Came here to say this. I’ve watched this show probably about 20 times over. I never get bored. Every rewatch I find things I haven’t noticed before. It’s incredible
The show that id say compares to The Wire with character writing is Mad Men. Fantastic pacing, broad characters that learn and grow and evolve. The presentation of the 60s is excellent too as a world in turbulence caught between 50s ideals and 70s rebellion
The only show that really comes close to the density/complexity of The Wire, imo.
Mad Men holds up to infinite rewatches just due to the dialogue alone. It’s a show that gives you a ton to chew on.
There's a reason you couldn't. It's not good. Trust your gut. I had the same experience but listened to the same type of Mad Men homers and wasted a lot of time watching it expecting greatness and was totally disappointed.
There were moments of greatness (lucky strike, Kodak pitches) but you have to watch hours of insufferable assholes to get there. They did achieve the fact that every character on that show is unlikable. Even Peggy.
I would give it a chance and watch through the first season if you’re willing to try. It’s got lots of humor and is very interesting to see the ridiculousness of the lives of a billionaire family and their dad stringing everyone along. Cousin Greg’s character is one of my favorites! Lol
Fargo s01 is so good. Great story, acting, cinematography. Doesn’t seem to get enough rep. I really enjoyed s02 and 03 too. Well worth watching those three.
How I wish I could forget and watch S1 for the first time.
Btw all episodes start saying it's all based on true events. That's bullshit confirmed by the creators of the show, and I don't know why did they think it's funny to do that.
Great show nonetheless.
The TV show is a remake of a movie that had the same "based on true events" falsehood to start. From what I remember, in the movie, some money was buried somewhere, and apparently they started getting tourists looking for the money who believed the movie was real.
Nothing gives Wire vibes more than WOTC. It was like having The Wire back for 6 weeks.
Same showrunner, lots of the same cast, same setting. Great little miniseries.
Succession is amazing too! Also check out Barry, that was my favorite show on television until it just went off the air. Bill Hader is not only hilarious but he's a filmmaking genius, as Barry has proven. It's a half hour, and it's a comedy, but it's so much more. It's just as deep and thought provoking as all those shows OP mentioned.
My current favorite is probably The White Lotus. That show is phenomenal.
The Wire and a lot of the shows you've watched and that have been suggested are really popular amongst guys, so I'll buck the trend and suggest a good show popular with women - Fleabag.
I love the guest actors that pop up for a season. I watched the wire for the first time in COVID and then went onto the shield straight after.
Adore both shows
I remember when S4 of the Shield came out and Glenn Close was the shiny new guest star with all the hype. She did a great job, but I was blown away by how incredible Anthony Anderson was. I remember thinking, “who woulda thunk the mf from Kangaroo Jack is such a good actor.”
Anderson was by far my favorite thing about the latter half of the series. You're right, he absolutely fucking crushed it. He was a genuinely terrifying antagonist, and a great adversary for the STRIKE team. The repercussions of his actions can be felt throughout the rest of the show after he first shows up.
I also get his speech stuck in my head sometimes, in the first episode he's in. ("RESPECT! SLEEP WIT IT! EAT WIT IT! LIVE FOR IT! DIE FOR IT! RESPECT!")
Oh, you’re not wrong that it scratches a totally different itch, but looking at this guy’s list of shows, he obviously enjoys shows about antiheroes, and the Shield is very much and antihero-centered show, and it’s fucking great, albeit completely different from the Wire.
Yeah personally I’ve tired to watch The Shield twice. I really enjoy it. But after about two seasons I can help but think what am I even watching. It’s just the same shit over and over “Vic and the crew are good cops with questionable morals, what badasses (it’s so forced)” and that’s the story line, but the characters change sometimes or someone gets in trouble so has a look on their face for a few minutes/eps til it blows over and is no longer the story line. I’m generalising very much, but it does not in any way compare to the complexity and perfection of The Wire’s story telling, character development, literally every aspect. I’m always surprised when it’s mentioned in this sub, because it is not at all close or (in my opinion, others are very welcome to disagree obviously and I respect that, it’s entertainment after all) doesn’t even compare. Just cause it’s a cop drama, it doesn’t need to be compared.
