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Shows that feel likeGodless (2017)

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.

If you loved Godless, the closest series we have are Justified (2010), Deadwood (2004) and 1883 (2021). All three share Godless' gritty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Godfather of Harlem (2019).

★ 8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Netflixcreated by Scott Frankgrittycontemplative
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If Godless hit the spot, these will too

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

Two things both keep coming back to: gunslinger and shootout

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Godless does

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

The same two preoccupations: sheriff, and outlaw

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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1883
2021–2022 · 1 season · Paramount+
★ 8.6drama · westernParamount+

Common ground: miniseries

Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.

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1923
2022–2025 · 2 seasons · Paramount+
★ 8.3drama · westernParamount+

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.

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

One thread runs through both: miniseries

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

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

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

Both are built on the same subject: sheriff

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 Bird
2022 · 1 season · Apple TV
★ 8.1drama · crimeApple TV+

Western with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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.

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

Both lean on grit more than on drama

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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Mayans M.C.
2018–2023 · 5 seasons · FX
★ 7.5crime · dramaHulu

Contemplative western in both cases

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his new identity in a town where he was once the golden boy with the American Dream in his grasp.

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

The same drama instincts

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

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El Chema
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · Telemundo
★ 6.9crime · dramaPeacock

Drama approached the same way

Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.

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