“Juvenile Court”: other legal court series to watch on Netflix if you liked Korean drama

Over the past three weeks, fiction has positioned itself at the top of the list of the most watched non-English language series on the platform

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Juvenile Justice (L to R) Kim Moo-yeol as Cha Tae-ju, Kim Hye-soo as Sim Eun-seok in Juvenile Justice Cr. Swann Studio/Netflix © 2022

The captivating plot of Juvenile Court has caught the spectator audience of Netflix with only one season. The South Korean television production is narrated from the perspective of a cold judge who has a deep contempt for the people who form part of the criminal world from an early age. Kim Hye-soo gives life to the protagonist who, one day, receives a transfer to work in the juvenile court in Yeonhwa district.

According to the official synopsis, the story “revolves around Eun-Seok, a judge who hates juvenile delinquents, but then realizes the social problems they face and the responsibility that society has for their behavior.” What other titles are similar to this one? Here are five legal dramas that you can also watch on the streaming service.

Faculty of law

A group of students and professors from the legal department of the National University of Korea are faced with a strange and unusual case where they will put their legal skills to use. Kim Myung-min, Kim Bum, Ryu Hye-young and Lee Jung-eun are the main cast of this television series broadcast by JTBC and Netflix. The first season is made up of 16 episodes.

Law School (Netflix) K-drama
“Law School” is a South Korean drama set at the National University of Korea. (Netflix)

How To Get Away With Murder

This acclaimed legal drama created by Peter Nowalk and produced by Shonda Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy) introduces us to Annalise Keating (Viola Davis), a law professor at a prestigious Philadelphia university who sets up a legal team with five of her students to solve various cases. However, as the story progresses, it is revealed that she and her students are suspected of a murder. Alfred Enoch, Jack Falahee, Aja Naomi King, Matt McGorry, Karla Souza, Charlie Weber and Liza Weil complete the cast. All six seasons are available on the platform.

How To Get Away With Murder (Netflix)
Viola Davis won an Emmy Award for her performance in “How To Get Away With Murder”. (Netflix)

El juicio

Divided into eight episodes, the Italian miniseries focuses on a prosecutor who is about to hand down the verdict of the daughter of a millionaire businessman on the death of a young woman. The story of a judicial thriller takes us to the halls of the Court of Mantua, a city north of Lombardy, to go through the trial involving the brutal murder of Angelica Petroni, a 17-year-old girl. Vittoria Puccini, Michele Morrone, Francesco Scianna, Camilla Filippi and Euridice Axen make up the cast.

The Trial (Netflix)
Vittoria Puccini and Michele Morrone star in “The Trial”. (Netflix)

For Life: cadena perpetua

The legal and criminal drama is inspired by the true story of Isaac Wright Jr. , a man who was taken to prison for a crime he did not commit. In his time as a prisoner, he studied law to become a lawyer and prove the innocence of his other 20 comrades in prison and himself. Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dorian Crossmond Missick, Tyla Harris, Glenn Fleshler and Boris McGiver perform. Both seasons can be watched on Netflix.

For Life: cadena perpetua (Netflix)
“For Life: life imprisonment” refers to the real experience of Isaac Wright Jr., an African-American man wrongfully sent to prison. (Netflix)

Better Call Saul

Over the course of five seasons, this Breaking Bad spin-off created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould shows what happened six years before the original events from the perspective of Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), a peculiar lawyer who has served as the defense of various drug traffickers and criminals. Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Michael McKean, Giancarlo Esposito and Tony Dalton complete the brilliant performances of this fiction of crime drama and black humor.

Better Call Saul
Bob Odenkirk will give life to Saul Goodman for the last time in the sixth season of the spin-off series “Breaking Bad”. (Netflix)

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