
Shows that feel likeMarvel's Daredevil (2015–2018)
If you loved Marvel's Daredevil, the closest series we have are Marvel's Luke Cage (2016), Marvel's The Punisher (2017) and Marvel's The Defenders (2017). All three share Marvel's Daredevil's gritty and kinetic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rosario Tijeras (2010).
If Marvel's Daredevil hit the spot, these will too

A New York neighbourhood defended by one man who actually lives in it
The difference: Cooler, funkier and more relaxed — the fights carry far less pain

Street-level violence with a body count and a conscience arguing about it
The difference: No moral line held — a revenge machine, military rather than Catholic

The same city and the same heroes, finally in one room
The difference: A short crossover — thinner than any of its parts

A vigilante with a night job, a day identity and a city to save
The difference: Network superhero serial — bloodless fights and much broader plotting

A corner of the Marvel world where the plots stay grounded
The difference: Network scale and tone, with no grime and no Catholic guilt

Crime worked as a grind, with the city itself a constant presence
The difference: A tidy weekly procedural — no interior life, no moral hangover

The same city underneath both: New York City
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Marvel's Daredevil does

Marvel television reaching for weight it has to earn
The difference: It does not earn it — stilted and inert

Masks interrogated seriously, in a city with real politics
The difference: Denser, stranger and formally ambitious — not a weekly hero show

A hero uncovering how deep the corruption in their city goes
The difference: Teenagers and parents, softer and slower

People running toward the worst nights of strangers' lives
The difference: Emergency-service melodrama, case by case — no villain, no vigilantes

Violence rooted in one specific neighbourhood, and the price of belonging
The difference: A telenovela romance at heart, in one season — no masks, no heroics
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