Shows Like Queer as Folk
If you liked Queer as Folk (2000), 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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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.
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Queer as Folk (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaThe lives of a diverse group of friends in New Orleans are transformed in the aftermath of a tragedy.
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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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Servant (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaA Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
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Tell Me a Story (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe world's most beloved fairy tales reimagined as a dark and twisted psychological thriller.
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The Chi (2018)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaA relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about…
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thirtysomething (1987)
★ 6.3/10Also dramathirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties.
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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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The Pitt (2025)
★ 8.7/10Also dramaThe staff of Pittsburgh's Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.
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Mary & George (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaIn 17th century England, Mary Villiers molds her beautiful son, George, to seduce King James I, intending to gain riches and influence through outrageous schemes.
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L.A.'s Finest (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaSyd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic…
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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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Julia (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaThrough Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the…
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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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Unchosen (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaWhen a young mother from a sheltered cult crosses paths with a mysterious stranger, she embarks on a risky affair that awakens desires and dark secrets.
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56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaWhen an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.
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American Rust (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA compelling family drama and a timeless story told through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del Harris of a Pennsylvania Rust Belt town full of good people making bad choices.
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Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaFollow Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new…
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Fatal Attraction (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaAn affair threatens the lives of Dan Gallagher and his wife, Beth, in this deep-dive reimagining of the classic psychosexual thriller which explores fatal attraction and the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity…
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Tales of the City (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaMary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect…