Shows Like Bandi

Created by Éric Rochant (Bandi's creator) and stars Jonathan Zaccaï; same creative DNA, French drama.

Near-identical premise: orphaned siblings struggle to stay together after parents die, navigating survival and bonds.

Family enters drug dealing to survive after a parent's death; same family-vs-crime-survival tension at the core.

Sibling drama, dysfunctional family bonds tested by dark secrets and criminal decisions; same tonal DNA.

Sibling relationships, grief over a lost parent, and family cohesion under pressure are the emotional spine.

Young man enters crack cocaine trade to support his family in a poor LA neighborhood; survival-via-drug-trade premise.

Large sibling ensemble dealing with family fractures after the death of the family patriarch.

Young friends in a poor urban neighborhood navigating gang/drug world while fiercely protecting their tight-knit bonds.

Large family drama with multiple siblings; explores how adversity and differing values strain family unity.

Family with a dual life — upstanding facade, dangerous criminal reality; siblings divided over criminal involvement.

Drug trafficking drama focused on survival and power; strong urban crime environment matching Bandi's criminal milieu.

Drug trade as the only path out of poverty; survival-driven crime drama with strong family/loyalty themes.

Large family divided by secrets and conflicting values; sibling loyalty vs. personal survival at the drama's core.

French social-realist drama set in the banlieue, depicting youth caught between poverty, crime, and survival — very close cultural context to Bandi.

Warm, messy family drama centered on siblings navigating a chaotic family legacy; lighter but emotionally adjacent.

Drug trade in a working-class coastal community; crime drama atmosphere matches, but no sibling/family survival angle.

Drug trafficking, organized crime, and a mother-son relationship are present, but the comic-book universe is a tonal mismatch.

Half-sibling rivalry and family dysfunction, but the teen-sports setting is far from Bandi's gritty drug-trade milieu.

Family reunion and class conflict for a young man; shares urban-youth-meets-family-pressure beats but no crime survival angle.

Definitive drug-trade survival drama in a poor urban community; thematic cousin but institutional in scope, not family-intimate.