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Shows that feel likeOz (1997–2003)

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.

If you loved Oz, the closest series we have are The Glory (2022), Girl from Nowhere (2018) and The Queen of Flow (2018). All three share Oz'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 Revenge (2011).

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If Oz hit the spot, these will too

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

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

The difference: Trades the bleakness of Oz for an angle of its own

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

Both are built on the same subject: betrayal

The difference: Easier on the bleakness than Oz

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

One thread runs through both: revenge

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2010s show

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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24
2001–2014 · 9 seasons · FOX
★ 8.4action & adventure · drama · crimeHulu

The same mix in both: grit, then stillness

The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than Oz does

Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.

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Spartacus
2010–2013 · 3 seasons · STARZ
★ 8.4dramaStarz

Bleak and relentless in the same breath

Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.

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My Name
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.8crime · drama · mysteryNetflix

Gritty crime, and it commits to that

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.

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

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

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

The same two preoccupations: prison, and drugs

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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House of Cards
2013–2018 · 6 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.6dramaNetflix

Drama with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

Betrayed by the White House, Congressman Frank Underwood embarks on a ruthless rise to power. Blackmail, seduction and ambition are his weapons.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: betrayal

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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Vinland Saga
2019– · 2 seasons · NHK G
★ 8.9animation · war & politics · action & adventureNetflixPrime Video

Bleak crime in both cases

For a thousand years, the Vikings have made quite a name and reputation for themselves as the strongest families with a thirst for violence. Thorfinn, the son of one of the Vikings' greatest warriors, spends his boyhood in a battlefield enhancing his skills in his adventure to redeem his most-desired revenge after his father was murdered.

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

Crime built on grit, twice over

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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