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Series like Hell on Wheels (2011) Finished Hell on Wheels and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Hell on Wheels, and what it does not.
What did you love about Hell on Wheels? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Post-war trauma Western drama Racial tension Historical fiction Revenge Revenge thriller Corporate greed Practical effects Your best matches Ranked against what Hell on Wheels is actually about, not its genre labels.
2017 · Series · Drama · Western
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Why it matches Built around the same survival and redemption Shares its desaturated look Centres on the same antihero figure More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Revenge 2011
Built around the same redemption Centres on the same antihero figure Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 132 candidates
Told the same way, epistolary What's different Does not promise violent revenge or historical drama Not really historical fiction or western drama Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Hell on Wheels.
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2022 · Series · Drama · Western
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Why it matches Also western drama and historical fiction at heart Watched for the same thing: historical drama Built around the same survival Shares its desaturated look What's different Does not promise violent revenge or american frontier Not built around redemption or revenge Less violent Where it streams Paramount Plus Premium Paramount Plus Essential Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Hell on Wheels.
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2004 · Series · Drama · Western
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Why it matches Also western drama and historical fiction at heart Watched for the same thing: historical drama Built around the same survival and redemption Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Does not promise violent revenge or american frontier Not about corporate greed or racial tension Less violent Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV HBO Max Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Hell on Wheels.
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Also historical fiction at heart Watched for the same thing: historical drama 1883 2021
Watched for the same thing: american frontier and historical drama Built around the same survival The Revenant 2015 · 2h 37m
Watched for the same thing: american frontier and historical drama Built around the same revenge Hell Girl 2005
Built around the same revenge Centres on the same antihero figure Another 2012
Centres on the same outsider figure Shares its tense and melancholic register Wentworth 2013
Built around the same survival and redemption Centres on the same antihero figure Yellowstone 2018
Also western drama at heart Centres on the same antihero figure Oz 1997
Also about racial tension Built around the same survival and redemption Carnivàle 2003
Watched for the same thing: historical drama Centres on the same outsider figure Justified 2010
Shares its desaturated look Built around the same redemption 
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