15 Shows To Watch If You Love Peaky Blinders
15 Shows To Watch If You Love Peaky Blinders
All caught up with Peaky Blinders? That’s too bad. But, the fun doesn’t have to stop! Here are 10 great shows to tide you over until next season.
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We can’t speak for everyone, but personally, when we don’t have a fantastic TV show to binge-watch, we don’t handle it too well. We live for a marathon, but it’s amazing how quickly you burn through those episodes. Even with a series as on-the-edge-of-your-seat entertaining as Peaky Blinders, there’s only so many times you can re-watch before you want something more.
Ready to end the post-Peaky Blinders marathon dilemma? Well, you’re in luck, friend! Read on and check out these 10 amazing series that Peaky Blinders fans (and everybody else, for that matter) are guaranteed to get a kick out of!
Updated March 19th, 2020 by Alyssa Avina. Peaky Blinders is a fantastically written and acted show about a family of gangsters and how they build an empire in Birmingham, England after The Great War. It is one of those shows you can’t help but binge-watch the moment you find it. The worst part is, you end up finishing the series long before the next season is set to come out.
This is when you need to find a new show and fast. One that is just as well done as Peaky Blinders. Since the last season just came out a few months ago towards the end of 2019, we have a ways to go, so here are the shows you should binge to help with your Peaky-withdrawals.
15 Breaking Bad
Breaking Bad may have ended its run years back, but it is still a show we can’t stop talking about. Walter and Jesse Pinkman were the unlikely dream team who ended up cooking the best meth New Mexico had ever seen after Walt received a dire cancer diagnosis. Walter — the reserved science teacher — became a kingpin in the drug world while his former-student-turned-drug-dealer came along for the bumpy ride.
Much like Peaky, it has action, in-depth character development, and most importantly, a criminal you can’t help but root for. There’s really no way you can go wrong with this one.
14 Animal Kingdom
Animal Kingdom focuses on a young man named “J”, whose mother just died of a heroin overdose and has to move in with his estranged relatives. These relatives of his mother turn out to be a family of criminals and soon the teenager becomes involved with the crimes they commit.
Not only is it another great show about a crime family, much like Peaky, but the star of the show who plays J is none other than Finn Cole, who you would recognize as Michael Gray from Peaky Blinders.
13 Ozark
Ozark focuses on Marty Byrde and his family, who must relocate from Chicago to a resort in the Ozarks after Marty inadvertently becomes a part of a money-laundering scheme gone wrong. This means it’s up to him to pay off a huge debt to a Mexican drug lord so he can keep his family, and himself, alive.
Over time, criminal actions become second nature to both Marty and his wife, who are still attempting to repair their broken relationship. There are twists and turns all throughout the series and this unexpected crime family escapes death more often than not. It is a gripping show that you need to binge, now.
12 Bad Blood
Bad Blood is a Canadian crime drama centering around a Mafia boss in Montreal. Vito Rizzuto is released from prison after serving three decades for murder and has business to take care of.
His goal, now, is to get his revenge on those who attacked and killed his family and friends while he was away in prison. Starring Kim Coates of Sons of Anarchy fame, it is a crime drama that is definitely worth a watch and will have you on the edge of your seat each episode.
11 Frontier
This Jason Momoa-led Netflix series is a historical drama about the fur trade industry in Canada in the 1700s. It may not sound like it would have a lot of action and drama, but it most definitely does.
Much like Peaky, there are different groups of people at war with one another. In Frontier, it is to get their own stake in the fur trading industry. Also, like Peaky, it is so much more than the violent action, with its fantastic storytelling and the historical fiction aspect, it is a show you need to stream immediately.
10 Boardwalk Empire
If you’re coming down from the Peaky Blinders high, then Boardwalk Empire is the next best thing. Created by Terence Winter (The Sopranos, The Wolf of Wall Street) and brought to viewers by HBO, this one’s got it all. Beautiful sets and costumes, drama, crime, A+ acting, and a storyline that just won’t quit.
Boardwalk Empire centers around Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi), the treasurer of Atlantic City, New Jersey, and he’s also the biggest bootlegger in the state. Other famous gangsters make appearances, like Al Capone, Arnold Rothstein, Charles “Lucky” Luciano, and Meyer Lansky. With five seasons to enjoy, Boardwalk Empire is one show where hitting “play next episode” to.
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9 Sons of Anarchy
Sons of Anarchy may not be a period drama, but what it lacks in the former, it makes up for with the latter. In this FX series, Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim) stars as Jackson “Jax” Teller, who serves as the vice president of the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club Redwood Original (SAMCRO).
We don’t want to give too much away since that would spoil things for you and all. But, if you’re a big fan of modern westerns that feature motorcycles and explore government corruption and vigilantism, then put this series at the top of your list.
