Shows Like Golden Years

If you liked Golden Years (1991), 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.

1
The Pretender (1996)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mystery
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his…
2
Nowhere Man (1995)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and drama
Thomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased...
3
Debris (2021)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
4
Quantum Leap (2022)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
It's been nearly 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now, a new team, led by physicist Ben Song, has been assembled to restart the project in hope of understanding the…
5
Mutant X (2001)
★ 6.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
Follow the adventures of a group of human mutants - led by the mysterious Adam Kane - possessing extraordinary powers as a result of genetic experimentation gone awry.
6
Seven Days (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
"Ever wish you could live your last week all over again? Well, my name's Frank B. Parker, and I do it all the time. I work for a secret government project experimenting in time travel. When things really get screwed…
7
Salvation (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
8
Project Blue Book (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book”.
9
5ive Days to Midnight (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and drama
A physicist discovers a briefcase containing postdated documents and evidence which indicate he will die five days in the future.
10
The Andromeda Strain (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to…
11
Numb3rs (2005)
★ 7/10Also drama and mystery
Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of…
12
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mystery
Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes…
13
Timeless (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A mysterious criminal steals a secret state-of-the-art time machine, intent on destroying America as we know it by changing the past. Our only hope is an unexpected team: a scientist, a soldier and a history professor…
14
Beyond (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Holden wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.
15
Coroner (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and mystery
Jenny Cooper investigates unexplained or sudden deaths in the city of Toronto. Fierce and quick-witted, Jenny is a newly-widowed single mother with secrets of her own to unearth.
16
Nancy Drew (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and drama
Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
17
Persons Unknown (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery
A group of strangers must come together to solve the puzzle of their lives.
18
Jake 2.0 (2003)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Jake 2.0 is an American science fiction television series originally broadcast on UPN in 2003. The series was canceled on January 14, 2004 due to low ratings, leaving four episodes unaired in the United States. In the…
19
The Hardy Boys (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mystery
When Frank and Joe Hardy arrive in Bridgeport, they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives. In doing so, they stumble upon something much more sinister - something only the…
20
Taken (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
The show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation…