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Shows that feel likeMobLand (2025–)

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

If you loved MobLand, the closest series we have are The Penguin (2024), La Reina del Sur (2011) and Power (2014). All three share MobLand'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).

★ 8.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗2 seasons · Paramount+created by Ronan Bennettgrittycontemplative
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If MobLand hit the spot, these will too

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The Penguin
2024 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8.6drama · crimeMax

The same two preoccupations: drug trafficking, and gangster

With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."

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La Reina del Sur
2011– · 3 seasons · Telemundo
★ 7.8drama · crimeNetflix

One thread runs through both: drug trafficking

After years of blood, sweat and tears, a woman of humble origin ends up becoming a drug trafficking legend, with all that that means...

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

Common ground: gangster

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

Both are built on the same subject: crime family

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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Adolescence
2025 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.1drama · crimeNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: murder

When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, the psychological expert and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?

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Dexter: New Blood
2021–2022 · 1 season · Showtime
★ 8drama · crimeParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

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

Both land grit and stillness at once

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

Both lean on grit more than on crime

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

Drama built on stillness, twice over

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

Gritty crime in both cases

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

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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

Both play crime straight

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

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