
Shows that feel likeThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022–)
If you loved The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the closest series we have are A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (2026), House of the Dragon (2022) and The Shannara Chronicles (2016). All three share The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's kinetic and epic feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Wheel of Time (2021).
If The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power hit the spot, these will too

A gentler corner of a huge fantasy world, travelled at walking pace
The difference: Small and intimate by design — one pair of friends, no continental war

Enormous-budget fantasy, patient and stately, building toward known doom
The difference: Cynical court intrigue for adults — cruelty where Rings keeps its idealism

Elves, prophecy and a quest across a beautifully shot world
The difference: Teen-facing and much cheaper, over in two seasons

A chosen young woman pulled into an ancient fight she never picked
The difference: Modern-day setting on a small budget — no landscapes, no mythic scale

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale
The difference: Goes its own way on the stillness

Epic fantasy adapted at enormous expense from a beloved doorstop
The difference: Faster and messier, with a smaller world on screen

A young woman carrying a relic that decides the fate of a kingdom
The difference: YA Arthurian action, cheaper and much less patient

Elves, an older age of the world, and outcasts against a rising power
The difference: Four episodes only — compressed, and far rougher around the edges

A vast, expensive adaptation about legacy and a fading golden age
The difference: Superheroes, and it never justifies the budget

Handsome, expensive spectacle told across two eras and many places
The difference: Kaiju mystery set in our own world — no myth, no kingdoms, no swords

An earnest young hero picking up a legacy far bigger than herself
The difference: Small-town superhero show for teens — modest, and never solemn

Mythic figures moving through beautifully staged, unhurried scenes
The difference: Dreamlike wandering structure, and the fantasy sits in the modern world
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