The Take

Series Similar to The Take

If you enjoyed The Take, 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. Spotless

   2015 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   He's a professional at cleaning up the crimes of others. His own life is getting dirtier by the minute.

3. Prey

   2014 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   On the run accused of a terrible crime, Manchester Detective Marcus Farrow tries to prove his innocence while being hunted by his former friends and colleagues.

4. The Driver

   2014 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Vince McKee's life is turned upside down when he agrees to be the driver for a criminal gang.

5. Kin

   2021 · Drama, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Kin charts the lives of the Kinsellas, a small but tight-knit crime family embroiled in a war against a powerful drug kingpin, Eamon Cunningham.A boy is killed and his family embark on a gangland war with an international cartel – a war that is impossible to win. It's David and Goliath. Out-numbered, out-financed and out-gunned, the Kinsellas find themselves holed up in their Dublin stronghold while their businesses fail, and family members and associates are picked off. But they have something the cartel does not: the unbreakable bonds of blood and family. Kin is a world where gangsters are treated like reality stars, with nicknames and celebrity status, where assassins dress up as women, and drug dealers keep exotic pets in their den. A world of drugs and guns and murder and loyalty and family and men…and a woman.

6. The Last Panthers

   2015 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, hidden gem.

   A daring jewel heist bears all the hallmarks of the notorious 'Pink Panthers' gang but with one tragic difference: the death of a little girl sets off a chain of events across Europe. A British insurance loss adjuster, her nefarious boss, a French-Algerian cop and a Serbian gang member are on a dangerous collision course, as the trail of diamonds weaves through the evolving united Europe of organised crime.

7. Bad Blood

   2017 · Drama, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Bad Blood is a story of family, loyalty, deceit, power, greed, and ultimately revenge. Montreal Mafia boss Vito Rizzuto is a criminal anomaly. Determined to bring peace to the disparate wings of the Montreal crime world of the day, Rizzuto successfully unifies them, serving as a de facto CEO while ensuring a lucrative payday for all. When Rizzuto is suddenly arrested and extradited to Colorado's Supermax Prison for the 1981 murders of three Bonanno crime family members, the powerful empire he built begins to crumble. Rizzuto watches helplessly until his release from prison in October 2012, when a Shakespearean tale of revenge begins to unfold.

8. 4 Blocks

   2017 · Drama, Crime · ended

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

   Based in Neukölln, Berlin Toni manages the daily business of dealing with the Arabic gangs and ends up wanting to leave his old life behind for his family, but as expected, its never that simple.

9. Jett

   2019 · Drama, Action, Crime · ended

   Recommended for similar Crime profile.

   Jett centers on Master thief Daisy "Jett" Kowalski, who did her stint in prison & never wants to go back. However, pressured by Charlie Baudelaire, she agrees to do one last job - but insists on working with her former partner, Rufus "Quinn" Quinton. When the operation goes south, and Quinn is killed, Kowalski is left no option but to work for the powerful and nefarious Miljan "The Russian" Bestic.

10. Thorne

    2010 · Drama, Crime · ended

    Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on Sky Showcase.

    Thorne, a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010, is based on crime writer Mark Billingham's novels. The series stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, and includes Aidan Gillen, Eddie Marsan, and Natascha McElhone as supporting cast members.