Breaking Bad vs Narcos

Narcos is more true to life, slower and heavier than Breaking Bad. Both are dark, heavy and linear.

Breaking Bad poster

Breaking Bad

Type and year
TV series · 2008
Length
5 seasons · 62 episodes · 46 min episodes
Rating
8.7
out of 10 on TMDB · 7,639 votes
Narcos poster

Narcos

Type and year
TV series · 2015
Length
3 seasons · 30 episodes · 57 min episodes
Rating
7.9
out of 10 on TMDB · 1,753 votes

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Characteristics, side by side

Breaking BadNarcos

  • Pace
    SlowFast
  • Originality
    Tried & testedFresh & original
  • Wholesomeness
    UnsavouryWholesome
  • Weightiness
    LightHeavy
  • Realism
    ImaginaryRealistic
  • Intricacy
    SimpleIntricate
  • Linearity
    SurrealLinear
  • Style and visuals
    GrittyGlossy
  • Scale
    EnclosedBig & varied
  • Emotional punch
    Emotionally undemandingEmotive & stirring

Taste attributes

Both

  • Drama
  • Mafia/gangster
  • Crime
  • Unsavoury
  • Heavy
  • Linear
  • Gritty
  • Complex relationship
  • Deep rivalry
  • Fighting evil
  • Fish out of water/culture clash
  • Troubled leads

Only Breaking Bad

  • Thriller
  • Fast
  • Fresh & original
  • Emotive & stirring
  • Human spirit/resilience/survival
  • Rescue/escape/jeopardy

Only Narcos

  • Biography
  • Slow
  • Realistic
  • Enclosed

Genres

Both

  • Drama

Only Breaking Bad

None.

Only Narcos

  • Crime

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