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Now that Landman season 1 has finished, fans of Taylor Sheridan's dramatic look into the oil industry may be looking for similar shows or movies to replace it. After the ending of Landman season 1, it'll be a long time until viewers can see more of Tommy Norris' (Billy Bob Thornton) struggles with the oil industry. While Landman season 2 is unconfirmed but likely, it's still at least several months away. Fans of the comedy-drama may be looking for something new to fill in the hole Landman has left, and there are luckily quite a few options to choose from.
One of the hardest parts about finding something to watch after Landman isn't finding great shows and movies, it's finding ones that can match all the different tones Landman touched on. At different times, Landman was a comedy, a family drama, an action thriller, and a legal procedural. With so many different tones and genres, and with such a sprawling and all-encompassing story, there are quite a few great things about Landman that are worth revisiting in a different movie or show. These 10 offer a great take on at least one of the aspects that made Landman so engrossing.
10 Tulsa King
Sylvester Stallone & Taylor Sheridan Already Made A Great Alternative To Landman
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Tulsa King is a Paramount+ original TV series starring Sylvester Stallone as Dwight "The General" Manfredi. After being released from prison for murder, The General is sent to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he quickly sets up a new criminal empire. Tulsa King marks Stallone's first leading role in a TV show.
Release Date November 11, 2022
Seasons 2
Story By Taylor Sheridan
Writers Taylor Sheridan
Directors Taylor Sheridan
Showrunner Terence Winter
The best way to scratch the itch for Taylor Sheridan's writing is through another one of his shows. While Terence Winter acts as the showrunner for Tulsa King, it was created by Taylor Sheridan, and it's probably the closest replacement for Landman. Tulsa King follows Dwight "The General" Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone) as he goes from being a New York gangster to starting his own criminal empire in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are plenty of laughs to be had in Tulsa King as Dwight tries to adjust to life in the country, and Stallone is just as charismatic a lead as Billy Bob Thornton.
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Aside from the similar settings and Taylor Sheridan's name, Tulsa King has even more in common with Landman. The cast of Tulsa King is just as deep and well-developed as the cast of Landman, and there are plenty of characters to both love and hate in each. Both shows also feature a sprawling story about men trying to build an empire and running into enemies and opposition at every corner. The risks Dwight takes with rival gangs and the law are just as suspenseful and entertaining as the gamble Tommy plays with a multi-billion-dollar industry.
9 Hell or High Water
Taylor Sheridan's Second Film Features Crime & Oil In The Same Style As Landman
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Hell or High Water is a modern Western crime thriller directed by David Mackenzie. Starring Chris Pine and Ben Foster as two brothers who embark on a series of bank robberies to save their family ranch, the film delves into themes of economic hardship and justice. Jeff Bridges plays a Texas Ranger nearing retirement, determined to catch them.
Release Date August 12, 2016
Runtime 97minutes
Director David Mackenzie
Writers Taylor Sheridan
Budget $12 million
Studio(s) Lionsgate
Distributor(s) Lionsgate
Taylor Sheridan isn't just known for shows, however, and one of his movies also scratches the Landman itch quite effectively. Hell or High Water follows two brothers (Chris Pine and Ben Foster) as they rob a series of banks with Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges) hot on their tails. While Landman did have a heavy focus on crime through its cartel storyline, Hell or High Water also centers around oil, as Pine's character is robbing banks to purchase oil pumpjacks to provide for his children. Hell or High Water even focuses on a broken family trying to heal, which was a major part of Landman.
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Hell or High Water also has more broad similarities to Landman. Like with all of Taylor Sheridan's movies, Hell or High Water is a fast-paced roller coaster of a film, and it expertly leads audiences to each new step in its plot. It also has some extremely well-developed and believable characters struggling against each other in a morally ambiguous situation, which makes it very similar to Landman's focus on the oil industry. Sheridan has a very distinct writing style that a lot of viewers enjoy, and Hell or High Water is one of the best ways to get more of it.
8 Bad News Bears
Billy Bob Thornton's Bad News Bears Character Is Very Similar To Tommy Norris
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Bad News Bears is a sports comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. The story follows an inept, down-on-his-luck coach, played by Walter Matthau, as he attempts to turn a ragtag group of young misfits into a competitive little league baseball team. The movie explores themes of teamwork, determination, and the impact of adult influence on childhood sports.
Release Date July 22, 2005
Runtime 113 Minutes
Writers Bill Lancaster , Glenn Ficarra , John Requa
Billy Bob Thornton's performance as Tommy Norris was one of the best things about Landman, and he already played a character that was just as hilarious. In Bad News Bears, the 2005 remake of Walter Matthau's 1976 comedy, Thornton plays Morris Buttermaker, a drinking, smoking, swearing head coach of a terrible little league baseball team. Morris and Tommy have a lot in common, from their bad habits to their crass sense of humor, and Bad News Bears is almost guaranteed to generate as many laughs as Landman did.
