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Shows that feel likeGirl from Nowhere (2018–2021)

A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.

If you loved Girl from Nowhere, the closest series we have are My Name (2021), The Glory (2022) and The Queen of Flow (2018). All three share Girl from Nowhere'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).

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If Girl from Nowhere hit the spot, these will too

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My Name
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.8crime · drama · mysteryNetflix

Common ground in both: revenge and murder

Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.

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The Glory
2022–2023 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.2drama · crimeNetflix

The same two preoccupations: bullying, and social issues

The difference: Trades the twists of Girl from Nowhere for an angle of its own

Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

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The Queen of Flow
2018– · 3 seasons · Caracol TV
★ 7.5drama · crimeNetflix

One thread runs through both: revenge

Seventeen years after being wrongly imprisoned, a talented songwriter seeks justice against the men who caused her downfall and killed her family.

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Lupin
2021– · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.5crime · drama · mysteryNetflix

Contemplative and twisty in the same breath

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

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Banana Fish
2018 · 1 season · Fuji TV
★ 8.1animation · drama · action & adventureNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: rape

The difference: Leans harder into animation than Girl from Nowhere does

A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.

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Taboo
2017 · 1 season · BBC One
★ 8.3drama · mysteryPeacock

Common ground: betrayal

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

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Who Killed Sara?
2021–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.4drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: murder

Hell-bent on exacting revenge and proving he was framed for his sister's murder, Álex sets out to unearth much more than the crime's real culprit.

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Revenge
2011–2015 · 4 seasons · ABC
★ 7.8drama · mysteryHulu

The same preoccupation in both: betrayal

When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.

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

Both are built on the same subject: 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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Defending Jacob
2020 · 1 season · Apple TV
★ 7.7drama · mystery · crimeApple TV+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: high school

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

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Oz
1997–2003 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 8.7crime · dramaMax

The same mix in both: grit, then relentlessness

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

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

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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