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Ageism Dark comedy Satire Power dynamics Social class Female empowerment Trauma Cathartic Your best matches Ranked against what Hacks is actually about, not its genre labels.
68% Reverina match Top pick 2007 · Series · Drama · Comedy
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and character study Also satire at heart Told the same way, single protagonist and epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Centres on the same outsider figure What's different Not built around power dynamics or identity Not about female empowerment or social class Moves faster Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Hacks.
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2014 · Series · Animation · Drama
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Also satire at heart Built around the same trauma Shares its wry and cathartic register What's different Not built around power dynamics or identity Not about female empowerment or social class Commitment 6 seasons · ~57h
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Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Hacks.
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1997 · Series · Animation · Comedy
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Also satire at heart Told the same way, epistolary Centres on the same outsider figure What's different Not built around power dynamics or identity Not about female empowerment or social class Commitment 5 seasons · ~49h
Short
Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Hacks.
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Also satire at heart Also about female empowerment Mad Men 2007
Watched for the same thing: character study Built around the same identity ted 2024 · 2 seasons
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Also about social class Why Women Kill 2019
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Also about social class and female empowerment BEEF 2023
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Told the same way, single protagonist Weeds 2005
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Also about female empowerment Big Little Lies 2017
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Built around the same trauma After Life 2019
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Shares its stylised look Succession 2018
Also satire at heart Told the same way, single protagonist Twin Peaks 1990
Built around the same trauma Told the same way, single protagonist
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