Orange Is the New Black

Series Similar to Orange Is the New Black

If you enjoyed Orange Is the New Black, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Brassic

   2019 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Brassic is about Vinnie, a man from the north of England with bipolar disorder and his best mate Dylan, whose girlfriend Erin decides to leave town. Dylan is faced with the impossible decision between a fresh start with the love of his life or staying behind with his inseparable gang of mates that he can't live without.

2. Terriers

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended94% match

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

   Terriers is an American comedic drama television series. Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department. The duo, both struggling with maturity issues, solve crimes while avoiding danger and responsibility.

3. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended94% match

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

   The first BBC drama to be filmed entirely on location in Botswana, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a charming story chronicling the adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts up the country's first female-owned detective agency. Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith.

4. Backstrom

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   The series follows Detective Everett Backstrom, an unhealthy, offensive, irascible - albeit brilliant - detective who sees the worst in everyone, and he's usually right.

5. Teenage Bounty Hunters

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem, also on Netflix.

   Twin sisters Sterling and Blair balance teen life at an elite Southern high school with an unlikely new career as butt-kicking bounty hunters.

6. Get Shorty

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended93% match

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

   Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 1990 New York Times bestselling novel, Get Shorty is the story of Miles Daly, who works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film.

7. Why Women Kill

   2019 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Why Women Kill is a dark dramedy anthology series set in multiple time periods, depicting the events leading to deaths caused by women.

8. Common Law

   2012 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   In Common Law, Travis Marks (Ealy) and Wes Mitchell (Kole) have a problem - each other. Despite their differences, this odd couple set of detectives are incredible at what they love most - enforcing the law - and have a seven-year track record as the LAPD's finest in the Robbery-Homicide Division. But when their constant bickering begins to have a major impact on their caseload, their new-age captain (McGee) institutes mandatory couples' therapy to bring back the flame in their "work marriage." Tough-as-nails therapist Dr. Ryan (Walger) is brought in to help them understand and resolve their conflicts and confront their demons in order to enhance their ability to continue solving crimes.

9. Republic of Doyle

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended93% match

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

   Jake is in jail, arrested for the murder of former Mayor Clarke, and is trying to come to terms with what happened to Leslie. Also, the Doyles are reeling from Sloan's theft and are flat broke. With no way to get Jake out of jail – and with no leads to evidence that might exonerate Jake, it's going to be a hard climb back for everyone. Will the Doyles lose everything they've worked for? Is Jake going to win back his freedom? Is Leslie still alive?

10. Lilyhammer

    2012 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended92% match

    Recommended for similar Crime profile.

    Lilyhammer follows New York mobster Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano as he enters the federal witness protection program after ratting on his boss. A sports fan, Frank wants to make his new life in Lillehammer, the Norwegian town that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics - or as he calls it "Lilyhammer." Frank has visions of a paradise of "clean air, fresh white snow and gorgeous broads" far away from the temptations of the Big Apple and from mob hit men. Reality, of course, turns out to be spectacularly different.