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66% Reverina match Top pick 2015 · Series · Drama · Mystery
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Told the same way, anthology Watched for the same thing: social commentary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Endeavour 2013
Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Watched for the same thing: coming of age Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 137 candidates
Also about identity What's different Not built around self-discovery or social acceptance Not really psychological drama or anthropomorphic fiction Emotionally lighter Darkness Fairly light
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Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against BEASTARS.
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1979 · Film · Drama · Science Fiction
Worth a look
Why it matches Built around the same moral ambiguity and self-discovery Centres on the same outsider figure Shares its melancholic and contemplative register Builds as slowly What's different Does not promise social commentary or coming of age Not really psychological drama or anthropomorphic fiction Less violent Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV Criterion Channel Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against BEASTARS.
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2003 · Series · Drama · Mystery
Worth a look
Why it matches Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Centres on the same outsider figure Shares its melancholic and contemplative register Builds as slowly What's different Not built around self-discovery or social acceptance Does not promise social commentary or coming of age Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV HBO Max Add to watchlist Not for me
Brave New World 2020 · 1 season
Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Watched for the same thing: social commentary Another 2012
Centres on the same outsider figure Shares its melancholic register Monster 2004
Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Told the same way, single protagonist Euphoria 2019
Also psychological drama at heart Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Them 2021 · 2 seasons
Told the same way, anthology and single protagonist Watched for the same thing: social commentary Sense8 2015
Also psychological drama at heart Built around the same moral ambiguity and self-discovery Teresa 2010
Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Centres on the same antihero figure The Storyteller 1988
Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Told the same way, anthology Adolescence 2025
Built around the same moral ambiguity and moral ambiguity Watched for the same thing: coming of age
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