
Shows that feel likeHis Dark Materials (2019–2023)
If you loved His Dark Materials, the closest series we have are Warrior Nun (2020), The Sandman (2022) and Merlin (2008). All three share His Dark Materials' cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Timeless (2016).
If His Dark Materials hit the spot, these will too

A chosen girl fighting an ancient church hierarchy with secrets
The difference: Netflix YA action gloss — cancelled on a cliffhanger

Worlds stacked on worlds, ruled by powers older than religion
The difference: Episodic dream-logic tales rather than one driving quest

Young destiny and hidden gifts inside a world of watchful power
The difference: Cozier family adventure — the darkness stays at the edges

A mismatched trio chasing an enemy across impossible distances
The difference: History-hopping network fun — light on myth and melancholy

A teenager inheriting a fight much older and bigger than her
The difference: Sunny CW superheroics — earnest but comparatively slight

Cerebral where it counts, dreamlike underneath

A young outsider carrying a burden that redraws the world's map
The difference: A flat one-season Arthurian retread — far weaker writing

Both keep coming back to the same thing: child kidnapping
The difference: Easier on the stillness than His Dark Materials

Contemplative and kinetic in the same breath

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

Cerebral drama in both cases

Dreamlike action & adventure, and it commits to that
The difference: Trades the stillness of His Dark Materials for an angle of its own
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