Matlock

Series Similar to Matlock

If you enjoyed Matlock, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Paradise Lost

   2020 · Drama, Mystery · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Mystery profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Paradise Lost is about a psychiatrist who moves with her family from California to her husband's hometown in Mississippi only to uncover shameful secrets that irrevocably change the lives of everyone involved.

2. Bosch: Legacy

   2022 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8.2).

   Harry Bosch, retired homicide detective turned Private Investigator, fights to work cases without the authority his former job provided. Attorney Honey "Money" Chandler, having survived an attempted murder, struggles to maintain her faith in the justice system. And Maddie Bosch discovers the possibilities and challenges of being a rookie patrol cop on the streets of Los Angeles.

3. The Lincoln Lawyer

   2022 · Drama, Crime, Legal · returning91% match

   Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8).

   Mickey Haller, an iconoclastic idealist, runs his law practice out of the back seat of his Lincoln Town Car, as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles.

4. Goliath

   2016 · Drama, Crime, Legal · ended91% match

   Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8).

   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 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.

5. Darrow & Darrow

   2017 · Drama, Mystery, Legal · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Mystery / Legal profile.

   Claire Darrow, a lawyer, fights for what's right, regardless of whether it makes her a dime. Joanna, Claire's estranged mother and a lawyer as well, would rather make a profit. They clash on nearly everything, even on the best way to raise Claire's daughter, Louise.

6. The Split

   2018 · Drama, Legal · ended90% match

   Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8).

   The Split is an authentic, layered and witty exploration of modern marriage and the legacy of divorce through the lens of the Defoes - a family of female lawyers at the heart of London's fast-paced and emotionally-charged divorce circuit.Esteemed divorce lawyer Hannah quits the family firm when her mother Ruth, formidable personally and professionally, refuses her promotion. Landing at a rival firm alongside old flame Christie, Hannah navigates scandalous affairs, big-figure settlements and fraught relationship battles - coming head to head with Ruth and impulsive sister Nina in the bitter divorce of Goldie and multi-millionaire husband Davey. Meanwhile, the marriage of younger sister Rose looms on the horizon.When their estranged father returns after 30 years the sisters are forced to confront their past. Facing the reality of her dad's abandonment, and reconnecting with ‘the one who got away' Christie, Hannah begins to question her relationships with the men in her life - including her seemingly contented marriage to the smart and affable Nathan.

7. The Devil Judge

   2021 · Drama, Mystery, Legal · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Mystery / Legal profile, hidden gem.

   Kang Yo Han is a head trial judge who punishes the dishonest in the courtroom with no mercy, turning it into a reality show, and thus has earned the nickname "devil judge"; however, his mysterious aura conceals his true identity and ambitions.

8. Crownies

   2011 · Drama, Legal · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Legal profile.

   CROWNIES follows five young solicitors as they face the pressures and endearing madness of modern single life - in a fast paced workplace that highlights the moral dilemmas and big issues facing an apparently civilized society.In a world that exists solely to see ‘wrong-doers' brought to justice, and where the average age of the solicitors is 27, there is a big divide between these young solicitors and the barristers at the top. Yet they are the initial point of contact with the police, and it is they who do most of the liaising with the victims and the witnesses - and recommend what goes to court.They are committed, idealistic and hard-working, but their lives away from the office are filled with aspirations, explorations, fragile relationships and partying.

9. Vigil

   2021 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · returning88% match

   Recommended for similar Mystery profile.

   The deeper you go, the darker it gets. Military investigator DCI Silva fights to uncover conspiracies of silence - but who can she trust? 

10. Suits

    2011 · Drama, Legal · ended88% match

    Recommended for similar Legal profile, highly rated (8.1).

    Suits delves into the fast-paced, high-stakes world of a top Manhattan corporate law firm where hotshot associate Harvey Specter makes a risky move by hiring Mike Ross a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout, as his associate. As he becomes enmeshed in this unfamiliar world, Mike relies heavily on the firm's best paralegal Rachel Zane and Harvey's no-nonsense assistant Donna Paulsen to help him serve justice. With a photographic memory and the street smarts of a hustler, Mike proves to be a legal prodigy despite the absence of bonafide legal credentials.