Season 2 of Netflix’s political production is still a hit in the platform’s top 10, two weeks after its release, on October 31, 2024. By waiting until season 3 of The Diplomatalready highly anticipated, here are 4 similar series to discover in streaming.
The least we can say is that The Diplomat knows how to maintain suspense. After season 1 ending on a huge cliffhanger, the new episodes of the series, available since October 31, 2024 on Netflix, once again left fans with a major revelation.
The good news is that a season 3 of The Diplomat has already been ordered by the American streaming platform, so the fate of Kate and Hal Wyler should end up experiencing a denouement worthy of the name. To wait until then, you can always check out other political dramas.
Unfortunately, several gems are unavailable for streaming, such as the cult series At the White House, in which we already found the brilliant actress Allison Janney, or the excellent French comedy Under controlwhich starts from the same postulate as The Diplomat. No matter: we have still selected 4 similar political series, must-see on Netflix.
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House of Cards
If there is one series that is inseparable from Netflix, it is House of Cardshis very first in-house production. The ancestor of The Diplomat even gave birth to the famous “Tudum”, associated with the platform’s logo, in 2015. It must be said that the relentless political rise of Frank Underwood to the presidency of the United States has far from gone unnoticed.
In six high-flying seasons, House of Cards thus perfectly staged the expression “the end justifies the means”regularly breaking the fourth wall to better chill the spectators’ blood. Note that the end of the political series was still precipitated by accusations of assault and sexual harassment targeting the main actor Kevin Spacey, from 2017, before he was found not guilty in 2023.
Designated Survivor
After reigning over the action series of the 2000s with 24 hours flatactor Kiefer Sutherland returned in 2016 with a new production, just as explosive: Designated Survivor. Like Kate Wyler in The Diplomatthe character of Tom Kirkman is thus propelled into a political position that he did not choose. As an attack hits the Capitol, the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development finds himself the only survivor of the government, who must now take on the role of… President of the United States.
Without possessing the subtlety of writing La Diplomate, Designated Survivor remains an excellent political series, whose suspense will easily keep you in suspense over its three seasons. And it must be admitted that its plot remains terribly relevant, the day after the American presidential election which crowned Donald Trump for a second term.
Designated Survivor : 60 Days
If you’ve already seen the entire series with Kiefer Sutherland, don’t panic: Korean dramas are here to serve you. Designated Survivor : 60 Days is thus an adaptation of the American production, in which Park Mu-jin, the South Korean Minister of the Environment, suddenly becomes the president of the country, for 60 days which promise to be very complicated.
A single season of 16 episodes is on the program for this intelligent political series, which manages to go beyond the framework of simple adaptation to find its own rhythm. Designated Survivor : 60 Days is a captivating work, perfect for fans of Korean dramas as well as those who would like to discover them.
Bodyguard
In 2018, a completely unexpected British mini-series hit the top of Netflix: Bodyguardwith Richard Madden (Game of Thrones) in the main role. In this gripping thriller, veteran David Budd works as a protection officer in London. After preventing a terrible terrorist attack, he suddenly becomes the bodyguard of the Secretary of State for the Interior, who represents everything he deeply despises. He will then have to choose between his convictions and his duty.
In just 6 episodes, Bodyguard has become a must-have in the Netflix catalog, hailed by the public and critics alike for its original plot and impeccable casting. As The Diplomatthe series will be entitled to a season 2, currently in production. The moment is therefore perfect to immerse yourself in this British atmosphere between thriller, politics and espionage.
Source: www.numerama.com
