The Deuce

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

1. Oz

   1997 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.7), also on HBO.

   HBO's violent men-behind-bars drama is an addictive, testosterone-driven soap opera for guys. The eight episodes of the first season set the style for the show: a massive cast of a vivid characters on both sides of the bars, four or five stories unleashed at a breakneck pace and framed by angry, oddball introductions, and a soaring casualty rate. Created by Homicide producer Tom Fontana, this drama quickly earned its rightful reputation as the most brutal show on TV. It's simple chemistry: combine volatile ingredients in a confined space, shut tight, and shake.

2. Escape at Dannemora

   2018 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

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3. The Wire

   2002 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.9), also on HBO.

   The first season of The Wire (2002) concentrated on the often-futile efforts of police to infiltrate a West Baltimore drug ring headed by Avon Barksdale and his lieutenant, Stringer Bell. In Seasons Two and Three, as the Barksdale investigation escalated, new storylines involving pressures on the working class and the city's political leadership were introduced. Season Four focused on the stories of several young boys in the public school system, struggling with problems at home and the lure of the corner - set against the rise of a new drug empire in West Baltimore and a new Mayor in City Hall. The fifth and final season of The Wire centers on the media's role in addressing - or failing to address - the fundamental political, economic and social realities depicted over the course of the series, while also resolving storylines of the numerous characters woven throughout the narrative arc of the show.

4. True Detective

   2014 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.1), also on HBO.

   Touch darkness and darkness touches you back. True Detective centers on troubled cops and the investigations that drive them to the edge. Each season features a new cast and a new case.True Detective is an American anthology crime drama television series created and written by Nic Pizzolatto. 

5. NYPD Blue

   1993 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   The gritty details of life as a member of a New York City police unit.

6. 1992

   2015 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Set in early nineties Italy when there was a nationwide judicial investigation into corruption. This resulted in the break down of many political parties as well as the arrest and conviction of some high profile political figures. The story will follow six people whose lives are intertwined with the rapidly changing political landscape, exposing the far-reaching impact of the greed and corruption.

7. Deadwood

   2004 · Drama, Crime, Western · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.7), also on HBO.

   The outlaw camp of Deadwood marches slowly towards civilization, facing its first elections. But the power struggles continue over everything in Deadwood—influence, money, and whores—as the founding camp members form strategic alliances to face down the threat of a powerful newcomer, seeking to remake Deadwood in his image.

8. Rectify

   2013 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   Rectify is a haunting story of a man released from prison after spending nearly two decades on death row.

9. American Crime Story

   2016 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   This anthology series dramatizes historic criminal cases in the U.S.

10. Gangland Undercover

    2015 · Drama, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8.1), hidden gem.

    The only man brave enough to sneak into three outlaw biker gangs and live to tell the tale, Charles Falco, author of "Vagos, Mongols and Outlaws", goes from convict to infiltrator as he secretly documents the Vagos' illegal activities and ultimately brings them to justice. With the real Charles Falco starting each episode in a silhouetted interview, his story is brought to life in this fact-based docudrama series that sees Falco work as an informant for the Feds on a covert mission inside the dangerous Vagos' world of violence, murder and drug trafficking. Having climbed the gang's ranks while facilitating 62 arrests, Charles Falco exposes how he crippled the criminal enterprise from the core of the biker underworld in this mind-blowing true story, Gangland Undercover.