These picks mirror Breaking Bad with Drama, Crime energy while adding fresh angles. Expect balanced pacing, curated availability, and spoiler-free highlights.
About Breaking Bad: Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
This list balances Series that echo Breaking Bad's core energy with fresher angles. Expect highlights like Drama, Crime, Comedy and releases spanning 2004–2024.
Most picks are streamable on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Hulu — check the availability badges for direct links and regional options.
We leaned into themes such as Drama, Crime, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy to keep the experience coherent while still surfacing a few wildcard surprises.
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SeriesLos Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a…
SeriesDr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
SeriesDaryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, th…
AMC+ Amazon ChannelSeriesDaryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, th…
AMC+ Amazon Channel
SeriesAlicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
SeriesSee the rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in 1980s Mexico.
SeriesA sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and…
SeriesAurelio Casillas is a boy who aims high in life; he becomes close to Don Cleto, a dangerous criminal; together they build an empire, but also are met with an inevitable encounter with destiny.
MovieTwo childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship.
MovieThis is the story of Mike, a man struggling with a dangerous addiction to cocaine. As his life spirals out of control, his relationship with his brother, Chris, begins to fracture. Despite Chris’s efforts to help, Mike…
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with crime elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with comedy elements and delivers tight suspense that keeps the momentum alive.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with sci-fi & fantasy elements and delivers emotional tension that invites reflection later.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with sci-fi & fantasy elements and delivers emotional tension that invites reflection later.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with unexpected textures elements and delivers tight suspense that keeps the momentum alive.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama themes with crime accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers inventive imagery that feels remarkably personal.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with drama elements and delivers a resonant character arc that stays with you afterward.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with drama elements and delivers tight suspense that keeps the momentum alive.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this cinematic pick balances crime with action elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.
If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this cinematic pick balances drama with crime elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.
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