Shows Like The Rising

If you liked The Rising (2022), a crime and sci-fi & fantasy series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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The Changeling (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
Apollo and Emma's love story is a fairy tale—until Emma mysteriously vanishes. Bereft, Apollo finds himself on a death-defying odyssey through a New York City he didn't know existed.
2
The Rook (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
After waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a young woman must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain’s most secret…
3
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and crime
Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a…
4
Mr. Mercedes (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before…
5
The Institute (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted…
6
Lisey's Story (2021)
★ 6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
This terrifying thriller follows widow Lisey Landon as a series of disturbing events revives memories of her marriage to author Scott Landon and the darkness that plagued him.
7
Quantum Break (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and sci-fi & fantasy
Follows the exploits of Paul Serene and Martin Hatch of Monarch Solutions as well as three Monarch employees (Liam Burke, Charlie Wincott and Fiona Miller) as they fight to prevent or survive the approaching End of Time.
8
Ghost Wars (2017)
★ 6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
Set in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, the series focuses on local outcast Roman Mercer who must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his…
9
Joan of Arcadia (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do…
10
Grimm (2011)
★ 8.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new…
11
The Boys (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
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Emergence (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the…
13
Fortitude (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and sci-fi & fantasy
Fortitude is a place like nowhere else. Although surrounded by the savage beauty of the Arctic landscape, Fortitude is one of the safest towns on earth. There has never been a violent crime here. Until now. In such a…
14
NOS4A2 (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some…
15
Tales from the Loop (2020)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.
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L.A.'s Finest (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also crime
Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic…
17
Superstition (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
The Mosley family keeps the secrets and dark history of a town located on the outskirts of New Orleans that is also a landing patch for the world's darkest manifestations of fear, guided into the world by a mysterious…
18
Kill Jackie (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
Jackie Price has been living a wealthy, luxurious life for the past 20 years after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life begins to feel a little boring, she discovers that The…
19
The City and the City (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and crime
When the body of a foreign student is discovered in the streets of the down-at-heel city of Besźel, it’s just another day’s work for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. But he uncovers evidence that the…
20
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also crime
Five years after the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell, Pippa Fitz-Amobi sets out to uncover what really happened to her. Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, admitted to the murder before taking his own life, but Pip doesn't…