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Shows Like Hollywood Wives

After experiencing Hollywood Wives, will enjoy these picks that questions the purpose and weight of our choices while grounding the story in targets the intellect with complex, multi-layered ideas. Carefully balances character depth with narrative flow makes this a deeper look into what makes these stories stick.

Mood Breakdown
Runtime Cluster

Standard feature-length experiences.

Viewer Fit

Best for fans of who appreciate concise storytelling.

Top Picks

Good Trouble
7.5

Good Trouble

2019

After moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana Foster realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be.

Suits LA
6.9

Suits LA

2025

Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York, has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles. But his firm is at a crisis point, and in order to survive, he must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career.

Girlfriends
7.4

Girlfriends

2000

The series revolves around the friendship of four African-American women in different phases of their lives. They explore the many trials and tribulations that most women face today such as relationships, family, friends and other current issues that will interest most women. Whether it’s getting over a divorce, finding a career, or looking for true love, Girlfriends delivers along with comedy and wit.

Obsession
6.5

Obsession

2023

A respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.

The Slap
5.9

The Slap

2015

Hector and his wife Aisha plan a party for family and friends, but the day doesn't turn out as they expected when Hector's hot-headed cousin Harry slaps a misbehaving child. The party ends abruptly with the child's parents threatening legal action, and a chain of events is ignited that will uncover secrets, challenge core values, and leave the party guests and hosts forever changed.

Fosse/Verdon
7.0

Fosse/Verdon

2019

The story of the romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. He was a filmmaker and one of theater's most influential choreographers and directors; she was the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Together, they changed the face of American entertainment — at a perilous cost.

George & Tammy
7.0

George & Tammy

2022

A chronicle of the country music power couple George Jones and Tammy Wynette, whose complicated-but-enduring relationship inspired some of the most iconic music of all time.

Vladimir
6.9

Vladimir

2026

When an English professor becomes obsessed with a handsome new colleague, her already complicated marriage and career are thrown into total chaos.

More Shows Like Hollywood Wives

Virgin River
7.9

Virgin River

2019

After seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.

One Day
7.6

One Day

2024

After spending graduation night together, Emma and Dexter go their separate ways — but their lives remain intertwined.

Ray Donovan
7.5

Ray Donovan

2013

Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.

Knots Landing
6.8

Knots Landing

1979

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

Patrick Melrose
7.5

Patrick Melrose

2018

A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.

Lady Chatterley
6.2

Lady Chatterley

1993

After a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.

Dirt
6.6

Dirt

2007

Dirt is an American television serial broadcast on the FX network. It premiered on January 2, 2007 and starred Courteney Cox as Lucy Spiller, the editor-in-chief of the first-of-its-kind "glossy tabloid" magazine DirtNow, which was previously two separate publications: drrt and Now.

Expats
6.7

Expats

2024

Set against the complex tapestry of Hong Kong residents, a multifaceted group of women sets off a chain of life-altering events that leaves everyone navigating the intricate balance between blame and accountability.

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
6.8

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

2025

Amanda Knox arrives in Italy for her study abroad only to be wrongfully imprisoned for murder weeks later. Follow Knox's relentless fight to prove her innocence and reclaim her freedom and examines why authorities and the world stood so firmly in judgment.

Tales of the City
7.7

Tales of the City

1993

Mary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.

Chesapeake Shores
7.8

Chesapeake Shores

2016

A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.

Perry Mason
7.2

Perry Mason

2020

Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Hollywood Wives (1985): Drama 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 Hollywood Wives.

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