If You Liked The Hitchhiker, Watch These Next
Finished The Hitchhiker (1983) 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 Hitchhiker, most of them are drama, crime.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.50 States of Fright(2020)
7.2DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
A horror anthology series based on urban legends that takes viewers deeper into the horrors that lurk just beneath the surface of America.
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2.Tales from the Darkside(1984)
7.2DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama
Tales 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 fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
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3.Fear Itself(2008)
6.8DramaMysteryAlso drama
A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.
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4.Them(2021)
7.6DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and crime
A limited anthology series that explores terror in America.
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5.The Romanoffs(2018)
6.4DramaAlso drama
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.
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6.Lore(2017)
6.9MysteryDramaAlso drama
This anthology series brings to life Aaron Mahnke's titular podcast and uncovers the real-life events that spawn our darkest nightmares. Blending reenactments, animation, archive and narration, Lore reveals how our horror legends – such as vampires, werewolves and body snatchers – are rooted in truth.
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7.Monsterland(2020)
6.6Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaMysteryAlso drama
In this fantasy anthology series, encounters with mermaids, fallen angels and other strange beasts drive broken people to desperate acts in an attempt to repair their lives, ultimately showing there is a thin line between man and beast.
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8.Bad Girls(1999)
7.6DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout the eight-year run. The series was broadcast in 17 countries and was produced by Shed Productions,…
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9.The Hunger(1997)
6.1DramaMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and crime
The 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 with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film,…
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10.Accused(2010)
8.2DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
How certain people end up being accused of a crime.
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11.Wanted(2016)
7.2CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Two complete strangers, Lola and Chelsea, intervene in a fatal carjacking while waiting at a suburban bus stop, and are subsequently thrust into a chase from authorities across Australia with a vehicle filled with cash. The strangers must rely solely on each other while on the run.
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12.Accused(2023)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
In this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Told from the defendant’s point of view, each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused without knowing…
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13.The Patient(2022)
6.9DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
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14.Five Days(2007)
5.8CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Thriller series which tracks five 24-hour periods in a police investigation.
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15.Masters of Horror(2005)
7.1DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and crime
An anthology series written and directed by the most famous names in horror.
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16.61st Street(2022)
6.2DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Moses Johnson is a promising high-school athlete with a bright future who’s accused of murdering a police officer during a drug bust gone wrong. Swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system, Moses’ case is taken up by ageing public defender Franklin Roberts, who sees this as his chance to…
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17.The Terror(2018)
7.4MysteryDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama
A chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
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18.L.A.'s Finest(2019)
6.9CrimeDramaAlso crime and drama
Syd Burnett has left her complicated past behind to become an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna, a working mom with an equally complex past, Syd is pushed to examine whether her unapologetic lifestyle might be masking a greater personal secret. These two women don't agree on much, but they find…
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19.Good Behavior(2016)
7.0DramaCrimeAlso drama and crime
Letty Dobesh is a thief and con artist fresh out of prison whose life is always one wrong turn and bad decision from implosions — just how she likes it. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife, she sets out to derail the job, launching her on a collision course with the killer, entangling…
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20.Small Axe(2020)
6.8DramaAlso drama
An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
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