Terriers

Series Similar to Terriers

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

1. 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.

2. Fargo

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · returning

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

   Fargo is a seasonal anthology crime drama with some dark comical elements, inspired by the film Fargo written by the Coen brothers. Each season follows a new case and new characters, all entrenched in the trademark humor, murder and "Minnesota nice" that has made the film an enduring classic.

3. Barry

   2018 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Barry is a dark comedy about a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest. Lonely and dissatisfied in his life, he reluctantly travels to Los Angeles to execute a hit on an aspiring actor. Barry follows his "mark" into an acting class and ends up finding an accepting community in a group of eager hopefuls within the LA theater scene. He wants to start a new life as an actor, but his criminal past won't let him walk away - can he find a way to balance both worlds?

4. 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.

5. Life

   2007 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   A detective gets a second chance after serving twelve years in prison for a crime he did not commit. 

6. Mr Inbetween

   2018 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, also on FX.

   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...

7. 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.

8. Cracker

   1993 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   After a murder case in which the chief suspect claims amnesia, Psychology professor Eddie Fitzgerald, known to all as 'Fitz', develops a professional relationship with the Greater Manchester Police. Meanwhile, he battles with his own personal demons.

9. Patriot

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Espionage · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   To prevent Iran from going nuclear, intelligence officer John Tavner must forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous "non-official cover" -- that of a mid-level employee at a Midwestern industrial piping firm.

10. Republic of Doyle

    2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended

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

    Jake is in jail, arrested for the murder of former Mayor Clarke, and is trying to come to terms with what happened to Leslie. Also, the Doyles are reeling from Sloan's theft and are flat broke. With no way to get Jake out of jail – and with no leads to evidence that might exonerate Jake, it's going to be a hard climb back for everyone. Will the Doyles lose everything they've worked for? Is Jake going to win back his freedom? Is Leslie still alive?