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Shows like The Wire 2002
Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About The Wire
Shows closest to The Wire
Ergo Proxy 2006Also contemporary, grave and earnest
Texhnolyze 2003Also contemporary, grave and earnest
Top of the Lake 2013Also contemporary, earnest and grave
Midnight Mass 2021Also contemporary, grave and contemplative
True Detective 2014Also grave, contemplative and earnest
The Corner 2000Also earnest, grave and contemporary
The Night Of 2016Also contemporary, grave and earnest
Devs 2020Also grave, contemporary and earnest
Lost 2004Also contemporary and earnest
The OA 2016Also contemporary, grave and earnest
American Crime 2015Also contemporary, grave and earnest
Land of the Lustrous 2017Also contemporary, earnest and grave
The same feel, in other forms
Books
Palestine 1994Also earnest, grave and contemporary
ねじまき鳥クロニクル 1997Also grave, contemporary and contemplative
The Light Pirate 2022Also contemporary, grave and earnest
Films
Haider 2014Also grave, contemporary and earnest
Conclave 2024Also grave, earnest and contemporary
Arrival 2016Also contemporary, earnest and grave
Albums
- Forever Changes 1967Also grave, earnest and contemporary
- The Bride 2016Also grave, earnest and contemplative
- Peter Gabriel 1980Also contemporary, grave and meticulous
Games
Inside 2016Also grave, contemporary and earnest
The Talos Principle: Deluxe Edition 2015Also contemporary, grave and contemplative
Cairn 2026Also contemporary, earnest and grave
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