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Shows that feel likeWestworld (2016–2022)

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

If you loved Westworld, the closest series we have are Person of Interest (2011), 1883 (2021) and Deadwood (2004). All three share Westworld's gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Godless (2017).

★ 8.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗4 seasons · HBOcreated by Jonathan Nolancerebraldreamlikegritty
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

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If Westworld hit the spot, these will too

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Person of Interest
2011–2016 · 5 seasons · CBS
★ 8.5action & adventure · crime · sci-fi & fantasyPrime VideoPeacock

An artificial mind quietly becoming a person while nobody is looking

The difference: Starts as a weekly procedural — the big ideas arrive seasons later

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars. 

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1883
2021–2022 · 1 season · Paramount+
★ 8.6drama · westernParamount+

The West as a set of rules people die inside

The difference: A real frontier crossing, sincere and unadorned

Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.

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Deadwood
2004–2006 · 3 seasons · HBO
★ 8.6western · crime · dramaMax

Both are built on the same subject: wild west

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Westworld does

The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.

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Godless
2017 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8.2western · dramaNetflix

Gritty western in both cases

The difference: Trades the ideas of Westworld for an angle of its own

A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women.

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Yellowstone
2018–2024 · 5 seasons · Paramount Network
★ 8.6western · dramaPeacock

Sci-fi & fantasy with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Westworld does

Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.

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Your Honor
2020–2023 · 2 seasons · Showtime
★ 7.6drama · crimeParamount+

Sci-fi & fantasy built on grit, twice over

New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.

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The Purge
2018–2019 · 2 seasons · USA Network
★ 6.6mystery · crime · drama

A system that licenses cruelty and calls it entertainment

The difference: Blunt dystopian thriller, no interiority to speak of

Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.

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1923
2022–2025 · 2 seasons · Paramount+
★ 8.3drama · westernParamount+

Both are western through and through

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.

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Gotham
2014–2019 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 7.8drama · crime · sci-fi & fantasy

A built world where the powerful make monsters and call it business

The difference: Operatic comic-book pulp, loud where Westworld is cold and quiet

Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

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The Peripheral
2022 · 1 season · Prime Video
★ 7.5sci-fi & fantasy · dramaPrime Video

Bodies you can borrow, and the rich treating people as equipment

The difference: One plot unfolding at novel pace, no loops to decode

Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks all of her dreams of finding a purpose, romance, and glamour in what seems like a game…but it also puts her and her family in real danger.

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

Contemporaries, and it shows

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

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Wynonna Earp
2016–2021 · 4 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.4action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · western

Western iconography bent into something stranger and less rule-bound

The difference: Scrappy, jokey and character-warm — nothing is trying to disorient you

Wyatt Earp's great granddaughter Wynonna battles demons and other creatures with her unique abilities and a posse of dysfunctional allies - the only thing that can bring the paranormal to justice.

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