Shows Like The Prisoner
If you liked The Prisoner (1967), a drama and sci-fi & fantasy series created by Patrick McGoohan, 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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Under the Dome (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mysteryA small town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. While military forces, the government and the media positioned outside of this surrounding barrier…
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Once Upon a Time (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyThere is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell.
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John Doe (2002)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mysteryJohn Doe tell the story of a man who wakes up naked on an island off the coast of Seattle, knowing everything in the world there is to know—except for who he is and how and why he ended up there.
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NEXT (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaA Silicon Valley pioneer discovers that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell global catastrophe, and teams up with a cybercrime agent to fight a villain unlike anything we’ve ever seen – one whose…
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The Storyteller: Greek Myths (1991)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyA storyteller in a labyrinth tells his dog the stories of Perseus and Medusa, Icarus and Daedalus, Theseus and the Minotaur, and Orpheus and Euridyce.
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Haven (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyFBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
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Baretta (1975)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryBaretta is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978. The show was a milder version of a successful 1973–74 ABC series, Toma, starring Tony Musante as chameleon-like, real-life New…
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Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and mysteryThe adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious…
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The Invaders (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaThe Invaders, alien beings from a dying planet. Their destination: the Earth. Their purpose: to make it their world. David Vincent has seen them, for him it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a…
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The Whispers (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasyWe love to play games with our children. But what happens when someone else starts to play with them too? Someone we don't know. Can't see. Can't hear. In The Whispers, someone or something -- is manipulating the ones…
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The Saint (1962)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mysterySimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Marvel's Agent Carter (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyIt's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance…
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Steal (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryA typical day at Lochmill Capital is upended when armed thieves burst in and force Zara and her best friend Luke to execute their demands. In the aftermath, conflicted detective Rhys races against time to find out who…
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Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaIn Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. Thinking Alice insane, her doctors aim to make her forget everything. While Alice…
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Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mysteryKolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes…
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Charmed (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasySet in the fictional college town of Hilltowne, Charmed follows the lives of three sisters, Macy, Mel and Maggie Vera who, after the tragic death of their mother, discover they are three of the most powerful witches of…
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The Twilight Zone (1959)
★ 8.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mysteryAn anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Coven Academy (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery and dramaA coven protects their magic school from a dark fate.
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Max Headroom (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyTelevision networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcast. So when Network 23's star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers a…
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Nowhere Man (1995)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and dramaThomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased...