If You Liked The Leftovers, Watch These Next
Finished The Leftovers (2014) 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 Leftovers, most of them are sci-fi & fantasy, drama.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Wayward Pines(2015)
6.9DramaMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.
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2.American Rust(2021)
6.9DramaCrimeAlso drama
A compelling family drama and a timeless story told through the eyes of complicated and compromised chief of police Del Harris of a Pennsylvania Rust Belt town full of good people making bad choices.
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3.FROM(2022)
8.5MysteryDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
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4.Wolf Pack(2023)
7.6Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
When a raging wildfire releases a supernatural creature, four young adults find themselves drawn together under a full moon.
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5.Last Seen(2026)
8.2CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama
When emergency dispatcher Ian Ridley receives a frantic call from a teenager he believes could be his long-missing daughter, he stops at nothing to find her.
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6.Glitch(2015)
6.8DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A police officer and a doctor face an emotionally charged mystery when seven local residents inexplicably return from the dead in peak physical form.
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7.The Institute(2025)
7.6MysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso sci-fi & fantasy
When 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 former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet…
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8.The OA(2016)
7.5Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
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9.Long Bright River(2025)
7.0DramaCrimeMysteryAlso drama
A police officer patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.
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10.The Stand(2020)
6.8Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and 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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11.NOS4A2(2019)
7.3Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal…
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12.Aquarius(2015)
6.6DramaCrimeAlso drama
In the late 1960s, a Los Angeles police sergeant with a complicated personal life starts tracking a small-time criminal and budding cult leader seeking out vulnerable women to join his “cause.” The name of that man is Charles Manson.
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13.IT: Welcome to Derry(2025)
8.2DramaMysteryAlso drama
In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military…
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14.Y: The Last Man(2021)
6.7Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and 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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15.Harlan Coben's Shelter(2023)
6.8DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama
Follow Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new friends, Spoon and Ema, they reveal a dark underground that may hold the answers to decades of…
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16.The Purge(2018)
6.9MysteryCrimeDramaAlso drama
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in…
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17.The Mist(2017)
6.2Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other.
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18.Tales from the Loop(2020)
7.0Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The 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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19.Sharp Objects(2018)
7.8CrimeDramaMysteryAlso drama
Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
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20.Lisey's Story(2021)
6.1MysteryDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
This 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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