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Series like Mayday (2003) Finished Mayday and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Mayday, and what it does not.
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Disaster drama Air safety Investigative documentary Human fallibility Human error Aviation themed Tragedy and loss Investigative journalism Your best matches Ranked against what Mayday is actually about, not its genre labels.
61% Reverina match Top pick 2019 · Series · Drama
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Why it matches Also about human error Shares its desaturated look Told the same way, epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Damages 2007
Shares its desaturated look Told the same way, nonlinear Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 139 candidates
Shares its tense and melancholic register
What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or human fallibility Not really disaster drama or investigative documentary Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV HBO Max Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Mayday.
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2007 · Film · Thriller · Crime
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Why it matches Also about investigative journalism Shares its handheld and practical effects look Told the same way, procedural Shares its tense and melancholic register What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or human fallibility Not about human error or air safety Noticeably slower Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Mayday.
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2024 · Series · Drama · War & Politics
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Why it matches Shares its practical effects look Shares its tense and melancholic register Builds as slowly Carries the same emotional weight What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or human fallibility Not about human error or air safety More violent Where it streams Apple TV Apple TV Amazon Channel Add to watchlist Not for me
Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its tense and melancholic register ER 1994
Told the same way, procedural Built around the same moral ambiguity Tracker 2024
Told the same way, procedural and epistolary Built around the same moral ambiguity Breaking Bad 2008
Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its tense and melancholic register Station 19 2018
Told the same way, procedural and epistolary Shares its tense and melancholic register 56 Days 2026
Told the same way, procedural and nonlinear Shares its tense and melancholic register This Is Us 2016
Told the same way, nonlinear Shares its melancholic register Another 2012
Shares its tense and melancholic register Builds as slowly CSI: NY 2004
Shares its handheld look Told the same way, epistolary 
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