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Shows that feel likeFargo (2014–2024)

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

If you loved Fargo, the closest series we have are Better Call Saul (2015), The Gentlemen (2024) and Breaking Bad (2008). All three share Fargo'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 Weeds (2005).

★ 8.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗5 seasons · FXcreated by Noah Hawleygrittycontemplativedarkly funny
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Hulu
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If Fargo hit the spot, these will too

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Better Call Saul
2015–2022 · 6 seasons · AMC
★ 9crime · dramaNetflix

Comic patter and slow-building dread sharing exactly the same scene

The difference: Patient to a fault, and tied to a story you may already know the end of

Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

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The Gentlemen
2024– · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.1comedy · drama · crimeNetflix

Crime played with style, deadpan violence and a lot of jokes

The difference: Slick British caper, and much less interested in decency

When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.

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Breaking Bad
2008–2013 · 5 seasons · AMC
🍅 96%★ 9.5drama · crimeNetflix

An ordinary person's small compromise metastasising into blood and money

The difference: One continuous descent over five seasons — no reset, and far less absurdity

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

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Orange Is the New Black
2013–2019 · 7 seasons · Netflix
★ 8drama · comedy · crimeNetflix

Ordinary people and the criminal machinery that swallows them

The difference: Prison ensemble, warmer and much broader

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

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Weeds
2005–2012 · 8 seasons · Showtime
★ 7.9comedy · crime · dramaParamount+

A comfortable person discovering they are good at crime

The difference: Comedy first, and it never risks anything

After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.

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

Anthology seasons that rebuild the world from scratch, cast and all

The difference: Real cases retold straight — courtroom and media circus, none of the humour

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

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Six Feet Under
2001–2005 · 5 seasons · HBO
★ 8.7dramaMax

Both are built on the same subject: dark comedy

The difference: Easier on the grit than Fargo

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

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Sons of Anarchy
2008–2014 · 7 seasons · FX
★ 8.5crime · dramaHulu

A community where everyone knows everyone and the bodies pile up anyway

The difference: One long biker-family tragedy — operatic and earnest, never dryly comic

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood Charter. The charter operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.

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The End of the F***ing World
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · Channel 4
★ 8comedy · drama · crimeNetflix

Deadpan violence and two people in far over their heads

The difference: British teenagers, short and much sadder

James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.

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Barry
2018–2023 · 4 seasons · HBO
★ 8.3comedy · crime · dramaMax

A very funny show about someone who keeps killing people

The difference: One continuous story in Los Angeles, and much sadder

A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.

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Banshee
2013–2016 · 4 seasons · Cinemax
★ 8.4crime · dramaMax

A small town where one arrival unleashes appalling violence

The difference: Pulp adrenaline with no irony — it wants thrills, not moral fables

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.

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Black Mirror
2011– · 7 seasons · Channel 4
★ 8.7sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: anthology

The difference: Takes it somewhere less gritty than Fargo does

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

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