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Shows that feel likeDoom Patrol (2019–2023)

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

If you loved Doom Patrol, the closest series we have are DC's Stargirl (2020), Young Justice (2010) and Justice League Unlimited (2004). All three share Doom Patrol's cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010).

★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗4 seasons · DC Universecreated by Jeremy Carvercerebraldreamlikecontemplative
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Hulu
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If Doom Patrol hit the spot, these will too

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DC's Stargirl
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · The CW
★ 7.1sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaMax

A misfit team rebuilt from scratch by someone who believes in them

The difference: Wholesome CW earnestness in place of surreal damage

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

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Young Justice
2010–2022 · 4 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 8.6animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureMax

Sidelined heroes proving they matter to the people who doubt them

The difference: Plays it straight — none of the weirdness or wounded comedy

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

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Justice League Unlimited
2004–2006 · 3 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 8.7animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyMax

A deep-cut roster where the odd heroes get their moment

The difference: Confident icons, not traumatized rejects — and no swearing

The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots that endanger the universe.

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Titans
2018–2023 · 4 seasons · DC Universe
🍅 50%★ 7.4drama · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyMax

The same DC corner — damaged heroes sharing one roof

The difference: Grimdark brooding without the surreal imagination

A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

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Marvel's Runaways
2017–2019 · 3 seasons · Hulu
★ 6.8action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

One thread runs through both: superhero

The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than Doom Patrol does

Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.

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Marvel's The Defenders
2017 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · crimeDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: superhero team

The difference: Trades the stillness of Doom Patrol for an angle of its own

Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.

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Jupiter's Legacy
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 6.7sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaNetflix

Superheroes as damaged people the mission couldn't fix

The difference: Self-serious where Doom Patrol is strange — and it got axed

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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DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016–2022 · 7 seasons · The CW
★ 6.7action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

The leftovers of a universe embracing how ridiculous they are

The difference: Jokey time-travel romps — less hurt beneath the absurdity

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 at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

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Marvel's Inhumans
2017 · 1 season · ABC
★ 4.9drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureDisney+

The same preoccupation in both: superhero

After the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they barely escape to Hawaii where their surprising interactions with the lush world and humanity around them may prove to not only save them, but Earth itself.

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Marvel's Agent Carter
2015–2016 · 2 seasons · ABC
★ 7.8drama · sci-fi & fantasyDisney+

Both land ideas and dream logic at once

It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life - Steve Rogers.

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The Gifted
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaHulu

Powers as a burden that upends ordinary suburban lives

The difference: A grounded chase drama — nothing surreal about it

A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

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The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010–2012 · 2 seasons · Disney XD
★ 8.3action & adventure · animation · sci-fi & fantasyDisney+

Heroes who only add up to something when they band together

The difference: Bright Saturday-morning heroics — trauma never enters the room

The most powerful villains on the planet escape from prison. However, none of the superheroes can stop them without help, not even S.H.I.E.L.D. The Avengers then join forces to fight evil, and discover that as a group they are stronger.

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