Shows like Oz (1997)
Loved Oz? Here are 24 shows with a similar feel, picked from what fans of Oz watch next and from titles with the same mix of crime and drama. Oz was created by Tom Fontana.
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Peaky Blinders (2013)
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
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Mr. Robot (2015)
A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in…
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Hannibal (2013)
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford…
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Prison Break (2005)
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
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MINDHUNTER (2017)
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
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Gotham (2014)
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 to Police…
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The Sinner (2017)
In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.
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Weeds (2005)
After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.
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Snowfall (2017)
Los 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 violent collision…
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Revenge (2011)
When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them…
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Mayor of Kingstown (2021)
In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on…
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Colony (2016)
In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to…
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Kyle XY (2006)
A suburban family that takes in a mysterious teen naive to the world around him. As Kyle begins to show signs of brilliance, solving the mystery of his origin and potential abilities becomes the family's mission.
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14
Inside Man (2022)
A prisoner on death row in the US, a vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar cross paths in the most unexpected way.
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The Patient (2022)
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
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Wentworth (2013)
Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.
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Escape at Dannemora (2018)
The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they…
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Time (2021)
Guilt, violence and impossible choices – what does it take to survive?
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The Mess You Leave Behind (2020)
A teacher starts her job at a high school but is haunted by a suspicious death that occurred there weeks before and begins fearing for her own life.
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20
Power Book IV: Force (2022)
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
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Painkiller (2023)
The causes and consequences of America's opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetrators, victims and an investigator seeking the truth.
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This City Is Ours (2025)
After trying to leave a world of crime, Michael is dragged back into the fold to answer questions. Back in Liverpool tensions continue to bubble amongst the remaining members of the gang, and a gangster who's just been let out of prison…
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Prisoner (1979)
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
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Melancholia (2021)
A sexual scandal between a math teacher and a student in a prestigious high school ended in tragedy. 4 years later they meet again, now as adults, to reveal the corruptions in school and to regain one's reputation as a teacher.