From Peaky Blinders to Sacred Games, here’s the list of gangster shows to watch if you enjoyed Mirzapur!
After much suspense and a long wait, Amazon Prime Video’s highly acclaimed gangster drama Mirzapur has been announced to return for a third season. However, there is still a long wait for its release. In the meantime, you should watch something to keep the flow going. However, the complex and violent story of power and revenge in Mirzapur has made it difficult for the show’s cult fans to find anything similar. But don’t worry! if you’re craving more betrayal, bloodlust, or complex familial ties, you have come to the right place. Here’s the list of gangster shows to watch if you enjoyed Mirzapur.
Sacred Games
Streaming on: Netflix
Sacred Games excels in action, thrills, and fights with the outstanding performances of the cast. The show is an adaptation of the same-titled novel by Vikram Chandra. The story revolves around Mumbai Police inspector Sartaj Singh, whose world is flipped upside down when he gets a mysterious call from the once-powerful kingpin Ganesh Gaitonde.
Rangbaaz
Streaming on: Zee5
The true story of Shri Prakash Shukla, a renowned gangster, and Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh’s most wanted criminal, is the basis for Rangbaaz. The show depicts his journey from a DDU student to India’s second-most-wanted criminal.
Peaky Blinders
Streaming on: Netflix
Another masterwork of gangster/murder crime series is Steven Knight’s British period crime drama series, Peaky Blinders. The show is based in Birmingham, England, and chronicles the crimes the Peaky Blinders gang committed in the immediate years following World War I.
Raktanchal
Streaming on: MX Player
The crime drama Raktanchal is based on actual events in Purvanchal, Uttar Pradesh, in the 1980s, when state development projects were given away through tenders. Young, vengeance-driven Vijay Singh poses a threat to Waseem Khan’s criminal empire and the tender mafia in the series.
Ozark
Streaming on: Netflix
The cast of Ozark is incredibly diverse and evolves throughout the narrative, just like all well-written characters ought to. The show follows Marty Byrde, an American financial advisor and money launderer who is compelled to relocate his family from Chicago to a small Missouri town near the Lake of the Ozarks after a failed attempt at money laundering for a Mexican drug cartel which leaves him deeply in debt.
Narcos: Mexico
Streaming on: Netflix
This series follows the Guadalajara Cartel’s rise in 1980s Mexico when it was a major supplier of marijuana and cocaine to the United States. It also follows the life of DEA agent Kiki Camarena, who relocates his family from California to Guadalajara to take down this narcotics cartel.
Aarya
Streaming on: Disney+ Hotstar
Based on Pieter Bart Korthuis’ Dutch drama series Penoza, Aarya tells the tale of a mother and wife who take over her dead husband’s company to wrap up his drug cartel business.
So this was the list of gangster shows to watch if you enjoyed Mirzapur while you wait for the third season to premiere.
