Shows Like A Man on the Inside

If you liked A Man on the Inside (2024), a comedy and crime 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
Inspector George Gently (2008)
★ 7.9/10Also crime
Crime drama set in the 1960s about an old-school detective trying to come to terms with a time when the lines between the police and criminals have become blurred.
2
Barney Miller (1975)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. Always sensible, he maintains order over a band of detectives who gamble, hit on anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and…
3
American Housewife (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
A family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.
4
Benson (1979)
★ 7/10Also comedy
A butler deals with life at the governor's mansion.
5
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (2013)
★ 8.2/10Also comedy and crime
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
6
Shifting Gears (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Matt is a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt's estranged daughter Riley and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.
7
Suburgatory (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more…
8
My Three Sons (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join…
9
Duckman (1994)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
Together with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single parent to his hilariously dysfunctional sons at the same time.
10
Lopez vs Lopez (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
The story of a working-class, old-school Latino father who moves in with his modern Gen Z daughter as they rebuild their dysfunctional relationship one argument at a time.
11
Mama's Family (1983)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.
12
Sanford and Son (1972)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
13
Father Knows Best (1954)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
14
Unhappily Ever After (1995)
★ 7/10Also comedy
A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder. Jack Malloy is the hallucinating father who works at a used car lot. Jennifer "Jennie" Slattery Malloy is the mother who hates…
15
Arrested Development (2003)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy
The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.
16
Night Court (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Unapologetically optimistic judge Abby Stone, the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father's footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to…
17
Reno 911! (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
This partially unscripted comedy brings viewers into the squad car as incompetent officers swing into action, answering 911 calls about everything from speeding violations and prostitution to staking out a drug den…
18
Moesha (1996)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.
19
All of Us (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
Robert James, an entertainment reporter for a local Los Angeles television station, is handsome, smart and thoroughly modern in his thinking. Recently divorced from the somewhat self-absorbed Neesee, the mother of…
20
Half & Half (2002)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy
Half & Half is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from September 23, 2002, to May 15, 2006. The show focuses on the lives of two paternal half-sisters in their twenties who were estranged throughout their childhood…