Shows that feel likeHouse of Cards (2013–2018)
If you loved House of Cards, the closest series we have are The Queen of Flow (2018), The Glory (2022) and Taboo (2017). All three share House of Cards' contemplative and relentless feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Revenge (2011).
If House of Cards hit the spot, these will too
A long campaign against the people who took everything, run patiently
The difference: Colombian melodrama with music, and a wronged heroine
A patient, ice-cold campaign run by someone always three steps ahead
The difference: Personal rather than political, and it ends — one tight, contained story
A man manoeuvring against institutions far bigger than him and enjoying it
The difference: 1814 London, filthy and occult, with no ballot boxes
Someone always three steps ahead, dismantling the powerful for sport
The difference: Thai school anthology with a supernatural avenger
Someone embedding themselves inside an institution to take it apart
The difference: Korean, brutal and physical, driven by grief
Washington power politics with everybody compromising to survive the day
The difference: Real-time thriller, propulsive and much less cynical
Elaborate scheming aimed at a family who thought they were untouchable
The difference: Mexican thriller, hot-blooded and twist-driven
Charm deployed as a weapon by someone settling an old score
The difference: French caper, playful where this is arctic
A faultless public face concealing a meticulously plotted destruction
The difference: Hamptons soap — social ruin rather than the presidency
Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge
The difference: Sits closer to crime than House of Cards does
Contemplative where it counts, relentless underneath
The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than House of Cards does
Betrayal as strategy, everyone climbing over someone to get a rung higher
The difference: Blood, sand and open brutality — nothing done politely behind a desk
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