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Shows that feel likeBlack Bird (2022)

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.

If you loved Black Bird, the closest series we have are Unbelievable (2019), Dexter: New Blood (2021) and Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ (2017). All three share Black Bird'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 The Chestnut Man (2021).

★ 8.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Apple TVcreated by Dennis Lehanecontemplativegritty
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If Black Bird hit the spot, these will too

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

Both are working the same pair: detective, the investigation

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

Common ground in both: serial killer and miniseries

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

Both are built on the same subject: prison

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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Locked Up
2015–2019 · 4 seasons · FOX España
★ 7.8drama · crimeNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: prisoner

Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.

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The Chestnut Man
2021–2026 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.6drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Common ground: detective

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Black Bird does

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: a true story

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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MINDHUNTER
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.6drama · crimeNetflix

One thread runs through both: prison

An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

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Defending Jacob
2020 · 1 season · Apple TV
★ 7.7drama · mystery · crimeApple TV+

Both are built on the same subject: the investigation

A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.

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

Common ground: a true story

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

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Ozark
2017–2022 · 4 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.4crime · dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: missouri

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.

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

Contemplative and gritty in the same breath

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: miniseries

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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