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Shows like The Americans 2013
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Shows closest to The Americans
Combat! 1962Also classical in form, earnest and grave
The Knick 2014Also classical in form, earnest and grave
The Deuce 2017Also classical in form, grave and earnest
The Alienist 2018Also classical in form, earnest and grave
Deadwood 2004Also classical in form, earnest and grave
The Sympathizer 2024Also classical in form and grave
Peaky Blinders 2013Also classical in form and grave
Boardwalk Empire 2010Also classical in form, grave and earnest
Romanzo Criminale: The Series 2008Also classical in form, grave and earnest
IT: Welcome to Derry 2025Also classical in form, earnest and grave
China Beach 1988Also classical in form, earnest and grave
Harlots 2017Also classical in form and grave
The same feel, in other forms
Films
Soldier of Orange 1977Also classical in form, grave and earnest
All the King's Men 1949Also classical in form, grave and earnest
In the Heat of the Night 1967Also classical in form, earnest and grave
Books
Doomsday book 1992Also classical in form, earnest and grave
American Spy 2019Also classical in form and grave
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 2010Also classical in form, grave and earnest
Albums
- Ancient Dreams 1988Also classical in form, grave and earnest
- Let It Bleed 1969Also earnest and grave
- memento mori 2009Also classical in form and grave
Games
Yomawari: Lost in the Dark 2022Also earnest and grave
Children of Morta 2019Also earnest and grave
DarkMaus 2016Also grave
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