Sweet/Vicious

Series Similar to Sweet/Vicious

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

1. The Good Guys

   2010 · Comedy, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, hidden gem.

   The Good Guys is an action packed and comedic look at what happens when a washed up, old school cop and a by the book, modern day detective try to expose the big picture of small crime.

2. Murder Mystery

   2019 · Comedy, Action, Crime · returning

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

   Murder Mystery follows a married couple, Nick and Audrey Spitz, who get caught up in murder investigations.

3. Get Shorty

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Inspired by Elmore Leonard's 1990 New York Times bestselling novel, Get Shorty is the story of Miles Daly, who works as muscle for a murderous crime ring in Nevada and attempts to change professions and become a movie producer, laundering money through a Hollywood film.

4. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   The first BBC drama to be filmed entirely on location in Botswana, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a charming story chronicling the adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts up the country's first female-owned detective agency. Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith.

5. The Gentlemen

   2024 · Comedy, Action, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.

6. The Avengers

   1961 · Comedy, Action, Crime · ended

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

   Urbane John Steed and a variety of partners work for an elite organization tasked with investigating criminal and espionage matters within the UK. Their opponents use everything from standard techniques to robots and other science fiction gadgetry.

7. Backstrom

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   The series follows Detective Everett Backstrom, an unhealthy, offensive, irascible - albeit brilliant - detective who sees the worst in everyone, and he's usually right.

8. Terriers

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

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

   Terriers is an American comedic drama television series. Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department. The duo, both struggling with maturity issues, solve crimes while avoiding danger and responsibility.

9. Babylon

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Razor-sharp comedy drama that takes a wry look at the people and politics of London's police force. 

10. Lilyhammer

    2012 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

    Lilyhammer follows New York mobster Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano as he enters the federal witness protection program after ratting on his boss. A sports fan, Frank wants to make his new life in Lillehammer, the Norwegian town that hosted the 1994 Winter Olympics - or as he calls it "Lilyhammer." Frank has visions of a paradise of "clean air, fresh white snow and gorgeous broads" far away from the temptations of the Big Apple and from mob hit men. Reality, of course, turns out to be spectacularly different.