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Shows that feel likeMy Name (2021)

Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss — and enters the police force under his direction.

If you loved My Name, the closest series we have are Girl from Nowhere (2018), Lupin (2021) and The Glory (2022). All three share My Name'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 The Chestnut Man (2021).

★ 7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Netflixcreated by Kim Jin-mingrittycontemplativetwistyrelentless
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If My Name hit the spot, these will too

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Girl from Nowhere
2018–2021 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.6drama · mystery · crimeNetflix

Common ground in both: revenge and murder

A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.

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Lupin
2021– · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.5crime · drama · mysteryNetflix

Both are working the same pair: police, thriller

Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.

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The Glory
2022–2023 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.2drama · crimeNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

The difference: Easier on the twists than My Name

Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

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The Queen of Flow
2018– · 3 seasons · Caracol TV
★ 7.5drama · crimeNetflix

Gritty where it counts, contemplative underneath

Seventeen years after being wrongly imprisoned, a talented songwriter seeks justice against the men who caused her downfall and killed her family.

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Taboo
2017 · 1 season · BBC One
★ 8.3drama · mysteryPeacock

Common ground: murder

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.

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Banana Fish
2018 · 1 season · Fuji TV
★ 8.1animation · drama · action & adventureNetflix

Twisty and relentless in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into animation than My Name does

A teenaged gang leader in New York City faces his abuser and rival gangs alongside a photojournalist from Japan as they investigate a deadly new drug.

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Who Killed Sara?
2021–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.4drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

Hell-bent on exacting revenge and proving he was framed for his sister's murder, Álex sets out to unearth much more than the crime's real culprit.

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
2024– · 3 seasons · BBC Three
★ 6.8drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dark

Five years after the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell, Pippa Fitz-Amobi sets out to uncover what really happened to her. Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, admitted to the murder before taking his own life, but Pip doesn't believe he's responsible and teams up with Sal's brother Ravi to uncover the truth. If Sal Singh isn't a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from finding out the truth?

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Revenge
2011–2015 · 4 seasons · ABC
★ 7.8drama · mysteryHulu

Drama built on stillness, twice over

When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.

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The Chestnut Man
2021–2026 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.6drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Twisty mystery in both cases

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

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Scream: The TV Series
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · MTV
★ 7drama · crime · mystery

Crime with a pulse of grit, in both cases

What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.

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Oz
1997–2003 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 8.7crime · dramaMax

Both lean on relentlessness more than on drama

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

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