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 · ended97% match

   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. Weeds

   2005 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended97% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Weeds is based around an american widow (Nancy Botwin) with 2 children who begins selling cannabis for financial gain after the death of her husband. Her family become involved in more and more illegal activities as the show progresses.

3. Mr Inbetween

   2018 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended97% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend — tough roles to juggle in the modern age. They're even harder when you're a criminal for hire...

4. Atypical

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended97% match

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

   Atypical is a coming of age story that follows Sam, an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum as he searches for love and independence. While Sam is on his funny yet emotional journey of self-discovery, the rest of his family must grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the central theme: what does it really mean to be normal?

5. After Life

   2019 · Drama, Comedy · ended97% match

   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.

6. Staged

   2020 · Drama, Comedy · ended97% match

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

   David Tennant and Michael Sheen (playing themselves) were due to star in a production of Six Characters in Search of an Author in the West End.The pandemic has put paid to that, but their director (Simon Evans - also playing himself) is determined not to let the opportunity pass him by. He knows how big a chance this is for him and turns his attention to cajoling his stars into rehearsing over the internet.All they need to do is read the first scene, but throughout the series they come up against a multitude of oppositional forces: distraction, boredom, home-schooling and their own egos.

7. Never Have I Ever

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended97% match

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

   After a traumatic year, an Indian-American teen just wants to spruce up her social status — but friends, family and feelings won't make it easy on her.

8. As We See It

   2022 · Comedy · ended97% match

   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.

9. Everything Sucks!

   2018 · Drama, Comedy · ended97% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, 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.

10. Derek

    2012 · Drama, Comedy · ended97% match

    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.