Shows Like American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez
If you liked American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez (2024), a drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Colin in Black and White (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaThe life of athlete Colin Kaepernick and his adoptive parents as they navigate the challenges of raising a black son in a white family and community.
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The Crowded Room (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaIn 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
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Tyler Perry's Ruthless (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaA spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.
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Angels in America (2003)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaGod has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but as disease and…
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Bel-Air (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaThe journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
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One Day (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaAfter spending graduation night together, Emma and Dexter go their separate ways — but their lives remain intertwined.
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Homecoming (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaHeidi Bergman is a caseworker at Homecoming, a Geist Group facility helping soldiers transition to civilian life. Years later she has started a new life, living with her mother and working as a waitress, when a…
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Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaThe story of how on the night of Ali’s defeat of Jerry Quarry, which came after he was banned from boxing for refusing to enter the military draft, hundreds of guests at an after-party were robbed at gunpoint, becoming…
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The Newsreader (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaAn unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
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WeCrashed (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaInspired by actual events—and the love story at the center of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its valuation dropped…
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Halston (2021)
★ 7/10Also dramaHis name built an empire. His style defined an era. American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control.
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Fellow Travelers (2023)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaA chronicle of a decades-long volatile romance between two men — from their first meeting during the height of the 1950s Lavender Scare to the AIDS crises of the 1980s.
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My Life with the Walter Boys (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaWhen a tragedy disrupts her life, a teen moves in with her guardian's big family in a small town and learns new lessons about love, hope and friendship.
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Obsession (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
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Mr. Robot (2015)
★ 8.3/10Also dramaA 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…
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All American (2018)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaWhen a rising high school football player from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds - Compton and Beverly Hills…
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The Hitchhiker (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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The Romanoffs (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaAn anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.
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Touch (2012)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaMartin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted…
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House of Guinness (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaDublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.