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Shows that feel likeBanshee (2013–2016)

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 murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests.

If you loved Banshee, the closest series we have are Godfather of Harlem (2019), Dexter: New Blood (2021) and The Penguin (2024). All three share Banshee's gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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

★ 8.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗4 seasons · Cinemaxcreated by David Schicklergrittycontemplative
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Hulu
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Buy seasons:Amazon see price ↗Apple TV$19.99 buyBanshee, The Complete Series · Apple price as of 2026-10-13

If Banshee hit the spot, these will too

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

A hard man rebuilding his territory one brutal reckoning at a time

The difference: Real 1960s history and politics slow the pulpy rush

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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Dexter: New Blood
2021–2022 · 1 season · Showtime
★ 8drama · crimeParamount+

A violent man hiding behind a small-town identity that can't hold

The difference: Quieter, snowbound character study — one season and done

10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

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The Penguin
2024 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8.6drama · crimeMax

A schemer clawing up the underworld through nerve and betrayal

The difference: Gotham prestige gloom — talkier, with none of Banshee's abandon

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 finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."

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The Americans
2013–2018 · 6 seasons · FX
★ 8.4crime · dramaHulu

Living a double life so deep the mask starts becoming the face

The difference: Slow-burn spy tension — restraint where Banshee goes berserk

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

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Deadwood
2004–2006 · 3 seasons · HBO
★ 8.6western · crime · dramaMax

A lawless town where the badge and the crooks are hard to tell apart

The difference: Ornate, slow-burning dialogue where Banshee throws punches

The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.

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Power
2014–2020 · 6 seasons · STARZ
★ 8.1crime · dramaHuluStarz

A criminal juggling two identities while both worlds close in

The difference: Glossy soap plotting — nightclub intrigue over savage fights

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 to escape the underworld and keep his family safe.

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

True crime told with grit and a taste for moral wreckage

The difference: Anthology courtroom drama — no fists, no pulp, all fallout

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

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

A quiet town bracing for the violent past that's riding toward it

The difference: A patient seven-hour western — one storm, not weekly mayhem

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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MobLand
2025– · 2 seasons · Paramount+
★ 8.3crime · dramaParamount+

A fixer holding a violent family business together as war breaks out

The difference: London gangland polish — colder, more boardroom than bare-knuckle

Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.

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Boardwalk Empire
2010–2014 · 5 seasons · HBO
★ 8.5crime · dramaMax

A man ruling a town from both sides of the law at once

The difference: Stately period craftsmanship in place of B-movie adrenaline

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

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Justified
2010–2015 · 6 seasons · FX
★ 8.6crime · dramaHulu

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.

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Narcos: Mexico
2018–2021 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.3drama · crimeNetflix

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.

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