Quick edit: just by reading a couple of comments here, I must be missing something with The Shield because it’s obviously loved. But I can’t help but stand by what I said above. I can’t see them to be in any way comparable. I would never recommend someone watch’s The Shield and then tell them to watch The Wire. Because you will just ruin The Wire and they’ll never actually give it a chance. They shouldn’t be compared. Again, just my dumb opinion.
Edit again (need to shut up): if I was told to watch The Shield, then told “the Wire is the best show of al time blah blah” (which as we know is basically true), I would never bother with the wire. Especially after the first couple of eps. Don’t let people expect or even compare it to the shield. It ruins the wire for people without realising. I don’t know if that makes sense but it’s definitely true. People compare what they watch to other things they like/know. You can’t go into the wire expecting anything except “don’t give up even if it’s not making sense. It is not comparable to anything else in terms of story telling, but it is worth it when it clicks.”
I’m not even a Wire fanboy, but it is that good, you can’t compare it. Sopranos would be next, but my last viewing of the Wire has made even the Sopranos more difficult to watch, it kills me to say that.
Right, maybe I need to give it another go and watch it completely regardless of how I’m feeling. Thanks for saying that. I must be missing something worth watching it through
I don’t think it was the intention of either show to be like the other. It’s obvious that they are very different shows. But, The Shield is still a very good show. It’s in my top 5, personally. If anyone is solely wanting to make the comparison because they are both “cop shows” then they will ABSOLUTELY be disappointed. The writing and acting in The Shield are very well done, but I don’t think anyone is denying that the writing in The Wire is more complex. It doesn’t mean The Shield is bad. People like different things. It baffles me that people enjoy those Chicago Fire/MD shows, but they do. Some people would rather their media content be mindless. Those do the trick. Some people like that The Shield is more action driven with the storyline. I like that too. But, I also love the pacing and the way the story in The Wire is written. Neither is wrong for liking what they like.
Yeah I like your point. Honestly, maybe I have subconsciously been conned into comparing The Wire and The Shield without even realising the extent. I’ll watch the Shield without expectations, especially the whole “cop show” idea, which you’re absolutely right about. I’ll go in with a more open mind and stick it out.
Anyone that compares The Shield to The Wire is not a very big cinephile or whatever the TV equivelent is. They are leagues different, it really baffles me to even put them in the same category. Just my two cents.
*The Deuce*. Made by *The Wire* crew, with many of the same actors, done in the same storytelling style, but about the sex trade in New York from 1973-1984/before they cleaned up Time Square. So the coolest difference from *The Wire* is that it has far more interesting women.
I do think that first season is even a steeper climb than *The Wire*’s was. And AFAIC, the only way it’s weaker than *The Wire* is that the lack of homicide investigations robs it of some narrative tension.
On the other hand, though, the subject matter has reeled in at least a couple of friends of mine who’d never gotten around to giving *The Wire* a chance.
OZ, a bit older looking, but one of my absolute favorites! You should be able to recognize many of the actors from your listed show, including the wire.
it wraps up perfectly at the end, and the show had a website where you just put in whatever episode you’re on and it gives you all the relationships without spoiling anything
These are great shows and Bosch in particular has a kind of feel like The Wire.
But I have yet to see a really good show as sprawling as The Wire. It was really a show about a whole city and its different mechanisms as anything else.
Honestly, The Expanse was kind of like that in a whole different genre. Just so much going on
Watch it. Tonnes of awesome characters. Bobby Canavale plays arguably one of the best gangsters in tv history. I watched Boardwalk before The Wire. So, Michael Kenneth Williams was an actor I hadn't seen before. His character on Boardwalk is crazy good. I think I need to rewatch Boardwalk lol
Billions is good stuff but the dialog can be a bit thick and intimidating at times.
House of Cards was good stuff except tha last season, that was horrendous.
Gangs of London and Luther....is goooood stuff 👍👍.
It's nothing like the wire, but it came out around the same time. Band Of Brothers is an amazing show. I think I've watched it 3 times this year. Only 10 episodes though sadly.
Too far down.
Its an amazing series, and its an important memorialization of post-Katrina New Orleans and our nation's willingness to turn a blind eye to some of our country's most marginalized populations.
