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Shows that feel likeRussian Doll (2019–2022)

Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.

If you loved Russian Doll, the closest series we have are Vice Principals (2016), Arrested Development (2003) and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005). All three share Russian Doll's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Gentlemen (2024).

★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗2 seasons · Netflixcreated by Natasha Lyonnewittyplayfulcontemplativedarkly funny
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If Russian Doll hit the spot, these will too

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Vice Principals
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · HBO
★ 8comedyMax

One thread runs through both: dark comedy

The difference: Trades the stillness of Russian Doll for an angle of its own

After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.

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Arrested Development
2003–2019 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 8.6comedyNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: family relationships

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005– · 18 seasons · FX
★ 8.8comedyHulu

Common ground: dark comedy

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.

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Married... with Children
1987–1997 · 11 seasons · FOX
★ 8.1comedyPrime VideoHulu

The same preoccupation in both: family relationships

The difference: 32 years apart, and the 1980s show

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

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Maniac
2018 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.6comedy · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Sits closer to sci-fi & fantasy than Russian Doll does

Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.

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The Gentlemen
2024– · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.1comedy · drama · crimeNetflix

The same mix in both: stillness, then dark humor

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Russian Doll does

When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.

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Space Force
2020–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.7comedy · dramaNetflix

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

A four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's newest agency — Space Force — ready for lift-off.

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The Office
2001–2002 · 2 seasons · BBC Two
★ 8.5comedyMaxHulu

Drama with a pulse of play, in both cases

Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg.

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Orange Is the New Black
2013–2019 · 7 seasons · Netflix
★ 8drama · comedy · crimeNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: complex

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

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Barry
2018–2023 · 4 seasons · HBO
★ 8.3comedy · crime · dramaMax

One thread runs through both: dramedy

A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.

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It's Okay to Not Be Okay
2020 · 1 season · tvN
★ 8.5drama · comedyNetflix

Comedy built on stillness, twice over

Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t believe in them.

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After Life
2019–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.4comedy · dramaNetflix

Darkly funny drama in both cases

Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.

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