Shows Like My Perfect Stranger
If you liked My Perfect Stranger (2023), a drama 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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Signal (2016)
★ 8.2/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyDetectives from the present and a detective from the past communicate via walkie-talkie to solve a long-time unsolved case.
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Emergence (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and mysteryA 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…
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Mr. Mercedes (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyA 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…
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Ghost Wars (2017)
★ 6/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasySet 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…
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The Changeling (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and dramaApollo 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.
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Travelers (2016)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyHundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random…
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Grimm (2011)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and mysteryAfter 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…
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Ashes to Ashes (2008)
★ 7.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaCrime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
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The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaKorean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.
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Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaRooted 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…
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Sisyphus (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaAn unfathomable incident introduces a genius engineer to dangerous secrets of the world — and to a woman from the future who's come looking for him.
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56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mysteryWhen an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.
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The OA (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mysterySeven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
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The Institute (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyWhen 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…
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Fantasy Island (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyThis contemporary version of the classic drama series delves into the “what if” questions that keep us awake at night. Each episode tells emotional, provocative stories about people who walk in with a desire, but end…
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Bodies (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyOne victim, found dead on a London street. Four detectives, in four different time periods, must solve the mystery to protect Britain's future.
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Suspect (2022)
★ 6/10Also drama and mysteryA Veteran detective is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she apparently took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about…
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Blood (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyPark 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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The Hunger (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and mysteryThe 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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11.22.63 (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyAn English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.