
32 Shows Like BoJack Horseman (2014) to Watch When You're Done
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?
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This animated tragicomedy follows a washed-up sitcom horse navigating fame, addiction and self-loathing in a Hollywood of talking animals. Outrageously funny and startlingly bleak, it became one of TV's most honest portraits of depression and the search for meaning. If its blend of absurd comedy and raw emotional truth gripped you, seek out adult animation and dramedies that hide real pain beneath the jokes.
If you loved BoJack Horseman (2014) by Will Arnett, here are 32 TV series that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Hey Arnold!, Your Lie in April, Horimiya. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
32 Shows Similar to BoJack Horseman

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1996
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Your Lie in April
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Horimiya
2021 · Masanori Miyake
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DON'T TOY WITH ME, MISS NAGATORO
2021 · Noriyuki Akita
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Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
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DARLING in the FRANXX
2018
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The Quintessential Quintuplets
2019 · Yoshio Kaneko
Fuutarou Uesugi is a poor, antisocial ace student who one day meets the rich transfer student Itsuki Nakano. They argue but when Uesugi realizes he is to be her tutor, he tries to get on better terms.
In common: Animation · Comedy · Drama

Komi Can't Communicate
2021
At a high school full of unique characters, Tadano helps his shy and unsociable classmate Komi reach her goal of making friends with 100 people.
In common: Animation · Comedy · Drama

Akashic Records of Bastard Magic Instructor
2017
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In common: Animation · Comedy

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In common: Animation · Comedy · Drama

Drawn Together
2004
The world's first animated reality series gathers icons from all corners of the cartoon universe and lets them loose, with plenty of cameras to catch their exploits. Here's what happens when eight car
In common: Animation · Comedy

Captain Tsubasa
1983
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In common: Animation · Comedy · Drama

Hazbin Hotel
2024 · Brett Coker
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Family Guy
1999 · Alec Sulkin
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South Park
1997 · Frank C. Agnone II
Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
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My Dress-Up Darling
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The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
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The exploits of the Grim Reaper, who has been forced into being the best friend of two children. A spin-off of the show Grim & Evil.
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2002
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Cow and Chicken
1997 · Buzz Potamkin
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Recess
1997
Join a group of six fourth-grade best friends at Third Street Elementary School on their fun-filled adventures in their school playground. Through the ups-and-downs of adolescence, they must wrestle w
In common: Animation · Comedy

Danny Phantom
2004 · Butch Hartman
Danny Fenton was once your typical kid until he accidentally blew up his parents' laboratory and became ghost-hunting superhero Danny Phantom. Now half-ghost, Danny's picked up paranormal powers, but
In common: Animation · Comedy

The Looney Tunes Show
2011
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and the rest of the “Looney Tunes” characters are back with more adventures for a new generation of viewers. The animated series features roommates Bugs and Daffy moving out of
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Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
2010
Clarence Buttowski, a young boy, aspires to become the world's greatest daredevil, as he gets help from Gunther, his loyal friend and partner-in-crime.
In common: Animation · Comedy

DreamWorks Dragons
2012 · Sandra Rabins
From the creators of "How to Train Your Dragon" comes a new series that takes Hiccup and Toothless to the edge of adventure.
In common: Animation · Comedy

Happy Tree Friends
1999
This action and adventure comedy is drawn in simple appearance and combines cute forest animals with extreme graphic violence. Each episode revolves around the characters enduring accidental events of
In common: Animation · Comedy

Daria
1997
After moving to a new town with her stressed-out parents and relentlessly popular little sister, Daria uses her acerbic wit and keen powers of observation to contend with the mind-numbingly ridiculous
In common: Animation · Comedy

The Boss Baby: Back in Business
2018 · Brandon Sawyer
With a little help from his brother and accomplice, Tim, Boss Baby tries to balance family life with his job at Baby Corp headquarters.
In common: Animation · Comedy

The Simpsons
1989 · James L. Brooks
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands
In common: Animation · Comedy

Bob's Burgers
2011 · Steven Davis
Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall sh
In common: Animation · Comedy

Adventure Time
2010
Unlikely heroes Finn and Jake are buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. The best of friends, our heroes always find themselves in the middle of escapades. Finn and Jake depend on each other t
In common: Animation · Comedy

BLUE EYE SAMURAI
2023 · Amber Noizumi
Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.
In common: Animation · Drama

Castlevania
2017 · Larry Tanz
A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself.
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