Shows Like Tyrant

If you liked Tyrant (2014), a drama and war & politics 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 Day of the Jackal (2024)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who…
2
Bodyguard (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and war & politics
A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.
3
Bad Blood (2017)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
A dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
4
Homeland (2011)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and war & politics
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her…
5
Vigil (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
The mysterious disappearance of a Scottish fishing trawler and a death on-board the submarine HMS Vigil bring the police into conflict with the Navy and British security services. DCI Amy Silva and DS Kirsten Longacre…
6
24: Legacy (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
The story of military hero Eric Carter's return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale…
7
The Terminal List (2022)
★ 8/10Also drama
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons he's learned…
8
Traitors (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also war & politics and drama
1945 London. Feef is seduced by a rogue American spy into spying on her own country. Her task? To uncover a Russian agent in the heart of the British Government.
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Death and Other Details (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
How do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something… but is one of them a killer?…
10
This City Is Ours (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
After trying to leave a world of crime, Michael is dragged back into the fold to answer questions. Back in Liverpool tensions continue to bubble amongst the remaining members of the gang, and a gangster who's just been…
11
The Honourable Woman (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and war & politics
Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks…
12
Suspicion (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Four ordinary Brits are accused of kidnapping the son of a prominent U.S. media mogul. They embark on a desperate race against time to prove their innocence, but will anyone believe them—and are they telling the truth?
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The Assassin (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward, visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward…
14
Matlock (2024)
★ 7/10Also drama
After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and…
15
The Irrational (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Alec Mercer is a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, corporations and law…
16
Death by Lightning (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.
17
Goliath (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman…
18
Queen of the South (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
Teresa flees Mexico after her drug-runner boyfriend is murdered. Settling in Dallas, she looks to become the country's reigning drug smuggler and to avenge her lover's murder.
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Kill Jackie (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Jackie Price has been living a wealthy, luxurious life for the past 20 years after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life begins to feel a little boring, she discovers that The…
20
Good Behavior (2016)
★ 7/10Also drama
Letty Dobesh is a thief and con artist fresh out of prison whose life is always one wrong turn and bad decision from implosions — just how she likes it. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife…