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Series like The Good Doctor (2017) Finished The Good Doctor 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 Good Doctor, and what it does not.
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Autism awareness Medical ethics Medical drama Character study Community Social isolation Contemplative Survivor Your best matches Ranked against what The Good Doctor is actually about, not its genre labels.
68% Reverina match Top pick 2019 · Series · Drama
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: medical procedures Also about medical ethics and social isolation Also medical drama at heart More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Red Beard 1965 · 3h 5m
Also medical drama and character study at heart Watched for the same thing: personal growth Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 132 candidates
Centres on the same outsider figure
What's different Not built around identity or moral ambiguity Does not promise personal growth or social awkwardness Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against The Good Doctor.
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2018 · Series · Drama
Good match
Why it matches Also medical drama at heart Told the same way, epistolary Shares its hopeful and contemplative register Builds as slowly What's different Not built around identity or moral ambiguity Not about social isolation or medical ethics Moves faster Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Peacock Premium Peacock Premium Plus Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against The Good Doctor.
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2005 · Series · Drama
Good match
Why it matches Also about medical ethics Also medical drama and character study at heart Built around the same community and identity Told the same way, epistolary What's different Not about social isolation or autism awareness Does not promise personal growth or medical procedures Moves faster Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Good Doctor.
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Also medical drama and character study at heart Watched for the same thing: personal growth ER 1994
Also medical drama at heart Built around the same moral ambiguity The OA 2016
Built around the same identity Centres on the same outsider figure Chicago Hope 1994
Also medical drama and character study at heart Watched for the same thing: personal growth X-Men 1992
Centres on the same outsider figure Built around the same moral ambiguity This Is Us 2016
Built around the same identity Shares its hopeful register 
