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Orange Is the New Black (2013)

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

Created byJenji Kohan

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What to watch after Orange Is the New Black

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    Weeds

    Same creator

    2005 · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.

    Why it connects

    • the same creator
    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    Why Women Kill

    Similar atmosphere

    2019 · 50 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  3. 03

    Dead to Me

    Similar atmosphere

    2019 · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: dark comedy and sisterhood
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  4. 04

    The Night Of

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    2016 · 60 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • a closely matched era
    • similar audience response
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    You

    Genre overlap

    2018 · Crime · Drama · Mystery

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    A dangerously charming, obsessive man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of women who fascinate him.

    Why it connects

    • substantial genre overlap
    • similar audience response
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    Escape at Dannemora

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    2018 · 51 min · Crime · Drama

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    The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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  7. 08

    Insecure

    Similar atmosphere

    2016 · Comedy · Drama

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    Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: bold and dramatic
    • a closely matched era
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  8. 09

    Wentworth

    Similar atmosphere

    2013 · Crime · Drama

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    Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison. A modern adaptation and sequel of the iconic Prisoner series.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: prison and women's prison
    • a closely matched era
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    GLOW

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    2017 · Comedy · Drama

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    In 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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