Six Feet Under
Life is pain, get use to it.
Created by Alan Ball
On HBO
A darkly comic, deeply interior family drama that uses a funeral home as the literal and metaphorical setting for sustained meditation on mortality, grief, and the impossible work of living.
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.
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Questions people ask
Is Six Feet Under sad? Yes, very. More sad than 98% of series.
Is Six Feet Under one of a kind? Yes, very. More singular than 97% of series.
Does Six Feet Under leave you hopeful? Not especially. Less hopeful than 73% of series.
Is Six Feet Under easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 70% of series.
Is Six Feet Under violent? Not especially. Less violent than 61% of series.
Is Six Feet Under scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
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How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Distinctly its own thing.
How unlike any other series this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
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Everything like Six Feet Under, and what each one shares →
Like Six Feet Under
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Six Feet Under
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Six Feet Under, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Six Feet Under, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Six Feet Under, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
