The Spoils of Babylon fingerprintVery funny, immersive world, light on feelings.
Calm and low-key
Romantic
Much of it is about family.
Plenty of satire and absurdist humor
Family, show business, and class and money
Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout performances, direction, and dialogue
Standout visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Calm and low-key
The Spoils of Babylon is calm and low-intensity.
Romantic
Much of it is about family.
Emotionally, it's romantic. Much of it is about family.
Plenty of satire and absurdist humor
Expect plenty of satire and absurdist humor.
Family, show business, and class and money
Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around family, show business, and class and money. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout performances, direction, and dialogue
The performances, direction, and dialogue stand out.
Standout visual style
A distinctive visual signature.
Look and sound: the visual style stand out.
Based on the GoodWatch fingerprint: our scores for 70+ attributes of every show. Select a row to see all of them.
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Love has no morals.
Overall: Similar vibe.
Quick answers from GoodWatch data.
The Spoils of Babylon is included with a subscription to Philo and AMC+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Pluto TV, Plex, and Xumo Play. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video and Apple TV Store. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 70/100 (IMDb 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes 82%, and Metacritic 69). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
Content advisories: strong language and sexual content.
1 season
It has 1 season with 6 episodes of about 23 minutes each.
Not quite. Critics rate The Spoils of Babylon higher (76) than audiences (65). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
It ran from 2014 to 2014 and has ended.
It was made in English. Produced in United States.
GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Spoils of Babylon in 4 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 51 storytelling tropes for The Spoils of Babylon, including World of Ham, Straw Political, Not Blood Related.
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