Shows like The Middleman: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Middleman (2008) — a action & adventure, drama and sci-fi & fantasy series created by Les McClaine and Javier Grillo-Marxuach — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Middleman most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like superhero, based on comic and parody. 11 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Marvel's Avengers 2013★ 7.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The further adventures of the Marvel Universe's mightiest general membership superhero team. With an all-star roster consisting of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye, Falcon and, occasionally--when she feels like it and only when she feels like it--Black Widow, the Avengers are a team in the truest sense. The Avengers save the world from the biggest threats imaginable--threats no single super hero could withstand.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Black Lightning 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold 2008★ 7.6
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Caped Crusader is teamed up with Blue Beetle, Green Arrow, Aquaman and countless others in his quest to uphold justice.
Stream in India on CN Rewind Amazon Channel
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The Super Hero Squad Show 2009★ 7.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Super Hero Squad Show is an American cartoon series by Marvel Animation. It is based on the Marvel Super Hero Squad action figure line from Hasbro, which portray the Avengers, the X-Men, and various other characters of the Marvel Universe in a cartoonish super-deformed-style. It is also a self-aware parody of the Marvel characters, with influences taken from on the comedic Mini Marvels series of parody comic books, in that the heroes tend to find themselves in comedic situations, and have cartoonish bents in comparison to their usually serious personalities, and is an overall comedic take on the Avengers. The series' animation was produced by Film Roman and Marvel Animation.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2017★ 7.5
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
An insecure but courageous and intelligent teen named Peter Parker, a new student of Midtown High, is bitten by a radioactive spider and given powers. He becomes a hero named Spider-Man after the death of his uncle and he must adapt to this new way of life.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Danger Force 2020★ 7.9
Shares: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Captain Man has a new crew of superhero sidekicks - Danger Force. Captain Man and Schwoz create a fake school to train the kids to harness their uncontrollable superpowers to fight crime.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Harley Quinn 2019★ 8.3
Shares: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker. Now, she's trying to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City, with help from Poison Ivy and a ragtag crew of DC castoffs.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Thundermans 2013★ 8.0
Shares: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Meet The Thundermans, a typical suburban family that happens to have astounding superpowers. At the center of the action are the 14-year-old Thunderman twins, who share the same bathroom, the same school, and the same annoying little siblings. Their only difference? The sister is a super student with a super sunny disposition who super looks forward to being a superhero someday, and her twin brother is a super villain.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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DC Super Hero Girls 2019★ 7.9
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
The world may know them as Wonder Woman, Supergirl and Batgirl, but not-so-typical teenagers Diana, Kara and Barbara, alongside their Super Hero friends have much more to deal with than just protecting Metropolis from some of the most sinister school-aged Super-Villains. After all, being teens is tough enough, what with school, friends, family and the chaos that comes with managing a social life. But add super powers and a secret identity to the mix, and things can get a lot more complicated.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Marvel's Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. 2013★ 6.2
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Joined by the Agents of S.M.A.S.H., a humorously dysfunctional group of teammates who double as family, Hulk tackles threats that are too enormous for any other heroes to handle.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Iron Man 1994★ 6.8
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Industrialist Tony Stark leads a private team of superheroes as Iron Man against the forces of evil.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Marvel's Runaways 2017★ 7.2
Shares: Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Justice League Action 2016★ 7.2
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman lead the DC Super Heroes against their most infamous foes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Adventures of Superman 1952★ 6.6
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a syndicated TV adaptation of the beloved DC Comics superhero! You know the drill: When he isn't fighting for truth, justice and the American way, the man in tights dons a suit and glasses for his secret identity as Daily Planet newspaper reporter Clark Kent, who works alongside friends Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen for gruff boss Perry White.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Misfits of Science 1985★ 7.1
Shares: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A superhero fantasy television series featuring super-powered humans and their madcap adventures.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Big Hero 6 The Series 2017★ 7.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Picking up immediately following the events in the feature film, these are the continuing adventures and friendship of 14-year-old tech genius Hiro and his compassionate, cutting-edge robot Baymax. As the new prodigy at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology, Hiro now faces daunting academic challenges and the social trials of being the little man on campus. Off campus, the stakes are raised for the high-tech heroes as they must protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
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Fantastic Four 1994★ 6.5
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
When Reed Richards, Sue and Johnny Storm and pilot Ben Grimm take a premature space flight on a new shuttle, they find themselves massively bombarded with cosmic radiation. Barely managing to re-enter and land safely, the quartet find themselves forever transformed with superpowers. Deciding to use these new powers to help people, they form the Fantastic Four, a superhero team dedicated to the protection of Earth from menaces like the Latverian King Dr. Doom and Galactus, the planet consumer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Tick 2016★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.
Stream in India on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Justice League Unlimited 2004★ 8.3
Shares: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The galaxy's most powerful superheroes return to battle the allied villains and criminal plots that endanger the universe.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Young Justice 2010★ 8.4
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.
Stream in India on CN Rewind Amazon Channel