Industry is a British-American drama series created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay. The HBO series follows a group of young finance graduates as they enter the cut-throat world to get a job at the prestigious investment bank in London, Pierpoint & Co. after the financial crisis of 2008. Industry stars Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, Myha’la, Freya Mavor, Ken Leung, David Jonsson, Sarah Parish, Indy Lewis, Jay Duplass, and Kit Harington. So, if you liked the high-stakes world of finance and battle of egos with billions at stake in Industry here are some similar shows you should check out next.
Billions (Paramount+ & Prime Video)
Billions is a financial drama series created by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, and Andrew Ross Sorkin. The Showtime series follows the battle of egos between Chuck Rhoades, a sincere but ruthless US attorney who tries to take the hedge fund kingpin Bobby ‘Axe’ Axelrod. But Axe is not going to take Chuck’s attacks lying down. Billions stars Damian Lewis and Paul Giamatti in the lead roles with Maggie Siff, David Costabile, Asia Kate Dillon, Condola Rashad, Kelly AuCoin, Toby Leonard Moore, Daniel K. Isaac, Dan Soder, and Malin Akerman starring in supporting roles.
Succession (Max & Rent on Prime Video)
Succession is a dark comedy-drama series created by Jesse Armstrong. The HBO series follows the story of the Roy family who control one of the biggest media conglomerates in the world, WayStar RoyCo. But as Logan Roy, the patriarch of the family comes close to retirement the internal fighting between the Roy siblings to take his place causes some disastrous results for the company. Succession stars Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Kieran Culkin, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, Sarah Snook, Alan Ruck, J. Smith-Cameron, Justin Lupe, and Hiam Abbass.
Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video)
Super Pumped: The Battle For Uber is a biopic drama series created by Brian Koppelman and David Levien. Based on a 2019 book of the same name by New York Times journalist Mike Isaac, the Showtime series shows us a dramatized version of how the ride-hailing company Uber was founded from the perspective of Uber’s at the time CEO Travis Kalanick, who was later ousted in a boardroom coup. Super Pumper: The Battle For Uber stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the lead role with Kyle Chandler, Kerry Bishé, Babak Tafti, Jon Bass, Elisabeth Shue, and Uma Thurman starring in supporting roles.
Mad Men (AMC+ & Rent on Prime Video)
Mad Men is a period drama series created by Matthew Weiner. The AMC series is set in New York in the 1960s and it follows the daily life of Donald Draper, the creative director at Sterling Cooper, an advertising firm as he tries to maintain a balance between his luxurious and interesting professional life and his wavering personal life, while fighting some inner demons from his past. Mad Men stars Jon Hamm in the lead role with January Jones, Elisabeth Moss, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Vincent Kartheiser, Kiernan Shipka, Maggie Siff, and Jared Harris starring in supporting roles.
WeCrashed (Apple TV+)
WeCrashed is a financial drama series created by Drew Crevello. Based on a podcast titled WeCrashed: The Rise and Fall of WeWork by Wondery, the Apple TV+ series follows the real-life married couple Adam and Rebekah Neuman, as they run the co-working space company WeWork which claimed to be valued at a whopping $47 billion in 2019 but soon it all came crashing down as a few financial revelations became public knowledge. WeCrashed stars Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway in the lead roles with Kyle Marvin, Kelly AuCoin, Steven Boyer, Cricket Brown, Andrew Burnap, Anthony Edwards, O.T. Fagbenle, America Ferrera, and Peter Jacobson starring in supporting roles.
A Man in Full (Netflix)
A Man in Full is a drama limited series created by David E. Kelley. Based on a 1998 novel of the same name by author Tom Wolfe, the Netflix series follows the epic downfall of Atlanta real estate mogul Charlie Croker as he tries to defend his empire from the people who want to capitalize on his sudden bankruptcy and lack of power. A Man in Pull stars Jeff Daniels in the lead role with Diane Lane, Tom Pelphrey, Aml Ameen, Chanté Adams, Jon Michael Hill, Sarah Jones, William Jackson Harper, and Lucy Liu starring in supporting roles.
Suits (Netflix, Peacock & Rent on Prime Video)
Suits is a legal drama series created by Aaron Korsh. The USA Network series is set in a fictional corporate law firm in New York City and it follows Mike Ross, a college dropout with an eidetic memory as he gets hired as a law associate by a big-shot lawyer Harvey Specter, despite not having gone to any law school let alone the Harvard Law School, which is the only place where the law firm hires its associates from. Suits stars Patrick J. Adams and Gabriel Macht in the lead roles with Sarah Rafferty, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Rick Hoffman, Gina Torres, and Abigail Spencer starring in supporting roles.