Shows Like The Young Offenders

If you liked The Young Offenders (2018), a crime and comedy 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
China, IL (2011)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
The absurdist legacy of the worst college in America is set to unfold, as the Professor Brothers, Steve and Frank Smith, alongside their colleagues, deal with life, each other, and the nagging responsibility of their…
2
Frank of Ireland (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy
Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development who’s convinced that the world owes him. He's also our hero. He has a tenuous hold on reality, a single room in his mother’s home, an…
3
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…
4
Clerks (2000)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
The continuing adventures of store clerks Dante and Randal, who try to make the best of their menial labor, with no help from Jay and Silent Bob.
5
Mid-Century Modern (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy
Three 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…
6
Scream Queens (2015)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
The super-charged comedy-horror series is a modern take on the classic whodunit with a killer cast.
7
Blue Mountain State (2010)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
Three incoming freshman in a big-time, Midwestern college football program have to juggle football, girls, class and nonstop hazing.
8
Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
A decade after their wild summer as junior counselors, the gang reunites for a weekend of bonding, hanky-panky and hair-raising adventures.
9
Heathers (2018)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and crime
A pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, as our heroine, Veronica Sawyer, deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. Based on the 1988 cult classic film.
10
Ten Year Old Tom (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
The misadventures of an average kid as he contends with questionable guidance from the well-meaning grownups around him.
11
Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
A sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. The pair introduce most episodes as heightened versions of themselves before transitioning to a mixture of live sketches and pre-taped segments.
12
Chappelle's Show (2003)
★ 8.1/10Also comedy
Dave Chappelle's singular point of view is unleashed through a combination of laidback stand-up and street-smart sketches.
13
Jackass (2000)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
Join sadomasochistic superheroes Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, and the rest of the Jackass crew as they terrorize your TV screens and everyone that gets in their way (especially themselves) with their own sick and…
14
Ugly Americans (2010)
★ 8.2/10Also comedy
Social worker Mark Lilly helps new citizens—both human and "other"—begin the process of adapting to life in the Big Apple, but his coworkers, demonic bureaucrat Twayne, drunken wizard Leonard Powers, surly law…
15
UnPrisoned (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
A messy but perfectionist relationship therapist and single mom has her life turned right-side-up when her dad gets out of prison and moves in with her and her teenage son.
16
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…
17
Big Mistakes (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and crime
Blackmailed into working for some very dangerous people, two deeply incapable siblings become the most disorganized duo in organized crime.
18
Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
Follow the ups-and-downs of Angela Williams, the owner of a successful beauty salon, and her husband of 13 years, Marcus, a former professional football player who has recently partnered with Richard Ellington and…
19
Colin from Accounts (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
Ashley and Gordon are two single(ish), complex humans who are brought together by a car accident and an injured dog. Flawed, funny people choosing each other and being brave enough to show their true self, scars and…
20
The Larry Sanders Show (1992)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley…