Shows Like Looking
If you liked Looking (2014), a comedy and 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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The L Word (2004)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaA group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
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EastSiders (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedyWhat happens after the world ends? This show explores the aftermath of infidelity on a gay couple in Silver Lake, CA.
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Love, Victor (2020)
★ 8.5/10Also comedy and dramaVictor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he…
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The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaIn this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing…
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Mid-Century Modern (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyThree best friends — gay gentlemen of a certain age – decide after an unexpected death to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother. As a chosen family…
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Rain Dogs (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedyAn unconventional love story between a working-class single mum, her young daughter and a privileged gay man. A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of…
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Tales of the City (1993)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaMary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.
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More Tales of the City (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaLonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the hope of finding happiness in San Francisco.
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Franklin & Bash (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedyWhen they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest…
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The Full Monty (2023)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and dramaThe Full Monty gang is back after 25 years, swapping their stage costumes for dognapping, racing pigeons, and one very unconventional hostage situation. Gaz might be older, but he's no wiser. And his best friend, Dave…
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And Just Like That… (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and dramaThis new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life…
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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…
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High Fidelity (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy and dramaRob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.
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Master of None (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama30-year-old New York actor Dev takes on such pillars of maturity as the first big job, a serious relationship, and busting sex offenders on the subway.
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Uncoupled (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyMichael thought his life was perfect until his husband blindsided him by walking out after 17 years. Michael has to confront two nightmares — losing his soulmate and suddenly finding himself a single gay man in his…
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How to Make It in America (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedyTrying to make a name for themselves in New York's competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon use their street knowledge and connections to bring their ambitions to…
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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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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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The Game (2006)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and comedyWhen her boyfriend Derwin Davis is chosen as the new third-string wide receiver for the San Diego Sabers, Melanie Barnett decides to attend a local college so she can be with him. While Derwin worries about the plays…
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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.