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Shows that feel likeThe Flash (2014–2023)

After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city.

If you loved The Flash, the closest series we have are DC's Stargirl (2020), Titans (2018) and Marvel's Jessica Jones (2015). All three share The Flash's contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Doom Patrol (2019).

★ 7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗9 seasons · The CWcreated by Geoff Johnscontemplativecerebraldreamlike
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If The Flash hit the spot, these will too

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DC's Stargirl
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · The CW
★ 7.1sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaMax

A young hero, a mentor and a makeshift family in a basement

The difference: Small-town and gentler, with a period feel

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

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Titans
2018–2023 · 4 seasons · DC Universe
🍅 50%★ 7.4drama · action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasyMax

DC heroes working out how to be a team without adults

The difference: Grim on purpose, with none of the warmth

A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

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Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.8sci-fi & fantasy · dramaDisney+

Powers that arrived through an accident nobody asked for

The difference: Marvel noir, adult and far bleaker

After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.

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Doom Patrol
2019–2023 · 4 seasons · DC Universe
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaMax

Powers born from accidents, worn with heart

The difference: Weirder, sadder, R-rated

The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.

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The Gifted
2017–2019 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaHulu

Ordinary people discovering powers and a world that fears them

The difference: Persecution drama, humourless and much heavier

A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

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Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013–2020 · 7 seasons · ABC
★ 7.5drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureDisney+

A base, a team and a case of the week with a season arc behind it

The difference: Spy plotting rather than superheroics

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

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Marvel's Iron Fist
2017–2018 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.4action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyDisney+

A hero with a gift, a corporation and a city to defend

The difference: Flat, joyless and much less likeable

Danny Rand resurfaces 15 years after being presumed dead. Now, with the power of the Iron Fist, he seeks to reclaim his past and fulfill his destiny.

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Marvel's The Defenders
2017 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · crimeDisney+

Both are working the same pair: superhero, masked superhero

The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than The Flash does

Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.

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The Magicians
2015–2020 · 5 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.6drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Gifted young adults learning power's real price

The difference: Adult fantasy grad school

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.

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Gotham
2014–2019 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 7.8drama · crime · sci-fi & fantasy

Comic-book lore played out weekly in one city

The difference: Gothic crime opera, grim and much darker

Everyone knows the name Commissioner Gordon. He is one of the crime world's greatest foes, a man whose reputation is synonymous with law and order. But what is known of Gordon's story and his rise from rookie detective to Police Commissioner? What did it take to navigate the multiple layers of corruption that secretly ruled Gotham City, the spawning ground of the world's most iconic villains? And what circumstances created them – the larger-than-life personas who would become Catwoman, The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face and The Joker?

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Marvel's Agent Carter
2015–2016 · 2 seasons · ABC
★ 7.8drama · sci-fi & fantasyDisney+

The same mix in both: stillness, then ideas

It's 1946, and peace has dealt Peggy Carter a serious blow as she finds herself marginalized when the men return home from fighting abroad. Working for the covert SSR (Strategic Scientific Reserve), Peggy must balance doing administrative work and going on secret missions for Howard Stark all while trying to navigate life as a single woman in America, in the wake of losing the love of her life - Steve Rogers.

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Heroes
2006–2010 · 4 seasons · NBC
★ 7.5sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Ordinary people waking up extraordinary

The difference: Ensemble mystery sprawl

Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.

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