Shows that feel likeIt (1990)
If you loved It, the closest series we have are Another (2012), Carrie (2026) and 13 Reasons Why (2017). All three share It's twisty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Broadchurch (2013).
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If It hit the spot, these will too
Classmates bound together against a death-dealing curse
The difference: Elegant anime dread — a tight 12 episodes with brutal gore
Both keep coming back to the same thing: supernatural
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft
The same preoccupation in both: suicide
The difference: Trades the ideas of It for an angle of its own
Common ground: supernatural
Both land twists and stillness at once
The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than It does
Childhood terrors resurfacing when grown siblings must face them
The difference: Grief drama first, ghost story second — and far more polished
King's small-town Maine, where fear turns neighbors on each other
The difference: A shoddy one-season adaptation — the book's dread never arrives
The same mix in both: ideas, then dream logic
Both lean on melancholy more than on sci-fi & fantasy
The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than It does
An ancient malevolence entwined with the era's very human cruelties
The difference: Prestige-slick and adult — no childhood bond at its heart
One thread runs through both: flashback
Twisty mystery, and it commits to that
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