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TV Shows Like Industry

If you like Industry, here are 10 similar TV shows — each with its current AI renewal verdict, so you can see which are still going and which have been cancelled.

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Industry thrives on the pressure cooker of ambition. A group of young graduates enter a London investment bank knowing that only some of them will survive the cut, and the show does not flinch at what that competition demands from them. They work, scheme, seduce, and betray each other in pursuit of permanent positions, and the drama lives in the gap between who they thought they were and who they are willing to become. The show is not interested in making finance look noble or its participants seem likeable. Instead it finds the story in the human cost of a system that demands total commitment and rewards ruthlessness.

The best shows like Industry

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    1. Unchosen

    Unchosen, like Industry, finds its drama in the transgressive act of breaking free from constraints and exploring what happens when someone abandons the rules they were taught to follow. Both shows understand that the most interesting characters are those willing to risk everything for what they want.

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    2. Bel-Air

    Both shows center on a character navigating an elite world where the rules are unwritten and the danger is often invisible. Bel-Air, like Industry, explores what happens when someone arrives in a new hierarchy and has to decide who to trust and how far to compromise.

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    3. Criminal Record

    Like Industry, Criminal Record plants two driven characters in a London setting where professional ambition and personal stakes become impossible to separate. The show shares that same focus on what people are willing to do to succeed and protect themselves, with the added layer of investigating a system's old crimes.

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    4. Life on Top

    Life on Top shares Industry's interest in what happens when someone arrives in a big city with ambition and encounters a world more complex than they expected. Both shows use the arrival of a newcomer to explore class, status, and the hidden costs of living at the top.

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    5. The Newsreader

    The Newsreader captures that same collision between professional ambition and personal desire, with two driven characters circling each other in a competitive environment that demands constant vigilance. Like Industry, it shows how high-pressure work blurs the lines between alliance and seduction.

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More on shows like Industry

What draws viewers to Industry is the collision of high stakes with personal stakes. Yes, there are deals and contracts, but the real tension comes from watching colleagues circle each other as lovers and friends, uncertain whether the person across the table is about to help or destroy them. The show offers glamour and access to a world most of us never see, but it never lets you settle into a simple admiration of that world. You watch these characters with a kind of fascinated dread, understanding their hunger and their moral compromises in equal measure.

The shows here approach that same mix of ambition and moral uncertainty from different angles. Criminal Record sets two driven people against a cold case in London, with stakes that involve both justice and self-preservation. Bel-Air follows a character thrown into a world of wealth and privilege, forced to navigate unfamiliar rules and hidden dangers. The Newsreader places two ambitious people in a ruthless newsroom during a pivotal moment in history, where professional success and personal desire pull them in different directions. Life on Top shows a young person arriving in a city with big dreams and discovering that the life her sister leads is more complicated than she expected. Unchosen deals in psychological depth and transgression, exploring what happens when someone breaks free from the constraints of their world. Each of these shows understands that ambition is not simple, that climbing always costs something, and that the people around you can be both your allies and your threats.

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Frequently asked

What is the most popular show like Industry?
Unchosen is the most popular show similar to Industry in the IsItRenewed catalogue.
Are shows like Industry still on the air?
Of the 10 shows similar to Industry listed here, 0 currently carry a renewed verdict — the rest are cancelled, ended, or awaiting a decision.
How does IsItRenewed pick shows like Industry?
The recommendations come from TMDB's similar-titles data, and each is shown with its current AI renewal verdict so you know which are still going.