The Player

Series Similar to The Player

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

1. Breakout Kings

   2011 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Breakout Kings follows an unconventional partnership between the U.S. Marshals' office and a group of convicts as they work to catch fugitives on the run. In Breakout Kings, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie Duchamp and Ray Zancanelli decide to reject protocol and take an unorthodox approach to their work: using former criminals to catch current ones. They form a special task force composed of the three most elusive convicts Ray ever captured: Lloyd Lowery a former child prodigy and behaviorist/psychiatric expert who excels in psychoanalysis; Shea Daniels, an ex-gang banger who knows how to work the system, both in prison and on the street; and Erica Reed, a sexy expert tracker who learned her trade from her bounty hunter father. Charlie and Ray also employ the services of Julianne Simms, a civilian who acts as the "funnel" for the group - all information, tips and data go through her.

2. Fastlane

   2002 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   A flashy action series about a pair of mismatched cops taking on L.A.'s lawless with the help of a beautiful boss and a warehouse full of high-end props and confiscated property.

3. Taxi Driver

   2021 · Drama, Action, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   The story of a mysterious taxi service that takes revenge on behalf of victims who are unable to get justice from the law. Kim Do Ki is a mysterious driver for the taxi company whose mother was murdered. Kang Ha Na is a passionate attorney. Go Eun is an IT specialist, while others consider her a hacker. Along with Kim Do Ki, she works as part of Rainbow Taxi Company to solve people's problems.

4. 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.

5. Triangle

   2014 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile, hidden gem.

   Three brothers lose their parents and grow up separately without knowing the whereabouts of each other for more than 20 years. Because they have taken on new names and are all grown up, they are unable to recognize each other later on. Jang Dong Soo the oldest brother become a detective, while Dong Chul the middle brother uses an alias name Heo Young Dal to become the boss of a crime gang. The youngest, Dong Woo, grows into a cold person after being adopted by a rich family. The three brothers fates become intertwined as they become bitter adversaries.

6. Tracker

   2024 · Drama, Action, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Tracker features lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw, who roams the country as a "reward seeker," using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement to solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.

7. Two Weeks

   2013 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Jang Tae San lives a meaningless life. He learns that he has a young daughter stricken with leukemia and being falsely accused of murder. For the next two weeks, he struggles to save his daughter.

8. 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.

9. My Name

   2021 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Crime profile.

   Following her father's murder, a revenge-driven woman puts her trust in a powerful crime boss -- and enters the police force under his direction.

10. 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.