2003)
Plot Summary:
John "Jack" Turner is a maverick scion from an American political dynasty, a "true believer," who must reconcile his passion for the purity of law in the morally ambiguous world he inhabits, in which no one is who they appear to be. Content with working in a small pro-bono law clinic in Washington, D.C. – at the urging of his more practical longtime friend and colleague, George Riley – Turner reluctantly accepts the position of managing partner in the sponsoring law firm of Lyon, LaCrosse, and Levine in order to save the clinic.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 193
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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In Contempt (2018)
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The procedural is set in the fast-paced world of a legal aid office in New York City and follows Gwen Sullivan, an opinionated attorney whose passion for her job and clients make her arguably the most talented public defender in her district.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 477
Genere: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min
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Lady of Law (2022)
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Xu Jie was recruited to Mingtang Law Firm to take on the bribery case involving Chen Wen Guang. Chen's daughter Chen Ran has also been secretly investigating the case. The two female lawyers with clashing views eventually come to a mutual understanding as they work together to reveal the truth.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 7
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration: 45 min
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Newton's Law (2017)
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With her low-flying solicitor's practice incinerated by a disgruntled client, her marriage collapsing and motherhood fast losing its charm, Josephine Newton's old uni friend and not-so secret admirer, Lewis Hughes, persuades her to resume her briefly glorious career at the Bar. As she rises to the challenge, though, trading the benefits of her brilliant mind for a berth in the lofty glamour of Knox Chambers, Josephine realises it's not so easy to leave her entourage behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 759
Genere: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min
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Family Business (2017)
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Mother and daughter Astrid and Audrey are lawyers specializing in family law who take the perilous decision to work together. And how families have changed over recent years! From the bulldog being fought over by his divorcing owners to a fight over shady fertility trade dealings, every case presents a new challenge. But they do have one thing in common: Those fighting them, whether moving, infuriating, or simply comic, are regular people just like us!.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 148
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
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The D.A. (2004)
Plot Summary:
The D.A. is an American legal drama television series that aired from March 19 until April 9, 2004.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 49
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
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Inconceivable (2005)
Plot Summary:
Inconceivable is an American primetime television medical drama, which was broadcast on NBC. The program premiered on September 23, 2005. The show revolved around the professional and personal lives of those who work at the Family Options Fertility Clinic. The clinic is run by its co-founders along with their new partner. The staff includes an attorney, a nurse, office manager and a medical technician. The series was created by Oliver Goldstick and Marco Pennette. Goldstick and Pennette also serve as executive producers as do Brian Robbins and Mike Tollin. The show was a Touchstone Television and Tollin/Robbins production. It was one of the few shows produced by the former not to air on ABC in recent years. Only two episodes aired before the series was canceled.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: medical drama
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Lawyer Porada (2021)
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Kasia, a brilliant, talented student of the second year of law has to face life overnight. Her beloved father, a musician, has an accident. He is paralyzed and unable to hold them any longer. Kasia decides to continue her studies in the evening mode. At the same time, he starts working in a hairdressing salon on the ground floor of a block of flats. This enables her to constantly look after her sick father. The first steps in the salon were not easy, but with time, with the help of a hairdresser, she gets promoted to a sought-after hairdresser. Yes, Kasia - a hairdresser manages to complete a law degree and then an apprenticeship in a small, poorly prospering law firm on the estate. He passes the bar exam and starts working as a cheap legal consultant at the Shopping Center. Her ambition, spontaneous and unique way of conducting investigations and a great heart make her first successes come immediately, providing her with many clients.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min
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Divorce Lawyers (2014)
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On top of waging wars on behalf of their clients, divorce lawyers Luo Li and Chi Hai Dong have major beef when it comes to their personal opinions on love and marriage: despite her profession, Li remains a hopeless romantic, while Hai Dong is the very definition of cynicism. But things get tricky when both colleagues discover they're new neighbors — will they object to their new relationship or will they find a way to settle their differences? So much for unwinding after work!.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 39
Genere: Drama
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing
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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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Conviction (2016)
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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.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, detective, interesting
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Civil Wars (1991)
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Civil Wars is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. The series was produced by Steven Bochco, known for his work on NYPD Blue, L.A. Law and Hill Street Blues. After a brief syndicated run on the FX Network in the mid 90s, the series has not aired since.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 144
