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Shows that feel likeThe Last Dance (2020)

A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names.

If you loved The Last Dance, the closest series we have are The Morning Show (2019), Planet Earth (2006) and Sex, Explained (2020). All three share The Last Dance's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Grand Army (2020).

★ 9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · ESPNcreated by Michael Tollincontemplative
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If The Last Dance hit the spot, these will too

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The Morning Show
2019– · 5 seasons · Apple TV
★ 8.1dramaApple TV+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: behind the scenes

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Last Dance does

A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.

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Planet Earth
2006 · 1 season · BBC One
★ 9.4documentaryMax

Documentary built on stillness, twice over

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

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Sex, Explained
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 6.9documentaryNetflix

Contemplative documentary, and it commits to that

From the biology of attraction to the history of birth control, explore the ins and outs of sex in this entertaining and enlightening series.

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Veneno
2020 · 1 season · Atresplayer
★ 8.6dramaMax

Documentary with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Adored for her charisma and her free, explicit and fun way of expressing herself, La Veneno gained popularity thanks to her television appearances in the 90s. However, her life and especially her death remain an enigma.

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The Pitt
2025– · 3 seasons · Max
★ 8.9dramaMax

Contemporaries, and it shows

The staff of Pittsburgh's Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.

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Unorthodox
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 8dramaNetflix

Products of the same few years

A Hasidic Jewish woman in Brooklyn flees to Berlin from an arranged marriage and is taken in by a group of musicians — until her past comes calling.

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De viaje con los Derbez
2019– · 5 seasons · Prime Video
★ 6.2documentaryPrime Video

Documentary approached the same way

The series follows the fun and endearing Derbez family as they discover new cultures in foreign lands and for the first time – all together and unfiltered.

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Billions
2016–2023 · 7 seasons · Showtime
★ 8.3dramaParamount+

Same era, same wavelength

Shrewd, savvy U.S. Attorney Chuck Rhoades and the brilliant, ambitious hedge fund king Bobby "Axe" Axelrod are on an explosive collision course, with each using all of his considerable smarts, power and influence to outmaneuver the other. The stakes are in the billions in this timely, provocative series.

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The Resident
2018–2023 · 6 seasons · FOX
★ 7.8dramaNetflixHulu

Same instincts, 2 years apart

A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.

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Grand Army
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.4dramaNetflix

Different title, same corner of the shelf

Five students at the largest public high school in Brooklyn take on a chaotic world as they fight to succeed, survive, break free and seize the future.

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The Newsroom
2012–2014 · 3 seasons · HBO
★ 8.6dramaMax

Another one that scratches it

A behind-the-scenes look at the people who make a nightly cable-news program. Focusing on a network anchor, his new executive producer, the newsroom staff and their boss, the series tracks their quixotic mission to do the news well in the face of corporate and commercial obstacles-not to mention their own personal entanglements.

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Seven Deadly Sins
2008–2009 · 1 season · History
★ 7.9documentary

The same documentary instincts

The series traces the history of the seven deadly sins, how they became part of religious doctrine, and looks at historical figures who have been the worst perpetrators of each. Each of the seven sins is explored, from their origins and nature, their opposing virtue, and their corresponding punishment.

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