
Shows that feel likeThe Boys (2019–2026)
If you loved The Boys, the closest series we have are Gen V (2023), DC's Stargirl (2020) and Titans (2018). All three share The Boys' cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Justice League Unlimited (2004).
If The Boys hit the spot, these will too

The same corrupt superhero universe, campus edition
The difference: College-age supes, direct spinoff

Inheriting a fight against people who were supposed to be the good ones
The difference: Wholesome small-town heroics — the exact opposite tone

Grim, adult live-action superheroics with real damage
The difference: Self-serious rather than satirical, and much tamer

Ordinary people crushed between powered factions and the state
The difference: Earnest network drama with no bite

Powered people under the thumb of the generation above them
The difference: Animated and earnest, with heroes who deserve the title

Both land ideas and dream logic at once
The difference: Trades the momentum of The Boys for an angle of its own

A ragtag team of nobodies against beings far above their weight
The difference: Deliberately silly, with no cruelty and no satire

Golden-age heroes exposed as compromised and self-serving
The difference: Prestige and humourless, and it never lands the punch

The same two preoccupations: superhero, and superpowers
The difference: Easier on the dark humor than The Boys

Both are built on the same subject: superhero
The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Boys does

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

A world where the question is who supervises the supervisors
The difference: Animated DC, optimistic and family-safe
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