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Shows that feel likeThe Society (2019)

When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.

If you loved The Society, the closest series we have are Wayward Pines (2015), The Leftovers (2014) and Normal People (2020). All three share The Society's contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Lanterns (2026).

★ 7.1 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Netflixcreated by Christopher Keysercontemplativecerebraldreamlikecozy
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If The Society hit the spot, these will too

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Wayward Pines
2015–2016 · 2 seasons · FOX
★ 7.3drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Two things both keep coming back to: small town life and trapped

The difference: Easier on the comfort than The Society

Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be in Wayward Pines.

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The Leftovers
2014–2017 · 3 seasons · HBO
★ 8.3sci-fi & fantasy · dramaMax

Both land stillness and ideas at once

When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.

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Normal People
2020 · 1 season · BBC Three
★ 8.4dramaHulu

Both are built on the same subject: small town life

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than The Society does

Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.

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Shadow and Bone
2021–2023 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.5drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: teenager

In a world cleaved in two by a massive barrier of perpetual darkness, a young soldier uncovers a power that might finally unite her country. But as she struggles to hone her power, dangerous forces plot against her. Thugs, thieves, assassins and saints are at war now, and it will take more than magic to survive.

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Locke & Key
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryNetflix

Drama built on dream logic, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Society does

After their dad's murder, three siblings move with their mom to his ancestral estate, where they discover magical keys that unlock powers — and secrets.

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Schitt's Creek
2015–2020 · 6 seasons · CBC Television
★ 8.5comedyMaxHulu

Both lean on comfort more than on sci-fi & fantasy

Formerly filthy rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira, and their two kids, über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis, suddenly find themselves broke and forced to live in Schitt's Creek, a small depressing town they once bought as a joke.

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The Rain
2018–2020 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.3sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Common ground in both: survival and dark

After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.

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War of the Worlds
2019–2022 · 3 seasons · Canal+
★ 6.5sci-fi & fantasy · drama

One thread runs through both: survival

When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out by a devastating attack; pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world. As aliens hunt and kill those left alive, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction?

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Under the Dome
2013–2015 · 3 seasons · CBS
★ 6.5drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: trapped

A small town is suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by an enormous transparent dome. While military forces, the government and the media positioned outside of this surrounding barrier attempt to break it down, a small group of people inside attempt to figure out what the dome is, where it came from, and when (and if) it will go away.

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La Brea
2021–2024 · 3 seasons · NBC
★ 5.8sci-fi & fantasy · drama · action & adventureNetflixPeacock

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.

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Dark Matter
2024– · 2 seasons · Apple TV
★ 7.6sci-fi & fantasy · dramaApple TV+

Sci-fi & fantasy with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.

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Lanterns
2026– · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.8drama · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyMax

Dreamlike drama in both cases

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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