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Shows that feel likeShadowhunters (2016–2019)

When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.

If you loved Shadowhunters, the closest series we have are The Shannara Chronicles (2016), Constantine (2014) and A Discovery of Witches (2018). All three share Shadowhunters' cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Archive 81 (2022).

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If Shadowhunters hit the spot, these will too

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The Shannara Chronicles
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · MTV
★ 7.1action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy

The same two preoccupations: magic, and demon

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

A young Healer armed with an unpredictable magic guides a runaway Elf in her perilous quest to save the peoples of the Four Lands from an age-old Demon scourge.

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Constantine
2014–2015 · 1 season · NBC
★ 7.5action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: supernatural

A man struggling with his faith is haunted by the sins of his past but is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.

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A Discovery of Witches
2018–2022 · 3 seasons · Sky One
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Common ground: vampire

The difference: Easier on the momentum than Shadowhunters

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.

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Preacher
2016–2019 · 4 seasons · AMC
★ 7.9sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: vampire

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Shadowhunters does

A preacher sets out on a mission to make the almighty himself confess his sin of abandoning the world. With his best friend Cassidy, an alcoholic Irish vampire, his love Tulip, a red blooded gun towing Texan, and the power of genesis, an unholy child born from an angel and a devil, Jesse gives up everything to set the world straight with its creator.

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The Misfit of Demon King Academy
2020–2024 · 2 seasons · AT-X
★ 7animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Both are built on the same subject: magic

Anos Voldigord was a tyrannical Demon King that eradicated humans, spirits, and even the gods, but became bored of eternal warfare and reincarnated with dreams of a peaceful world. However, what awaited him in reincarnation after 2000 years were descendants who became too weak after being accustomed to peace, and all sorts of magic that deteriorated to the extreme. Anos enters Demon King Academy that gathers and educates those who are viewed as the reincarnation of the Demon King, but the academy could not see through his true powers and ends up branding him as a misfit.

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★ 7drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

One thread runs through both: demon

Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.

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Hellbound
2021–2024 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.6drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Common ground: supernatural creature

Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.

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Chainsaw Man
2022 · 1 season · TV Tokyo
★ 8.3animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

One thread runs through both: supernatural

Denji has a simple dream—to live a happy and peaceful life, spending time with a girl he likes. This is a far cry from reality, however, as Denji is forced by the yakuza into killing devils in order to pay off his crushing debts. Using his pet devil Pochita as a weapon, he is ready to do anything for a bit of cash.

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Castlevania
2017–2021 · 4 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.3animation · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Both land stillness and ideas at once

A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself.

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Archive 81
2022 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

The same mix in both: dream logic, then dread

An archivist takes a job restoring damaged videotapes and gets pulled into the vortex of a mystery involving the missing director and a demonic cult.

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The Exorcist
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.9mystery · drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

Follow the lives of two very different priests tackling one family’s case of terrifying demonic possession.

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InuYasha
2000–2010 · 2 seasons · ANIMAX
★ 7.9animation · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixPrime Video

Kinetic where it counts, epic underneath

Kagome Higurashi is a modern day young girl who lives with her family by the old Higure shrine. Unbeknownst to Kagome, she is the reincarnation of priestess Kikyo and posseses the "Jewel of Four Souls" (the Shikon jewel). One ill-fated day, Kagome locates an ancient well near her home and is abruptly transported through the well and into a feudal Japan, inhabited by demons. There, she encounters Inuyasha, son of a powerful demon father and a human mother, who is pinned to a tree by an enchanted arrow.

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