Shows Like Breaking Bad
If Breaking Bad left a gap, start here. These 30 series were picked from what Breaking Bad viewers actually went on to watch next — Narcos: Mexico, Snowfall and Narcos lead the list. Same tone, same pull, a new set of episodes to disappear into.
30 titles · average score 7.5 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Narcos: Mexico (2018)
★ 7.9 · 1,533 ratingsSee the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
- 2
Snowfall (2017)
★ 8.4 · 800 ratingsLos Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a…
- 3
Narcos (2015)
★ 8.1 · 3,399 ratingsA gritty chronicle of the war against Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.
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Dark Winds (2022)
★ 7.5 · 204 ratingsThis psychological thriller follows two Navajo police officers, Leaphorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to challenge their own spiritual beliefs and…
- 5
Animal Kingdom (2016)
★ 7.8 · 561 ratings17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her…
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How this list is ranked
We build this page from TMDB's recommendation graph — the titles that people who watched Breaking Bad went on to watch and rate highly — then drop anything without a poster or a meaningful number of ratings. It refreshes daily, so as viewing habits shift the list shifts with them.
Frequently asked questions
What should I watch after Breaking Bad?
Narcos: Mexico (2018) is the closest match, rated 7.9 by 2K viewers. Snowfall, Narcos and Dark Winds are the next best bets.
How do you decide what is similar to Breaking Bad?
From what Breaking Bad viewers actually watched and rated next, not just from matching genre tags. That surfaces titles that share its tone and themes even when they sit in a different category.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released shows appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.