Shows Like For the People

If you liked For the People (2018), 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.

1
All Rise (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
A look at the personal and professional lives of the judges, lawyers, clerks, bailiffs and cops who work at an L.A. County courthouse.
2
Burden of Truth (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
3
Matlock (1986)
★ 7/10Also drama
Thrifty, 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…
4
The Practice (1997)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
5
Showtrial (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
An anthology series of hotly contested criminal trials that divides the nation and take place in the full glare of the media spotlight.
6
For Life (2020)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
7
Family Law (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Lawyer 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…
8
JAG (1995)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Harmon "Harm" Rabb Jr. is a former pilot turned lawyer working for the military's JAG (Judge Advocate General) division, the elite legal wing of officers that prosecutes and defends those accused of military-related…
9
Proven Innocent (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Madeline 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…
10
Janet King (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Senior 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.
11
London Kills (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
With a documentary style delivery, this drama tells the story of a team of top murder detectives with each episode featuring a different murder while also following a serialized story involving the lead detective’s…
12
Law & Order: UK (2009)
★ 7/10Also drama
Adapted from the hit US series, Law & Order: UK follows a team of police detectives and prosecutors representing the public interest in the criminal justice system.
13
Conviction (2016)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
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…
14
Parenthood (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
15
Reckless (2014)
★ 7/10Also drama
A gorgeous Yankee litigator and a charming southern attorney must hide their intense mutual attraction as a police sex scandal threatens to tear the city of Charleston, S.C. apart.
16
SkyMed (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Life, death and drama at 20,000 feet. The series weaves together intense character journeys and high-stakes medical rescues, as we follow the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying…
17
The Firm (2012)
★ 6/10Also drama
As a young associate, Mitchell McDeere brought down the prestigious Memphis law firm of Bendini, Lambert & Locke, which operated as a front for the Chicago mob—and his life was never the same. After a difficult decade…
18
Swagger (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.
19
Law & Order: Trial by Jury (2005)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
The inner workings of the judicial system, beginning with the arraignment, and continuing through the prosecutors' complicated process of building a case, investigating leads and preparing witnesses for trial.
20
Hill Street Blues (1981)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.