Shows Like Penny Dreadful
If you liked Penny Dreadful (2014), a sci-fi & fantasy and drama 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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Being Human (2009)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaDeciding to turn over a new leaf, a group of friends who also happen to be vampires and werewolves move into a house together, only to find that it is haunted by ghosts of people who have been killed under mysterious…
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Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaSet in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat…
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Midnight, Texas (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaWelcome 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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Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mysteryBizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.
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Behind Her Eyes (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyA single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife.
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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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The Nevers (2021)
★ 7.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaIn the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious…
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Outcast (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and dramaKyle Barnes has been plagued by possession since he was a child. Now an adult, he embarks on a spiritual journey to find answers, but what he uncovers could mean the end of life on Earth as we know it.
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Friday the 13th: The Series (1987)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyMicki and Ryan with the help of their friend Jack try to recover cursed antiques so they can store them in safety inside the antique store's vault.
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The Sandman (2022)
★ 7.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaAfter years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.
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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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Carnival Row (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyIn a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective…
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Tales from the Darkside (1984)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and 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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FROM (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also mystery and dramaUnravel 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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Evil (2019)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and mysterySkeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to…
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Lore (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and dramaThis anthology series brings to life Aaron Mahnke's titular podcast and uncovers the real-life events that spawn our darkest nightmares. Blending reenactments, animation, archive and narration, Lore reveals how our…
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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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Superstition (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mysteryThe Mosley family keeps the secrets and dark history of a town located on the outskirts of New Orleans that is also a landing patch for the world's darkest manifestations of fear, guided into the world by a mysterious…
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The Irregulars (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mysteryIn Victorian London, a gang of troubled street teens are manipulated into solving crimes for the sinister Doctor Watson and his mysterious business partner, the elusive Sherlock Holmes. As the crimes take on a…
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Dracula (2020)
★ 7/10Also drama and action & adventureTransylvania, 1897. The blood-drinking Count Dracula is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast.