2016 • Series • Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Action & Adventure
These picks mirror Stranger Things with Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Action & Adventure energy while adding fresh angles. Expect balanced pacing, curated availability, and spoiler-free highlights.
About Stranger Things: When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
This list balances Series that echo Stranger Things's core energy with fresher angles. Expect highlights like Animation, Comedy, Mystery and releases spanning 1995–2025.
Most picks are streamable on Disney+, Apple TV, Hulu — check the availability badges for direct links and regional options.
We leaned into themes such as Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Kids to keep the experience coherent while still surfacing a few wildcard surprises.
Generated with Recomeai’s hybrid AI pipeline — semantic vectors, full-text search, reranking, and diversity balancing.
SeriesTwin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.
SeriesSeven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
SeriesUnravel 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 th…
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SeriesA missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.
SeriesMagic and mischief collide as half-human, half-witch Sabrina navigates between two worlds: mortal teen life and her family's legacy, the Church of Night.
SeriesFour teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born.
SeriesAnything can turn spooky in this horror anthology series based on the best-selling books by master of kid horror, R.L. Stine. In every episode, see what happens when regular kids find themselves in scary situations, and…
SeriesA thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest con…
SeriesTwo teen ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele — until a powerful witch complicates their plans.
SeriesWhen 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…
MGM+ Amazon ChannelIf you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances mystery with animation elements and delivers tight suspense that keeps the momentum alive.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances sci-fi & fantasy with mystery elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances mystery with drama elements and delivers playful pacing shifts that adds unexpected warmth.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances sci-fi & fantasy with crime elements and delivers emotional tension that invites reflection later.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances mystery with sci-fi & fantasy elements and delivers tight suspense that keeps the momentum alive.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances action & adventure with sci-fi & fantasy elements and delivers a resonant character arc that stays.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances sci-fi & fantasy with mystery elements and delivers a resonant character arc that stays with you.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances mystery with drama elements and delivers surprising narrative turns that keeps every act purposeful.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances mystery themes with drama accents, maintains steady pacing, and delivers inventive imagery that feels remarkably personal.
If you enjoyed Stranger Things, this serialized pick balances mystery with sci-fi & fantasy elements and delivers layered character work that rewards attentive viewers.
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