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Shows Like An Unknown Enemy

If you loved An Unknown Enemy's Drama and War & Politics storytelling, these series deliver a similar experience — chosen for tone, narrative quality, and viewer satisfaction. Each includes where to stream it now.

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Ingobernable
6.5

Ingobernable

2017

The First Lady of Mexico has big plans to improve conditions for the country. As she starts to lose faith in her husband, President Diego Nava, she finds herself at a crossroad where she will need to find a way to deal with a great challenge.

Homeland
7.6

Homeland

2011

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

Parot
6.4

Parot

2021

Many prisoners convicted of rape, murder and terrorism are released before serving their full sentences. Hours later, one of them is killed. Detectives Mora and Nieto take on the case.

Pearson
7.3

Pearson

2019

Powerhouse lawyer Jessica Pearson adjusts to the dirty world of Chicago politics.

Foyle's War
7.8

Foyle's War

2002

As WW2 rages around the world, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front as he investigates crimes on the south coast of England. Foyle's War opens in southern England in the year 1940. Later series sees the retired detective working as an MI5 agent operating in the aftermath of the war.

Fearless
6.7

Fearless

2017

Emma Banville, a human rights lawyer known for defending lost causes, sets out to prove the innocence of Kevin Russell, who was convicted for the murder of a school girl 14 years earlier.

Las Vegas
7.0

Las Vegas

2003

Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure, former Marine Danny McCoy, Ed's former protégé, becomes the Montecito's new President of Operations.

VICE
7.0

VICE

2013

A documentary news series with a taboo-breaking team who deliver incredible news stories from around the world.

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Estoy vivo
7.5

Estoy vivo

2017

A policeman dies chasing a serial killer and is reincarnated in another policeman five years later, granted immortality in exchange of never revealing his true identity.

The Unit
7.3

The Unit

2006

A covert team of special forces operatives risk their lives on undercover missions around the globe, while their wives maintain the homefront, protecting their husbands' secrets.

Bodyguard
7.8

Bodyguard

2018

A troubled war veteran is assigned to protect a controversial politician who may be the target of a terror plot.

Crime Story
8.0

Crime Story

1986

The hard-boiled saga of hair-trigger cop Lieutenant Mike Torello and his obsessive pursuit of ruthless gangster Ray Luca.

El Mochaorejas
7.9

El Mochaorejas

2026

The story of Daniel Arizmendi's rise, the corruption and fear that allowed his gang to terrorize Mexico in the 1990s, where he became known as "el mochaorejas" for his shady crimes

Citadel
6.8

Citadel

2023

What if you lost your memory? What if a spy didn’t know they were a spy? Years ago, the top agents of Citadel, Mason Kane and Nadia Sinh, had their minds wiped. But, they’re called back to action as sinister forces emerge from the past. With the help of spymaster Bernard Orlick, these former lovers must remember the past to save the future.

The Honourable Woman
7.4

The Honourable Woman

2014

Nessa Stein, the daughter of a Zionist arms procurer who as a child witnessed his assassination. Now an adult, Nessa inherits her father's company and changes course from supplying arms to laying data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Her efforts to reconcile the Israelis and Palestinians lands her an appointment to the House of Lords and creates an international political maelstrom.

The Boarding School
8.2

The Boarding School

2007

El Internado Laguna Negra was a Spanish television drama-thriller focusing on the students of a fictional boarding school in a forest, where teenagers are sent by their parents to study. The boarding school is situated in a forest far from the city, on the outskirts on which macabre events occur. The series debut on 24 May 2007, and is a production of Antena 3. Although the show is recorded and produced in HD, it is only broadcast in SD. However, an HD Blu-ray Disc release has been announced.

Paco's Men
7.9

Paco's Men

2005

Follows police officer Francisco "Paco" Miranda and his men through funny cases.

SEAL Team
8.0

SEAL Team

2017

Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.

The Night Manager
7.7

The Night Manager

2016

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.

Walker
7.1

Walker

2021

Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with An Unknown Enemy (2018): Drama and War & Politics themes, similar pacing, and comparable production quality. NoBadPicks uses TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface series most likely to resonate with fans of An Unknown Enemy.

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