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Game of Thrones
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ER - Emergency Room (E.R.)
ER follows the medical personnel and patients in the emergency room of Chicago's fictional County General Hospital. The doctors and nurses of County's ER confront the daily challenges of a busy urban hospital, including overcrowded waiting rooms, staffing…
The Good Wife
The Good Wife is a drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
Sex and the City
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Suits (2011)
Genres: Drama
College drop-out Mike Ross accidentally lands a job with one of New York's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. They soon become a winning team with Mike's raw talent and photographic memory, and Mike soon reminds Harvey of why he went into the field of law in…
Private Practice
Genres: Drama
Seattle fades into grey as renowned surgeon Dr. Addison Montgomery aims to reinvent herself. The promise of a simpler golden state of mind has her working alongside medical school friends at California's Oceanside Wellness Center. But is the new life…
Outlander
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Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. John Watson solve crimes in 21st century London.
Goliath
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Lie to Me
A cynical researcher who's made a profession of interpreting facial expressions and body language to determine whether someone is telling the truth heads up a consulting firm that includes a perceptive, optimistic female clinical psychologist on whom he…
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High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.
Zoo
Zoo is a global thriller about a wave of violent animal attacks against humans sweeping the planet. James Wolk will play Jackson Oz, a young, renegade American zoologist who spends his days running safaris in the wilds of Africa when he begins noticing the…
Black Mirror
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Secrets & Lies
A six-part murder conspiracy drama starring New Zealand actor Martin Henderson. The compelling drama follows the story of an everyday family man, whose life crumbles when he is accused of murdering a four-year-old boy.
Taras Welten (United States of Tara)
Tara Gregson is a wife and mother of two. Tara has dissociative identity disorder (DID). Whenever she is stressed, she transforms into one of her alternate personalities: wild and flirty teenager T; old-fashioned housewife Alice; and male, loud, beer-drinking…
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How are the recommendations for The Affair selected?
This list currently uses 20 matches from rating similarity. Genres such as Drama help keep the fallback matches close to the starting series.
Where can I stream similar series?
14 of 20 similar series currently include streaming providers. You will most often find matching shows on Disney+ (5), Netflix (4) and Prime Video (3). Availability can change, so check the provider shown directly on each recommendation card.
Are there completed series like The Affair?
18 of 20 recommendations are marked as completed or ended. Examples: Game of Thrones, ER - Emergency Room (E.R.) and The Good Wife.