Shows like Average Joe: 20 to watch next
If you loved Average Joe (2023) — a comedy, drama and crime series created by Robb Cullen — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Average Joe most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like pittsburgh, pennsylvania. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Outlaws 2021★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Seven strangers from different walks of life - people who would never normally interact - are forced to work together to renovate a derelict community centre. They resent the menial physical labour and they resent each other. But when one of their number gets dragged into a dangerous world of organised crime, they unite in ways none of them thought possible.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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S.W.A.T. Exiles 2026★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Crime
After a high-profile mission goes sideways, Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson is pulled out of forced retirement to lead a last-chance experimental SWAT unit made up of untested, unpredictable young recruits. Hondo must bridge a generational divide, navigate clashing personalities, and turn a squad of outsiders into a team capable of protecting the city and saving the program that made him who he is.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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This City Is Ours 2025★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Crime
After trying to leave a world of crime, Michael is dragged back into the fold to answer questions. Back in Liverpool tensions continue to bubble amongst the remaining members of the gang, and a gangster who's just been let out of prison wants answers.
Stream in India on Sony Liv
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Power Book IV: Force 2022★ 8.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Why Women Kill 2019★ 7.9
Shares: Comedy, Crime, Drama
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.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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L.A.'s Finest 2019★ 6.9
Shares: Crime, Drama
Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a greater personal secret. These two women don't agree on much, but they find common ground when it comes to taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los Angeles.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Hidden Assets 2021★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Crime
A routine raid led by Emer Berry, a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small-time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source – not in cash, but in rough diamonds. When these diamonds are linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with Police Commissioner Christian De Jong.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Snatch 2017★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Crime
A group of up-and-coming hustlers stumble upon a truckload of stolen gold bullion and are suddenly thrust into the high-stakes world of organized crime.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Bay 2019★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Crime
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is assigned.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Sneaky Pete 2015★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Crime
A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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61st Street 2022★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Crime
Moses Johnson is a promising high-school athlete with a bright future who’s accused of murdering a police officer during a drug bust gone wrong. Swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, Moses’ case is taken up by ageing public defender Franklin Roberts, who sees this as his chance to finally challenge the institutional racism at the heart of the judicial system.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Gentlemen 2024★ 7.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Crime
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Hitchhiker 1983★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Crime
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wild Bill 2019★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Crime
U.S. police chief Bill Hixon lands in the British town of Boston, Lincolnshire, with his 14-year-old daughter Kelsey in tow hoping they can flee their painful recent past. But this unfamiliar, unimpressed community will force Bill to question everything about himself and leave him asking whether it's Boston that needs Bill, or Bill that needs Boston?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Search Party 2016★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Crime
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kill Jackie 2026★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Crime
Jackie Price has been living a wealthy, luxurious life for the past 20 years after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life begins to feel a little boring, she discovers that The Seven Demons, a group of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her.
Stream in India on BBC Player Amazon Channel
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Five Days 2007★ 5.8
Shares: Crime, Drama
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Elsbeth 2024★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Drama, Comedy
After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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COBRA 2020★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Crime
As widespread power outages cause chaos and threaten lives across the country, the COBRA (Cabinet Office Briefing Room) committee comprised of the UK’s leading experts and politicians, gathers to find a way to turn the lights back on.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bad Girls 1999★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Crime
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout the eight-year run. The series was broadcast in 17 countries and was produced by Shed Productions, the company which later produced Footballers' Wives and Waterloo Road. It is set in the fictional women's prison of Larkhall, and features a mixture of serious and light storylines focusing on the prisoners and staff of G Wing. From 2010, the UK broadcast rights were bought by CBS Drama, and is repeated regularly – as of September 2012, the channel is re-running the series again in a late-night time slot.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now