4 HBO series as good as the wire

4 HBO series as good as the wire

Actually, it is difficult find one television series and approach the height of HBO's masterpiece, although we won't be able to point out some really interesting examples. The history of the traffic di drug in the city of Baltimore, and as it corrupts all levels of society, it is already mythical in the imagination of fans of television and film series. In the following paragraphs, at the risk of making inappropriate comparisons, we want show you other dramas which also turned out to be a show for HBO and which are available in Spain.




The empire of the waterfront

If the stories involving the police mafia and other organizations criminals are your passion, I think the era of prohibition ad Atlantic City may be a great place to start this journey and fill the void The Wire has given you .. Steve Buscemi is the main protagonist of a story that has passed five seasons a illuminate the birth of a new type of criminal in the United States, from which later criminals would drink.

  • Year 2010
  • Seasons: 5
  • Episodes: 56
  • Average duration: 50 minutes

The night of

On this occasion, despite having only one season, we can say that we are facing one of the most interesting mini series of the North American platform. If you like narratives where a crime upsets the life of the defendant, the defender and the police, you may want to embark on the story of a man who picks up a woman in his car, only to find that she was subsequently killed. The judicial system is strained while the mind of a young student it will suffer the consequences of the disaster it has suffered.




  • Year: 2016
  • Seasons: 1
  • Chapters: 8
  • Average duration: 60 minutes

The undeniable truth

Many productions achieve instant success by featuring virtually unknown actors in memorable stories. This is not the case. Mark Ruffalo, which you will meet angrily as The Hulk, offers us an interpretation at the height of his charisma in a story, taken from the namesake romance, which narrates the lives of two twin brothers, born in two different years due to the difference between one and the other, which screw they take different roads and that will mark the way you look at the world around them.




  • Year: 2020
  • Seasons: 1
  • Chapters: 6
  • Average duration: 60 minutes

The Editor

When it comes to drama, I think finishing this list of tips with this series is doing it in style. On this occasion, with the figure of Jeff daniels at the forefront, the complicated work of the media, much more in a country like United States, and how the different events are dealt with, looking for the truth, even if it is, on many occasions, at the expense of personal lives of the protagonists of the story. Aaron Sorkin, one of Hollywood's most renowned screenwriters, is the boss and the brains behind this project.

  • Year 2012
  • Seasons: 3
  • Chapters: 25
  • Average duration: 55 minutes

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