If You Liked Black Lightning, Watch These Next
Finished Black Lightning (2018) 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 Black Lightning, most of them are action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, drama.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Gotham Knights(2023)
6.7Action & AdventureDramaAlso action & adventure and drama
In the aftermath of Bruce Wayne's murder, his rebellious adopted son forges an unlikely alliance with the children of Batman's enemies when they are all framed for killing the Caped Crusader.
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2.Helstrom(2020)
6.7Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.
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3.Watchmen(2019)
7.6DramaCrimeSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
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4.Krypton(2018)
7.1Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and drama
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
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5.Heroes(2006)
7.4Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
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6.Marvel's Cloak & Dagger(2018)
7.1Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and drama
Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.
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7.Gen V(2023)
7.6Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and drama
At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the school's dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to…
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8.Powers(2015)
6.7DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the world was full of superheroes who aren't actually heroic at all? What if all…
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9.Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.(2013)
7.5DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
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10.Blade: The Series(2006)
6.4Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Blade is a half-man, half-vampire who employs his extraordinary powers in a crusade to save mankind from the demonic creatures who walk the night. Set in Detroit, Blade investigates the vampire house of Chthon. Along the way he forms an uneasy alliance with Krista Starr, a former military veteran who becomes…
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11.DC's Legends of Tomorrow(2016)
7.2Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet…
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12.Titans(2018)
7.8DramaAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and action & adventure
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
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13.Supacell(2024)
7.4Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
When five ordinary South Londoners discover they have extraordinary powers, it's down to just one man to bring them together to save the woman he loves.
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14.Jupiter's Legacy(2021)
6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
As the world's first generation of superheroes (who received their powers in the 1930s) become the revered elder guard in the present, their superpowered children struggle to live up to the legendary feats of their parents.
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15.Marvel's Iron Fist(2017)
6.5Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and drama
Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist, he seeks to reclaim his past and fulfill his destiny.
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16.Batwoman(2019)
6.8Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Kate Kane, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must…
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17.The Umbrella Academy(2019)
8.5Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.
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18.Gotham(2014)
7.6DramaCrimeSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that…
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19.Arrow(2012)
6.8CrimeDramaAction & AdventureAlso drama and action & adventure
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
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20.Marvel's Luke Cage(2016)
6.9DramaAction & AdventureCrimeAlso drama and action & adventure
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
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