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Series like Top Gear (2002) Finished Top Gear 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 Top Gear, and what it does not.
What did you love about Top Gear? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Automotive Car culture Adventure seeking Competition Male bonding Innovation Comedy Adventure Your best matches Ranked against what Top Gear is actually about, not its genre labels.
62% Reverina match Top pick 1998 · Series · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Built around the same friendship Shares its saturated look Told the same way, epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Top Gun 1986
Also about male bonding Built around the same friendship Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 139 candidates
Shares its playful and melancholic register
What's different Not really adventure or comedy Not built around competition or innovation Darkness Fairly light
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2000 · Series · Comedy
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Why it matches Built around the same friendship Shares its saturated look Told the same way, epistolary Shares its playful and melancholic register What's different Not really adventure or comedy Not built around competition or innovation Darkness Fairly light
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Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Top Gear.
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2022 · Series · Comedy · Mystery
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Why it matches Shares its high contrast and desaturated look Told the same way, epistolary Shares its playful and melancholic register Builds as slowly What's different Not built around friendship or competition Not really adventure or comedy Leans further into horror Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Top Gear.
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Also comedy at heart Told the same way, epistolary Cars 2006
Built around the same friendship Shares its saturated and desaturated look Running Man 2010
Built around the same friendship Centres on the same everyman figure Rugrats 1991
Built around the same friendship Told the same way, anthology and epistolary Taskmaster 2015
Built around the same friendship Told the same way, anthology and epistolary 
