7 Crime Comedy Shows Like Big Mistakes To Watch Next
Schitt’s Creek creator and star Dan Levy is back with another comedy series revolving around a dysfyntiocal family. Big Mistakes, which arrived on Netflix on April 9, follows two siblings who get in over their heads after a well-intentioned theft to help their dying grandmother goes seriously wrong, pulling them into the world of organized crime. The series blends comedy with thriller and crime. Rachel Sennott (I Love L.A., Bottoms) co-created the series with Levy, so you know cromedy is a large part of Big Mistakes.
Levy stars alongside an ensemble cast including Taylor Ortega (The Four Seasons, Another Simple Favor), Laurie Metcalf (The Conners, Lady Bird), Abby Quinn (Hell of a Summer, Knock at the Cabin), Boran Kuzum (Wounded Love, Thank You, Next), Jack Innanen (Adults, The Office Movers), Elizabeth Perkins (Sharp Objects, Weeds), Mark Ivanir (Zero Day, Mayor of Kingstown), Ilia Volok (Full Circle, Gemini Man), Jacob Gutierrez (Dear Edward), Joe Barbara (Another World), and Darren Goldstein (Ozark, The Affair).
If you’ve already binged the series and are looking content to watch next, here are 7 shows like Big Mistakes.
Bad Sisters (2022 – )
Cast: Sharon Horgan, Eve Hewson, Sarah Greene, Eva Birthistle, Saise Quinn, Michael Smiley, Jonjo O’Neill, Anne-Marie Duff, Daryl McCormack, Yasmine Akram
Synopsis: “Bad Sisters follows the lives of the Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another.”
Where to watch: Apple TV
Deli Boys (2025 – )
Cast: Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Poorna Jagannathan, Alfie Fuller, Brian George, Alexandra Ruddy, Zainne Saleh, Shahjehan Khan
Synopsis: “When their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.”
Where to watch: Hulu
Florida Man (2023 miniseries)
Cast: Edgar Ramírez, Abbey Lee, Anthony LaPaglia, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen
Synopsis: “A disgraced cop in debt is forced to return to his home state of Florida for a shady mission only to get swept up in a wild — and deadly — treasure hunt.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Good Girls (2018-2021)
Cast: Christina Hendricks, Retta, Mae Whitman, Reno Wilson, Manny Montana, Matthew Lillard, Lidya Jewett, Isaiah Stannard
Synopsis: “Three suburban moms orchestrate a local grocery store heist to escape financial ruin and establish independence — together.”
Where to watch: Netflix
How to Get to Heaven From Belfast (2026 – )
Cast: Roísín Gallagher, Sinéad Keenan, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Bronagh Gallagher, Darragh Hand, Natasha O’Keeffe, Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Emmett J. Scanlan
Synopsis: “Three lifelong pals embark on a chaotic quest to solve the mystery of their old friend’s suspicious death and keep their own dark secret under wraps.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Irreverent (2022)
Cast: Colin Donnell, P.J. Byrne, Wayne Blair, Kylie Bracknell, Ed Oxenbould, Tegan Stimson, Jason Wilder, Briallen Clarke
Synopsis: “A criminal mediator from Chicago is forced to flee his life and everything he knows and hide out in a small Australian reef community in Far North Queensland posing as the new church Reverend. “Reverend Mackenzie Boyd” (not his real name) has made a mess so bad he can never go home, but he’s going to need all his considerable street smarts to pull off posing as clergy – something he doesn’t know the first thing about.”
Where to watch: Peacock
Welcome to the Family/Bienvenidos a la familia (2025 – )
Cast: Marimar Vega, Erika Buenfil, Ana Layevska, Martín Altomaro, Carla Adell, Arturo Beristáin, Gerardo Taracena
Synopsis: “A struggling single mom rallies her quirky family to outsmart a mafia boss after her estranged, wealthy father dies, leaving them with massive debt.”
Where to watch: Netflix
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