Shows Like The Institute
If you liked The Institute (2025), a mystery 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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Lisey's Story (2021)
★ 6/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyThis 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.
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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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Creepshow (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyA young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.
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NOS4A2 (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasyA 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…
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56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also 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 Hunger (1997)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and 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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The Changeling (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyApollo 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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The Edge of Sleep (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyWhen a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the…
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Emergence (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyA 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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Tales from the Darkside (1984)
★ 7.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasyTales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science…
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The Terror (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyA chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
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Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also mysteryFollow Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new…
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The Rook (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyAfter 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…
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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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Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyThe evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.
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The Twilight Zone (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mysteryTales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.
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Servant (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also mysteryA Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
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Tell Me Lies (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also mysteryWhen Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will…
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Tales from the Loop (2020)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mysteryThe 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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Goosebumps: The Vanishing (2025)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mysteryWhen twins Devin and Cece are sent to spend a summer in Gravesend, Brooklyn with their divorced dad, scientist Anthony Brewer, they must band together with new friends to save the neighborhood from a long-dormant threat.