Shows Like The Good Wife
If you liked The Good Wife (2009), a drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Judging Amy (1999)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaJudging Amy is an American television drama that was telecast from September 19, 1999, through May 3, 2005, on CBS-TV. This TV series starred Amy Brenneman and Tyne Daly. Its main character is a judge who serves in a…
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Family Law (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaLawyer and recovering alcoholic Abigail Bianchi is struggling to put her career and family back together after hitting rock bottom. As a condition of her probation, Abby is forced to work at her estranged father’s…
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Matlock (1986)
★ 7/10Also dramaThrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown…
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Janet King (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaSenior Prosecutor Janet King returns from maternity leave to confront a high-profile murder, and a conspiracy which will have shocking ramifications throughout the judicial system.
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For the People (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaBrand 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.
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Everwood (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaAfter the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly…
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Proven Innocent (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaMadeline Scott, a fierce and uncompromising lawyer with a hunger for justice, runs an underdog criminal defense firm. There is no one who understands the power of setting an innocent person free more than Madeline. At…
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All Rise (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
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Burden of Truth (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
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Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaA seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
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Parenthood (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaThe trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
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Sullivan's Crossing (2023)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaAfter Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan’s personal and professional life are thrown into turmoil she returns home to Sullivan’s Crossing. While there, Maggie is forced to navigate her complicated present while confronting…
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Silk (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaPassionate defence barrister Martha Costello faces challenging cases and surprising clients, which test her faith in the criminal justice system. Gifted colleague Clive Reader is called to the bar with her. They work…
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Pearson (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaPowerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics.
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Conviction (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA 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…
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Magnum, P.I. (1980)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaA private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of…
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For Life (2020)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaA prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
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The Guardian (2001)
★ 7/10Also dramaNick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm. Unfortunately, the high life has gotten the best of Nick. Arrested for drug use, he's sentenced to do 1,500 hours of…
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Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaBaretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New…
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The Slap (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaAt an Australian backyard BBQ, amongst alcohol, friendship and a children's cricket game, a man slaps a child who is not his son. The party comes to a sudden halt. The child's parents are so affronted they vow to take…