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Shows Like RuPaul's Drag Race

After experiencing RuPaul's Drag Race, are likely to find resonance in stories that questions the purpose and weight of our choices while ensuring targets the intellect with complex, multi-layered ideas. Carefully balances character depth with narrative flow makes this definitely worth a watch.

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Standard feature-length experiences.

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Best for fans of who appreciate concise storytelling.

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RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
7.2

RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars

2012

The most celebrated competitors from RuPaul's Drag Race vie for a second chance to enter Drag Race herstory. This drag queen showdown is filled with plenty of heated competition, lip-syncing for the legacy, and, of course, the All-Stars Snatch Game.

RuPaul's Drag Race UK
7.1

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

2019

RuPaul has made the trip across the pond in search of a queen with the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent in all the land.

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked
6.1

RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked

2010

The access-all-areas pass to the drama that you didn't see on the runway—the backstage bitchiness, the catfights, the struggles, the tears and the secrets. See what happens behind the scenes of RuPaul's Drag Race when the queens let their tucks breathe... and let their emotions flow.

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race
5.8

Secret Celebrity RuPaul's Drag Race

2020

Secret celebrities - from all walks of life - compete in full drag as they try to impress Emmy Award winning host, RuPaul. To save themselves from elimination, they have to lip sync for their lives. In the end, one celebrity will be crowned America's Next Celebrity Drag Superstar.

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula
6.1

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

2016

Hosted by The Boulet Brothers, this reality competition show features monster drag artists from around the world competing for a chance to win $100,000 and the title of "Dragula, The World's Next Drag Supermonster". Each week, the competitors are tasked with horror-based makeup, design, and performance challenges meant to test their skills and prove they have what it takes to remain in the competition. For the monsters that fail, grueling mental and physical "Extermination Challenges" await with horrifying and deadly consequences, until only the strongest finalists remain.

Canada's Drag Race
6.7

Canada's Drag Race

2020

Drag queens showcase their Canadian charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent to become Canada's Next Drag Superstar and to win the $100,000 grand prize.

Legendary
7.5

Legendary

2020

Pulling directly from the underground ballroom community, voguing teams (aka "houses") must compete in unbelievable balls and showcase sickening fashion in order to achieve "legendary" status.

Project Runway
6.2

Project Runway

2004

Aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges' panel.

More Shows Like RuPaul's Drag Race

So You Think You Can Dance
6.8

So You Think You Can Dance

2005

Dancers selected in open auditions across America take part in a rigorous competition designed to best display their talents, training and personalities to a panel of judges and viewers as they strive to win votes and avoid elimination.

Dancing with the Stars
6.1

Dancing with the Stars

2005

The competition sees celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers. Enjoy sizzling salsas, sambas and spray-tans as they vie for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy.

Dating Naked UK
7.6

Dating Naked UK

2024

In the pursuit of love, 10 singles take the brave steps of stripping off before entering a daring, dating experience. Unclothed they must begin to get to know each other, before their connections are put at risk.

Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
6.7

Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star

2019

A talented cast of aspiring makeup artists live and work together as they attempt to prove their potential to industry professionals from a multitude of worlds from fashion to film. With regular eliminations, the challenges not only test their skills under pressure but also give them the opportunity to unleash their creative vision with jaw-dropping results.

Project Runway All Stars
6.6

Project Runway All Stars

2012

The MVPs from past seasons of Project Runway compete for a second chance at runway gold.

Squid Game: The Challenge
6.5

Squid Game: The Challenge

2023

In this reality competition show inspired by "Squid Game," 456 players put their skills to the ultimate test for a life-changing $4.56 million prize.

Family Feud
7.7

Family Feud

1999

Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people.

Celebrity Family Feud
7.8

Celebrity Family Feud

2015

Celebrity Family Feud pits celebrities and their families against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to survey-type questions posed to 100 people.

World of Dance
8.2

World of Dance

2017

Dancers battle in heats of artistry, precision and athleticism in this reality-competition show.

Naked Attraction
6.0

Naked Attraction

2016

The show looks at whether a partner can be found based solely on the naked body and animal magnetism. Two singletons join host Anna Richardson as they seek to choose a date from a selection of six naked people, who will be revealed to them one body part at a time. They then get dressed and head off on a date, to see if there is any chemistry when the clothes come on.

Whose Line Is It Anyway?
7.8

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

1998

The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom, not a game show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a completely unique concept to network television. Four talented actors perform completely unrehearsed skits and games in front of a studio audience. Host Drew Carey sets the scene, with contributions from the audience, but the actors rely completely on their quick wit and improvisational skills. It's genuinely improvised, so anything can happen - and often does.

Next in Fashion
6.8

Next in Fashion

2020

Talented designers from around the world compete for $250,000 and the chance to become the next big thing in fashion.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with RuPaul's Drag Race (2009): Reality 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 RuPaul's Drag Race.

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