Russian Doll

Series Similar to Russian Doll

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

1. Fleabag

   2016 · Drama, Comedy · ended

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

   Meet Fleabag. She's not talking to all of us - she's talking to you. So why don't you pop your top off and come right in?

2. Nurse Jackie

   2009 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain that won't quit, and a personal life on the constant edge of collapse, it's going to take a white lie here, a bent rule there, and a handful of secret strategies to relieve the pain, and stay one step ahead of total disaster.

3. You're the Worst

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   You're the Worst is a comedic love story about what happens when two toxic, self-destructive people fall in love despite themselves and attempt the impossible - a relationship...

4. The Big C

   2010 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   The Big C follows Minneapolis Westhill High School teacher Cathy Jamison – a reserved, suburban wife and mother – who is diagnosed with melanoma. The realization of this forces her to really begin to live for the first time in her adult life. At first she chooses to keep her diagnosis from her family, behaving in ways they find puzzling and increasingly bizarre. She finds new freedom to express herself. As the show progresses, Cathy allows her family and some new friends to support her as she copes with her terminal prognosis, and finds both humor and pathos in the many idiosyncratic relationships in her life.

5. The Bear

   2022 · Drama, Comedy, Food · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.

6. Schmigadoon!

   2021 · Comedy, Music · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   Schmigadoon! is a parody of iconic musicals, which follows a couple on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate their relationship when they discover a magical town in which everyone is living in a studio musical from the 1940s. They then discover that they can't leave until they find "true love."

7. After Life

   2019 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, also on Netflix.

   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.

8. Everything Sucks!

   2018 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem, also on Netflix.

   It's 1996 in a town called Boring, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage life in the VHS era.

9. Dash & Lily

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, also on Netflix.

   Dash & Lily revolves around cynical Dash and optimistic Lily who trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City, finding they have more in common with each other than they would have expected.

10. 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.