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2019 · Series · Drama · Action & Adventure
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: dark fantasy Also about human condition and moral ambiguity Built around the same survival More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Shares its tense and hopeful register What's different Not built around power struggle or human nature Does not promise supernatural horror or epidemic thriller
Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against The Strain.
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2015 · Series · Drama · Action & Adventure
Worth a look
Why it matches Also about human condition and moral ambiguity Built around the same survival Centres on the same everyman figure Told the same way, ensemble What's different Not built around power struggle or human nature Does not promise supernatural horror or dark fantasy Add to watchlist Not for me
2013 · Series · Animation · Action & Adventure
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: dark fantasy Built around the same human nature and survival Also about moral ambiguity Shares its hopeful and angry register What's different Not built around power struggle Does not promise supernatural horror or epidemic thriller Where it streams Hulu Crunchyroll Crunchyroll Amazon Channel Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Strain.
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Built around the same human nature and survival Also about moral ambiguity Fringe 2008
Centres on the same investigator figure Shares its tense and hopeful register Under the Dome 2013
Built around the same human nature and power struggle Centres on the same investigator figure FROM 2022
Built around the same human nature Centres on the same everyman figure The Outpost 2018
Watched for the same thing: dark fantasy Built around the same power struggle and survival Taken 2002
Also about moral ambiguity Centres on the same everyman figure See 2019
Built around the same power struggle and survival Shares its tense and hopeful register Hellsing Ultimate 2006
Also vampire horror at heart Watched for the same thing: dark fantasy and supernatural horror 
