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Urban decay Exploitation Addiction Social commentary Historical drama Human condition Social satire Crime drama Your best matches Ranked against what The Deuce is actually about, not its genre labels.
66% Reverina match Top pick 2017 · Series · Drama · Crime
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Why it matches Also about addiction Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Watched for the same thing: historical drama and historical drama More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Mad Men 2007
Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Also social satire at heart Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 134 candidates
Also crime drama at heart What's different Not really social satire Not built around human condition Heavier emotionally Where it streams Disney Plus Hulu Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against The Deuce.
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2004 · Series · Drama · Western
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: historical drama and historical drama Told the same way, ensemble and epistolary Built around the same moral ambiguity Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Not really social satire or crime drama Not built around social commentary or human condition Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV HBO Max Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against The Deuce.
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1999 · Series · Drama · Crime
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Why it matches Also crime drama at heart Built around the same moral ambiguity Told the same way, epistolary Shares its unsettling and bleak register What's different Not really social satire Not built around social commentary or human condition Moves faster Commitment 28 seasons · ~446h
Short
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Watched for the same thing: historical drama and historical drama Built around the same moral ambiguity Revenge 2011
Built around the same moral ambiguity Centres on the same antihero figure Joker 2019 · 2h 2m
Also crime drama at heart Built around the same moral ambiguity Them 2021 · 2 seasons
Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Centres on the same outsider figure Citizen Kane 1941 · 1h 59m
Built around the same social commentary and social commentary Watched for the same thing: historical drama and historical drama Narcos 2015
Watched for the same thing: historical drama and historical drama Also crime drama at heart The Crown 2016
Watched for the same thing: historical drama and historical drama Built around the same moral ambiguity There Will Be Blood 2007
Watched for the same thing: historical drama and historical drama Centres on the same antihero figure Ratched 2020 · 1 season
Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its melancholic and unsettling register The O.C. 2003
Also social satire at heart Told the same way, ensemble and epistolary
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