Shows Like Lucifer

If Lucifer left a gap, start here. These 30 series were picked from what Lucifer viewers actually went on to watch next — Ballard, Angie Tribeca and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels lead the list. Same tone, same pull, a new set of episodes to disappear into.

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The top 5 picks

  1. 1Ballard (2025) poster

    Ballard (2025)

    7.2 · 194 ratings

    Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping…

  2. 2Angie Tribeca (2016) poster

    Angie Tribeca (2016)

    6.4 · 149 ratings

    Lone-wolf detective Angie Tribeca and a squad of committed LAPD detectives investigate the most serious cases, from the murder of a ventriloquist to a rash of baker suicides.

  3. 3Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020) poster

    Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)

    6.8 · 371 ratings

    Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a…

  4. 4Lethal Weapon (2016) poster

    Lethal Weapon (2016)

    7.3 · 809 ratings

    A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

  5. 5Gotham (2014) poster

    Gotham (2014)

    7.6 · 3,777 ratings

    Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective…

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What "like Lucifer" actually means

Similarity is not one thing

Two series can resemble Lucifer in completely different ways, and knowing which one you are after saves a wasted evening. There is tonal similarity — the same mood, pace and sense of humour, regardless of subject. There is premise similarity, where the setup rhymes but the feel does not. And there is the weakest kind, surface similarity: the same genre label, the same era, the same lead. Most disappointing recommendations are the third kind dressed up as the first.

The list below is built from what people who watched Lucifer went on to watch and rate highly, which catches tonal and premise similarity reasonably well and surface similarity by accident. So it is worth reading the top few entries with the question "similar how?" rather than taking the order as a ranking of quality.

Where to start

If you loved Lucifer for how it felt, start at the top and trust the first three or four — the strongest tonal matches concentrate there, because that is where the overlap in audience is densest.

If you loved it for what it was about, read further down instead. The middle of a list like this is where the interesting divergences live: series that took the same idea somewhere the original series did not go, which is usually a better evening than watching something that simply repeats it.

How this list was put together

We build this page from TMDB's recommendation graph — the titles that people who watched Lucifer 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 Lucifer?

Ballard (2025) is the closest match, rated 7.2 by 194 viewers. Angie Tribeca, Penny Dreadful: City of Angels and Lethal Weapon are the next best bets.

How do you decide what is similar to Lucifer?

From what Lucifer 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. New shows join the list once enough people have rated them for the score to mean anything. Browsing is free and there is no account or paywall on anything at MovieAI.

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