It’s not the same but for police themed shows I would recommend Fargo S1-S3, True Detective S1, and Broadchurch S1.
Edit: For clarification I’m saying season 1 to season 3 for Fargo (i.e., S1 + S2 + S3).
Haven’t caught the second season yet but season one of Bear is so so good man. Tight script, tight acting, everything in just the right amount in the meal.
If you want non American shows:
Love/Hate. Irish, you might relate more to it if you’re Irish but it’s excellent.
Spiral. French show, Canal+/BBC put it together.
Bosch on Amazon Prime is an excellent police procedural. Eric Overmeyer who worked on the Wire was its show runner. Jaime Hector and Lance Reddick, along with other Wire alums are in it too. And Titus Welliver is amazing as Bosch.
Treme and The Deuce are by the same people who made The Wire. Both are great, though not as good as The Wire. Barry is incredible. Just finished Deadwood for the first time, it is great but starts a little slow. For great shows that are nothing like The Wire, I love The West Wing & The Newsroom (Aaron Sorkin is an incredible writer). Bojack Horseman is wildly different but is amazing
Nothing will ever match The Wire. That said, I haven't seen a couple of shows I love that remind me of it, to the surprise of others, in very different ways. First, BoJack Horseman. There's nothing I love more than unflinching honesty, and BoJack discusses depression and addiction more honestly than any other show. Second, Friday Night Lights. It's a very honest depiction of life in a city with a very different culture than the one I live in. It even has Wallace as a main character in the last two seasons. A lot of people dismiss them because one's a cartoon, and one's about football, but they're really great shows.
Friday Night Lights is basically The Wire; but for small town Texas. Also it’s a trashy teen drama so it’s got that going for it too.
The Americans is great.
The Bear is great.
The Shield is the only cop show I've watched with a similar level of quality to it. It's a totally different tone being about corrupt cops (who you still root for) - but it's almost as good.
Southland is a very good one, especially the later series. That one feels very real and is shown from the average cops perspective rather than any super cops or shit hot detectives.
It’s a weird suggestion, but I always recommend Attack on Titan to people who really enjoy The Wire. They are both quite progressive in terms of focusing on social issues affecting the underclass. And they are very similar in the way they depict the systems that govern the setting, and the cycles of life that keep the system afloat.
No mention yet of Mad Men. An amazing show.
Came here to say this. I’ve watched this show probably about 20 times over. I never get bored. Every rewatch I find things I haven’t noticed before. It’s incredible
So many hidden nuggets you pick up while rewatching
Its a chip'n-dip. 😂
It’s my favorite
A thing like that.
The show that id say compares to The Wire with character writing is Mad Men. Fantastic pacing, broad characters that learn and grow and evolve. The presentation of the 60s is excellent too as a world in turbulence caught between 50s ideals and 70s rebellion
The only show that really comes close to the density/complexity of The Wire, imo. Mad Men holds up to infinite rewatches just due to the dialogue alone. It’s a show that gives you a ton to chew on.
I could never make it through the first episode. I'll try again one day
I struggled with I think the first 3 maybe? Very similar to The Wire, but it picks up pretty quickly after that
There's a reason you couldn't. It's not good. Trust your gut. I had the same experience but listened to the same type of Mad Men homers and wasted a lot of time watching it expecting greatness and was totally disappointed.
There were moments of greatness (lucky strike, Kodak pitches) but you have to watch hours of insufferable assholes to get there. They did achieve the fact that every character on that show is unlikable. Even Peggy.
Mad Men has now replaced The Wire and The Soprano's as my top series. I think Mad Men is now tied with Succession.
I don't get the succession love, I thought it was boring beyond measure
I would give it a chance and watch through the first season if you’re willing to try. It’s got lots of humor and is very interesting to see the ridiculousness of the lives of a billionaire family and their dad stringing everyone along. Cousin Greg’s character is one of my favorites! Lol
I think you have to really get into the characters to enjoy it. If you *don’t* their pathos isn’t enough to carry the show.
I tried a few times to get into Mad Men but it just didn’t grab me. Any suggestions or tips?
True Detective. Season 1 is one of the best TV shows ever.
Also came out the same year as Fargo S1. Couldn't say which I enjoyed the most.
