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Series like The Blacklist (2013) Finished The Blacklist 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 The Blacklist, and what it does not.
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Fbi procedural Morality Betrayal Crime thriller Power dynamics Procedural Loyalty Redemption Your best matches Ranked against what The Blacklist is actually about, not its genre labels.
71% Reverina match Top pick 2005 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Also fbi procedural at heart Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Also about morality More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
The Mentalist 2008
Also about power dynamics Told the same way, procedural and epistolary Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 133 candidates
Told the same way, procedural and epistolary
What's different Not about loyalty or power dynamics Not built around moral ambiguity or redemption Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Blacklist.
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2015 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Also fbi procedural at heart Told the same way, procedural Shares its high contrast look Centres on the same mentor figure What's different Not about loyalty or morality Not built around moral ambiguity or redemption Commitment 5 seasons · ~75h
Short
Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against The Blacklist.
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2014 · Series · Drama · Crime
Good match
Why it matches Also about power dynamics and loyalty Built around the same redemption and moral ambiguity Shares its high contrast and stylised look Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Not about morality Does not promise crime investigation or cat and mouse game Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against The Blacklist.
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Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Also about morality Breaking Bad 2008
Built around the same redemption and moral ambiguity Centres on the same antihero figure Griselda 2024
Also crime thriller at heart Also about power dynamics Bosch 2015
Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Also about morality Grimm 2011
Told the same way, procedural Built around the same moral ambiguity Revenge 2011
Built around the same betrayal and redemption Centres on the same antihero figure FBI 2018
Watched for the same thing: crime investigation Built around the same moral ambiguity Millennium 1996
Told the same way, procedural and epistolary Built around the same redemption and moral ambiguity
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