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Shows that feel likeThe Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)

The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.

If you loved The Vampire Diaries, the closest series we have are Legacies (2018), A Discovery of Witches (2018) and Teen Wolf (2011). All three share The Vampire Diaries' contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is My Holo Love (2020).

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If The Vampire Diaries hit the spot, these will too

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Legacies
2018–2022 · 4 seasons · The CW
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

The same universe's next generation at supernatural school

The difference: Monster-of-the-week, lighter

In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.

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A Discovery of Witches
2018–2022 · 3 seasons · Sky One
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

A forbidden vampire romance amid ancient politics

The difference: Scholarly adult register

Closet witch Diana Bishop and centuries-old vampire Matthew Clairmont are drawn into a deadly mystery and forbidden romance when a magical book shows up in an Oxford library.

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Teen Wolf
2011–2017 · 6 seasons · MTV
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · drama · comedyNetflixPrime Video

Small-town monsters, love triangles and a rising body count

The difference: Goofier and more friendship-driven, lighter on romantic anguish

Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.

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Gossip Girl
2007–2012 · 6 seasons · The CW
★ 7.5dramaNetflixMax

Beautiful people wrecking each other in a small, closed world

The difference: No supernatural element — the monsters are social

An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.

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Outlander
2014–2026 · 8 seasons · STARZ
★ 8.3drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixStarz

Love that defies time, death, and good sense

The difference: Historical time-slip romance

The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate affair is ignited that tears Claire's heart between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

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11.22.63
2016 · 1 season · Hulu
★ 8drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Romance blooming inside an impossible situation

The difference: Time-travel thriller miniseries

An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

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My Holo Love
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.6drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Loving someone who isn't quite human

The difference: K-drama AI romance

Unexpected love finds a lonely woman when she forms a connection with a humanlike hologram who looks exactly like his prickly creator.

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The King: Eternal Monarch
2020 · 1 season · SBS
★ 8.1sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Fated lovers across impossible boundaries

The difference: Parallel-world K-fantasy

Korean emperor Lee Gon tries to close the doors to a parallel world which was opened by demons; a detective tries to protect the people and the one she loves.

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Love Alarm
2019–2021 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.5drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Desire complicated by supernatural-adjacent rules

The difference: App-driven K-romance

Love Alarm is an app that tells you if someone within a 10-meter radius has a crush on you. It quickly becomes a social phenomenon. While everyone talks about it and uses it to test their love and popularity, Jojo is one of the few people who have yet to download the app. However, she soon faces a love triangle situation between Sun-oh whom she starts to have feelings for, and Hye-young, who has had a huge crush on her.

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Shadowhunters
2016–2019 · 3 seasons · Freeform
★ 6.5action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyHulu

Young hunters, forbidden pairings and a hidden supernatural society

The difference: Glossier and more action-led, with less heartbreak

When Clary Fray's mother has disappeared, Clary joins a band of Shadowhunters; demon killing hunters, and gets caught up in a plan to save the world.

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Bridgerton
2020– · 5 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.5dramaNetflix

Both land stillness and romance at once

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than The Vampire Diaries does

Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

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Stairway to Heaven
2003–2004 · 1 season · SBS
★ 7.9drama

Drama with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Song Ju and Jeong Seo who have lost a father and a mother respectively spend their childhood together like real siblings. Song Ju is there for Jeong Seo whenever she feels lonely and has a hard time, and Jeong Seo also relies a lot on Song Ju. However, after Jeong Seo's father gets married to Tae Mi Ra, Mi Ra and her daughter Yu Ri keep harassing Jeong Seo out of jealousy. Tae Hwa, Yu Ri's rough and wild older brother, has a crush on Jeong Seo who is pure and kind unlike him.

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