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Series like Shrinking (2023) Finished Shrinking 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 Shrinking, and what it does not.
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Honesty vs empathy Male vulnerability Male mental health Psychological comedy Grief and loss Parenting challenges Dramedy Trauma and recovery Your best matches Ranked against what Shrinking is actually about, not its genre labels.
65% Reverina match Top pick 2013 · Series · Drama · Comedy
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Centres on the same antihero figure Told the same way, epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Mr Inbetween 2018
Also dramedy at heart Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 133 candidates
Shares its hopeful and wry register What's different Not really dramedy or psychological comedy Not built around trauma and recovery or honesty vs empathy Commitment 8 seasons · ~65h
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Where it streams Netflix The Roku Channel Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Shrinking.
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2019 · Series · Drama · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: emotional vulnerability and dark comedy Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its wry and bleak register Builds as slowly What's different Not really dramedy or psychological comedy Not built around trauma and recovery or honesty vs empathy More violent Where it streams Netflix Britbox Apple TV Channel Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Shrinking.
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2011 · Series · Drama · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Also dramedy at heart Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Centres on the same antihero figure Told the same way, epistolary What's different Not built around trauma and recovery or honesty vs empathy Not really psychological comedy More violent Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Shrinking.
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The End of the F***ing World 2017
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Centres on the same antihero figure Dexter 2006
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Centres on the same antihero figure My Name Is Earl 2005
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Centres on the same everyman figure Why Women Kill 2019
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Centres on the same antihero figure Friends 1994
Centres on the same everyman figure Told the same way, epistolary Louie 2010
Built around the same male vulnerability Centres on the same everyman figure Kidding 2018
Watched for the same thing: emotional vulnerability and dark comedy Centres on the same everyman figure Dead Like Me 2003
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Centres on the same antihero figure Skins 2007
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Told the same way, epistolary After Life 2019
Watched for the same thing: dark comedy and dark comedy Centres on the same antihero figure 
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