Shows Like While You Were Sleeping

If you liked While You Were Sleeping (2017), 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.

1
Eli Stone (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco representing only the biggest and richest corporations that make a…
2
Grimm (2011)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new…
3
Saving Grace (2007)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Grace Hanadarko is a tormented, fast-living Oklahoma City police detective who, despite having an excellent career in solving crimes, takes self-destruction to new heights. After seeing tremendous tragedy, both…
4
Beyond the Bar (2025)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
A young, rookie lawyer with a strong sense of justice joins a top law firm — navigating the complex legal world under a cold, demanding mentor.
5
The Good Detective (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
A drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up. Jang Seung Jo will take on the role of Oh Ji Hyuk, an elite detective of nine years who does not share his…
6
Hello Monster (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
A top detective is reunited with a childhood friend who has since become a leading criminal profiler. Can they join forces to stop a serial killer?
7
Shark (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips…
8
Total Recall 2070 (1999)
★ 6.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Total Recall 2070 is a science fiction television series first broadcast in 1999 on the Canadian television channel CHCH-TV and later the same year on the American Showtime channel. It was later syndicated in the…
9
Extraordinary Attorney Woo (2022)
★ 8.5/10Also drama
With a genius-level IQ, Woo Young-woo learns to embrace her extraordinary self while forming a tight-knit community of friends and allies.
10
Bloom (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
One year after a devastating flood kills five locals in an idyllic country town, a mysterious new plant appears with the power to restore their youth.
11
Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
London cop and compulsive gambler Harry Clayton is on the verge of losing everything. On the night when his huge debts are to be called in, he meets the enigmatic Eve, who gives him a mysterious bracelet said to endow…
12
Why Her? (2022)
★ 8/10Also drama
A painful but exciting story of Oh Soo-jae, a cold lawyer who has become empty while pursuing only success, and Gong Chan, a law school student who is not afraid of anything to protect her.
13
Lazarus (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
In 2052, a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist develops a drug called Hapna — a cure-all that has the unexpected side-effect of causing death three years later. In response to this threat, a special force of…
14
Soulmates (2020)
★ 6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Fifteen years into the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is.
15
The King: Eternal Monarch (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.
16
Apple Tree Yard (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
What starts out as a simple, reckless mid-life affair between a genetic scientist named Yvonne and a Westminster paper pusher takes an intriguing turn when she realizes he’s a spook – then suddenly gets very dark…
17
The Lincoln Lawyer (2022)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.
18
Better Call Saul (2015)
★ 8.7/10Also drama
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make…
19
The Recruit (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Recruited out of law school by the CIA, a daredevil young attorney leaps unprepared into the dangerous world of international espionage.
20
Fantasy Island (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
This contemporary version of the classic drama series delves into the “what if” questions that keep us awake at night. Each episode tells emotional, provocative stories about people who walk in with a desire, but end…