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Series like River (2015)
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Stranger Things
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Fargo
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Deadwood
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Breaking Bad
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This list currently uses 10 matches from rating similarity. Genres such as Drama, Mystery and Crime help keep the fallback matches close to the starting series.
Where can I stream similar series?
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Are there completed series like River (2015)?
8 of 10 recommendations are marked as completed or ended. Examples: Dexter, Stranger Things and Deadwood.