If You Liked The Last of Us, Watch These Next
Finished The Last of Us (2023) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Last of Us, most of them are drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.12 Monkeys(2015)
7.4Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso drama
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human…
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2.Z Nation(2014)
7.3MysteryAction & AdventureDramaAlso drama
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
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3.War of the Worlds(2019)
7.2Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso drama
When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out by a devastating attack; pockets of humanity are left…
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4.Station Eleven(2021)
7.0DramaMysteryAlso drama
The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.
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5.Fallout(2024)
8.1Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso drama
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird,…
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6.The Stand(2020)
6.8Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso drama
In a world mostly wiped out by the plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall…
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7.The Last Ship(2014)
6.9Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama
Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
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8.The Stand(1994)
6.8Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso drama
After a deadly plague kills most of the world’s population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a maleficent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.
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9.The Walking Dead: World Beyond(2020)
7.3DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama
A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.
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10.Fear the Walking Dead(2015)
7.6Action & AdventureDramaAlso drama
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.
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11.The Walking Dead(2010)
8.1Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
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12.Sweet Tooth(2021)
7.7DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama
On an epic adventure across a postapocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's part human and part deer searches for family and home with a gruff protector.
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13.Y: The Last Man(2021)
6.7Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso drama
Traverse a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. Follow the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.
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14.Black Summer(2019)
6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & AdventureAlso drama
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
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15.The Strain(2014)
7.5Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaMysteryAlso drama
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team,…
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16.Mr. Robot(2015)
8.3CrimeDramaAlso drama
A young programmer, Elliot, suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot finds himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld…
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17.Falling Skies(2011)
7.1Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso drama
Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen…
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18.The 100(2014)
7.9Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso drama
100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.
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19.Defiance(2013)
6.8DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama
In the near future, planet Earth is permanently altered following the sudden—and tumultuous—arrival of seven unique alien races. In the boom-town of Defiance, the newly-formed civilization of humans and aliens must learn to co-exist peacefully.
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20.Tracker(2024)
7.6DramaCrimeAlso drama
Lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.
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