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Shows that feel likeMoney Heist (2017–2021)

To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.

If you loved Money Heist, the closest series we have are Locked Up (2015), Banshee (2013) and Ozark (2017). All three share Money Heist'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).

★ 8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗3 seasons · Netflixcreated by Álex Pinagrittycontemplativeplayful
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video
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If Money Heist hit the spot, these will too

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Locked Up
2015–2019 · 4 seasons · FOX España
★ 7.8drama · crimeNetflix

Álex Pina's other pressure-cooker — same DNA, behind bars

The difference: Prison ensemble, no Professor

Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.

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

A criminal running the longest con of his life

The difference: Small-town pulp violence

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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Ozark
2017–2022 · 4 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.4crime · dramaNetflix

Ordinary-seeming masterminds improvising against collapsing plans

The difference: Slow-burn laundering, family stakes

A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.

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Narcos: Mexico
2018–2021 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.3drama · crimeNetflix

Meticulous criminal operations and the agents unraveling them

The difference: True-crime cartel history

See the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.

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

True-crime storytelling with theatrical flair

The difference: Anthology, courtroom-driven

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

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MINDHUNTER
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.6drama · crimeNetflix

Cat-and-mouse psychology between hunters and criminals

The difference: FBI interviews, no heist

An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

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El Chapo
2017–2018 · 3 seasons · Univision
★ 7.8drama · crimeNetflix

Audacious criminal logistics, dramatized

The difference: Biographical kingpin arc

A look at the life of notorious drug kingpin, El Chapo, from his early days in the 1980s working for the Guadalajara Cartel, to his rise to power of during the '90s and his ultimate downfall in 2016.

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Surviving Escobar - Alias JJ
2017 · 1 season · Caracol TV
★ 7.8drama · crime

Gritty where it counts, contemplative underneath

The difference: Easier on the play than Money Heist

As the Medellín Cartel crumbles, Pablo Escobar's No. 1 hit man struggles to stay alive and gain respect in the prison hierarchy.

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

Procedure and persistence against a system that fails people

The difference: Survivor-centered true 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

A mastermind rebuilding an empire against the odds

The difference: Period Harlem crime politics

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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Chicago P.D.
2014– · 14 seasons · NBC
★ 8.1crime · dramaPrime VideoPeacock

The other side of the standoff — cops under pressure

The difference: Network procedural rhythm

A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.

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

Both lean on grit more than on crime

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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