Three Netflix gangster dramas to watch while you wait for Peaky Blinders
Date:
Tue, 29 Mar 2022 10:30:37 +0000
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We pick out three gangster dramas to enjoy while you wait for Peaky Blinders season 6 on Netflix.
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Peaky Blinders season 6 has finally begun streaming in the UK, but those overseas will have to wait until June 10 to catch the Shelby familys last hurrah on Netflix.
US viewers could turn to our BBC iPlayer VPN guide for instant access to the shows new episodes (which are dropping every Sunday), but if not, theres plenty of alternative gangster dramas on Netflix to make the wait for the Blinders return a little easier.
Below, then, weve picked out three of the best Peaky Blinders alternatives available to watch on the streaming service right now. Each has a different tone, but all three should help quench your thirst for small screen criminality in one way or another. Top Boy (four seasons) (Image credit: Netflix)
Despite making waves in the UK, Top Boy remains one of the most underrated Netflix series . Set in Londons fictional Summerhouse estate, the show
follows partners Dushane (Ashley Walters) and Sully (Kane Robinson), two feared drug dealers who, despite a wish to lead honest lives, are corrupted
by the promise of increased wealth and respect in their borough.
Top Boy seasons 1 and 2 aired on UK broadcaster Channel 4 in 2011 and 2013, respectively, before Netflix rebooted the show for a third season (with a little help from rapper Drake) in 2019, albeit without the numerical title. Season 4 (marketed as season 2) recently arrived on the streamer, with the first two seasons also available to watch on Netflix under the title Top Boy: Summerhouse.
In our opinion, Top Boy especially its most recent seasons ranks among the best crime dramas on any streaming service, let alone Netflix. The show makes a point of humanizing its otherwise despicable characters, and poses
difficult questions about class, race and responsibility. Its necessary viewing for anyone interested in the face of contemporary crime. Giri/Haji (one season) (Image credit: BBC / Netflix)
Another British-made drama-turned-Netflix hidden gem, Giri/Haji (which translates to "Duty/Shame") follows a Tokyo detectives search for his missing brother, Yuto, whose criminal activity in London risks triggering a gang war in the pairs home city.
Starring Takehiro Hira, Ysuke Kubozuka, Kelly Macdonald and Will Sharpe, this eight-episode series comes from Encounter writer Joe Barton and the producers of acclaimed HBO drama Chernobyl , and earned countless five-star reviews
upon release in 2019.
Thanks to a bucket-load of rain and neon lights, Giri/Haji is also one of the most stylish crime thrillers around, bringing the intriguing (albeit brutal) criminality of the Yakuza to a familiar London setting. A different offering to Top Boy, then, but an equally gripping one. Narcos (three seasons) (Image credit: Netflix)
Perhaps the most well-known of the three gangster series on this list, Narcos charts the rise of Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar during the late eighties. As addictive as the contraband at the heart of its story, the show blends real-life archival footage with fictionalized drama to reveal how Escobar became one of historys most revered (and feared) criminals.
Wagner Moura and Pedro Pascal lead the shows cast as Escobar and DEA agent Javier Pea, respectively, and the pair have a great cat-and-mouse dynamic which makes for gripping tension between Narcos criminals, authorities and those in Escobars pocket.
A three-season (and almost-as-good) spin-off series, Narcos: Mexico, is also available to stream on Netflix but we strongly suggest wading through the original show first. These are the new Netflix movies coming in 2022
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