Shows like Games People Play: 20 to watch next
If you loved Games People Play (2019) — a drama series created by Angela Burt-Murray — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Games People Play most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 12 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Tyler Perry's Ruthless 2020★ 8.4
Shares: Drama
A spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ambitions 2019★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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The Girlfriend 2025★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Laura has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her precious son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry, a girlfriend who changes everything. After a tense introduction, Laura becomes convinced Cherry is hiding something. Is she a manipulative social climber, or is Laura just paranoid? The truth is a matter of perspective.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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One Tree Hill 2003★ 7.8
Shares: Drama
In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player Dan Scott whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb and their son Nathan.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Wu-Tang: An American Saga 2019★ 8.2
Shares: Drama
In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to become one of the unlikeliest success stories in American music history.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Newsreader 2021★ 7.4
Shares: Drama
An unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Tell Me Lies 2022★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
When Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will permanently alter not only their lives, but the lives of everyone around them.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Julia 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Through Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the nature of celebrity and America's cultural evolution.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Kill Jackie 2026★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
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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Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots 2013★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Follow the complicated dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work in their opulent Savannah, Georgia, mansion.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Pitch 2016★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
The dramatic and inspirational story of a young pitcher who becomes the first woman to play Major League Baseball.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Step Up 2018★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
Twins Tal and Janelle relocate from Ohio to Atlanta, where at their new school High Water is always a beat.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Tip Toe 2026★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
An ordinary Manchester suburb becomes a minefield of lies and violence when Leo gives neighbour Clive his spare key.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Bel-Air 2022★ 7.7
Shares: Drama
The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Patient 2022★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Matlock 2024★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Unchosen 2026★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
When a young mother from a sheltered cult crosses paths with a mysterious stranger, she embarks on a risky affair that awakens desires and dark secrets.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Life on Top 2009★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Based on a novel by Clara Darling, about a college grad who heads to a big city looking for work and discovers her older sister, who's been living there for years, is a model.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Terror: Devil in Silver 2026★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Wrongfully committed to New Hyde Psychiatric Hospital, one man faces secretive doctors, dangerous patients, and something even worse …
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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American Odyssey 2015★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
In this "Traffic"-like action drama, an international conspiracy explodes when three strangers' lives unexpectedly collide - a female soldier, a corporate lawyer and a political activist.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now