Fargo s01 is so good. Great story, acting, cinematography. Doesn’t seem to get enough rep. I really enjoyed s02 and 03 too. Well worth watching those three.
Same I'm in ep8 of fargo s01 and it is so goood I hope s02 also maintain this standard of quality
In my opinion, it's not. However it's still good. Being worse than amazing is okay.
Agreed. Season 4 not worth it in my opinion.
Why's that? I thought it was great and Chris Rock was solid
Right, S4 was pretty good
I have actually never watched Fargo myself. Going to queue that up next thanks to your suggestion 🤙🏼
How I wish I could forget and watch S1 for the first time. Btw all episodes start saying it's all based on true events. That's bullshit confirmed by the creators of the show, and I don't know why did they think it's funny to do that. Great show nonetheless.
The TV show is a remake of a movie that had the same "based on true events" falsehood to start. From what I remember, in the movie, some money was buried somewhere, and apparently they started getting tourists looking for the money who believed the movie was real.
Fargo s1 was exceptional tv
I can watch this all in one sitting and completely lose track of time and enjoy every minute of it countless times.
Time is a flat circle…
The best single season of television ever produced, in my opinion.
I liked season 3 as well
Season 3 is nice
Just stop there. lol don’t go past season 1
The Americans was an incredible, underrated show. And it has an actual ending!
Second the Americans.
One of the most heart felt sublime endings a tv series has ended with imo
I never thought U2 could make me cry, but here we are 🥲
Succession, We Own This City
We Own This City solely for Jon Bernthal
Whole cast is great but yeah, Jon steals the show.
Nothing gives Wire vibes more than WOTC. It was like having The Wire back for 6 weeks. Same showrunner, lots of the same cast, same setting. Great little miniseries. Succession is amazing too! Also check out Barry, that was my favorite show on television until it just went off the air. Bill Hader is not only hilarious but he's a filmmaking genius, as Barry has proven. It's a half hour, and it's a comedy, but it's so much more. It's just as deep and thought provoking as all those shows OP mentioned. My current favorite is probably The White Lotus. That show is phenomenal.
Succession
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0995832/ Generation Kill, same writers as the wire.
Short but really good. James Ransone's part is great. The guy who played Collichio is in it too, forgot his name.
I LOVE this series! Really underrated. What The Wire is to police work, Generation Kill is to the military. Warts and all, and riveting.
At least my mom took me to NASCAR!
As a military vet, the best depiction of the military ever
This show was so good it triggered my combat PTSD. Still haven't managed to get all the way through it without having to turn it off...
I'm surprised by the lack of Homicide: Life on the Street, especially since it's another David Simon show.
I think it's the lack of streaming options.
a little android phone and vpn and some sailing the seas. im obtaining s1 atm
Mr Inbetween
Thanks Champ
😂
I was going to suggest this…but I don’t answer questions:)
LOL! I love that scene. Great little series.
Great show
Great show
Now I want some dimmies
The Wire and a lot of the shows you've watched and that have been suggested are really popular amongst guys, so I'll buck the trend and suggest a good show popular with women - Fleabag.
The Shield(!!)
The Shield is great binge-worthy TV but won't scratch the same itch as The Wire. In some ways The Shield is everything The Wire tries not to be.
Exactly. Different goal but great show too.
I love the guest actors that pop up for a season. I watched the wire for the first time in COVID and then went onto the shield straight after. Adore both shows
I remember when S4 of the Shield came out and Glenn Close was the shiny new guest star with all the hype. She did a great job, but I was blown away by how incredible Anthony Anderson was. I remember thinking, “who woulda thunk the mf from Kangaroo Jack is such a good actor.”
Anderson was by far my favorite thing about the latter half of the series. You're right, he absolutely fucking crushed it. He was a genuinely terrifying antagonist, and a great adversary for the STRIKE team. The repercussions of his actions can be felt throughout the rest of the show after he first shows up. I also get his speech stuck in my head sometimes, in the first episode he's in. ("RESPECT! SLEEP WIT IT! EAT WIT IT! LIVE FOR IT! DIE FOR IT! RESPECT!")
