One of HBO's best crime thrillers, Barry boasts an almost perfect Rotten Tomatoes score of 98%. With its satisfying crime drama over four seasons, it certainly deserves to be as popular and successful as Breaking Bad. Even a decade later, Breaking Bad continues to be regarded as one of the greatest TV series of all time, and most people agree that it fully deserves that title.

Vince Gilligan's five-season series still holds an impressive position in terms of rewatchability. Over time, even some of Breaking Bad's controversial episodes have begun to be regarded as masterpieces. However, in recent years, only a handful of crime thrillers have managed to capture Breaking Bad's brilliant writing and the portrayal of morally complex characters. Barry stands out as one of these few series, yet unexpectedly remains less popular.

Starring Bill Hader, Barry has delivered a complete crime drama over four seasons without boring its viewers. Compared to the cultural impact of Breaking Bad, some aspects of Barry make it even better than Gilligan's series. Masterfully maintaining a pace in crime drama, Barry gradually escalates the fundamental risks of its story, sharing similarities with Breaking Bad in this regard.

Breaking Bad somewhat glorifies the actions and moral decline of its main character, Walter White. As Walter's actions worsen, you empathize with him and support him as a viewer. However, Barry's main character is introduced from the start as a corrupted and institutionalized killer. The series offers some redeeming qualities that make Barry as intriguing as Walter White, while also tackling the anti-hero myth in a more experimental way.