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2024 · Series · TV-MA · your starting pointIf Rivals is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Shows like Rivals, ranked
1. Mrs Biggs (2012)
A woman's romantic entanglement with an ambitious man whose ruthless pursuit of wealth and status threatens their relationship mirrors the tension between desire and self-interest that defines 1986's high-stakes media world.
2. Feud (2017)
The ruthless ambition and behind-the-scenes machinations that drive *Rivals*' cutthroat 1986 media landscape find their mirror in the toxic professional dynamics and wounded egos at the heart of this Hollywood rivalry, where industry power plays and personal vendettas prove equally destructive.
3. Outrageous (2025)
The Mitford sisters' refusal to conform mirrors the protagonists' battle against institutional constraints, both narratives using period glamour and scandal as backdrops for examining how personal ambition clashes with societal demands.
4. Love Is Blind: UK (2024)
This social experiment traces the same fault line as Rivals—whether genuine connection can survive when desire, ego, and self-interest collide—but strips away the glamour to expose raw vulnerability instead.
5. Quiz Show (1994)
The scheming power brokers and morally compromised television executives in this 1994 film echo the same ruthless ambition and ethical decay that defines the 1986 media landscape of Rivals.
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