Shows Like Penny Dreadful: City of Angels
If you liked Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020), 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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Tru Calling (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaA university graduate working in the city morgue is able to repeat the same day over again to prevent murders or other disasters.
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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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The Changeling (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and dramaApollo 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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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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Lisey's Story (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and dramaThis 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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Ghost Wars (2017)
★ 6/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasySet in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, the series focuses on local outcast Roman Mercer who must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his…
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The Institute (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyWhen 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted…
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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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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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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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Joan of Arcadia (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mysteryJoan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do…
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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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Lucifer (2016)
★ 8.4/10Also crime and sci-fi & fantasyBored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from…
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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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Paradise City (2021)
★ 8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaA controversial rock band with ties to the occult and the maestros who work with them try to keep their west coast family dynamic together amidst the chaos of the industry as a haunting secret of the singer and a young…
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The Hitchhiker (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and crimeA young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Emergence (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and mysteryA 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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From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also crime and sci-fi & fantasyThe horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice…
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Grimm (2011)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and mysteryAfter 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…
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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…