Shows Like The Scholar Who Walks the Night

If you liked The Scholar Who Walks the Night (2015), a drama and mystery 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 King's Affection (2021)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
When the crown prince is killed, his twin sister assumes the throne while trying to keep her identity and affection for her first love a royal secret.
2
Vampire Academy (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society. Based on the young adult…
3
First Kill (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mystery
Falling in love is tricky for teens Juliette and Calliope: One's a vampire, the other's a vampire hunter — and both are ready to make their first kill.
4
The Vampire Diaries (2009)
★ 8.3/10Also drama
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
5
Blood Ties (2007)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mystery
Blood Ties is a Canadian television series based on the Blood Books by Tanya Huff; the show was created by Peter Mohan. It is set in Toronto, Canada and has a similar premise to an earlier series also set in Toronto…
6
Van Helsing (2016)
★ 7/10Also mystery
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique…
7
Midnight, Texas (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Welcome 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…
8
Bloody Heart (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
It is a fictional historical drama about the story of King Seonjong who ascends to the throne due to a rebellion, and Lee Tae who becomes the King after him.
9
The Scandal (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
In Joseon, a secret proposal ignites hidden desires in a gifted noblewoman, a famed lover and an unsuspecting lady caught in their dangerous game.
10
Angel (1999)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
11
Legacies (2018)
★ 8.4/10Also drama
In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie…
12
Chapelwaite (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to…
13
Blood (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
Park 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.
14
True Blood (2008)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mystery
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain…
15
V Wars (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
After a mysterious disease begins transforming people into vampires, Dr. Luther Swann is pitted against his best friend, now a powerful vampire leader.
16
Dear Hongrang (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mystery
When a long-missing heir returns with lost memories, love and suspicion entwine. Is he truly Hongrang, or a stranger disturbing hearts and family ties?
17
Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
The story takes place at the beginning of the 19th century. Goo Hae-Ryung is a historian who tries to fight gender stereotypes as her work is often looked down on. She meets Prince Yi Rim.
18
The Passage (2019)
★ 7/10Also drama
A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing…
19
Tell Me Lies (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mystery
When 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…
20
Our Blooming Youth (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mystery
Prince Lee Hwan receives a cursed letter from a supernatural entity detailing several dark predictions for his future and is horrified to realize that the curses are indeed coming true one by one. Min Jae-yi, on the…