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Superhero prequel Period drama Power struggle Crime thriller Identity formation Class Loyalty Social hierarchy Your best matches Ranked against what Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler is actually about, not its genre labels.
68% Reverina match Top pick 2013 · Series · Drama · Crime
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Why it matches Built around the same power struggle and loyalty Centres on the same antihero figure Told the same way, epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Shares its tense and melancholic register What's different Does not promise superhero origin story or crime fighting Not about class or moral ambiguity Where it streams Netflix Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler.
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2010 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Also period drama and period drama at heart Built around the same power struggle and loyalty Also about social hierarchy and moral ambiguity Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Does not promise superhero origin story or crime fighting Not about class Noticeably slower Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV HBO Max Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler.
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2014 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same loyalty Also about social hierarchy and moral ambiguity Centres on the same antihero figure Told the same way, epistolary What's different Does not promise superhero origin story or crime fighting Not about class Heavier emotionally Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler.
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Also period drama and period drama at heart Also about class Griselda 2024
Also crime thriller at heart Built around the same identity formation Hanna 2019
Built around the same identity formation Also about moral ambiguity Batman 1989 · 2h 6m
Also crime thriller at heart Shares its tense and melancholic register Gotham 2014
Built around the same power struggle Also about moral ambiguity Claymore 2007
Centres on the same antihero figure Told the same way, epistolary Moving 2023
Watched for the same thing: superhero origin story Told the same way, epistolary S.W.A.T. 2017
Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its tense and melancholic register Revenge 2011
Also about class and moral ambiguity Centres on the same antihero figure 1923 2022
Also about class and moral ambiguity Centres on the same mentor figure Justified 2010
Built around the same loyalty Also about moral ambiguity 
