
Shows that feel likeBreaking Bad (2008–2013)
If you loved Breaking Bad, the closest series we have are Better Call Saul (2015), Fargo (2014) and Six Feet Under (2001). All three share Breaking Bad's contemplative and darkly funny feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Time (2021).
If Breaking Bad hit the spot, these will too

The same universe's other tragedy — a good man talking himself into the fall
The difference: Slower burn, character-first

Ordinary people making one bad choice in a merciless moral universe
The difference: Anthology snow-noir, Coen irony

Common ground: dark comedy
The difference: Trades the grit of Breaking Bad for an angle of its own


A suburban parent turning to the drug trade and getting good at it
The difference: Comedy first, and it never risks anything real

The same creators, the same interest in one stubborn person against everything
The difference: Science fiction and a joke at its centre

A man who is very good at something terrible and wants a different life
The difference: Comedy structure, and it goes stranger places

The same mix in both: stillness, then grit
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Breaking Bad does

Family loyalty twisted around a criminal enterprise
The difference: Biker-club Shakespeare, operatic

A brilliant man building an empire that costs him his soul
The difference: Period Birmingham gangland style

The drug trade's machinery from product to power
The difference: Documentary-flavored cartel saga

Drama built on melancholy, twice over
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