Slow Horses

Series Similar to Slow Horses

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

1. Homeland

   2011 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, highly rated (8.2).

   The winner of 6 Emmy Awards including Outstanding Drama Series, Homeland is an edge-of-your-seat sensation. Marine Sergeant Nicholas Brody is both a decorated hero and a serious threat. CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar. The delicate dance these two complex characters perform, built on lies, suspicion, and desire, is at the heart of this gripping, emotional thriller in which nothing short of the fate of our nation is at stake.

2. The Night Manager

   2016 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Drama series based on the John le Carré novel. A hotel night manager is recruited by a government agent to infiltrate the inner circle of a ruthless arms dealer.

3. The Old Man

   2022 · Drama, Action, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   The Old Man follows Dan Chase, a retired CIA officer who absconded from the CIA decades ago and has been living off the grid since. When an assassin arrives and tries to take Chase out, the old operative learns that to ensure his future he now must reconcile his past.

4. Rubicon

   2010 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile.

   Rubicon is a conspiracy thriller set in a NYC-based government intelligence agency, API, where nothing is what it seems. The series focuses on a beleaguered analyst, Will Travers, who, faced with a shocking tragedy, begins to uncover clues that point to a complex and sinister conspiracy.

5. Smiley's People

   1982 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Adaptation of John Le Carré's novel, following on from the previous BBC adaptation Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. George Smiley returns to the Game. A member of one of George Smiley's old networks seems to have caught on to something big. When he turns up dead the Circus asks George to tie up the loose ends with minimal fuss. But George Smiley does not like loose ends. Especially if they lead to the darkest recesses of the KGB - to Karla, the Sandman.

6. House of Cards

   2013 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, highly rated (8.2).

   Based on the BBC miniseries of the same name, House of Cards follows Francis Underwood, the politician's politician – masterful, beguiling, charismatic and ruthless. He and his equally ambitious wife Claire will stop at nothing to ensure their ascendancy. This wicked political drama slithers beneath the curtain and through the back halls of greed, sex, love and corruption in modern Washington D.C.

7. The Americans

   2013 · Drama, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Espionage profile, highly rated (8.5).

   The Americans is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President.

8. Andor

   2022 · Science-Fiction, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, highly rated (8).

   Andor explores a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor's journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It's an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

9. Spooks

   2002 · Drama, Thriller, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, highly rated (8).

   Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation.A team of agents in the British security intelligence service work to protect the U.K. from terrorists and other threats to national security. A repackaged version of the BBC series "Spooks," "MI-5" follows a counterterrorism unit based in the highly secure suite of offices called The Grid, where Harry Pearce oversees the team and deals with the often dirty politics of the spy game.

10. The Ipcress File

    2022 · Thriller, Espionage · ended

    Recommended for similar Thriller / Espionage profile, hidden gem.

    The Ipcress File is an enthralling and atmospheric espionage thriller set in Berlin and London during the 1960's.