- Primary Subject: TV shows to watch after Orange is the New Black
- Key Update: This curated list highlights seven top-tier dramas and dark comedies that capture the corrupt systems, chaotic female ensembles, and suburban crime sprees of OITNB.
- Status: Completed Guide
- Last Verified: May 27, 2026
- Quick Answer: If you love Orange is the New Black, stream Wentworth for intense prison drama, or Weeds and Good Girls for chaotic, female-led criminal enterprises.
Looking for your next binge-watch after locking down every season of Orange is the New Black? The magic of Litchfield and flawed women navigating corrupt systems in prison is not the only Netflix original worth streaming on the platform.
From suburban crime sprees to chaotic ensembles, here is how these seven must-watch shows match the Orange is the New Black blueprint.
Shameless (2011-2021)
Shameless perfectly mirrors Orange is the New Black's masterclass ability to make you laugh at situations that are supposed to be objectively devastating in real life.
Set on the South Side of Chicago, this long-running hit tracks the absolute chaos of the dysfunctional, working-class Gallagher family. With an alcoholic, deadbeat father (William H. Macy) entirely out of the picture, eldest sister Fiona (Emmy Rossum) takes the reins to raise her five wildly unpredictable siblings through sheer survival instinct, scams, and fierce loyalty to one another.
Wentworth (2013-2021)
While the licensing agreement was removed on the streamer, Wentworth is too perfect a match to pass up on this list.
This gritty Australian drama follows Bea Smith (Danielle Cormack) as she enters the brutal world of a correctional facility, awaiting trial for the attempted murder of her husband. Just like Piper, Bea soon finds herself caught in a lethal power struggle between rival inmates and corrupt guards.
Streaming Platforms: Tubi, The Roku Channel, Prime Video
Weeds (2005-2012)
When a privileged, upper-middle-class suburban mother (Mary-Louise Parker) suddenly found herself widowed, she turned to selling marijuana to her hypocritical neighbors in order to maintain her comfortable lifestyle and protect her family from financial ruin.
Why OITNB fans will love it is an absolute no-brainer, because it was created by the same exact television visionary: Jenji Kohan.
Weeds serves as the spiritual blueprint for Orange is the New Black as it features a sheltered, entitled main lead diving headfirst into an underground criminal underworld, with Kohan's signature witty dialogue, biting satire on American privilege, and a lovable supporting cast to tie it all together.
Bojack Horseman (2014-2020)
Don't let animated animals fool you; Bojack Horseman remains one of the deepest, darkest comedies ever made.
Set in an alternate Hollywood where anthropomorphic animals and humans live side-by-side, this acclaimed adult animation follows a washed-up, cynical 90s sitcom star, who happens to be a horse, as he navigates a sea of self-loathing, addiction, and toxic relationships while trying to get his career back on track.
Much like the flashback sequences in Litchfield that explored why the inmates ended up behind bars, Bojack Horseman is a profound, beautifully written exploration of generational trauma, mental health, and the cyclical nature of human mistakes.
Good Girls (2018-2021)
At its core, Good Girls is powered by the same fuel as OITNB: a group of ordinary women use their domestic wits to outsmart seasoned federal agents and cartel bosses provide the same thrilling, addictive, and funny energy as watching the Litchfield crew run an underground kitchen economy.
Fed up with financial ruin and personal problems, three ordinary suburban moms (Christina Hendricks, Retta, and Mae Whitman) cook up a local grocery store heist to take back their lives.
Their seemingly perfect crime spirals completely out of control when they realize the store was a front for a ruthless local gang leader.
Dead to Me (2019-2022)
Dead to Me follows a tightly-wound real estate agent (Christina Applegate), who is grieving the sudden hit-and-run death of her husband, who crosses paths with a free-spirited optimist (Linda Cardellini) at a grief support group. The two form an instant, fiercely co-dependent friendship, but a dark secret threatens to take their worlds apart.
The dark humor in Dead to Me brilliantly balances genuine, raw depictions of grief and trauma with situational comedy and edge-of-your-seat thriller cliffhangers. The ride-or-die dynamic between Jen and Judy is just as magnetic as the legendary "partnership" between Piper and Alex.
Glow (2017-2019)
GLOW was executive-produced by Orange is the New Black creator Jenji Kohan, and so, it wasn't a surprise that this comedy-drama also features a diverse, predominantly female ensemble cast composed of different shapes, sizes, backgrounds, and ethnicities.
Set in the neon-soaked 1980s, GLOW follows a group of misfit, out-of-work actresses who land an unexpected shot at stardom by banding together to form a syndicated women's professional wrestling circuit called the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
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