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On top of all of its rude humor, Bad News Bears also has a very important similarity to Landman. Both the movie and the show reserve plenty of time to seeing Billy Bob Thornton insult other characters, but both Bad News Bears and Landman are also filled with heart. Morris goes from an alcoholic jerk to a kind and caring mentor to a group of kids, and by the end of Landman season 1, Tommy went from a depressed workaholic to a man who was rebuilding his family. The humor draws you in, but the emotional transformation of Thornton's characters has the real staying power.
7 Letterkenny
Letterkenny Is The Best Replacement For Tommy's Country Humor & Quick Wit
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Letterkenny is a comedy series that was conceptualized as a YouTube show before later being picked up for television. Set in rural Ontario, Letterkenny follows two siblings who run a family farm but deals with several various quirky characters' lives that range from Mennonites, hockey players, and gym fanatics in increasingly comical situations.
Release Date February 7, 2018
Finale Year November 30, 2022
Cast Jared Keeso
Seasons 12
Story By jared keeso
Writers Jared Keeso
Directors Jacob Tierney
Showrunner Jared Keeso
While no one can perfectly match Billy Bob Thornton's brand of comedy, Letterkenny comes the closest. Letterkenny focuses on the titular town of Letterkenny, Canada, and particularly Wayne, Daryl, Katy, and Squirrely Dan. What makes Letterkenny both similar to Landman and one of the best Canadian sitcoms ever is its brand of humor. In Landman, Tommy always has an exasperated remark or witty saying to use in any situation, and the characters in Letterkenny somehow have even more. Tommy compares Ainsley (Michelle Randolph) to a two-dollar Rolex, and Wayne compares a hockey player's body hair to a Dutch girl.
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Probably the best part of Letterkenny for fans of Landman is actually one of its biggest differences from Thornton's show. Unlike Landman, Letterkenny rarely gets very serious, and it never reaches the same level of stress and tension that Tommy encounters on the patch. Letterkenny is great for anyone who wants a dose of Tommy's wit and humor in 20-minute increments without also getting Landman's drama and tragedy. It's a much more relaxing watch, and with 12 seasons and a spinoff show, Letterkenny will keep fans occupied for quite a while.
6 There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood Features The Same Oil Booms & Business Maneuvers That Landman Does
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Loosely based on an Upton Sinclair novel, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood follows Daniel Plainview, a ruthless entrepreneur and oil man who, in his quest to run a successful oil business, slowly descends into crime and corruption and alienates everyone around him. Daniel Day-Lewis stars as Plainview, alongside co-stars Paul Dano, Kevin J. O'Connor, and Ciarán Hinds.
Release Date December 26, 2007
Runtime 158 minutes
Budget $25 million
Studio(s) MiraMax
Distributor(s) MiraMax
For fans who liked Landman's focus on the oil industry and its intense, dramatic situations, There Will Be Blood is a great replacement. There Will Be Blood takes a close and harsh look at the oil industry in the same way Landman does, but it focuses on the roots of the industry in the early 20th century. Landman had its fair share of death, destruction, and tragedy, but There Will Be Blood is even darker. The film follows Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he fights with local evangelicals (Paul Dano) over their oil rights, and it quickly devolves into a mess of greed and violence.
Landman had its fair share of death, destruction, and tragedy, but There Will Be Blood is even darker.
The oil industry is one similarity between Landman and There Will Be Blood, but the real comparison is in their main characters. Daniel Plainview is basically the inverse of Tommy Norris. For much of Landman, Tommy was trying to pull away from the oil industry and rebuild his family, but his job kept pulling him back in. For all of There Will Be Blood, Daniel consistently chooses profits and oil over everything else. If you thought Landman didn't go far enough to show Tommy's internal struggle with the oil industry, There Will Be Blood is the perfect replacement.
5 No Country For Old Men
No Country For Old Men Combines A Neo-Western With Cartel Action Better Than Landman Did
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No Country for Old Men is a western crime-thriller based on the novel by Cormac McCarthy and directed by the Cohen Brothers. Following three protagonists, the film centers around a large $2,000,000+ cache of dirty money lost near the Rio Grande. With a veteran who finds it, a hitman who will stop at nothing to get it, and a sheriff trying to investigate the crimes connected to it, all roads lead to death and mayhem as they find themselves in each other's crosshairs.
