Shows Like The Playlist

If you liked The Playlist (2022), 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.

1
WeCrashed (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Inspired 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…
2
The Terror: Devil in Silver (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, one man faces secretive doctors, dangerous patients, and something even worse …
3
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
An African American washerwoman rises from poverty to build a beauty empire and become the first female self-made millionaire.
4
The Jacksons: An American Dream (1992)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
The Jacksons are your average working-class family in Gary, Indiana; but when their father Joseph discovers the kids have an extraordinary musical talent, they form a band. Winning talent show after talent show, they…
5
Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to…
6
A Friend of the Family (2022)
★ 7/10Also drama
The Brobergs are completely unprepared for the sophisticated tactics a neighbor of theirs uses to exploit their vulnerabilities, separate them and turn their daughter against them.
7
Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
The 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…
8
Vinyl (2016)
★ 7/10Also drama
In 1970s New York, jaded record exec Richie Finestra tries to resurrect his failing label and fractured personal life while keeping his finger on the pulse of the city's new sound.
9
Knots Landing (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
10
Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
London is rocked by terrorist attacks as armed police shoot dead an innocent man on his way to work.
11
Cupertino (2026)
★ 6/10Also drama
A scrappy lawyer takes on a powerful tech giant in a high-stakes legal battle, navigating the cutthroat world of Silicon Valley while fighting for justice and the little guy's rights.
12
The Slap (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
Hector and his wife Aisha plan a party for family and friends, but the day doesn't turn out as they expected when Hector's hot-headed cousin Harry slaps a misbehaving child. The party ends abruptly with the child's…
13
The Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
Mother of two, Elisa, allows her daughter, Lucia, to go on an impromptu sleepover with her new best friend Josephine after meeting Josephine's mother, Rebecca, at her beautiful home. But when Elisa arrives to collect…
14
One Day (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
After spending graduation night together, Emma and Dexter go their separate ways — but their lives remain intertwined.
15
The Crowded Room (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
In 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
16
Beauty in Black (2024)
★ 8.5/10Also drama
A stripper's fate takes a turn when she crosses paths with the wealthy, dysfunctional family behind a cosmetics dynasty and a devious trafficking scheme.
17
Obsession (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
18
Swimming with Sharks (2022)
★ 7/10Also drama
When Lou Simms starts her internship at Fountain Pictures she seems like a naïve Hollywood newcomer, awestruck by the studio’s notorious CEO, Joyce Holt. In truth, Lou has done extensive research on Joyce and landing…
19
The Patient (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
20
Washington Black (2025)
★ 6/10Also drama
11-year-old George Washington "Wash" Black embarks on a globe-trotting journey of identity after fleeing a Barbados sugar plantation aboard a flying machine in the company of his master’s eccentric inventor brother.