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Top 10 Series like The Bear

2022SeriesDrama, Comedy

These picks mirror The Bear with Drama, Comedy energy while adding fresh angles. Expect balanced pacing, curated availability, and spoiler-free highlights.

About The Bear: Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.

Why you'll enjoy this line-up

This list balances Series that echo The Bear's core energy with fresher angles. Expect highlights like Drama, Comedy, Romance and releases spanning 2000–2025.

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

We leaned into themes such as Drama, Comedy, Romance, Adventure, Crime 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.

PinchMovie
Match 56%

Pinch

2016MoviePopularity 96
  • Vibe: Drama
  • Audience reach ≈ 96 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances drama themes with comedy accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fr…

Two strangers get the chance to own a rare and valuable sports collectible, but to do so they're tasked with stepping out of their comfort zones and onto a baseball field. What happens when the Sandlot grows up.

Where to find it

  • tubitv.comTubi TV
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
Source: TMDb
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CarameloMovie
Match 55%

Caramelo

2025MoviePopularity 78
  • Vibe: Comedy
  • Audience reach ≈ 78 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances comedy themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers emotional tension that invites re…

After a life-changing diagnosis, a promising chef finds hope and humor with the help of a fur-midable dog friend.

Where to find it

  • netflix.comNetflix
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
Source: TMDb
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Childish ThingsMovie
Match 53%

Childish Things

2025MoviePopularity 78
  • Vibe: Comedy
  • Audience reach ≈ 78 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances comedy themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fr…

A 30-year-old musician questions his resolve to marry his longtime girlfriend when he meets a free-spirited woman on his cross-country roadtrip.

Where to find it

  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
Source: TMDb
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The Dunning ManMovie
Match 52%

The Dunning Man

2017MoviePopularity 79
  • Vibe: Drama
  • Audience reach ≈ 79 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances drama with comedy elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

Connor Ryan, out of a job and dumped by his girlfriend, returns to Atlantic City to try to rebuild his life with the last source of income that he has -- a few apartments in a low-rise condo complex that sits in the sha…

Where to find it

  • therokuchannel.roku.comThe Roku Channel
  • tubitv.comTubi TV
  • watch.plex.tvPlex
  • watch.plex.tvPlex Channel
  • amazon.comAmazon Prime Video Free
Source: TMDb
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The Dunning ManMovie
Match 52%

The Dunning Man

2017MoviePopularity 79
  • Vibe: Drama
  • Audience reach ≈ 79 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances drama with comedy elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

Connor Ryan, out of a job and dumped by his girlfriend, returns to Atlantic City to try to rebuild his life with the last source of income that he has -- a few apartments in a low-rise condo complex that sits in the sha…

Where to find it

  • therokuchannel.roku.comThe Roku Channel
  • tubitv.comTubi TV
  • watch.plex.tvPlex
  • watch.plex.tvPlex Channel
  • amazon.comAmazon Prime Video Free
Source: TMDb
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Wild About HarryMovie
Match 52%

Wild About Harry

2000MoviePopularity 84
  • Vibe: Comedy
  • Audience reach ≈ 84 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances comedy themes with romance accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers emotional tension that invites…

A sleazy chef is forced to face the truth about the man he has become and realizes that he has the chance to begin again.

Where to find it

  • tubitv.comTubi TV
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
Source: TMDb
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ShamelessSeries
Match 52%

Shameless

2011SeriesPopularity 82
  • Vibe: Drama
  • Audience reach ≈ 82 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this serialized pick balances drama with comedy elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passe…

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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The CarnivoresMovie
Match 52%

The Carnivores

2020MoviePopularity 75
  • Vibe: Drama
  • Audience reach ≈ 75 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances drama with horror elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.

Alice and Bret's dog Harvie is dying, and he's ruining everything. What had been a bright little family is quickly getting consumed by clouds of self-doubt, suspicion and a disturbing amount of ground beef.

Where to find it

  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
  • youtube.comYouTube
  • google.comFandango at Home Free
  • tubitv.comTubi TV
  • apple.comApple TV
Source: TMDb
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The StickySeries
Match 52%

The Sticky

2024SeriesPopularity 73
  • Vibe: Comedy
  • Audience reach ≈ 73 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this serialized pick balances comedy with drama elements and delivers tight suspense that keeps the momentum alive.

Ruth Clarke, a tough, supremely competent middle-aged Canadian maple syrup farmer has had it with being hemmed in by the polite, bureaucratic conventions native to her country’s identity. With the help of Remy Bouchard,…

Where to find it

  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
  • youtube.comYouTube
Source: TMDb
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The ComedianMovie
Match 51%

The Comedian

2014MoviePopularity 77
  • Vibe: Comedy
  • Audience reach ≈ 77 / 100
  • Why it fits: If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances comedy with drama elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

A want-to-be stand-up comedian uses comedy routines to spark a connection with a Chinese girl. They are surrounded by an empty, urban landscape, yet an intimacy grows.

Where to find it

  • youtube.comYouTube
  • primevideo.comAmazon Prime Video
Source: TMDb
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Why these titles work

  1. 1. Pinch

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances drama themes with comedy accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fresh conversations.

  2. 2. Caramelo

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances comedy themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers emotional tension that invites reflection later.

  3. 3. Childish Things

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances comedy themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers rich worldbuilding that sparks fresh conversations.

  4. 4. The Dunning Man

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances drama with comedy elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

  5. 5. The Dunning Man

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances drama with comedy elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

  6. 6. Wild About Harry

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances comedy themes with romance accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers emotional tension that invites reflection later.

  7. 7. Shameless

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this serialized pick balances drama with comedy elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

  8. 8. The Carnivores

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances drama with horror elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.

  9. 9. The Sticky

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this serialized pick balances comedy with drama elements and delivers tight suspense that keeps the momentum alive.

  10. 10. The Comedian

    If you enjoyed The Bear, this cinematic pick balances comedy with drama elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.

Quick answers

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How are these recommendations selected?

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