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Shows that feel likeDark (2017–2020)

A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.

If you loved Dark, the closest series we have are True Detective (2014), Grimm (2011) and The Bridge (2011). All three share Dark's atmospheric feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Bosch (2015).

★ 8.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗3 seasons · Netflixcreated by Baran bo Odaratmosphericdreadtwistybleakcerebral
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If Dark hit the spot, these will too

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True Detective
2014– · 4 seasons · HBO
★ 8.8drama · mysteryMax

An investigation that turns out to be about time and inheritance

The difference: American, literary, and entirely realist

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

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Grimm
2011–2017 · 6 seasons · NBC
★ 7.9drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyPrime VideoPeacock

One thread runs through both: detective

The difference: Trades the dread of Dark for an angle of its own

After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.

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The Bridge
2011–2018 · 4 seasons · SVT1
★ 8.6crime · mystery · drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: detective

The difference: Easier on the dread than Dark

When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.

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Carnival Row
2019–2023 · 2 seasons · Prime Video
★ 7.6crime · drama · sci-fi & fantasyPrime Video

Common ground: the investigation

In a mystical and dark city filled with humans, fairies and other creatures, a police detective investigates a series of gruesome murders leveled against the fairy population. During his investigation, the detective becomes the prime suspect and must find the real killer to clear his name.

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Bosch
2015–2021 · 7 seasons · Prime Video
★ 8.5mystery · drama · crimePrime Video

Atmospheric where it counts, twisty underneath

Harry Bosch, an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. A cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his past. As daring recruit Julia Brasher catches his eye and departmental politics heat up, Bosch will pursue justice at all costs.

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Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.8sci-fi & fantasy · dramaDisney+

Cerebral drama in both cases

After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.

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Spider-Noir
2026 · 1 season · MGM+
★ 7.6drama · mystery · crimePrime Video

Crime built on atmosphere, twice over

Ben Reilly, an aging and down on his luck private investigator in 1930s New York, is forced to grapple with his past life as the city's one and only superhero.

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The Night Manager
2016– · 2 seasons · BBC One
★ 8drama · mystery · crimePrime Video

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.

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Broadchurch
2013–2017 · 3 seasons · ITV1
★ 8.3crime · drama · mysteryNetflixPeacock

A missing child, a small town, and every family with something to hide

The difference: Grounded British crime — no time travel, no cosmology

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

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12 Monkeys
2015–2018 · 4 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: time travel

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 race.

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Chernobyl
2019 · 1 season · HBO
★ 9.3dramaMax

Dread-soaked and bleak in the same breath

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

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1899
2022 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.3mystery · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Sci-fi & fantasy with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

When mysterious events change the course of an immigrant ship headed for New York in 1899, a mind-bending riddle unfolds for its bewildered passengers.