9 Movies And Shows To Fill the Void With After That Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man Ending
Period pieces, mafia politics, gun swinging, badassery... this list has it all
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man brought Tommy Shelby out of retirement for his final, fatal mission. Now that the character has met his end, closing the book on one of television’s most compelling antiheroes, we are left with the question: how do you fill the void of a show that blended period drama, crime politics, family tragedy, and cinematic style so seamlessly?
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Across six seasons and a feature-length farewell, we watched Tommy evolve from a traumatised war veteran running razor gangs in Small Heath into a calculating power broker who navigated politicians, aristocrats, fascists, rival crime families and most recently, his own flesh and blood. Knight's finesse made Peaky Blinders a one-of-a-kind franchise, but these shows and films tap into many of those same elements, from meticulously run criminal empires to charismatic kingpins and brotherhood-driven loyalty. Check them out below.
MobLand
Set in modern London, MobLand follows two rival crime dynasties, the Harrigans and the Stevensons, whose simmering feud explodes into a full-scale gang war. Meanwhile, the protagonist, Harry Da Souza is a man hired to clean up their messes but is slowly forced to pick sides.
Where to watch: JioHotstar
Heat
Michael Mann’s epic crime movie pits master thief Neil McCauley (Robert DeNiro) and his crew against obsessive LAPD detective Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino), and features one of the legendary cat-and-mouse showdowns in cinema after a heist goes wrong and the police begin closing in.
Where to watch: Netflix
Boardwalk Empire
Set in 1920s Atlantic City, the series follows politician and crime boss Nucky Thompson (Steve Buscemi) as he builds a bootlegging empire while juggling alliances with the Mafia, local politicians, and federal agents trying to bring him down. Across five seasons, it charts the birth of organised crime in America and the cost of maintaining control in a world built on corruption.
Where to watch: JioHotstar
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Legend
If you’re still not over Michael B Jordan winning the Oscars for playing Smoke and Stack in Sinners, Legend is your next watch. It tells the story of the Kray twins, Ronnie and Reggie, who built a violent criminal empire in 1960s London while cultivating celebrity status in high society. Tom Hardy plays both brothers, the cold-blooded, ambitious Reggie and his violent brother Ronnie, as their empire eventually collapses under police pressure and internal chaos.
Where to watch: Prime Video
House of Guinness
Created by Peaky Blinders’ Steve Knight, this period drama traces the rise of the Guinness dynasty in 19th-century Ireland, focusing on Arthur Guinness’s heirs as they expand the brewery into a global empire while navigating political unrest, class tensions, and family rivalries. Think Succession, but as a period drama in Knight’s style.
Where to watch: Netflix
Sons of Anarchy
This crime saga centres on Jax Teller (Charlie Hunnam), vice-president of an outlaw motorcycle club in California, who begins questioning the club's violent and criminal lifestyle after discovering his late father's manifesto. What starts as a story of a biker brotherhood gradually becomes a Shakespearean family tragedy, featuring gunrunning, betrayal, and power struggles within the club and with rival gangs.
Where to watch: Prime Video
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The Gentlemen
Not to be confused by the show of the same name, The Gentlemen follows the American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), a drug lord who decides to sell his highly profitable marijuana empire to retire from London’s criminal underworld. The moment word gets out, rival gangs, scheming billionaires, and opportunistic fixers begin circling, triggering a chain of blackmail, double-crosses, and violent confrontations as everyone tries to outplay each other for control of the business.
Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video
Casino
Martin Scorsese’s Casino revolves around Sam “Ace” Rothstein, a meticulous gambling expert sent by the Chicago mob to run a Las Vegas casino, and his volatile friend Nicky Santoro, whose escalating violence and ego begin attracting law enforcement attention. As drugs, greed, and paranoia spread, the film shows how organised crime helped build and then destroy the Vegas casino empire of the 1970s.
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Donnie Brasco
Based on a true story, the film follows FBI agent Joe Pistone (Johnny Depp), who goes undercover as jewel thief Donnie Brasco and infiltrates the Bonanno crime family, forming a genuine friendship with ageing hitman Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino). As his cover deepens, Pistone struggles to balance his duty with the knowledge that his actions will likely get the man who trusts him killed.
Where to watch: Netflix