Shows that feel likeOutlander (2014–2026)

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

If you loved Outlander, the closest series we have are 11.22.63 (2016), The King: Eternal Monarch (2020) and Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023). All three share Outlander's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Off Campus (2026).

★ 8.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗8 seasons · STARZcreated by Ronald D. Moorecontemplative cerebral dreamlike romantic

11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

Stream it:Netflix ↗Starz ↗

Buy seasons:Amazon see price ↗Apple TV$19.99 buyOutlander, Season 8 · Apple price as of 2026-09-23

If Outlander hit the spot, these will too

11.22.63

2016 · 1 season · Hulu

★ 8drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Time travel as a doomed love affair with a past that won't let you leave

The difference: One tight miniseries, dread over romance, no sweeping historical canvas

An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

The King: Eternal Monarch

2020 · 1 season · SBS

★ 8.1sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Lovers split across worlds, and the ache of a life you can't fully enter

The difference: Glossy palace fantasy, not the brutality of 18th-century Scotland

Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.

Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

2023 · 1 season · Netflix

★ 7.6dramaNetflix

A period love story with real heat and real political consequence

The difference: Regency court drama, shorter and less brutal

Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel.

Off Campus

2026– · 1 season · Prime Video

★ 7.8dramaPrime Video

Two people whose arrangement turns into something neither planned

The difference: Modern campus romance, small and casual

Hannah Wells tutors hockey captain Garrett Graham to win over her crush. Their deal becomes real connection as they face their pasts. Friends Logan, Dean, Tucker, and Allie navigate college life and love.

My Holo Love

2020 · 1 season · Netflix

★ 7.6drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A tender attachment that breaks the rules of who you are allowed to love

The difference: Small, gentle and modern — no danger, no history, no epic sweep

Unexpected love finds a lonely woman when she forms a connection with a humanlike hologram who looks exactly like his prickly creator.

Bridgerton

2020– · 5 seasons · Netflix

★ 7.5dramaNetflix

Period romance filmed lushly, with sex treated as central

The difference: Regency froth — no time travel, and nothing brutal

Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

Stairway to Heaven

2003–2004 · 1 season · SBS

★ 7.9drama

Lovers separated by circumstances neither of them can undo

The difference: Korean melodrama, contemporary and tearful

Song Ju and Jeong Seo who have lost a father and a mother respectively spend their childhood together like real siblings. Song Ju is there for Jeong Seo whenever she feels lonely and has a hard time, and Jeong Seo also relies a lot on Song Ju. However, after Jeong Seo's father gets married to Tae Mi Ra, Mi Ra and her daughter Yu Ri keep harassing Jeong Seo out of jealousy. Tae Hwa, Yu Ri's rough and wild older brother, has a crush on Jeong Seo who is pure and kind unlike him.

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

2022 · 1 season · ENA

★ 8.5dramaNetflix

Common ground: romance

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Outlander

With a genius-level IQ, Woo Young-woo learns to embrace her extraordinary self while forming a tight-knit community of friends and allies.

Gossip Girl

2007–2012 · 6 seasons · The CW

★ 7.5dramaNetflixMax

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.

A Discovery of Witches

2018–2022 · 3 seasons · Sky One

★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Forbidden romance threaded through old magic and centuries of history

The difference: Cooler and more bookish, three tidy seasons rather than a life's saga

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

The Magicians

2015–2020 · 5 seasons · Syfy

★ 7.6drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Ordinary people yanked into a world whose rules they must learn fast

The difference: Sardonic, modern and campus-set, with humour Outlander never reaches for

Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.

Battlestar Galactica

2003 · 1 season · Syfy

🍅 83%★ 8.5action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyParamount+

Ronald D. Moore directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than Outlander does

A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth.