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Shows that feel likePeaky Blinders (2013–2022)

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

If you loved Peaky Blinders, the closest series we have are Sons of Anarchy (2008), Boardwalk Empire (2010) and Power (2014). All three share Peaky Blinders' contemplative and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is MobLand (2025).

★ 8.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗6 seasons · BBC Onecreated by Steven Knightcontemplativegritty
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Hulu
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If Peaky Blinders hit the spot, these will too

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Sons of Anarchy
2008–2014 · 7 seasons · FX
★ 8.5crime · dramaHulu

A criminal brotherhood bound by family and violence

The difference: Modern biker opera

The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the acronym SAMCRO, Sam Crow, or simply Redwood Charter. The charter operates both legal and illegal businesses in the small town of Charming, California. They combine gun-running and a garage, and involvement in porn film industry. Clay, the charter president, likes it old school and violent; while Jax, his stepson and the club's VP, has thoughts about changing the way things are done. Their conflict has effects on both the club and their personal relationship, especially when Jax goes on a personal quest to cleanse the SAMCRO name and image.

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

Prohibition-era empire building with immaculate tailoring

The difference: Atlantic City politics, HBO sprawl

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

Ambition straddling legitimate business and the underworld

The difference: Contemporary glossy soap

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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Narcos
2015–2017 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.7crime · dramaNetflix

Empire-building charted rise by bloody rise

The difference: Cartel docu-drama

A gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

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

A scarred underboss clawing toward the throne

The difference: Gotham crime saga

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

An underestimated outsider mastering the trade

The difference: Telenovela momentum

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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The Americans
2013–2018 · 6 seasons · FX
★ 8.4crime · dramaHulu

Family life as the deadliest long con

The difference: Cold War marriage espionage

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.

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MobLand
2025– · 2 seasons · Paramount+
★ 8.3crime · dramaParamount+

A crime family holding territory through violence and immaculate tailoring

The difference: Contemporary London, and far less stylised

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

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

Survival politics inside a brutal system

The difference: Women's prison thriller

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

Crime history dramatized with craft

The difference: Anthology courtroom focus

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

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

English working-class life examined through one act of violence

The difference: Contemporary, formally daring, and not a crime epic

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

A careful mind climbing a criminal ladder it can never step off

The difference: A real life retold, Mexican and much plainer

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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