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Black Mirror
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Mr. Robot
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Alias Grace
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The Expanse
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Sherlock
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StartUp
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Mindhunter
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Gilmore Girls
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Game of Thrones
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Firefly
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American Gods
A recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself "Wednesday" and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow's life and past.
The Animatrix
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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…
Misfits
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This list currently uses 20 matches from rating similarity. Genres such as Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller help keep the fallback matches close to the starting series.
Where can I stream similar series?
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18 of 20 recommendations are marked as completed or ended. Examples: Orphan Black, Dark Matter and Mr. Robot.