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Shows that feel likeSpartacus (2010–2013)

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.

If you loved Spartacus, the closest series we have are Oz (1997), 24 (2001) and The Glory (2022). All three share Spartacus' gritty and relentless feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Girl from Nowhere (2018).

★ 8.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗3 seasons · STARZcreated by Steven S. DeKnightgrittyepicbleakrelentless
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video
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If Spartacus hit the spot, these will too

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

Gritty and bleak in the same breath

The difference: Trades the scale of Spartacus for an angle of its own

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

The same mix in both: scale, then relentlessness

The difference: Takes it somewhere less bleak than Spartacus 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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The Glory
2022–2023 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.2drama · crimeNetflix

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Spartacus does

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

Drama with a pulse of relentlessness, in both cases

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

Both lean on relentlessness more than on drama

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

The shared currency is grit

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

Drama in the same key

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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The Pacific
2010 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8.3drama · action & adventure · war & politicsMax

Both work the same scale

Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.

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

Both run bleak where it counts

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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The Last Kingdom
2015–2022 · 5 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.5action & adventure · drama · war & politicsNetflix

Both sit in the same epic register

A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.

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

Drama approached the same way

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

Cut from the same drama cloth

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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