Series like The Last of Us

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   The Walking Dead: World Beyond

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 43 min · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: post-apocalyptic future and survival
   • shared survival series style

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   Chernobyl

   Same creator

   2019 · Drama

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   The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   War of the Worlds

   Similar atmosphere

   2019 · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   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?

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: post-apocalyptic future and survival
   • shared survival series style
   • a closely matched era

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   The Walking Dead: Dead City

   Similar atmosphere

   2023 · Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: post-apocalyptic future and survival
   • shared survival series style
   • a closely matched era

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   Fear the Walking Dead

   Similar atmosphere

   2015 · Action & Adventure · Drama

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: post-apocalyptic future and survival
   • shared survival series style
   • similar audience response

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   Pluribus

   Genre overlap

   2025 · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

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   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era
   • similar audience response

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   Dark Matter

   Genre overlap

   2024 · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   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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   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era
   • similar audience response

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   12 Monkeys

   Shared themes

   2015 · 43 min · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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   The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared theme: post-apocalyptic future

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   Z Nation

   Similar atmosphere

   2014 · Action & Adventure · Drama · Mystery

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: post-apocalyptic future and survival
   • shared survival series style

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    The 100

    Similar atmosphere

    2014 · 42 min · Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy

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    100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

    Why it connects

    • shared themes: post-apocalyptic future and survival
    • shared survival series style
    • similar audience response

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