Release Date November 21, 2007
Runtime 122 minutes
Director Joel Coen , Ethan Coen
Writers Ethan Coen , Joel Coen
Budget $25 million
Studio(s) MiraMax
Distributor(s) Universal Pictures , MiraMax
Landman is a great example of a neo-Western, a Western story that takes place in the modern day, so it's easy to recommend one of the best neo-Westerns ever made to replace it. No Country for Old Men is a must-watch movie for anyone who is a fan of the way Landman pitted cowboys against the cartel. No Country for Old Men follows Llewlyn Moss (Josh Brolin) as he tries to run from Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) with $2 million of the cartel's money. A series of inventive shootouts and tense games of chance ensues across West Texas.
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Aside from being set where Landman was filmed, No Country for Old Men also offers quite a few things that fans of the show will appreciate. No Country for Old Men basically takes the cartel plot that ran throughout the first season of Landman and makes it more overt, bloodier, and more intense. There are even common themes between the movie and the show: they both heavily examine the idea of a world that has moved on from the days of outlaws and oil tycoons, and the men who hang on tooth and nail despite that fact.
4 Michael Clayton
George Clooney's Michael Clayton Recreates The Stress Tommy Norris Went Through In Landman
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Michael Clayton, directed by Tony Gilroy, follows a law firm fixer tasked with managing a crisis when a lawyer experiences a breakdown while defending a culpable chemical company in a massive class-action lawsuit. The film delves into themes of corporate intrigue and legal ethics.
Release Date October 12, 2007
Runtime 119 Minutes
Cast George Clooney , Tom Wilkinson , Tilda Swinton , Michael O'Keefe , Sydney Pollack , Danielle Skraastad , Wai Chan , Alberto Vazquez , Brian Koppelman , Tom McCarthy , Denis O'Hare , Julie White , Austin Williams , Jennifer Van Dyck , Frank Wood , Richard Hecht , Bill Raymond , Jonathan Walker , Sharon Washington , Cynthia Mace , Michael Countryman , Ken Howard , Amy Hargreaves , Susan Pellegrino , Rachel Black , Matthew Detmer , John Douglas Thompson , Merritt Wever , Brian Poteat , Christopher Mann , Edward Furs , Katherine Waterston , John Gerard Franklin , Remy Auberjonois , Pun Bandhu , Jason Strong , Robert Prescott , Paul Oquist , Terry Serpico , Heidi Armbruster , Pamela Gray , Andrew Hunter Sherman , Kevin Hagan , Julia Gibson , Sean Cullen , Susan Egbert , David Lansbury , David Zayas , Douglas McGrath , Gregory Dann , Cathy Diane Tomlin , Sam Gilroy , Maggie Siff , Sarah Nichols , Susan McBrien , Jordan Lage , Neal Huff , Paul Juhn
Director Tony Gilroy
Writers Tony Gilroy
Of all the shows and movies that are like Landman, George Clooney's 2007 legal thriller Michael Clayton seems the most different. However, once you get past the surface, there are quite a few similarities between Michael Clayton and Landman that make it great to watch after Taylor Sheridan's show. The biggest similarity is in its main characters: both Tommy Norris and Michael Clayton are essentially the enforcers of their respective companies. They're called in when a job needs to be done and done quick, and both of them find themselves in situations that are much more complicated than they bargained for.
It's certainly a different setting and genre from Landman, but Michael Clayton does touch on quite a few of the same themes and character moments.
Michael Clayton follows Clooney's eponymous character, a fixer for a law firm, as he unravels a massive conspiracy and survives multiple attempts on his life. That immediately sounds reminiscent of Tommy's job as a landman and the constant threats he gets from the cartel and even his own employees. Both Michael and Tommy also have to navigate a world full of cutthroat lawyers and business people while trying to keep their morals intact. It's certainly a different setting and genre from Landman, but Michael Clayton does touch on quite a few of the same themes and character moments.
3 Succession
Succession Mixes Humor & Corporate Drama Just As Well As Landman Does
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Succession is a Black Comedy and Satire television show created by Jesse Armstrong. It stars Hiam Abbass, Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, and Kieran Culkin and follows the story of an aging conglomerate owner as he deals with his declining health and the sudden realization that one of his children will soon inherit his position and run his company.
Release Date June 3, 2018
Finale Year November 30, 2022
Network HBO Max
Creator(s) Jesse Armstrong
Seasons 4
Story By jesse armstrong
Writers Jesse Armstrong
Directors Mark Mylod
Showrunner Jesse Armstrong
Landman somewhat uniquely blends high-stakes drama and tragedy with crass humor and hilarious insults, but it isn't a completely novel idea. In fact, Succession managed to blend corporate drama and snarky humor a few years before Landman even started. Succession follows Logan Roy (Brian Cox) and his adult children, who are vying for control of his massive media empire. In their quest for the family fortune, each of Logan's children and their spouses throw hysterical insults at one another, expose their own idiocy, and revel in each other's mistakes, all of which Tommy Norris did at some point in Landman season 1.
