Shows Like Dark Shadows
If you liked Dark Shadows (1991), a soap 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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True Blood (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasyThanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain…
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The Originals (2013)
★ 8.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasyThe Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.
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The Mist (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasyA small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other.
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Swamp Thing (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasyCDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but she soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and…
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Legacies (2018)
★ 8.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasyIn a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie…
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What We Do in the Shadows (2019)
★ 8/10Also sci-fi & fantasyA documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
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Van Helsing (2016)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasyVanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique…
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Knots Landing (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also soapThe domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasySet in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real, the story takes place in the idyllic English town of Sanctuary, where for hundreds of years witches have lived peacefully, as valued members of society. Until now…
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FROM (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasyUnravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of…
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Sleepy Hollow (2013)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasyIchabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
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The Hunger (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasyThe 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…
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Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also soapFollow the complicated dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work in their opulent Savannah, Georgia, mansion.
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Angel (1999)
★ 7.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasyThe vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Being Human (2011)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasyThree 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.
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Talamasca: The Secret Order (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasyGuy Anatole joins the clandestine world of the Talamasca, an international spy agency for the immortal universe, as he searches for answers to his family's own part in the supernatural world.
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Midnight, Texas (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasyWelcome to a place where being normal is really quite strange. In a remote Texas town no one is who they seem. From vampires and witches to psychics and hit men, Midnight is a mysterious safe haven for those who are…
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General Hospital (1963)
★ 5.8/10Also soapFamilies, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the…
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The Passage (2019)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasyA post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing…
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Stranger Things (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasyWhen a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.