Shows Like Happiness

If you liked Happiness (2021), a drama and mystery 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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Z Nation (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and drama
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his…
2
The Stand (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle…
3
Black Summer (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
4
Dead Set (2008)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Zombies are rampaging throughout Britain. Blissfully unaware of gory events outside, the Big Brother housemates are in for the ultimate eviction night...
5
The Strain (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral…
6
Sweet Tooth (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
On an epic adventure across a postapocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's part human and part deer searches for family and home with a gruff protector.
7
Being Human (2011)
★ 7/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Three paranormal roommates, a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf, struggle to keep their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.
8
The Stand (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
In a world mostly wiped out by the plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors…
9
Pluribus (2025)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
10
The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to…
11
All of Us Are Dead (2022)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.
12
Station Eleven (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama and mystery
The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.
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Supernatural (2005)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and mystery
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives…
14
The Walking Dead (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
15
The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
16
12 Monkeys (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a…
17
The Hunger (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and mystery
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title…
18
The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live (2024)
★ 8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Rick and Michonne are thrown into another world, built on a war against the dead... And ultimately, a war against the living. Can they find each other and who they were in a place and situation unlike any they've ever…
19
Blood (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Park Ji-sang, a surgeon, leads a double life. While he tries to save his patients' lives, on the other hand, he is also a vampire who constantly craves for blood.
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V Wars (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
After a mysterious disease begins transforming people into vampires, Dr. Luther Swann is pitted against his best friend, now a powerful vampire leader.