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Shows that feel likeBaby (2018–2020)

Fed up with their families and classmates, two teen girls from a wealthy part of Rome are drawn to the city's underworld and start leading double lives.

If you loved Baby, the closest series we have are Unbelievable (2019), El Chema (2016) and Mayans M.C. (2018). All three share Baby's contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Godless (2017).

★ 6.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗3 seasons · Netflixcreated by Andrea De Sicacontemplativegritty
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If Baby hit the spot, these will too

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Unbelievable
2019 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.3drama · crimeNetflix

One thread runs through both: sexual abuse

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Baby does

After a young woman is accused of lying about a rape, two female detectives investigate a spate of eerily similar attacks.

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El Chema
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · Telemundo
★ 6.9crime · dramaPeacock

The same mix in both: stillness, then grit

Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.

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Mayans M.C.
2018–2023 · 5 seasons · FX
★ 7.5crime · dramaHulu

Contemplative drama in both cases

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.

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When They See Us
2019 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.8dramaNetflix

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

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Godfather of Harlem
2019–2025 · 4 seasons · Epix
★ 8.1drama · crimeHulu

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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 ruled in shambles. With the streets controlled by the Italian mob, Bumpy attempts to regain his piece of Harlem.

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Godless
2017 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.2western · dramaNetflix

The shared currency is grit

A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women.

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Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ
2017 · 1 season · Caracol TV
★ 7.8drama · crime

The drama is handled with the same confidence

As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.

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Scream: The TV Series
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · MTV
★ 7drama · crime · mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: high school

What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.

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Big Little Lies
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · HBO
★ 8.4dramaMax

Drama of the same temperament

The tale of three mothers of first graders whose apparently perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.

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American Crime Story
2016–2021 · 3 seasons · FX
★ 8.4crime · dramaHulu

Both know what they want from drama

An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.

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Black Bird
2022 · 1 season · Apple TV
★ 8.1drama · crimeApple TV+

Both play drama straight

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, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.

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1923
2022–2025 · 2 seasons · Paramount+
★ 8.3drama · westernParamount+

The same drama instincts

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.

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