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
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The Code (2019)
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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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Legal V: Ex-lawyer Shoko Takanashi (2018)
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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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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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Goliath (2016)
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Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, rough, suspense, disturbing, serious, crime thriller
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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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I'll Fly Away (1991)
Plot Summary:
I'll Fly Away is an American drama television series set during the late 1950s and early 1960s, in an unspecified Southern U.S. state. It aired on NBC from 1991 to 1993 and starred Regina Taylor as Lilly Harper, a black housekeeper for the family of district attorney Forrest Bedford, whose name is an ironic reference to Nathan Bedford Forrest, the founder of the Ku Klux Klan. As the show progressed, Lilly became increasingly involved in the Civil Rights Movement, with events eventually drawing in Forrest as well. I'll Fly Away won two 1992 Emmy Awards, and 23 nominations in total. It won three Humanitas Prizes, two Golden Globe Awards, two NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, and a Peabody Award. However, the series was never a ratings blockbuster, and it was canceled by NBC in 1993, despite widespread protests by critics and viewer organizations. After the program's cancellation, a two-hour movie, I'll Fly Away: Then and Now, was produced, in order to resolve dangling storylines from Season 2, and provide the series with a true finale. The movie aired on October 11, 1993 on PBS. Its major storyline closely paralleled the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. Thereafter, PBS began airing repeats of the original episodes, ceasing after one complete showing of the entire series.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sincere, thought provoking, feel good, serious, realistic, contemplative, vintage, period drama
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Outlaw (2010)
Plot Summary:
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, love interest to Garza, is a powerful senior partner. As part of the deal the firm has an Ex-Supreme Court Justice on their staff of lawyers and Garza is allowed to pick his team and the cases he works. The series premiered on Wednesday, September 15, 2010, and began airing on Fridays beginning September 24. On October 11 Outlaw was announced as canceled by NBC and the remaining four episodes were moved to a Saturday time slot. The series finale aired on November 13, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, clever, psychological, captivating, sincere, serious
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Raising the Bar (2008)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, tense, clever, realistic, stylized
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Made in Jersey (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan colleagues at a prestigious New York law firm.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, talky
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For The People (2018)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, talky, exciting, tense, suspense, disturbing
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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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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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The Deep End (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Deep End is an American television series created by David Hemingson and produced by 20th Century Fox Television for the ABC television network. Starring Mehcad Brooks, Matt Long, Tina Majorino, Clancy Brown, and Billy Zane, the show follows five first-year associate attorneys from diverse backgrounds as they learn how to cope with the challenges of working at one of the most prestigious law firms in Los Angeles.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 788
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, psychological, atmospheric, captivating, humorous, stylized
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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
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Partner Track (2022)
Plot Summary:
At an elite NYC law firm, Ingrid Yun fights to make partner — and hold onto her principles — while balancing romance, friends and family expectations.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dramatic, intellectual, serious, captivating
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Fairly Legal (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kate Reed is a firm believer that justice can always be found--even if it's not always in the courtroom. Once a lawyer at her family's esteemed San Francisco firm, Kate's frustration with the legal system led her to a new career as a mediator. Thanks to her innate understanding of human nature, thorough legal knowledge, and winning smile, Kate is a natural when it comes to dispute resolution. Except, it seems, when it comes to conflicts in her own life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, realistic, romantic, sensitive, interesting
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Any Day Now (1998)
Plot Summary:
Any Day Now is an American drama series that aired on the Lifetime network from 1998 to 2002. The show stars Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint, who are best friends despite the difference in their races. The show's title is taken from the 1962 Chuck Jackson song "Any Day Now", which was later covered by Ronnie Milsap in 1982. A version performed by Lori Perry served as the show's theme song.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, captivating, realistic
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Philly (2001)
Plot Summary:
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, a move not commonly used in network promotion, for a series lasting only one season. The complete series is not on DVD, but is viewable on Netflix in HD and 5.1 Surround Sound. The series briefly aired in syndication on Universal HD in 2008.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 409
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, sentimental, captivating, realistic, contemplative