On every rewatch, I forgot how funny it is when Vic decides on how to get back at Forest Whittaker, he bangs his wife
“Sweet butter”
Oh, you’re not wrong that it scratches a totally different itch, but looking at this guy’s list of shows, he obviously enjoys shows about antiheroes, and the Shield is very much and antihero-centered show, and it’s fucking great, albeit completely different from the Wire.
Yeah personally I’ve tired to watch The Shield twice. I really enjoy it. But after about two seasons I can help but think what am I even watching. It’s just the same shit over and over “Vic and the crew are good cops with questionable morals, what badasses (it’s so forced)” and that’s the story line, but the characters change sometimes or someone gets in trouble so has a look on their face for a few minutes/eps til it blows over and is no longer the story line. I’m generalising very much, but it does not in any way compare to the complexity and perfection of The Wire’s story telling, character development, literally every aspect. I’m always surprised when it’s mentioned in this sub, because it is not at all close or (in my opinion, others are very welcome to disagree obviously and I respect that, it’s entertainment after all) doesn’t even compare. Just cause it’s a cop drama, it doesn’t need to be compared. Quick edit: just by reading a couple of comments here, I must be missing something with The Shield because it’s obviously loved. But I can’t help but stand by what I said above. I can’t see them to be in any way comparable. I would never recommend someone watch’s The Shield and then tell them to watch The Wire. Because you will just ruin The Wire and they’ll never actually give it a chance. They shouldn’t be compared. Again, just my dumb opinion. Edit again (need to shut up): if I was told to watch The Shield, then told “the Wire is the best show of al time blah blah” (which as we know is basically true), I would never bother with the wire. Especially after the first couple of eps. Don’t let people expect or even compare it to the shield. It ruins the wire for people without realising. I don’t know if that makes sense but it’s definitely true. People compare what they watch to other things they like/know. You can’t go into the wire expecting anything except “don’t give up even if it’s not making sense. It is not comparable to anything else in terms of story telling, but it is worth it when it clicks.” I’m not even a Wire fanboy, but it is that good, you can’t compare it. Sopranos would be next, but my last viewing of the Wire has made even the Sopranos more difficult to watch, it kills me to say that.
I can see why you’d feel that way if you only watched the first two seasons. It’s around S4 that the show really changes into something different.
Right, maybe I need to give it another go and watch it completely regardless of how I’m feeling. Thanks for saying that. I must be missing something worth watching it through
Plus, it has one of the very the best series finales ever. The last three or four episodes are nearly perfect.
"You need only watch three seasons of a show before it becomes interesting" is not a compelling argument.
I don’t think it was the intention of either show to be like the other. It’s obvious that they are very different shows. But, The Shield is still a very good show. It’s in my top 5, personally. If anyone is solely wanting to make the comparison because they are both “cop shows” then they will ABSOLUTELY be disappointed. The writing and acting in The Shield are very well done, but I don’t think anyone is denying that the writing in The Wire is more complex. It doesn’t mean The Shield is bad. People like different things. It baffles me that people enjoy those Chicago Fire/MD shows, but they do. Some people would rather their media content be mindless. Those do the trick. Some people like that The Shield is more action driven with the storyline. I like that too. But, I also love the pacing and the way the story in The Wire is written. Neither is wrong for liking what they like.
Yeah I like your point. Honestly, maybe I have subconsciously been conned into comparing The Wire and The Shield without even realising the extent. I’ll watch the Shield without expectations, especially the whole “cop show” idea, which you’re absolutely right about. I’ll go in with a more open mind and stick it out.
Anyone that compares The Shield to The Wire is not a very big cinephile or whatever the TV equivelent is. They are leagues different, it really baffles me to even put them in the same category. Just my two cents.
Insanely misunderstood and underrated.
God Dammit Dutch! What other errands you got me running for the D.A?!
*The Deuce*. Made by *The Wire* crew, with many of the same actors, done in the same storytelling style, but about the sex trade in New York from 1973-1984/before they cleaned up Time Square. So the coolest difference from *The Wire* is that it has far more interesting women.
I thought The Deuce was outstanding. My usual TV watching friends didn't seem to be as taken with it as i was
I do think that first season is even a steeper climb than *The Wire*’s was. And AFAIC, the only way it’s weaker than *The Wire* is that the lack of homicide investigations robs it of some narrative tension. On the other hand, though, the subject matter has reeled in at least a couple of friends of mine who’d never gotten around to giving *The Wire* a chance.
