# TV shows to watch if you liked Breaking Bad

Antiheroes, crime and slow-burn tension: the shows most often recommended after Breaking Bad, from TV Guide, Looper and TVLine.

- 60 votes · 14 items
- Sep 30, 2026 · M. Knight
- https://even.best/en/l/3852/tv-shows-to-watch-if-you-liked-breaking-bad

## Top 14

1. **Better Call Saul (2015-2022)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — The obvious next step: how Jimmy McGill became Saul.
2. **Peaky Blinders (2013-2022)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Tommy Shelby's rise in Birmingham.
3. **The Shield (2002-2008)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — A corrupt cop who keeps getting away with it.
4. **Ozark (2017-2022)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — A financial adviser launders cartel money in the Missouri Ozarks.
5. **Narcos (2015-2017)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Pablo Escobar and the DEA; the most-suggested follow-up.
6. **Fargo (2014-)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Ordinary people turned criminal by bad decisions.
7. **The Wire (2002-2008)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Baltimore's drug trade from every side.
8. **Sons of Anarchy (2008-2014)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Bikers, guns and family loyalty.
9. **Boardwalk Empire (2010-2014)** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Prohibition-era Atlantic City.
10. **Weeds (2005-2012)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — A suburban mother starts dealing.
11. **Justified (2010-2015)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — A modern Western in Kentucky's crime country.
12. **The Sopranos (1999-2007)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Without it there is no Breaking Bad.
13. **The Americans (2013-2018)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Soviet spies with Breaking Bad-level tension.
14. **Yellowjackets (2021-)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Horror, mystery and survival for nail-biting drama.

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.