Shows Like Better Call Saul

Better Call Saul (2015) is a crime and drama series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Its recurring themes include new mexico, moral conflict, crooked lawyer, prequel. The 20 series below were selected because they overlap with it on measurable signals — shared genres, shared themes, overlapping cast or crew, and the audiences TMDB records as watching both. Better Call Saul stars Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn; where a recommendation shares one of those performers it is noted on the card.

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20 shows similar to Better Call Saul

Breaking Bad (2008) poster

Breaking Bad

2008Drama, Crime8.9

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessnes…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • new mexico • dark comedy • tragedy • Created by Vince Gilligan • Also stars Bob Odenkirk

Fargo (2014) poster

Fargo

2014Crime, Drama8.3

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • dark comedy • neo-noir

The Lincoln Lawyer (2022) poster

The Lincoln Lawyer

2022Drama, Crime7.7

Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • lawyer

Your Honor (2020) poster

Your Honor

2020Drama, Crime8.1

New Orleans judge Michael Desiato is forced to confront his own deepest convictions when his son is involved in a hit and run that embroils an organized crime family.

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • aggressive

Tulsa King (2022) poster

Tulsa King

2022Crime, Drama8.3

New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may…

Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • neo-western

Damages (2007) poster

Damages

2007Mystery, Drama7.5

Damages is an American legal thriller television series created by the writing and production trio of Daniel Zelman and brothers Glenn and Todd A. Kessler. The plot revolves around…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • lawyer • legal drama

Griselda (2024) poster

Griselda

2024Drama, Crime7.2

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization shows Griselda Blanco's journey from Medellín to becoming "the Godmother" of Miami's drug empire.

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • gritty

Goliath (2016) poster

Goliath

2016Crime, Drama7.6

Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit a…

Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama

Mr Inbetween (2018) poster

Mr Inbetween

2018Crime, Drama8.3

Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.

Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • dark comedy • aggressive

Perry Mason (2020) poster

Perry Mason

2020Drama, Mystery7.2

Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by h…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • lawyer • neo-noir

The Penguin (2024) poster

The Penguin

2024Drama, Crime8.3

With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis th…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime • spin off

Mayans M.C. (2018) poster

Mayans M.C.

2018Crime, Drama8.0

Set in the aftermath of Jax Teller’s death, Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes is fresh out of prison and a prospect in the Mayans M.C. charter on the Cali/Mexi border. Now, EZ must carve out his…

Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama • spin off

Animal Kingdom (2016) poster

Animal Kingdom

2016Crime, Drama7.8

17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matria…

Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama

L.A.'s Finest (2019) poster

L.A.'s Finest

2019Crime, Drama6.9

Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to…

Why it’s similar: Crime • Drama

Sneaky Pete (2015) poster

Sneaky Pete

2015Drama, Crime7.5

A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful,…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime

This Is Us (2016) poster

This Is Us

2016Drama8.2

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwi…

Why it’s similar: Drama

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024) poster

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

2024Drama, Crime7.6

The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime

Off Campus (2026) poster

Off Campus

2026Drama8.9

Hannah Wells tutors hockey captain Garrett Graham to win over her crush. Their deal becomes real connection as they face their pasts. Friends Logan, Dean, Tucker, and Allie navigat…

Why it’s similar: Drama

Dark Winds (2022) poster

Dark Winds

2022Drama, Crime7.5

This psychological thriller follows two Navajo police officers, Leaphorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to ch…

Why it’s similar: Drama • Crime

Outlander (2014) poster

Outlander

2014Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy8.2

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life i…

Why it’s similar: Drama

How this list was built

Candidates come from the recommendation and similar-title data TMDB publishes for Better Call Saul, merged and deduplicated. Each candidate is then re-ranked on genre overlap, shared TMDB keywords, shared creator or cast members, and audience-rating confidence. Titles without a poster, a synopsis or enough votes to be a meaningful signal are dropped rather than padded in — which is why some pages show ten results and others twenty.

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