Taste-matched follow-ups

Shows like Margo's Got Money Troubles

These picks stay near the scrappy single motherhood, adult-content comedy, and internet hustle feel, then widen out into a few deeper cuts. Every pick is a recent premiere or a returning season.

  • single motherhood
  • adult content
  • former wrestler dad
  • awkward family bonds
Margo's Got Money Troubles poster

6 shows to try next

Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.

  1. Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed poster

    Closest match

    AppleTV+ · May 20, 2026

    Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed

    IMDb 7.2

    Why this fits: The funny, frazzled scramble of a mother trying to keep family life afloat gives Margo's Got Money Troubles and Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed a familiar starting point. Margo finds warmth in an unlikely father-daughter partnership, while soccer sidelines and suburban small talk in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed turn much darker when blackmail and danger intrude.

    • suburban secrets
    • youth soccer
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  2. Hacks poster

    Direct match

    MAX · Apr 9, 2026

    Hacks

    IMDb 8.2

    Why this fits: Margo's Got Money Troubles and Hacks both find sharp comedy in women trying to rebuild their lives while family or work relationships keep getting complicated. Margo's odd partnership with her estranged father brings warmth beneath the money worries; Hacks trades that for cutting backstage banter between a veteran comic and the younger writer she hires.

    • stand-up comedy
    • workplace rivalry
    More shows like Hacks
  3. Such Brave Girls poster

    Direct match

    Hulu · Jul 7, 2025

    Such Brave Girls

    IMDb 7.4

    Why this fits: The messy family loyalty and painfully funny bad decisions in Margo's Got Money Troubles will feel familiar in Such Brave Girls. Margo's money worries and tentative bond with her father give way to a mother and two sisters whose bickering, disastrous dates, and doomed schemes make their household more cringe-heavy and bleakly comic.

    • single mum
    • grown sisters
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  4. The Mothers of Penguins poster

    Deeper cut

    Netflix · Oct 21, 2026

    The Mothers of Penguins

    IMDb 7.4
    Why this fits

    Margo's Got Money Troubles finds comedy in a young mother's scramble to provide; The Mothers of Penguins turns that pressure into a fighter mom's clash with school parents. Its schoolyard friendships and protective parenting make for a more family-centered, less adult-comedy watch.

    • fish-out-of-water comedy
    • fierce mom comedy
    • school-parent comedy
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  5. The Trial poster

    Deeper cut

    Prime Video · Sep 11, 2026

    The Trial

    IMDb 7.2
    Why this fits

    Margo's Got Money Troubles balances family repair with the cost of a mother's desperate choices; The Trial centers a father and daughter seeking accountability through the courts. Expect a much darker, more serious story, driven by legal intimidation and a long fight against a wealthy opponent.

    • hard-fought justice
    • family courtroom drama
    • survivor resilience
    More shows like The Trial
  6. Big Mistakes poster

    Deeper cut

    Netflix · Apr 9, 2026

    Big Mistakes

    IMDb 7.2
    Why this fits

    The family friction and desperate choices in Margo's Got Money Troubles lead naturally to Big Mistakes, where bickering siblings are blackmailed into organized crime. Its botched jobs bring more danger and escalating comic chaos, with a lighter, sillier tone than Margo's intimate mother-and-father story.

    • bumbling crime comedy
    • family crime comedy
    • sibling comedy
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