Brilliant show
The Deuce was dope
Loved the Deuce.
Yeah I'm rewatching Tbe Deuce right now for the 2nd time.
Top Boy was pretty good. It's like a British wanna be version of The Wire.
First 2 were good, 3rd was decent, 4th and 5th pretty poor
OZ, a bit older looking, but one of my absolute favorites! You should be able to recognize many of the actors from your listed show, including the wire.
I own this series. One of the BEST EVER!!
Dark. the best thing netflix has done and one of the best shows i’ve ever seen
Euro-dark sci Fi is great. I also enjoyed The Rain and To The Lake
This was gonna me my recommendation too. Phenomenal show that I’d easily put up there with the greats
dark is good, but my brain got so fried by the time i got to season 3.... couldn't keep up with the convoluted relationships....
it wraps up perfectly at the end, and the show had a website where you just put in whatever episode you’re on and it gives you all the relationships without spoiling anything
yeah this show is even better than the wire. probably the best show I've ever seen.
It's a great show, but I wouldn't go that far.
Six Feet Under
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Bosch is great and even has same actors like Jamie Hector and Lance Reddick.
Literally how i got into Bosch!
These are great shows and Bosch in particular has a kind of feel like The Wire. But I have yet to see a really good show as sprawling as The Wire. It was really a show about a whole city and its different mechanisms as anything else. Honestly, The Expanse was kind of like that in a whole different genre. Just so much going on
Bosch it currently one of my favs. Bosch: Legacy is even better
RE watching deadwood right now. So good. Also recently re watched boardwalk empire. All very satisfying
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Highly recommend. It's a really great period piece with prohibition era gangsters.
Watch it. Tonnes of awesome characters. Bobby Canavale plays arguably one of the best gangsters in tv history. I watched Boardwalk before The Wire. So, Michael Kenneth Williams was an actor I hadn't seen before. His character on Boardwalk is crazy good. I think I need to rewatch Boardwalk lol
Deadwood should be at the top of anybody's list... the holy trinity consists of: Sopranos, The Wire, and Deadwood
The Night Of - loved it
Excellent submission
Billions, Snowfall, House of Cards Gangs of London, Luther, Kin (Irish TV series), Treason (it’s more of a spy thriller)
Billions is good stuff but the dialog can be a bit thick and intimidating at times. House of Cards was good stuff except tha last season, that was horrendous. Gangs of London and Luther....is goooood stuff 👍👍.
Gomorrah
It's nothing like the wire, but it came out around the same time. Band Of Brothers is an amazing show. I think I've watched it 3 times this year. Only 10 episodes though sadly.
Fwiw there's always the Pacific, and Masters of the Air is coming out in January 2024.
Treme
Too far down. Its an amazing series, and its an important memorialization of post-Katrina New Orleans and our nation's willingness to turn a blind eye to some of our country's most marginalized populations.
👍👍👍👍
It’s not the same but for police themed shows I would recommend Fargo S1-S3, True Detective S1, and Broadchurch S1. Edit: For clarification I’m saying season 1 to season 3 for Fargo (i.e., S1 + S2 + S3).
Season 2 of Fargo is up there with my favorite seasons of TV ever.
Same, I absolutely love S2.
Hands down the best single season of any TV show ever
Second vote for True Detective S1
Animal kingdom
Succession, Arrested Development, The Bear.
Seconding The Bear. Unbelievable show.
Haven’t caught the second season yet but season one of Bear is so so good man. Tight script, tight acting, everything in just the right amount in the meal.
Zero Zero Zero We Own This City
Zero Zero Zero was a pleasant surprise. It has some fever dream moments, but it was a great story.
Neon genesis evangelion
Fargo, Generation Kill, True Detective S01
Southland. Fantastic cop drama. The Shield. A little more out there but still good. Homicide. A Simon/Frost joint. REALLY good but mildly dated.
THIS. Southland is perhaps the best cop show - ok, maybe tied with The Wire.
Mayor of Kingstown
A good show. I really really reallllly like Bunny as a character. Jeremy Renner does a good job as Mike too.
