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If Bad Banks worked for you because of its power plays, elite rivalry, and high-stakes ambition, start with Billions, Devils, and Industry. The list leans toward drama and comedy stories with a similar sense of status-driven drama. It prioritises shared tone and story shape rather than relying on broad genre matching alone.

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Audience fit

Why Bad Banks fans may like these shows

If you enjoyed Bad Banks, try Billions, Devils, and Industry. These recommendations focus on drama and comedy shows that share power, money and strategic conflict and a similar storytelling rhythm.

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The closest TV shows to watch after Bad Banks

Each recommendation includes the reasoning behind the pick, so you can see why it may suit fans of Bad Banks.

Billions

Billions is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to…

Devils

Devils is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, After being implicated in a deadly scandal, a trader at a leading London bank fights to clear his name, but instead uncovers an intercontinental conspiracy masterminded by powerful forces operating in the shadows.

Industry

Industry is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and…

Succession

Succession is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

Dopesick

Dopesick is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Crime and Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of…

Queenmaker

Queenmaker is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, After a tragic accident, a powerful fixer uses her skills to transform a civil rights lawyer into the next mayor — and take down her former employer.

Madoff

Madoff is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Crime and Drama Recommendation graph signal: this title appears close to the anchor show in recommendation data. In practical terms, The rise and fall of Bernie Madoff, who's Ponzi scheme bilked $65 billion from unsuspecting victims.

Hanzawa Naoki

Hanzawa Naoki is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Hanzawa makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Hanzawa didn't want to approve the loan,…

Reborn Rich

Reborn Rich is a strong follow-up to Bad Banks because it offers power, money and strategic conflict and a comparable sense of status-driven drama. Shared genre fit: Drama Quality fallback: this title survived the same relevance and quality filters as the main recommendations. In practical terms, After ten years, a loyal employee is framed for embezzlement, then murdered by his employers, only to be reborn as their youngest son, with a yearn for revenge guiding his hostile takeover.

What makes a good show like Bad Banks?

A good replacement for Bad Banks is not just another show in the same broad genre. The best matches keep the parts viewers remember most: power plays, elite rivalry, and high-stakes ambition, a sharp and intense atmosphere and status-driven drama. That is why the ranking combines several signals before a title reaches the final list.

How these recommendations are chosen

Audience behaviour: Reddit-style co-mentions and pair signals help identify shows viewers naturally compare or recommend together. Recommendation graph: TMDB recommendation data helps identify titles that sit close to the anchor show. Story fit: genre overlap, semantic keywords and concept-specific guardrails reduce lazy matches that share only a surface-level category. Quality control: vote average, vote count, popularity and freshness checks help remove weak or low-confidence titles from public SEO pages.

Editor's verdict

The strongest starting point is Billions, Devils, and Industry because the list balances similarity, quality and viewer behaviour. For best results, choose the recommendation that matches the part of Bad Banks you liked most: tone, characters, setting, mystery, tension or long-form payoff.

Common questions

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What should I watch after Bad Banks for more power and money drama?

Start with Billions, Devils, and Industry if you want more ambition, strategic rivalry and high-status drama built around power plays rather than action spectacle.

Are these shows similar to Bad Banks because of finance alone?

No. The ranking looks beyond a business setting and favours series that share the same mix of pressure, status, ego and long-running conflict.

Why do fans of Bad Banks often end up watching these next?

They usually respond to power plays, elite rivalry, and high-stakes ambition, so the page prioritises series that recreate that feeling instead of just matching on industry keywords.

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