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Succession is also one of the best ways to replicate Tommy's struggle to reconnect with Angela (Ali Larter) and Ainsley. Throughout Succession's four seasons, spliced between the vitriol and hate each sibling holds for one another, there are moments of legitimate familial love. The same is true for Landman: even though Tommy comes across as crotchety and mean, and Angela comes across as materialistic and vapid, the pair have legitimate love for each other and for their children, and their attempts to reunite their family are earnest. While Succession certainly isn't wholesome, it does have the same trappings of people trying to salvage some form of family.
2 Mad Men
Landman Fans Who Want More Of Monty's High Stakes Business Can See Jon Hamm Play An Advertising Executive In Mad Man
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Mad Men is the award-winning show created by Matthew Wiener that stars Jon Hamm as Don Draper, a masterful ad man in the high-speed advertising world. Set between the 1960s and 70s; Mad Men explores this "Golden Age" of advertising, where everyone has something to sell, and those who don't score a quick win are out of the game. The series also examines the world from a few other character's perspectives, such as Peggy Olson (Elisabeth Moss), a young woman who starts as a secretary for Don despite the difficulty for women to be taken seriously in business during this time, rises to the challenge to become an ad woman of her own.
Release Date July 19, 2007
Seasons 7
Writers Matthew Weiner , Jonathan Igla
Streaming Service(s) AMC+
Showrunner Matthew Weiner
Tommy and the Norris family aren't the only draw of Landman, however. Monty Miller (Jon Hamm) also played a large role in the show, and his character was very reminiscent of an earlier role Hamm took on that made him a massive star. In Mad Men, Hamm plays Don Draper, an advertising company executive who tries to balance his work with his carefully created personality and his increasingly unstable home life. Mad Men is basically a view of what Landman could have been if it focused on Monty's side of M-Tex, and watching Hamm navigate delicate business situations is endlessly entertaining.
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1 Fargo
Both Billy Bob Thornton & Jon Hamm Starred In Seasons Of Fargo
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Fargo is a Black Comedy Crime Drama television series that is based on the film of the same name, which was originally created by the Coen Brothers. The TV adaptation was developed by Noah Hawley and follows an anthology format for each of its seasons, taking place in a different time period or location within the "Fargo" universe. So far, the series has seen big-name stars like Billy Bob Thornton, Ewan McGregor, Chris Rock, and Kirsten Dunst.
Release Date April 15, 2014
Franchise(s) Fargo
Finale Year November 30, 2023
Seasons 5
Story By Joel and Ethan Coen
Writers Noah Hawley
Showrunner Noah Hawley
Perhaps the best show to replace Landman is one that features two of its stars. Both Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm starred in separate seasons of Fargo, FX's spinoff show based on the Coen Brothers' movie. Fargo is also a neo-Western like Landman, and it also features a dark and often dry sense of humor just like Taylor Sheridan's show. While Fargo is an anthology that focuses more on the criminal underworld than Landman does, there are still plenty of similarities between the shows.
Both of their Fargo roles offer the Landman actors a chance to get deliciously sinister, and it's certainly an interesting change of pace to see Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm play villains after rooting for them throughout Landman season 1.
The differences between Fargo and Landman are also another reason to watch the former. In Fargo, both Thornton and Hamm play decidedly darker and more evil characters than they do in Landman. Thornton plays hitman Lorne Malvo in Fargo season 1, while Hamm plays power-hungry sheriff Roy Tillman in Fargo season 5. Both of their Fargo roles offer the Landman actors a chance to get deliciously sinister, and it's certainly an interesting change of pace to see Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Hamm play villains after rooting for them throughout Landman season 1.
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Set in West Texas, this series explores the world of oil rigs and the fortunes they create. It portrays a modern upstairs/downstairs narrative of roughnecks and billionaires, highlighting the profound impact on the climate, economy, and geopolitics in these boomtowns.
Release Date November 17, 2024
Character(s) Tommy Norris , Angela Norris , Cooper Norris , Rebecca Falcone , Sheriff Walt Joeberg , Dale Bradley , Cami Miller , Monty Miller , Nathan , Ellie , Dakota Loving , Abilene , Barney , Isabel , Boss , Manuel , Antonio , Armando , Luis Medina , Jimenez , Elvio Medina
Creator(s) Taylor Sheridan , Christian Wallace
Seasons 1
Writers Taylor Sheridan , Christian Wallace
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