Shows Like Back

If you liked Back (2017), 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.

1
Shameless (2004)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in…
2
Such Brave Girls (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama
Sisters Josie and Billie and their single mother Deb navigate life armed with nothing but poor judgement and self-esteem exclusively tied to people who couldn't care less about them. They're vain, selfish, heavily in…
3
F is for Family (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Follow the Murphy family back to the 1970s, when kids roamed wild, beer flowed freely and nothing came between a man and his TV.
4
Divorce (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama
A middle-aged couple experience the pain, the relief and the trials and tribulations of a divorce in this dry, witty comedy.
5
Here and Now (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A provocative and darkly comic meditation on the disparate forces polarizing present-day American culture, as experienced by the members of a progressive multi-ethnic family — a philosophy professor and his wife, their…
6
Six Feet Under (2001)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
7
Claws (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Follow the life and crimes of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.
8
United States of Tara (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama
Tara's multiple personalities include "T" the wild-child teenager, "Buck" the rough and tumble biker dude, and "Alice" the type-A homemaker. But with a family that loves her just the way she is, Tara never gives up…
9
Unstable (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
He's an eccentric biotech genius. His son's a pragmatist living in his shadow. To save the family business, they'll have to work through some issues.
10
Wilfred (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential…
11
Togetherness (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.
12
Grounded for Life (2001)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle…
13
Horace and Pete (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and comedy
The owners of a dive bar in Brooklyn, Horace and Pete, along with bar regulars share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar.
14
Shining Vale (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
A dysfunctional family moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Patricia “Pat” Phelps, who’s convinced she’s either depressed…
15
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead…
16
Kath & Kim (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
Kath and Kim, a dysfunctional mother-daughter duo, navigate through relationship troubles, personal issues and life while trying to stay sane.
17
Kidding (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and comedy
Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope…
18
Mr Inbetween (2018)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.
19
Back to Life (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
When Miri Matteson returns home after eighteen years, can she integrate back into her old life? With a terrible event from her past hanging over her, it won’t be easy.
20
EastSiders (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy
What happens after the world ends? This show explores the aftermath of infidelity on a gay couple in Silver Lake, CA.