10 Shows Like Yellowstone You Need to Watch (2026)

Why You Loved Yellowstone

Yellowstone grabbed you because it felt like a modern Western that took itself seriously. The Dutton family fighting to protect their ranch against developers, politicians, and each other was absolutely gripping television. You loved the sweeping Montana landscapes, the cowboy lifestyle that felt both romantic and brutal, and Kevin Costner’s magnetic screen presence. But underneath the horses and hats, it was really a show about family loyalty, land, legacy, and how far people will go to hold onto what they believe is theirs. You want more sprawling family sagas set against rugged, beautiful backdrops where the stakes are deeply personal.

Shows Like Yellowstone

1. 1883

The Yellowstone prequel follows the first generation of Duttons as they make the perilous journey from Texas to Montana in — you guessed it — 1883. It’s rawer and more emotionally devastating than the original, with Sam Elliott delivering a career-best performance as the trail boss guiding settlers through genuinely terrifying frontier conditions. If you loved Yellowstone’s sense of place and family devotion, 1883 cranks both up to eleven. Stream it on Paramount+ in Australia.

2. 1923

Harrison Ford and Helen Mirren as Duttons during the Prohibition era and the Great Depression? Yes please. 1923 expands the Yellowstone universe into two parallel storylines — the Montana ranch under siege from sheep herders and mining companies, and a harrowing journey across Africa. It’s gorgeous, it’s epic, and Ford brings a quiet ferocity that rivals Costner’s best work. Available on Paramount+ in Australia.

3. Outer Range

Josh Brolin plays a Wyoming rancher who discovers a mysterious void on his property while simultaneously battling a neighbouring family for his land. It’s Yellowstone meets science fiction, and it’s far stranger and more ambitious than that description suggests. If you loved the ranch setting and family conflict but want something that goes completely sideways, this is your show. Watch it on Prime Video in Australia.

4. Longmire

Based on Craig Johnson’s novels, Longmire follows a laconic Wyoming sheriff solving crimes across a vast, sparsely populated county. It’s quieter than Yellowstone, but it shares that same deep love of wide-open Western landscapes and the complicated politics between ranchers, developers, and Indigenous communities. Six seasons of solid, character-driven storytelling that gets better as it goes. Streaming on Netflix in Australia.

5. Succession

Stay with me here. Succession isn’t set on a ranch, but it’s fundamentally the same show as Yellowstone — a powerful patriarch trying to control his empire while his children scheme, betray, and claw at each other for dominance. Swap the horses for helicopters and Montana for Manhattan, and the DNA is identical. If the Dutton family dynamics were what hooked you most, Succession is the sharper, more vicious version. Available on Binge in Australia.

6. Mayor of Kingstown

From Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan, Mayor of Kingstown follows the McLusky family who act as power brokers between the police, criminals, and politicians in a Michigan prison town. It’s darker and more urban than Yellowstone, but Sheridan’s fingerprints are everywhere — the family loyalty, the moral compromises, the simmering violence. Jeremy Renner is excellent in the lead. Stream it on Paramount+ in Australia.

7. Justified

U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens returns to his home county in rural Kentucky, where his quick-draw justice clashes with old friends turned criminals. Timothy Olyphant is magnetic in the lead, and the Appalachian setting gives it a similar rugged, outsider feel to Yellowstone’s Montana. The dialogue crackles like nothing else on television — Elmore Leonard’s influence runs through every scene. Watch it on Stan in Australia.

8. Sons of Anarchy

Replace the ranch with a motorcycle club, and Sons of Anarchy hits many of the same notes as Yellowstone — a tight-knit family (biological and chosen) defending their territory against outside threats while tearing themselves apart from within. It’s grittier, louder, and more violent, but the themes of loyalty, legacy, and the cost of power run just as deep. Available on Disney+ in Australia.

9. Godless

This limited series set in 1880s New Mexico centres on a town populated almost entirely by women after a mining disaster, and the outlaw gang heading their way. Jeff Daniels is terrifying as the villain, and the frontier setting is breathtaking. At only seven episodes, it’s a tight, beautifully crafted Western that captures Yellowstone’s sense of landscape and lawlessness without any filler. Streaming on Netflix in Australia.

10. The Son

Pierce Brosnan plays a ruthless Texas oil baron in the early 1900s, with flashbacks to his kidnapping by Comanches as a boy. It’s a multigenerational saga about how violence and ambition shape a family across decades, set against the Texas landscape. The dual timeline structure gives it a novelistic quality that rewards patience, and Brosnan is surprisingly excellent in a role miles from Bond. Available on Stan in Australia.

What to Watch First

If you haven’t already, start with 1883. It’s the most natural companion piece to Yellowstone — same family, same land obsession, same emotional gut-punches — but it stands completely on its own as one of the best Westerns made in the last decade. Sam Elliott alone is worth the price of your Paramount+ subscription, and the journey format gives it a momentum that never lets up. You’ll finish all ten episodes in a weekend.