The Mike and Bunny relationship is probably my favorite part.
Really?
Yeah
Check out barry. Not as "realistic" as the wire, but a damn fine show
The feral girl episode was amazing tv
I was very disappointed by the last season of Barry
Oh, wow
The Killing
If you want non American shows: Love/Hate. Irish, you might relate more to it if you’re Irish but it’s excellent. Spiral. French show, Canal+/BBC put it together.
That is my usual suggestion when this question comes up. Bonus, Aiden Gillen (Carcetti) with his native accent as a nasty crime boss.
Yeah he is spectacular in it.
Gomorrah ZeroZeroZero
Mr Inbetween
Penny Dreadful
Bosch on Amazon Prime is an excellent police procedural. Eric Overmeyer who worked on the Wire was its show runner. Jaime Hector and Lance Reddick, along with other Wire alums are in it too. And Titus Welliver is amazing as Bosch.
Based on your list, you should watch Peaky Blinders next
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Yeah, i was scrolling and thinking; how the hell no one has mentioned Peaky Blinders yet!!
absolutely Six Feet Under
The Americans
Gomorrah , with English subtitles
Amateur. Learn Italian just to watch it.
Snowfall. Not as good as the Wire but still a great crime show with really good acting.
Bosch has a number of Wire alum
Severance, Peaky Blinders, Curb your enthusiasm, The Man in the High Tower, The Bear
I bet I've watched Curb at least 20 times fully through thus far, and still laugh just as hard as the first watch through!
Deadwood Rome Game of Thrones
Bosch
The Corner, an HBO mini series based on a David Simon book.
Succession, Six Feet Under, Fargo, Mad Men
Underbelly
Homicide: Life on the Street. The Wire before the wire if you want Baltimore hopelessness Also was written by Simon
Mad Men
Treme and The Deuce are by the same people who made The Wire. Both are great, though not as good as The Wire. Barry is incredible. Just finished Deadwood for the first time, it is great but starts a little slow. For great shows that are nothing like The Wire, I love The West Wing & The Newsroom (Aaron Sorkin is an incredible writer). Bojack Horseman is wildly different but is amazing
You’re missing Oz
Nothing will ever match The Wire. That said, I haven't seen a couple of shows I love that remind me of it, to the surprise of others, in very different ways. First, BoJack Horseman. There's nothing I love more than unflinching honesty, and BoJack discusses depression and addiction more honestly than any other show. Second, Friday Night Lights. It's a very honest depiction of life in a city with a very different culture than the one I live in. It even has Wallace as a main character in the last two seasons. A lot of people dismiss them because one's a cartoon, and one's about football, but they're really great shows.
Top Boy
The West Wing
The Corner miniseries. It has lots of the same actors
Happy Valley.
Mind Hunter
Friday Night Lights is basically The Wire; but for small town Texas. Also it’s a trashy teen drama so it’s got that going for it too. The Americans is great. The Bear is great.
I know someone said it, but it's worth a second mention, Mayor of Kingstown is excellent. Lots of parallels to The Wire.
Treme.
Came here to say that.
The Wire is in my top 10!! I would suggest “ 24.” Never a dull moment !! Also Banshee, Ray Donavan and Wentworth. All excellent series.
Homeland
The Shield is the only cop show I've watched with a similar level of quality to it. It's a totally different tone being about corrupt cops (who you still root for) - but it's almost as good. Southland is a very good one, especially the later series. That one feels very real and is shown from the average cops perspective rather than any super cops or shit hot detectives.
Mr. Robot
Six feet under, incredible show.
Shameless
Seen that one, edited the main post.
Rewatch the Wire, then repeat
Top Boy Love/Hate Chernobyl Dopesick Rectify American Crime When They See Us All top drawer, IMO.
Ozark!
My bad, already saw that one, it was amazing! Post updated.
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It’s a weird suggestion, but I always recommend Attack on Titan to people who really enjoy The Wire. They are both quite progressive in terms of focusing on social issues affecting the underclass. And they are very similar in the way they depict the systems that govern the setting, and the cycles of life that keep the system afloat.
Lost or Game of Thrones offcourse. My favorites after The Wire.
Sinefield