9 shows like Stranger Things

We have you series that are similar to Stranger Things” are collected in a list. We present 9 titles that you might like if you also liked the mystery series.

What are these series? The selection of the titles was made on the basis of the editors. We paid attention to a good IMDb rating.

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1. Twin Peaks

English trailer for the 1st season of Twin Peaks

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In the cult series Twin Peaks, an FBI agent investigates the murder of student Laura Palmer in a small idyllic town and uncovers dark secrets in the process. The series was released between 1990 and 1991 and combines crime, mystery and drama.

Watch Twin Peaks if you like the following about Stranger Things:

  • small town setting
  • Surreal and supernatural elements
  • Complex characters
  • Nostalgia, because of elements from the 1980s and 1990s
  • This is what the IMDb ratings say: A total of 206,467 ratings were given by IMDb users for Twin Peaks. With an average of 8.8 out of 10 stars, the series does very well.

    fun fact: In Germany, RTL canceled the show after 20 episodes in 1991 due to poor ratings. Because the competing broadcaster Sat.1 had directly revealed to the viewers in the news segment of the teletext the huge spoiler before the first episode, around which the entire series revolves: Who killed Laura Palmer? (via dw.com).

    2.Dark

    German trailer for the Netflix series “Dark”

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    The Netflix series Dark was released between 2017 and 2020 and consists of 3 seasons. In an idyllic small town, children mysteriously disappear. It soon turns out that the family members of the missing people are hiding many a secret that shouldn’t come to light…

    Watch Dark if you like the following about Stranger Things:

  • small town setting
  • Dark Events
  • The mysterious disappearance of people
  • Supernatural Elements
  • This is what the IMDb ratings say: With 416,776 reviews, the series gets an average user rating of 8.7 stars on IMDb.

    fun fact: Dark is the first German series produced by Netflix (via netflix.com).

    If you need a little help to get an overview of who is who in the series, you can find an explanation of all family relationships in the family tree here with our colleagues at Moviepilot.

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