Shows Like Mr. Robot

If Mr. Robot left a gap, start here. These 30 series were picked from what Mr. Robot viewers actually went on to watch next — The Capture, Black Mirror and Mr Inbetween lead the list. Same tone, same pull, a new set of episodes to disappear into.

30
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7.2
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The Capture
tops the list
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The top 5 picks

  1. 1The Capture (2019) poster

    The Capture (2019)

    7.6 · 341 ratings

    When soldier Shaun Emery's conviction for a murder in Afghanistan is overturned due to flawed video evidence, he returns to life as a free man with his young daughter. But when damning CCTV footage from a night out in…

  2. 2Black Mirror (2011) poster

    Black Mirror (2011)

    8.3 · 6,445 ratings

    Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

  3. 3Mr Inbetween (2018) poster

    Mr Inbetween (2018)

    8.3 · 350 ratings

    Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.

  4. 4Sneaky Pete (2015) poster

    Sneaky Pete (2015)

    7.5 · 425 ratings

    A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to…

  5. 5The Hack (2025) poster

    The Hack (2025)

    6.6 · 27 ratings

    Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the uncovering of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the investigation into the unsolved murder of private…

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What "like Mr. Robot" actually means

Similarity is not one thing

Two series can resemble Mr. Robot 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 Mr. Robot 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 Mr. Robot 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 Mr. Robot 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 Mr. Robot?

The Capture (2019) is the closest match, rated 7.6 by 341 viewers. Black Mirror, Mr Inbetween and Sneaky Pete are the next best bets.

How do you decide what is similar to Mr. Robot?

From what Mr. Robot 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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