Oh! And, clear your schedule, because this is one series you’re gonna wanna binge-watch.
8 Ripper Street
Set in Victorian England in the wake of the Jack the Ripper murders, Ripper Street follows detective inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew Macfadyen) and his team of investigators who make up the H Division of Whitechapel. Along with detective sergeant Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn) and Pinkerton, agent captain Homer Jackson (Adam Rothenberg) investigate the many crimes and homicides in the East End of London.
Ripper Street starts out in 1889, and even though it’s not set in 1919, it still has a definite Peaky Blinders feel to it, so you’ll feel right at home from the very first episode. You can even catch this show on Netflix.
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7 The Sinner
Hey, while you’re on Netflix, you should also check out The Sinner. Starring Jessica Biel as Cora Tannetti (a disturbed young mother with a troubling past) and Bill Pullman as detective Harry Ambrose, it’s about a man who must get to the bottom of a crime Cora has no memory of committing.
If you’re just itching to sink your teeth into another thrilling tale, full of mystery, intrigue, and, of course, a healthy dose of crime, check out The Sinner the next time you get time to do some serious TV watching. With two seasons and a total of 16 episodes, you can easily tackle this in a weekend or two.
6 Taboo
We love crime dramas, but do you know what else we love? Tom Hardy (a la Venom, aka Bane). If you’re a fan of Peaky Blinders, then you know Tom Hardy appeared in the show as Alfie Solomons. Shortly after his stint on that period piece, he moved on to another — FX’s Taboo.
It’s dark, it’s edgy, it’s intriguing. Set in London during the War of 1812, James Keziah Delaney (Hardy) is an adventurer, but he’s returned home after inheriting his late father’s shipping empire. In his quest to make the business profitable, Delaney soon realizes he’s also inherited his father’s many enemies — people who would do anything to get their hands on what’s rightfully his.
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5 Better Call Saul
If you’re not watching Breaking Bad’s epic spin-off prequel by now, then what the heck are you even doing?! Better Call Saul on AMC just might be the best thing since sliced bread.
The series tells the story of Jimmy McGill, the man who would become Saul Goodman, and explores the many moral dilemmas he faces (often of his own making, BTW) as well as how he deals with them. Chock full of crime and relatable, downright likable criminals, Better Call Saul is totally worth a watch
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4 Godless
Starring Downton Abbey’s Michelle Dockery as the widowed Alice Fletcher, this American Western is set in the 1880s and tells the riveting tale of a town that, after a mining tragedy, is inhabited almost entirely by women. Trouble comes a knockin’ when an outlaw named Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) visits on a ruthless hunt for his former protege, Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell).
If you love gorgeous shots of the wide open range, showdowns at high noon, and plenty of good, old-fashioned cowboy action, Godless definitely won’t disappoint you. With seven episodes, this series was just made for bingeing, and it’s ready to watch on Netflix.
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3 The Making of the Mob
Charles Luciano, nicknamed Lucky, was a supporting character in Boardwalk Empire, but in The Making of the Mob, an eight-part series on AMC, Mr. Luciano is the star of the show. Narrated by Ray Liotta (Goodfellas), the story starts in 1905 and, over the course of more than 50 years, follows Luciano’s rise to power.
Get your gangster fix with this gripping, info-rich docu-drama; a series so great, it inspired a second season titled Chicago, which tells the story of Al Capone. So, when you finish this one, you’ve got a promising back-up. Isn’t learning while simultaneously being immensely entertained just the best?!
2 Billions
(Psst. Hey, you. Yes, you! Listen, if you could read the following in a movie announcer guy’s voice, that’d be great. It’s not mandatory or anything, it just makes this more fun.)
Corruption. Greed. Lies. In a world where money is the only thing that matters, one man will dare to put materialism to the side and come face-to-face with pure evil Starring Paul Giamatti and Damian Lewis, don’t miss Billions on Showtime.
Alright, enough goofing around. Let’s get down to brass tacks. Paul Giamatti stars as Charles Rhoades, a U.S. Attorney who’s made it his personal mission to expose Robert Axelrod, the super wealthy manager of a hedge fund who relies on insider trading and bribery to grow his empire.
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1 Penny Dreadful
While you’re visiting Showtime, check out another stellar series that they have to offer called Penny Dreadful. Full of delightfully spine-chilling, steampunk-ish horror, this series takes place in Victorian England. It features familiar characters from classic literature, like Dorian Gray, Dr. Frankenstein, and the latter’s infamous monster.
Inspired heavily by gothic fiction and based on the once popular penny dreadfuls, this series is full of that blood-curdling dark fantasy that most Peaky Blinders fans find resistible. With three seasons under its belt, and a spin-off (Penny Dreadful: City of Angels) in the works, this one’s a must-see.
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