Sons of Anarchy

Series Similar to Sons of Anarchy

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

1. Love/Hate

   2010 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   He skipped Dublin when a gun was found in his house and he's been living for the past year in Spain but Darren Tracey decides to risk it and come back to Dublin. He's homesick and a party for his brother's release from prison is the perfect excuse. It's only for the weekend but sometimes life is full of surprises - especially if you and your friends are in gangland. When one of the gang is killed, suspicion runs rife and thoughts turn to revenge.

2. Banshee

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

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

   Banshee stars Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, an ex-con and master thief who assumes the identity of the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he continues his criminal activities, even as he's hunted by the shadowy gangsters he betrayed years earlier.

3. Leverage

   2008 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Leverage is a slick and crafty drama following a team of expert thieves that take down corrupt corporations in elaborate high-tech schemes. Insurance investigator Nate Ford exposed scams and recovered stolen items worth millions. But his life hit the skids when his insurance company allowed his ailing 8-year-old son to die. Years later, Nate gets even as the leader of a specialized team of thieves, computer experts and con artists that right corporate and governmental injustices against honest citizens. To expose corruption, Nate will do wrong for all the right reasons –– he will provide Leverage.

4. The Unit

   2006 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.3).

   The Unit is a covert Special Forces team that does not exist. Their cover is the 303rd logistical studies group. They are assigned covert military operations by the President and never get credit for their actions. Their wives are also a tight group protecting their husbands. They protect their husband's secrets and maintain their cover.

5. Narcos

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   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.

6. Marvel's The Punisher

   2017 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   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.

7. Marvel's Daredevil

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   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.

8. Major Crimes

   2012 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

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

   Captain Sharon Raydor faces the challenge of earning the trust and loyalty of her officers in Major Crimes, who are still in shock over their former Deputy Chief's exit, while trying to close the department's highest-profile cases. Raydor decides to house Rusty Beck, the key witness for a murder case, in her own home, paying for him to attend the Catholic high school her children attended.

9. Ray Donovan

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players as the go-to guy who makes the problems of the city's celebrities, superstar athletes, and business moguls disappear. This powerful drama unfolds when his father is unexpectedly released from prison, setting off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.

10. The Shield

    2002 · Drama, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.6), also on FX.

    Detective Vic Mackey is the leader of an elite Strike Team unit, a group of cops effective at eliminating crime but also operating under Vic's own set of rules. But his rules sometimes cross the fine line between legal and illegal. Now the precinct has a new captain who doesn't like Vic's tactics and wants to bust him off the force - even as the captain finds himself going to Vic for help whenever the going gets rough.