19 Shows Like The Last Man on Earth (2015) to Watch When You're Done
Updated August 2026
View The Last Man on Earth details →If you loved The Last Man on Earth (2015) by Christopher Miller, here are 19 TV series that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are The Handmaid's Tale, The Man in the High Castle, Snowpiercer. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
The Best Shows Similar to The Last Man on Earth
Selected for their real similarity in content, these are the shows that share the most with The Last Man on Earth in terms of theme, narrative tone, and cinematic style. Every recommendation goes beyond genre — we evaluate the type of conflict, pacing, dramatic context, and the experience they create for viewers.
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · Kim Todd
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
In common: Drama
The Man in the High Castle
2015 · Frank Spotnitz
Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.
In common: Drama
Snowpiercer
2020 · Paul Zbyszewski
More than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and
In common: Drama
Colony
2016 · Ryan Condal
In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. W
In common: Drama
Silo
2023 · Bert
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking sec
In common: Drama
Pluribus
2025 · Diane Mercer
The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
In common: Drama
For All Mankind
2019 · Kira Snyder
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families
In common: Drama
Shameless
2011 · Iain B. MacDonald
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money th
In common: Comedy · Drama
Young Sheldon
2017 · Jim Parsons
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
In common: Comedy · Drama
Gilmore Girls
2000
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
In common: Comedy · Drama
Teen Wolf
2011 · Marty Adelstein
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his pr
In common: Comedy · Drama
XO, Kitty
2023
Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she'll soon realise t
In common: Comedy · Drama
M*A*S*H
1972 · Burt Metcalfe
The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of pract
In common: Comedy · Drama
Heartland
2007 · Jordy Randall
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they ke
In common: Comedy · Drama
Mom
2013
Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety
In common: Comedy · Drama
Entourage
2004 · Ally Musika
Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
In common: Comedy · Drama
Future Man
2017
Josh Futturman, a janitor by day/world-ranked gamer by night, is tasked with preventing the extinction of humanity after mysterious visitors from the future proclaim him the key to defeating the immin
In common: Comedy
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · Aaron Baiers
Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
In common: Drama
Star Trek: Discovery
2017 · Michelle Paradise
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understa
In common: Drama
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Singin' in the Rain
1952 · Stanley Donen
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen partner struggle to make the difficult transition to talking pictures.
Modern Times
1936 · Charlie Chaplin
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
City Lights
1931 · Charlie Chaplin
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Pulp Fiction
1994 · Quentin Tarantino
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that i
