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Shows Like The Drop: Sagas You Cannot Pause
By Jordan A. · · 4 min read
The Drop: A Snowfall Saga is the show people cannot stop texting each other about. It sits at number one on Disney+ in the United States as of September 20, 2026, and it got there the way the best crime stories always do, by making you care about people doing terrible things. If you already tore through it and now feel that itch for the next fix, good news. This is a strong week for sagas about power, loyalty, and the slow rot that money brings.
Below are five shows that scratch the same spot, each one currently streaming and each one carrying its own flavor of trouble. Pour a drink, silence the phone, and pick your poison.
The one that built the world: The Drop: A Snowfall Saga
Start with the source of the craving. The Drop expands the Snowfall universe into a sprawling look at how a drug empire grows roots in a neighborhood and then strangles it. It reached the top of the Disney+ chart in the United States this week, which tells you the appetite for a good crime saga has not gone anywhere. What makes it work is patience. It lets a scheme breathe before it blows up, and the payoff hits harder because of it.
For pure style: The Gentlemen
If The Drop hooked you with atmosphere, The Gentlemen will spoil you with it. Season two is the biggest show on Netflix right now, pulling 9.9 million views and a staggering 73.4 million hours viewed in the week of September 7 to 13, 2026. Season one is still hanging around the chart too, twelve weeks in and counting. This is crime with a tailored suit and a sharp joke, all double-crosses and country estates. It is lighter on its feet than The Drop, but the appetite for control is exactly the same. Fans of stylish underworld stories tend to end up here, and our roundup of shows like The Gentlemen goes deeper if you want a full menu.
For raw muscle: MobLand
MobLand plays the game with its sleeves rolled up. Season two arrived September 18 on Paramount+, and the show was renewed for a third season before this one even finished airing, which is the kind of vote of confidence you rarely see this early. It trades The Gentlemen's wit for something heavier, a story about two crime families circling each other while the ground shifts under both. If you like your power struggles bruising rather than clever, this is your lane.
For a brand new underworld: City of Blood
City of Blood landed September 16 on Hulu and Disney+, and it wasted no time climbing into the top spot in country after country. It is the freshest crime world on this list, which means you get to discover its rules alongside everyone else instead of catching up on a decade of lore. That is a rare treat for a genre this crowded, and it pairs nicely with The Drop if you want two new sagas running side by side.
For empire and family: Beauty in Black
Beauty in Black brings the soap without apology, and that is a compliment. Season three sits at number six on Netflix this week, three weeks into its run, proving Tyler Perry knows exactly how to keep an audience leaning forward. Where The Drop studies a neighborhood, Beauty in Black studies a dynasty, all wealth and secrets and people who smile while they sharpen the knife. It is the most melodramatic pick here, and sometimes that is precisely what you want.
How to line up your next binge
Not every crime saga scratches the same itch, so match the mood before you commit a weekend to it. A quick way to sort them:
- Want atmosphere and a slow build? Stay with The Drop, then roll into City of Blood.
- Want swagger and jokes? The Gentlemen, every time.
- Want brute force and family war? MobLand.
- Want secrets, wealth, and pure drama? Beauty in Black.
If you want to go even wider, our list of the best new crime shows this fall covers the titles landing over the next few weeks, and shows like Ozark is the natural next stop for anyone who loves watching ordinary people talk themselves into extraordinary crimes.
What ties these sagas together
Look past the surface and every show here runs on the same fuel. It is not really the violence or the money, it is the slow corruption of people who told themselves they could stop any time. The Drop and Beauty in Black both study how power reshapes a person until the mask becomes the face. The Gentlemen and MobLand come at it from opposite ends of the class ladder, one all polish and one all muscle, yet both are about control and what it costs to hold onto it. City of Blood, still finding its feet, is planting those same seeds right now.
That is why bingeing them back to back works so well. You are not just chasing plot, you are watching variations on a single grim idea, and each show sharpens how you see the others. Start with the one that matches your mood tonight, then let the rest deepen the picture over the coming weeks. A good crime saga rewards patience, and this lineup has enough of them to keep you fed straight through the fall without ever feeling like a rerun.
The Drop proved there is still huge hunger for a crime story that takes its time. The five picks above keep that feeling going without repeating it. If you would rather skip the scrolling and get straight to a match, BingeNext lines up crime sagas built for exactly your taste. Get TV recommendations and let us hand you the next one you cannot pause.
Topics covered: the-drop, crime-sagas, the-gentlemen, mobland, disney-plus
About the author
Jordan A., Founder, BingeNext
Jordan A. is the founder of BingeNext and is responsible for every guide published on this site. He built the recommendation engine after one too many nights lost to the streaming menu. Dates, season counts and where-to-watch details in these guides are checked against official sources before publishing, and corrections are welcome at Jordan@Bingenext.com.