Starring Matthew Broderick and Uzo Aduba, Netflix's drama "Painkiller" is a fictionalized retelling of the rise of the Sackler family and their pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma.
The show also focuses on the very real ramifications of opioid addiction, which many believe began as a result of Purdue Pharma's aggressive marketing tactics for its drug, OxyContin. Broderick plays Richard Sackler, a former Purdue Pharma president and board member.
It's not always an easy watch, but "Painkiller" paints a fascinating portrait of a powerful family's ruthless pursuit of success, and the real-life suffering that occurred later on.
Here are seven other shows — that also focus on drug empires, powerful families, real-life crimes, or all of the above — to watch if you liked Netflix's "Painkiller."