Shows Like Narcos

Direct spinoff sharing creators (Brancato, Miro, Bernard); same DEA-vs-cartel framework set in 1980s Mexico.

From Narcos producers (Bernard, Miro, Newman); 1980s Medellin-to-Miami cocaine empire with overlapping cast (Alberto Ammann).

1980s cocaine epidemic chronicle with gritty tone and parallel cartel/CIA storylines.

Spanish-language drug-lord saga based on real Juarez cartel kingpin Amado Carrillo Fuentes.

Cartel saga following a woman's rise through the Mexican drug trade; same trafficking-empire DNA.

True-story drug-empire chronicle set in the 1980s; same rise-of-a-kingpin structure as Narcos.

Definitive drug-trade prestige drama; cartel ties, DEA pursuit, and moral decay overlap heavily.

Drug-kingpin double-life saga with cartel suppliers and law-enforcement pursuit.

Created by Narcos co-creator Chris Brancato; period-set drug-and-crime empire drama.

Drug-trafficking power-grab saga in the Power universe; kingpin building an empire from the outside.

Drug-war epic told from both traffickers' and police perspectives; institutional grit comparable to Narcos.

Gritty cops-vs-cartel drama with corrupt-policing and Mexican cartel arcs.

Colombian narco-telenovela about mafia-controlled towns and cartel revenge.

Period crime-family epic about an outlaw building an illicit empire — different era, same ambition arc.

Crime-family saga with outlaw dynamics and morally compromised protagonists.

Brutal organized-crime turf war with international cartel suppliers; tonal match for Narcos's violence.

Modern mob-warfare drama with drug-trafficking storyline; crime-family power struggle adjacent to Narcos.

Spanish-language DEA-vs-cartel telenovela continuation; on-theme even if lower quality.

Drug-trafficking and organized-crime power-vacuum drama; rise-of-a-crime-boss arc parallels Pablo's.

Drug-dealing protagonist building an outlaw business; lighter tone but same drug-trade subject matter.