Shows like Dark: 20 to watch next
If you loved Dark (2017) — a crime, drama and sci-fi & fantasy series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Dark most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like hotel, detective and small town. 13 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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FROM 2022★ 8.5
Shares: Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Unsolved Mysteries 1988★ 7.7
Shares: Mystery, Drama, Crime
Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human and paranormal mysteries. An audience interactive call-to-action request allowed viewers to call in with tips to help solve the cases.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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The Institute 2025★ 7.5
Shares: Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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YAGA 2026★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery
While a private investigator probes the disappearance of the young heir to a powerful fishery, he finds himself at odds with an apprehensive local detective, a charismatic university professor with a taste for younger men, and a labyrinth of enigmatic suspects, secret lives, and ancient magic.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Twin Peaks 1990★ 8.3
Shares: Drama, Mystery
The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
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Nocturne 2026★ 7.6
Shares: Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a victim of notorious serial killer Jurek Walter unexpectedly turns up alive, detective Jonah Lynn races against time to find the one person still missing, while his protégé Saga Bauer goes undercover to get answers from the killer himself.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Fool Me Once 2024★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Crime, Mystery
When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Bodies 2023★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
One victim, found dead on a London street. Four detectives, in four different time periods, must solve the mystery to protect Britain's future.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Emergence 2019★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Life on Mars 2006★ 7.7
Shares: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A detective chief inspector from 2006 is investigating a serial killer when he is knocked over by a speeding car. Waking up, he finds himself mysteriously transported back in time to 1973. Initially struggling to come to terms with his situation, he has to come to terms with the old-fashioned technology and attitude of the day, while figuring out how he came to be trapped in the past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Grimm 2011★ 8.3
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Last Seen 2026★ 7.6
Shares: Crime, Drama, Mystery
When emergency dispatcher Ian Ridley receives a frantic call from a teenager he believes could be his long-missing daughter, he stops at nothing to find her.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Whitstable Pearl 2021★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Mystery
With her son grown up, single mom Pearl Nolan decides to pursue her lifelong dream and launches a private detective agency, which she runs from her family's restaurant in the coastal town of Whitstable. Drawn by her caring nature, locals soon flock to her with all manner of cases. But when an old friend dies suspiciously, Pearl finds herself in conflict with gruff new cop in town, DCI Mike McGuire.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wallander 2008★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Crime, Mystery
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international best-selling books by Henning Mankell.
Stream in India on BBC Player Amazon Channel
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Big Sky 2020★ 7.2
Shares: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. When they discover that these are not the only girls who have disappeared in the area, they must race against the clock to stop the perpetrator before another woman is taken.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Leftovers 2014★ 7.7
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
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.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Grotesquerie 2024★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Crime
A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—is taunting her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The OA 2016★ 7.5
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama
Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Three Pines 2022★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache is forced to confront buried secrets of his own. Based on the novels by Louise Penny.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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Wayward Pines 2015★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now