40 Shows Like The Sandman (2022) to Watch When You're Done
After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.
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If you loved The Sandman (2022) by Jamie Childs, here are 40 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 Gen V, Peacemaker, Doom Patrol. 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.
40 Shows Similar to The Sandman
Gen V
2023 · Thomas Schnauz
At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's el
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Peacemaker
2022 · John Cena
The continuing story of Peacemaker, a vainglorious superhero/supervillain who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill. After a miraculous recovery from his duel with B
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Doom Patrol
2019 · Greg Berlanti
The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Black Lightning
2018 · Charles Holland
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
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
His Dark Materials
2019 · Francesca Gardiner
Lyra is an orphan who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Her search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns int
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
DC's Stargirl
2020 · Geoff Johns
Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Marvel's Runaways
2017 · Josh Schwartz
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.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Flash
2014 · Sam Chalsen
After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on th
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2013 · Drew Z. Greenberg
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the g
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Witcher
2019 · Sean Daniel
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
Titans
2018 · Richard Hatem
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Secret Invasion
2023 · Kyle Bradstreet
Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Marvel's Jessica Jones
2015 · Jeph Loeb
After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilit
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Hawkeye
2021 · Trinh Tran
Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a superhero
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
WandaVision
2021 · Victoria Alonso
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Marvel's Luke Cage
2016 · Jim Chory
Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
Misfits
2009 · Murray Ferguson
When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Castlevania
2017 · Larry Tanz
A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Penny Dreadful
2014 · Sam Mendes
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadf
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities
2022 · Guillermo del Toro
Bizarre nightmares unfold in eight tales of terror in this visually stunning, spine-tingling horror collection curated by Guillermo del Toro.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Smallville
2001 · Tom Welling
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Angel
1999 · Fran Rubel Kuzui
The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption. A spin-off from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Daredevil: Born Again
2025 · Iain B. MacDonald
Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer with heightened abilities, is fighting for justice through his bustling law firm, while former mob boss Wilson Fisk pursues his own political endeavors in New York. When t
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
Marvel's Daredevil
2015 · Karim Zreik
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
Supernatural
2005
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranorma
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Umbrella Academy
2019 · Jeremy Webb
Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Legion
2017 · Lauren Shuler Donner
David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter wi
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Supergirl
2015 · Rob Wright
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
2016 · Ray Utarnachitt
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Superman & Lois
2021 · Gregory Smith
After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come fa
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Xena: Warrior Princess
1995 · Robert Tapert
Xena is an infamous warrior on a quest to seek redemption for her past sins against the innocent. Accompanied by her comrade-in-arms Gabrielle, the campy couple use their formidable fighting skills to
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Loki
2021 · Aaron Moorhead
After stealing the Tesseract during the events of “Avengers: Endgame,” an alternate version of Loki is brought to the mysterious Time Variance Authority, a bureaucratic organization that exists outsid
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
2021 · Kari Skogland
Following the events of “Avengers: Endgame”, the Falcon, Sam Wilson and the Winter Soldier, Bucky Barnes team up in a global adventure that tests their abilities, and their patience.
In common: Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Batwoman
2019 · Chad Fiveash
Kate Kane, armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out
In common: Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Boys
2019 · Jessica Chou
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
In common: Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Hazbin Hotel
2024 · Brett Coker
In attempt to find a non-violent alternative for reducing Hell's overpopulation, the daughter of Lucifer opens a rehabilitation hotel that offers a group of misfit demons a chance at redemption.
In common: Drama
INVINCIBLE
2021 · Margaret M. Dean
Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
Batman: The Animated Series
1992 · Jean MacCurdy
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
The Rising of the Shield Hero
2019 · Shuzo Kasahara
Iwatani Naofumi, a run-of-the-mill otaku, finds a book in the library that summons him to another world. He is tasked with joining the sword, spear, and bow as one of the Four Cardinal Heroes and figh
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama
Six Feet Under
2001 · Rick Cleveland
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the
In common: Drama