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Shows that feel likeJustified (2010–2015)

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.

If you loved Justified, the closest series we have are Godless (2017), MobLand (2025) and Boardwalk Empire (2010). All three share Justified'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 Godfather of Harlem (2019).

★ 8.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗6 seasons · FXcreated by Graham Yostgrittycontemplative
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Hulu
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If Justified hit the spot, these will too

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Godless
2017 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.2western · dramaNetflix

Two things both keep coming back to: gunslinger and shootout

The difference: Leans harder into western than Justified does

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.

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MobLand
2025– · 2 seasons · Paramount+
★ 8.3crime · dramaParamount+

The same preoccupation in both: crime family

Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.

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Boardwalk Empire
2010–2014 · 5 seasons · HBO
★ 8.5crime · dramaMax

Gritty where it counts, contemplative underneath

Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.

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The Americans
2013–2018 · 6 seasons · FX
★ 8.4crime · dramaHulu

Crime built on grit, twice over

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

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

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

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

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

Both lean on stillness 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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Banshee
2013–2016 · 4 seasons · Cinemax
★ 8.4crime · dramaMax

Crime in the same key

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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Power
2014–2020 · 6 seasons · STARZ
★ 8.1crime · dramaHuluStarz

The drama is handled with the same confidence

A successful New York entrepreneur lives a double life as the head of a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential, all while wanting to escape the underworld and keep his family safe.

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

Both know what they want from crime

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

Drama approached the same way

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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Yellowstone
2018–2024 · 5 seasons · Paramount Network
★ 8.6western · dramaPeacock

Common ground: neo-western

Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.

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