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Shows that feel like The Long Watch (2026–)

If you loved The Long Watch, the closest series we have are The Watcher (2022), The Fall of the House of Usher (2023) and Lanterns (2026). All three share The Long Watch's twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

A millennium-era leak case shaping cross-strait dynamics hides a covert tug-of-war between foreign forces and Chinese agents. In the late 90s, rookie Chunxiao and star agent Ma Qi foil plots together, but as time passes, the case reshapes all involved amid era-defining shifts.

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If The Long Watch hit the spot, these will too

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The Watcher
2022 · 1 season · Netflix
6.5drama · mystery

Mystery built on twists, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Long Watch does

Ominous letters. Strange neighbors. Sinister threats. A family moves into their suburban dream home, only to discover they've inherited a nightmare.

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The Fall of the House of Usher
2023 · 1 season · Netflix
7.9mystery · drama

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

To secure their fortune — and future — two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one.

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Lanterns
2026– · 1 season · HBO
8.4drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

Both lean on twists more than on mystery

Two intergalactic cops, new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, are drawn into a dark, Earth-based mystery as they investigate a murder in the American heartland.

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The Boarding School: Las Cumbres
2021–2023 · 3 seasons · Prime Video
6.5drama · mystery

The same mystery instincts

In an inaccessible place between the mountains and isolated from the world, a school is located next to an old monastery. The students are rebellious and problematic young people who live under the strict and severe discipline imposed by the center to reintegrate them into society. The surrounding forest is home to ancient legends, threats that are still valid and that will immerse them in terrifying adventures.

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IT: Welcome to Derry
2025– · 2 seasons · HBO
7.9drama · mystery

Cut from the same mystery cloth

In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military operation seeks to exploit Derry for its own objectives.

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Kingdom
2019–2020 · 2 seasons · Netflix
8.3drama · mystery

Both working the same mystery territory

In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty which has been defeated by corruption and famine, a mysterious rumor of the king’s death spreads, as does a strange plague that renders the infected immune to death and hungry for flesh. The crown prince, fallen victim to a conspiracy, sets out on a journey to unveil the evil scheme and save his people.

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The Haunting of Bly Manor
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
7.4mystery · drama

Both play mystery straight

After an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling tale.

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Widow's Bay
2026– · 2 seasons · Apple TV
8.2drama · comedy · mystery

Mystery of the same temperament

The mayor of a New England town resolves to turn it into the next tourist hot spot, despite local warnings that it's cursed.

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ERASED
2016 · 1 season · Fuji TV
8.4animation · drama · mystery

Mystery in the same key

Satoru Fujinuma is a struggling manga artist who has the ability to turn back time and prevent deaths. When his mother is killed he turns back time to solve the mystery, but ends up back in elementary school, just before the disappearance of his classmate Kayo.

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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
2020–2025 · 2 seasons · TBS
7.5animation · mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

Mystery approached the same way

To be united with her crush, a hopeless romantic summons the ghost in the girls' bathroom at her school. But she's shocked when the ghost is a boy!

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Lovecraft Country
2020 · 1 season · HBO
7.1drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasy

Both are mystery through and through

The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.

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Midnight Mass
2021 · 1 season · Netflix
7.7mystery · drama

Both know what they want from mystery

The arrival of a charismatic young priest brings glorious miracles, ominous mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town desperate to believe.

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