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Shows that feel likeMr. Robot (2015–2019)

A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.

If you loved Mr. Robot, the closest series we have are Homeland (2011), Hannibal (2013) and You (2018). All three share Mr. Robot's unsettling and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Fall (2013).

★ 8.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗4 seasons · USA Networkcreated by Sam Esmailparanoidunsettlinggrittycerebral
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If Mr. Robot hit the spot, these will too

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Homeland
2011–2020 · 8 seasons · Showtime
★ 8.3drama · war & politics · crimeNetflixHulu

A brilliant operator whose mental health is part of the plot, not a twist

The difference: Espionage and geopolitics, conventional in form

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

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Hannibal
2013–2015 · 3 seasons · NBC
★ 8.5drama · crimeNetflixPrime Video

A fragile mind rendered on screen, with reality bending around it

The difference: Baroque horror and gore — beautiful murder rather than corporate rot

Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

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You
2018–2025 · 5 seasons · Lifetime
★ 7.6mystery · crime · dramaNetflix

Paranoid and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Mr. Robot

A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.

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★ 8crime · dramaNetflix

Sustained discomfort, and systems that fail to notice a damaged man

The difference: True-crime retelling in one closed season — grim, not formally daring

This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.

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Person of Interest
2011–2016 · 5 seasons · CBS
★ 8.5action & adventure · crime · sci-fi & fantasyPrime VideoPeacock

Both are built on the same subject: hacker

The difference: Takes it somewhere less unsettling than Mr. Robot does

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 

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Luther
2010–2019 · 5 seasons · BBC One
★ 8.4crime · drama · mysteryMaxHulu

A brilliant, broken man whose gift is inseparable from his damage

The difference: Straight police drama, external and physical

A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

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Sharp Objects
2018 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8crime · drama · mysteryMax

A narrator whose own harm shapes what we are allowed to see

The difference: Southern heat and family rot, slower and sadder

Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.

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Dexter
2006–2013 · 8 seasons · Showtime
★ 8.6crime · drama · mysteryParamount+

A voiceover from someone who cannot be trusted about himself

The difference: Miami pulp, warmer and much less formally daring

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

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The Fall
2013–2016 · 3 seasons · RTÉ One
★ 8.1drama · crimePrime VideoPeacock

Cold clinical dread and a study of someone hiding in plain sight

The difference: A straight police procedural — no subjectivity games, no paranoid frame

When the Police Service of Northern Ireland are unable to close a case after 28 days, Detective Superintendent Stella Gibson of the Metropolitan Police Service is called in to review the case. Under her new leadership, the local detectives must track down and stop a serial killer who is terrorising the city of Belfast.

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The Wire
2002–2008 · 5 seasons · HBO
★ 9.3crime · dramaMax

Crime built on grit, twice over

The difference: Trades the unease of Mr. Robot for an angle of its own

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

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Legion
2017–2019 · 3 seasons · FX
★ 8.1action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaHulu

A mind that cannot trust itself, filmed from the inside

The difference: Marvel mutants, wilder and much funnier

David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.

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Reacher
2022– · 4 seasons · Prime Video
★ 8action & adventure · crimePrime Video

Drama with a pulse of paranoia, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to action & adventure than Mr. Robot does

Jack Reacher, a veteran military police investigator, has just recently entered civilian life. Reacher is a drifter, carrying no phone and the barest of essentials as he travels the country and explores the nation he once served.

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