Series like The Westies

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   Tulsa King

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   2022 · Crime · Drama

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   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 not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew.

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   • a closely matched era
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   The Sea Beyond

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   2020 · 60 min · Crime · Drama

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   Naples. Still an organized crime stronghold. For the inmates at the Juvenile Detention Centre, time and space are interrupted. Taken away from their families and friends, they now have the opportunity to understand who they have been, who they are, who they want to be.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: organized crime

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   DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

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   2022 · Crime · Drama

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   This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.

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

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   Mayor of Kingstown

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   2021 · Crime · Drama

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   In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a principal cast member
   • similar audience response

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   BMF

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   2021 · 52 min · Crime · Drama

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   The drug trafficking drama is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country. It revolves around brothers Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory, who together took their vision beyond the drug trade and into the world of hip-hop. The drama, per Starz, will tell a story about love, family and capitalism in the pursuit of the American dream.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • similar audience response

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   The Company You Keep

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   2023 · 44 min · Crime · Drama

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   A night of passion leads to love between con man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally. While Charlie ramps up the ‘family business’ so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in-hand — forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.

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

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   Hotel Cocaine

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   2024 · Crime

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   The story of Roman Compte, a Cuban exile and general manager of The Mutiny Hotel, the glamorous epicenter of the Miami cocaine scene of late '70s and early '80s. The Mutiny Hotel was Casablanca on cocaine.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Black Rabbit

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   2025 · Crime · Drama

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   A rising-star restaurateur is forced into New York's criminal underworld when his chaotic brother returns to town with loan sharks on his trail.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
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   The Hunting Party

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   2025 · 43 min · Crime · Drama

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   A small team of investigators are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that's not supposed to exist.

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   • a closely matched era

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    Griselda

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    2024 · Crime · Drama

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

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

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