Common Side Effects

Series Similar to Common Side Effects

If you enjoyed Common Side Effects, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. After Life

   2019 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   After Life centers on Tony, who 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. He thinks it's like a Super Power — not caring about himself or anyone else — but it turns out to be tricky when everyone is trying to save the nice guy they used to know.

2. Class of '07

   2023 · Drama, Comedy · returning

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Class of '07 is a comedy about a never-ending high school reunion with life-and-death stakes. When an apocalyptic tidal wave hits during the 10-year reunion of an all-girls high school, a group of women must find a way to survive atop the island peak of their high school campus. Now freshly entangled in decade-old drama, their greatest threat to survival isn't the end of the world, but each other.

3. Psychoville

   2009 · Comedy, Thriller, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   Psychoville is a BBC dark mystery psychological thriller television sit-com written by and starring The League of Gentlemen members Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton. It debuted on BBC Two on 18 June 2009. Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in additional starring roles. The first series was followed by a Halloween special, broadcast on 31 October 2010, which saw Imelda Staunton added to the main cast along with previously supporting actors Eileen Atkins and Daniel Kaluuya. The second series started broadcasting on 5 May 2011 and ended on 6 June. Reece Shearsmith has officially announced that there will not be a third series.

4. Exit

   2019 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

   They have money, a career and a family. They have everything. But they're bored. Dark and shocking series from Oslo's financial world.

5. Mr. Birchum

   2024 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   From the mind of Adam Carolla, Mr. Birchum is a no-nonsense, junior high woodshop teacher who is attempting to navigate a world he doesn't understand or approve of. He's befuddled by his gaming streamer son, Eddie, annoyed at his selfie-taking, snowflake students and is constantly at war with the school district's appointed "J.E.D.I." (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion officer) Mr. Karponzi.

6. Sprung

   2022 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

   Sprung follows Jack, a convicted criminal who is determined to change course and reclaim his lost years after serving more than two decades in prison. With no place to live post-release, and a global pandemic bringing the world to a virtual standstill, Jack moves in with his former cellmate Rooster, Rooster's mom Barb, and Jack's former prison girlfriend Gloria. Bound by their marred past and unusual living circumstances, they decide to start righting some of society's wrongs, targeting those people selfishly taking advantage of others during the pandemic.

7. Strappare Lungo i Bordi

   2021 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Strappare Lungo i Bordi is the story of a complicated journey that Zerocalcare takes with his friends Sarah and Secco. Along the way, he'll face episodes of his life that are only apparently disconnected from each other, but which in the end will reveal a profound meaning.

8. Questo mondo non mi renderà cattivo

   2023 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   When an old friend returns to the neighborhood, Zerocalcare wants to help him find his place back in the world. But what's the right thing to do?

9. As We See It

   2022 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

   As We See It follows Jack, Harrison, and Violet, twentysomething roommates on the autism spectrum, as they strive to get and keep jobs, make friends, fall in love, and navigate a world that eludes them. With the help of their families, aide, and sometimes even each other, these roommates experience setbacks and celebrate triumphs on their own unique journeys towards independence and acceptance.

10. Derek

    2012 · Drama, Comedy · ended

    Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

    An award-winning bittersweet comedy-drama about a group of outsiders living on society's margins, Derek centers around Derek Noakes (a tender, innocent man whose love for his job at a retirement home shines through. Derek cares deeply for the home's residents, because they are kind and funny and tell him stories of what life used to be like. Working alongside Derek is Dougie, his landlord, who is one of life's unlucky individuals; Kev, a lovable train wreck; and Hannah, a care worker in the home and Derek's best friend. She is smart, witty and hardworking, but unlucky in love, and, like Derek, always puts other people first.