Shows Like Lord of the Flies

If you liked Lord of the Flies (2026), a drama and action & adventure 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
Lost (2004)
★ 8/10Also action & adventure and drama
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
2
Dear Edward (2023)
★ 7/10Also drama
A 12-year-old boy becomes the lone survivor of a plane crash. As he and others affected by the tragedy try to make sense of what happened, unexpected friendships, romances, and communities are formed.
3
The Wilds (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
A group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they…
4
The 100 (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also action & adventure and drama
100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100…
5
We Were Liars (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
One year after a mysterious accident left her with amnesia, 17-year-old Cadence returns to Beechwood, an island off Martha's Vineyard, seeking answers. As three generations of the distinguished Sinclair family gather…
6
The Assassin (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and action & adventure
Secluded on a remote Greek island, retired assassin Julie has a somewhat thorny reunion with her estranged son, Edward, visiting from England. Armed with questions around new information on his paternity, Edward…
7
Wayward Pines (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're…
8
Keep Breathing (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also action & adventure and drama
When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone survivor must battle the elements — and her personal demons — to stay alive.
9
Paradise (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
The tranquility in a serene, wealthy community inhabited by some of the world's most prominent individuals explodes when a shocking murder occurs and a high stakes investigation unfolds.
10
The Leftovers (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
11
The Society (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
12
The Day of the Jackal (2024)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and action & adventure
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who…
13
Station Eleven (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama
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.
14
Wu-Tang: An American Saga (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
In the early 1990s in New York, during the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, a visionary musician named Bobby Diggs aka The RZA begins to form a super group of a dozen young, black men, who will eventually rise to…
15
Man on Fire (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also action & adventure
Haunted by his past and hunted by his enemies, a Special Forces veteran fights to keep a teenage girl alive on the deadly streets of Rio de Janeiro.
16
The Terminal List (2022)
★ 8/10Also action & adventure and drama
Navy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons he's learned…
17
The Testaments (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
Growing up in Gilead is all they have ever known. As a new generation of young women grapple with the bleak future that awaits them, they will be forced to search for allies, new and old, to help in their fight for…
18
Black Sails (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and action & adventure
The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking…
19
Black Lightning (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also action & adventure and drama
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang…
20
Carrie (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
After her father's sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless…