Shows like Breaking Bad

If you loved Breaking Bad, these shows share its DNA: ordinary people turning criminal, drug empires and choices that cannot be undone. We picked these by overlap with Breaking Bad: shared genres, themes, keywords and our derived attributes, then checked the list by hand. It is an approximation, so treat it as a starting point. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 7.0 or more from at least 300 votes, and new releases wait until their ratings settle.

Based on Breaking Bad.

1
Peaky Blinders (2013)
TV8.6
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce...
US Netflix, Amazon Prime (buy), UK BBC, Netflix
2
Narcos (2015)
TV7.9
A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
US Netflix, UK Netflix
3
Sons of Anarchy (2008)
TV8.4
An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while...
US Hulu, Amazon Prime (buy), UK Disney, Amazon Prime (buy)
4
The Shield (2002)
TV8.1
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates...
US Hulu, Amazon Prime (buy), UK Amazon Prime (buy), Google Play (buy)
5
Black Bird (2022)
TV8.1
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall...
US Apple TV+, UK Apple TV+
6
The Sopranos (1999)
TV8.5
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting...
US HBO, Amazon Prime (buy), UK NowTV, Amazon Prime (buy)
7
The Wire (2002)
TV8.4
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which...
US HBO, Amazon Prime (buy), UK NowTV, Amazon Prime (buy)
8
The Penguin (2024)
TV8.4
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and...
9
Power (2014)
TV7.6
A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential, all while wanting...
US Amazon Prime, STARZ, UK Amazon Prime (buy), Google Play (buy)
10
Ray Donovan (2013)
TV7.5
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear.
US Amazon Prime, Google Play (buy), UK NowTV, Amazon Prime (buy)
11
Ozark (2017)
TV8.1
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
US Netflix, UK Netflix
12
The Sinner (2017)
TV7.4
A young mother kills a stranger in a fit of unexplainable rage.
US Netflix, USA, UK Netflix, Amazon Prime (buy)
13
Banshee (2013)
TV7.9
Banshee is an American drama television series set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country and features an enigmatic ex-con posing as a...
US Cinemax, HBO, UK NowTV, Amazon Prime (buy)
14
Gangs of London (2020)
TV8.0
When the head of a criminal organisation, Finn Wallace is assassinated, the sudden power vacuum his death creates threatens the fragile peace...
US Amazon Prime, AMC, UK NowTV, Amazon Prime (buy)
15
Luther (2010)
TV7.9
A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the...
US BritBox, Tubi TV, UK BBC, Amazon Prime (buy)
16
Mindhunter (2017)
TV8.0
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
US Netflix, UK Netflix
17
Killing Eve (2018)
TV8.2
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin.
US Acorn TV, Amazon Prime, UK BBC, Disney
18
Your Honor (2020)
TV8.2
New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an...
US iTunes (buy), Microsoft Store (buy), UK NowTV, Amazon Prime (buy)
19
RIPLEY (2024)
TV8.0
A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.
20
Godfather of Harlem (2019)
TV8.0
Loosely based on infamous crime boss Bumpy Johnson, who in the early 1960s returned from ten years in prison to find the neighborhood he once...
US Amazon Prime, Hulu