Shows Like House of Cards

The definitive D.C. politics drama — White House, presidency, chief of staff power plays. The idealistic mirror image of House of Cards' cynicism.

Former U.S. President pulled into a web of political conspiracies and lies — same Beltway power-and-corruption DNA in miniseries form.

Powerful politician's secrets unravel in a courtroom — manipulation, scandal, and the elite political class, the same domain Underwood operates in.

Political corruption, graft, and a treasurer-gangster wielding power like Underwood. Period setting, identical themes of ruthless ambition.

Power politics, institutional corruption, cynical worldview. Different scale (Baltimore vs Capitol) but same forensic look at how systems rot.

Palace intrigue, prime ministers, and the machinery of power across decades. The British, royal flipside of House of Cards' Washington.

CIA conspiracy thriller with government corruption — and shares Constance Zimmer in the cast. Same paranoid political-thriller register.

Elegant, slow-burn power thriller about elites, espionage and arms dealing — same prestige tone and Machiavellian villain energy.

Political assassination thriller with a coolly methodical operator — the same calculated, predatory energy as Frank Underwood.

White House conspiracies and political intrigue, more action-driven but same D.C.-corruption playground.

Presidential drama about ambition and assassination — historical rather than contemporary, but the same study of power and the men who chase it.

Secret-service thriller orbiting a U.S. president with a high-stakes investigation — overlapping White House and political-thriller territory.

Cerebral political mystery about surveillance, deepfakes and state manipulation — same paranoid intelligence vibe.

Political intrigue, presidential assassinations, traitors in government — pulpier and faster, but same D.C. power-corridors world.

Shares the breaking-the-fourth-wall device, ruthless ambition and amoral charm — corporate consulting instead of Congress.

Political conspiracy with CIA and White House dirty business — lower-prestige but same conspiratorial Washington plotting.

Different arena (cartels vs Congress) but same cold-blooded rise-to-power arc with corruption as the engine.

D.C. fixer drama set inside White House power circles — same Washington scheming, affairs and political manipulation as House of Cards.

Sharp, cynical political drama about ambassadors, presidents and backroom maneuvering — closest current-day cousin to House of Cards.

Danish prime-minister drama about coalition-building, betrayal and the personal cost of power — the European peer to House of Cards.