Shows Like Peaky Blinders
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
Ranked by shared creators, cast, themes, genre, and network — not just generic recommendations.
Taboo
Same showrunner Steven Knight; dark British period crime with a ruthless antihero clawing up from the underworld
Boardwalk Empire
1920s prohibition-era crime empire, morally complex patriarch antihero, same prestige serialization and gangster tone
Gangs of London
British crime family empire, brutal violence, serialized power-struggle narrative set on London streets
MobLand
British crime family war, London setting, Tom Hardy leading — direct spiritual successor to Peaky Blinders' world
Sons of Anarchy
Outlaw criminal family run by a charismatic antihero patriarch; same serialized crime-empire-under-pressure structure
Narcos
Crime empire rise-and-fall saga with a larger-than-life boss; same gripping serialization and moral ambiguity
Godfather of Harlem
Charismatic crime boss rebuilding his empire in a hostile period setting; same antihero-vs-establishment arc
Kin
Dublin crime family drawn into gangland war; tight serialized drama with same family-loyalty-vs-survival tension
Snowfall
Crime empire built from nothing in a specific historical moment; same rise-of-a-kingpin serialized arc
Breaking Bad
Definitive antihero crime empire show; same prestige audience, meticulous craft, and transformation-through-crime arc
Gomorrah
Italian crime family drama (Camorra); same grimy, serialized crime-empire tone and unromanticised violence
ZeroZeroZero
Global crime empire saga following a cocaine shipment; same prestige-crime serialization and moral complexity
Power
Crime boss with ambitions beyond the underworld; same antihero-building-an-empire serialized structure
The Wire
Prestige crime drama staple; institutional-scale storytelling vs. Peaky's family focus, but same audience DNA
McMafia
British-produced crime family legacy drama; man dragged into the underworld despite himself
Ripper Street
Dark British period crime drama; Victorian London setting shares the gritty historical-crime atmosphere
The Untouchables
Prohibition-era organized crime saga set in 1930s Chicago; shares the period gangster world and cat-and-mouse tension
Crime Story
1960s mob vs. detective serial saga; same obsessive cop-vs-crime-boss dynamic and period gangster authenticity
BMF
True-story crime family rise from Detroit streets; same brotherhood-and-empire arc, different era and setting
Suburra: Blood on Rome
Italian period crime saga linking street gangs to political corruption; same gritty empire-building in a period atmosphere
How Good Is Peaky Blinders?
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Frequently asked about Peaky Blinders
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Where does the name "Peaky Blinders" come from?
The name refers to the real-life Birmingham street gang active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. According to lore — both historical and as depicted in the show — gang members sewed razor blades into the peaks of their flat caps, which they could use as weapons by headbutting opponents. Historians debate whether this practice was widespread or largely mythologized, and the show leans into the legend.
Why is Tommy Shelby so psychologically tormented throughout the series?
Tommy served in the tunneling units during World War I, digging beneath enemy lines and detonating explosives — some of the most psychologically brutal work of the war. He witnessed mass death at close range and returned with severe PTSD, which the show depicts through his opium use, nightmares, and reckless fatalism. His trauma drives his relentless ambition: he pursues power partly as a way to impose order on a world that felt utterly out of control in the trenches.
What is the significance of Tommy's visions of a white horse?
The white horse is a recurring symbol tied to death and fate in Tommy's psyche, rooted in Romani superstition passed down through his Gypsy heritage. His mother told him as a child that when you see a pale horse, death is coming for someone near you. The visions appear at key moments of grief and loss — most notably around the deaths of Grace and later his daughter Ruby — representing Tommy's inability to escape death no matter how much power he accumulates.
Did Tommy actually die at the end of the series finale?
No — Tommy does not die in the series 6 finale. After discovering he has tuberculoma (a disease he was falsely told was terminal as part of a conspiracy to make him take his own life), he destroys the rigged gun before it fires and survives. The ending is deliberately ambiguous about his next chapter, but he rides away alive, having dismantled the fascist plot against him. A follow-up film was announced to continue his story.
Who betrayed Tommy to the fascist faction led by Oswald Mosley?
Dr. Holford, the family physician, was part of the conspiracy — he falsified Tommy's tuberculoma diagnosis to psychologically break him and drive him to suicide. The broader plot involved elements within the British establishment aligned with Mosley's British Union of Fascists who wanted Tommy eliminated because of his political maneuvering against them. The betrayal cuts deep because it came from someone Tommy trusted with his family's health and the diagnosis of his daughter Ruby.