Shows like The Abandons: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Abandons (2025) — a drama and western series created by Kurt Sutter — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Abandons most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like oregon, usa, western and 1850s. 13 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Hell on Wheels 2011★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Western
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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How the West Was Won 1977★ 7.0
Shares: Western, Drama
The Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer a new land and a new home in the American West.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ransom Canyon 2025★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Western
Passions run deep in a small Texas town, as three ranching dynasties fight for their land, their legacies and the people they love.
Stream in India on Netflix
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1923 2022★ 8.3
Shares: Drama, Western
Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Deadwood 2004★ 8.1
Shares: Western, Drama
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Deputy 2020★ 6.8
Shares: Western, Drama
When the Los Angeles County’s Sheriff dies, an arcane rule forged back in the Wild West thrusts the most unlikely man into the job: a fifth-generation lawman, more comfortable taking down bad guys than navigating a sea of politics, who won’t rest until justice is served.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Yellowstone 2018★ 8.3
Shares: Western, Drama
Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.
Stream in India on Netflix, JioHotstar
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Joe Pickett 2021★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Western
A game warden and his family navigate the changing political and socio-economic climate in a small rural town in Wyoming on the verge of economic collapse. Surrounded by rich history and vast wildlife, the township hides decades of schemes and secrets that are yet to be uncovered.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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1883 2021★ 8.3
Shares: Drama, Western
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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American Primeval 2025★ 7.7
Shares: Western, Drama
A mother and son fleeing from their past form a found family while confronting a harsh landscape of freedom and cruelty in the American West.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Longmire 2012★ 7.7
Shares: Western, Drama
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Walker Independence 2022★ 6.7
Shares: Western, Drama
Set in the late 1800s, this origin story follows Abby Walker, an affluent Bostonian whose husband is murdered before her eyes while on their journey out West, as she crosses paths with Hoyt Rawlins, a lovable rogue in search of purpose. Abby and Hoyt's journey takes them to Independence, Texas, a small town with a big future.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Billy the Kid 2022★ 7.7
Shares: Western, Drama
An epic romantic adventure series based on the life of famous American outlaw Billy the Kid — from his humble Irish roots, to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Outer Range 2022★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Western
A rancher fighting for his land and family stumbles upon an unfathomable mystery at the edge of Wyoming’s wilderness, forcing a confrontation with the Unknown in ways both intimate and cosmic in the untamable American West.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Justified 2010★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, VI movies and tv, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Godless 2017★ 7.7
Shares: Western, Drama
A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Lonesome Dove 1989★ 7.9
Shares: Drama, Western
A pair of longtime friends and former Texas Rangers crave one last adventure before hanging-up their spurs. After stealing over a thousand head of cattle from rustlers south of the border, they recruit an unlikely crew of hands to drive the herd 3,000 miles north to the grasslands of Montana.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Texas Rising 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Western
A chronicle of the Texas Revolution, the uprising against the tyranny of Mexican dictator Santa Anna, from the battle of the Alamo to the battle of San Jacinto, and the rise of the Texas Rangers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Marshals 2026★ 8.0
Shares: Drama
With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The English 2022★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Western
An aristocratic Englishwoman, Lady Cornelia Locke, arrives into the new and wild landscape of the American West to wreak revenge on the man she sees as responsible for the death of her son.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now