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Shows that feel likeZ Nation (2014–2018)

Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.

If you loved Z Nation, the closest series we have are The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023), The Last Ship (2014) and High School of the Dead (2010). All three share Z Nation'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 Into the Badlands (2015).

★ 6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗5 seasons · Syfycreated by Karl Schaefertwistykineticepiccontemplativebleak
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · Amazon Prime Video · Hulu

If Z Nation hit the spot, these will too

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The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023– · 3 seasons · AMC
★ 7action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Both are working the same pair: life after the end, survival

The difference: Easier on the twists than Z Nation

Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

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The Last Ship
2014–2018 · 5 seasons · TNT
★ 7.4action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: virus

The difference: Trades the twists of Z Nation for an angle of its own

Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.

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High School of the Dead
2010 · 1 season · AT-X
★ 7.1animation · action & adventure · dramaHulu

Both are built on the same subject: zombie

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Z Nation does

A small group of students at Fujimi High are fighting for their lives after surviving a zombie outbreak. It is up to Takashi to unite the survivors and escape the horrors that surround them. In this new world of the living dead...will they escape?

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Sweet Home
2020–2024 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureNetflix

One thread runs through both: apocalypse

As humans turn into savage monsters and the world plunges into terror, a handful of survivors fight for their lives — and to hold on to their humanity.

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Falling Skies
2011–2015 · 5 seasons · TNT
★ 7.1action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: life after the end

Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

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Into the Badlands
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · AMC
★ 7.9action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Kinetic where it counts, epic underneath

In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.

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Van Helsing
2016–2021 · 5 seasons · Syfy
★ 6.3mystery · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventurePrime Video

Twisty and bleak in the same breath

Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.

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

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: virus

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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Fear the Walking Dead
2015–2023 · 8 seasons · AMC
★ 6.7action & adventure · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Action & adventure built on stillness, twice over

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

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Has Fallen
2024– · 2 seasons · Canal+
★ 6.5action & adventure · war & politicsHulu

Both lean on momentum more than on mystery

A protection officer and an MI6 operative team up after a terrorist attack. They suspect a mole as they race to thwart a larger conspiracy threatening Paris.

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Vikings: Valhalla
2022–2024 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.4action & adventure · drama · war & politicsNetflix

Epic drama, and it commits to that

In this sequel to "Vikings," a hundred years have passed and a new generation of legendary heroes arises to forge its own destiny — and make history.

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