TV Shows Like Wentworth
If you like Wentworth, 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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Wentworth pulls you into a world of concrete and razor wire where every interaction carries weight. The show works because Bea Smith is not a saint trapped unjustly—she's a woman trying to survive a system that tests her on every level, and her moral compromises feel earned rather than imposed. Fans of the show are drawn to this specificity: the detail of how power operates in a confined space, the way alliances shift, and how survival sometimes means becoming someone you didn't expect to be.
The best shows like Wentworth
1. Goliath
While Goliath moves outside prison walls, it captures the same sense of a protagonist fighting against an overwhelming system with few allies and fewer resources. Billy McBride's journey shares Wentworth's focus on how people survive when the odds are stacked against them.
Stream on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, MGM Plus, Philo
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2. Prisioner
This is the original source material that Wentworth adapted and continued. If you want to see where the story began and experience the soap opera roots of the prison drama genre, Prisoner offers foundational worldbuilding and characters that defined the template.
Stream on WOW Presents Plus
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3. Dexter: Resurrection
Like Wentworth, Dexter: Resurrection explores what happens when a protagonist's past finally catches up with them and the moral cost of their previous actions. It examines survival and redemption in a setting where characters cannot simply disappear from their old lives.
Stream on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel , Paramount+ Amazon Channel
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4. Bad Girls
Bad Girls is set in another fictional women's prison and shares Wentworth's blend of serious storylines with the complex social hierarchies and power dynamics that make prison dramas compelling. Like Wentworth, it balances ensemble storytelling with character arcs that span multiple seasons.
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5. Power Book IV: Force
Power Book IV: Force shares Wentworth's unflinching look at how survival in a hostile environment demands compromise and transformation. Tommy Egan's outsider status and his willingness to bend and break rules echo the adaptability that characters in Wentworth must master.
Stream on Starz Apple TV Channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel, Starz, Philo
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The appeal extends to how Wentworth handles its source material. Rather than simply remake The Prisoner, it reimagines those themes for a modern viewer, keeping what made the original work while building its own identity. The women in Wentworth are complex, sometimes brutal, always recognizably human. That balance—between grit and character depth—is what viewers come back for.
The shows gathered here share elements of that formula but approach them differently. Some stay entirely within the prison world. Others shift the setting but maintain the tension of characters caught in systems larger than themselves, or facing consequences that have been years in the making. What binds them is a commitment to showing how people navigate power, loyalty, and survival when the stakes are highest. Not every show lands these elements with equal force, but each has something to offer viewers who understand why Wentworth mattered.
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Frequently asked
- What is the most popular show like Wentworth?
- Goliath is the most popular show similar to Wentworth in the IsItRenewed catalogue.
- Are shows like Wentworth still on the air?
- Of the 10 shows similar to Wentworth listed here, 0 currently carry a renewed verdict — the rest are cancelled, ended, or awaiting a decision.
- How does IsItRenewed pick shows like Wentworth?
- 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.