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Top 10 Series like Breaking Bad

2008SeriesDrama, Crime

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.

Why you'll enjoy this line-up

This list balances Series that echo Breaking Bad's core energy with fresher angles. Expect highlights like Crime, Drama, Mystery and releases spanning 1990–2017.

Most picks are streamable on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV — check the availability badges for direct links and regional options.

We leaned into themes such as Crime, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure, Action to keep the experience coherent while still surfacing a few wildcard surprises.

Curated recommendations

Generated with Recomeai’s hybrid AI pipeline — semantic vectors, full-text search, reranking, and diversity balancing.

Better Call SaulSeries
Match 57%

Better Call Saul

2015SeriesPopularity 95
  • Vibe: Crime
  • Audience reach ≈ 95 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers rich worldbuilding that spark…

Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make en…

Where to find it

  • netflix.comNetflix
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
  • apple.comApple TV
  • play.google.comGoogle Play
Source: TMDb
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DexterSeries
Match 55%

Dexter

2006SeriesPopularity 100
  • Vibe: Crime
  • Audience reach ≈ 100 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with drama elements and delivers a resonant character arc that stays with you afterward.

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

Where to find it

  • google.comfuboTV
  • paramountplus.comParamount+ with Showtime
  • tv.apple.comParamount Plus Apple TV Channel
  • amazon.comParamount+ Amazon Channel
  • paramountplus.comParamount+ Roku Premium Channel
Source: TMDb
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Prison BreakSeries
Match 53%

Prison Break

2005SeriesPopularity 89
  • Vibe: Action & Adventure
  • Audience reach ≈ 89 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with action & adventure elements and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fresh conversatio…

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out,…

Where to find it

  • netflix.comNetflix
  • hulu.comHulu
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
  • apple.comApple TV
Source: TMDb
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Prison BreakSeries
Match 53%

Prison Break

2005SeriesPopularity 89
  • Vibe: Action & Adventure
  • Audience reach ≈ 89 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with action & adventure elements and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fresh conversatio…

Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out,…

Where to find it

  • netflix.comNetflix
  • hulu.comHulu
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
  • apple.comApple TV
Source: TMDb
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ElementarySeries
Match 53%

Elementary

2012SeriesPopularity 93
  • Vibe: Drama
  • Audience reach ≈ 93 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with mystery elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father f…

Where to find it

  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
  • hulu.comHulu
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • apple.comApple TV
  • play.google.comGoogle Play
Source: TMDb
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El ChemaSeries
Match 52%

El Chema

2016SeriesPopularity 90
  • Vibe: Crime
  • Audience reach ≈ 90 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers rich worldbuilding that spark…

Follow one man's epic journey as he transforms from wily underage drug smuggler to one of the world's most infamous cartel leaders.

Where to find it

  • peacocktv.comPeacock
  • google.comNBC
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
Source: TMDb
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Miami BluesMovie
Match 52%

Miami Blues

1990MoviePopularity 95
  • Vibe: Action
  • Audience reach ≈ 95 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this cinematic pick balances crime themes with action accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers emotional tension that invite…

After Junior is released from prison, he plans on starting a new life in Miami. But when he kills a man in the airport, he flees the scene and finds Susie, a mild-mannered prostitute searching for stability. The two opp…

Where to find it

  • google.comfuboTV
  • amazon.comMGM+ Amazon Channel
  • therokuchannel.roku.comMGM Plus Roku Premium Channel
  • tubitv.comTubi TV
  • google.comMGM Plus
Source: TMDb
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White CollarSeries
Match 51%

White Collar

2009SeriesPopularity 85
  • Vibe: Crime
  • Audience reach ≈ 85 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with drama elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

In exchange for his freedom, charming con artist Neal Caffrey provides his expertise to help straight-man FBI agent Peter Burke catch elusive white-collar criminals.

Where to find it

  • hulu.comHulu
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
  • apple.comApple TV
  • play.google.comGoogle Play
Source: TMDb
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Money HeistSeries
Match 50%

Money Heist

2017SeriesPopularity 82
  • Vibe: Crime
  • Audience reach ≈ 82 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers emotional tension that invite…

To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizin…

Where to find it

  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
Source: TMDb
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Pushing DaisiesSeries
Match 50%

Pushing Daisies

2007SeriesPopularity 82
  • Vibe: Drama
  • Audience reach ≈ 82 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with sci-fi & fantasy elements and delivers inventive imagery that feels remarkably personal.

A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.

Where to find it

  • max.comHBO Max
  • amazon.comHBO Max Amazon Channel
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
  • apple.comApple TV
Source: TMDb
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Why these titles work

  1. 1. Better Call Saul

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fresh conversations.

  2. 2. Dexter

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with drama elements and delivers a resonant character arc that stays with you afterward.

  3. 3. Prison Break

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with action & adventure elements and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fresh conversations.

  4. 4. Prison Break

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with action & adventure elements and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fresh conversations.

  5. 5. Elementary

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with mystery elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.

  6. 6. El Chema

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fresh conversations.

  7. 7. Miami Blues

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this cinematic pick balances crime themes with action accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers emotional tension that invites reflection later.

  8. 8. White Collar

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime with drama elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

  9. 9. Money Heist

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances crime themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers emotional tension that invites reflection later.

  10. 10. Pushing Daisies

    If you enjoyed Breaking Bad, this serialized pick balances drama with sci-fi & fantasy elements and delivers inventive imagery that feels remarkably personal.

Quick answers

Is Breaking Bad on streaming services?

Availability is updated daily using TMDb providers. Icons above link directly to official platforms so you can start watching immediately.

How are these recommendations selected?

We combine vector similarity, full-text search, AI reranking, and diversity scoring to balance nostalgia picks with fresh discoveries.

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