Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler

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If you enjoyed Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Warrior

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   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on HBO Max.

   Inspired by the writings and work of martial arts icon Bruce Lee and set against the backdrop of San Francisco's Chinatown in the aftermath of the Civil War, Warrior tells the story of a young martial arts prodigy, newly arrived from China, who finds himself caught up in the bloody Tong Wars.

2. Deadly Class

   2019 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Set in a dark, heightened world against the backdrop of late 80s counter culture, Deadly Class follows the story of Marcus, a teen living on the streets who is recruited into Kings Dominion, an elite private academy where the world's top crime families send their next generations. Maintaining his moral code while surviving a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques and his own adolescent uncertainties soon proves to be vital.

3. Marvel's The Punisher

   2017 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.4).

   After exacting revenge on those responsible for the death of his wife and children, Frank Castle uncovers a conspiracy that runs far deeper than New York's criminal underworld. Now known throughout the city as The Punisher, he must discover the truth about injustices that affect more than his family alone.

4. Narcos

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.4).

   Narcos chronicle the life and death of drug lord Pablo Escobar the ruthless boss of the Medellin Cartel and a known terrorist who was also a congressman, a family man and revered by the poor as a new Robin Hood.

5. Banshee

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.6).

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6. Marvel's Daredevil

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.4).

   Matt Murdock, a Marvel Comics hero who's a lawyer by day but fights the bad guys at night to avenge the murder of his father, a boxer. But what sets Matt apart from most superheroes isn't his back story it's his handicap. Matt is blind, the result of a childhood accident that removed his ability to see but gifted him with heightened senses of touch, taste, hearing and smell.

7. Hit & Miss

   2012 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Mia's a contract killer with a big secret - she used to be a man. As the series starts her ex-girlfriend reveals that she's dying and that they had a child. The show follows Mia's trials as she tries to separate her killer instincts with her parental ones.

8. Inside Men

   2012 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

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9. Played

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Played tracks the CIU (Covert Investigations Unit) as it risks going undercover to infiltrate and bring down criminal organizations. In this new style of intense, short-term undercover work, each covert "play" is crafted quickly and executed at an even faster pace. Placed into various worlds of crime without a safety net, the cops are in constant danger, as they repeatedly go off the grid. Wearing wires, coaxing confessions, and setting up stings, the cops of the CIU must think quickly, talk smoothly, and rely on pure instinct. They slip in and out of characters so often that, sometimes, they lose track of who they really are. The team of highly-skilled and brave detectives is led by John Moreland, a cop at the top of his game with great instincts who is usually in charge... Until the new CIU is established and consummate strategist Rebecca Ellis is given the reigns.

10. Queen of the South

    2016 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended92% match

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

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