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60% Reverina match Top pick 2018 · Series · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Also absurdist comedy at heart Also about free will Told the same way, nonlinear More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Centres on the same antihero figure
What's different Not built around personal growth or chaos theory Not really buddy cop or philosophical thriller Heavier emotionally Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
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2010 · Series · Animation · Comedy
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Why it matches Also absurdist comedy at heart Watched for the same thing: offbeat humor Shares its saturated and stylised look Shares its playful register What's different Not built around personal growth or chaos theory Not really buddy cop or philosophical thriller Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Hulu YouTube TV Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
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1999 · Film · Drama · Thriller
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Why it matches Shares its saturated and stylised look Told the same way, nonlinear Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its unsettling and cathartic register What's different Not built around personal growth or chaos theory Not really buddy cop or absurdist comedy More violent Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
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Also absurdist comedy at heart Also about human connection What If...? 2021
Told the same way, nonlinear Centres on the same reluctant leader figure Psych 2006
Also buddy cop at heart Shares its saturated and stylised look Lucifer 2016
Also about free will Told the same way, nonlinear The Good Place 2016
Built around the same personal growth Told the same way, single protagonist Pluribus 2025
Also absurdist comedy at heart Told the same way, nonlinear Close Enough 2020
Also absurdist comedy at heart Watched for the same thing: offbeat humor Wednesday 2022
Shares its desaturated and stylised look Centres on the same antihero figure Chuck 2007
Shares its saturated and stylised look Centres on the same reluctant leader figure
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