Angels in America

Series Similar to Angels in America

If you enjoyed Angels in America, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Game of Thrones

   2011 · Drama, Adventure, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.9), also on HBO.

   Based on the bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin, this sprawling new HBO drama is set in a world where summers span decades and winters can last a lifetime. From the scheming south and the savage eastern lands, to the frozen north and ancient Wall that protects the realm from the mysterious darkness beyond, the powerful families of the Seven Kingdoms are locked in a battle for the Iron Throne. This is a story of duplicity and treachery, nobility and honor, conquest and triumph. In the Game of Thrones, you either win or you die.

2. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

   2015 · Drama, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8).

   Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is set during the Napoleonic Wars in an England where magic once existed and is about to return. So begins a dangerous battle between two great men.1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation's past. However, scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains — the reclusive and skillful Mr. Norrell. His displays of magic soon thrill the nation. In London, he raises the beautiful Lady Pole from the dead and summons an army of ghostly ships to terrify the French.Soon the cautious and fussy Norrell is challenged by the emergence of another magician: the brilliant novice Jonathan Strange. While trying to secure his beloved Arabella's hand in marriage, he meets a vagabond, the magician of Threadneedle Street, Vinculus, who tells him he is destined to be a great magician. Young, handsome and daring, Strange is the very antithesis of Norrell. A dangerous battle ensues between the two great men. Their obsessions and secret dabblings with the dark arts will cause more trouble than they can imagine.

3. Carnivàle

   2003 · Drama, Fantasy, Horror · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8), also on HBO.

   Carnivàle is set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny, the storyline mixes Christian theology with Gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.

4. The Dead Zone

   2002 · Drama, Fantasy, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Based on the characters and story from the best-selling novel by Stephen King, The Dead Zone is a unique psychological thriller that combines a rich mix of the paranormal, action, and a continuing quest for justice.

5. Tru Calling

   2003 · Drama, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile.

   What would you do if you could relive a day? If you're Tru Davies, you'd save lives.

6. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

   2026 · Drama, Action, Fantasy · returning

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.2), also on HBO.

   A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits await these improbable and incomparable friends.

7. The 10th Kingdom

   2000 · Drama, Adventure, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8).

   Mixing the universal themes of European folklore and mythology with a healthy dose of contemporary storytelling results in this fantastic fable in which two worlds come together for one fantastic adventure.

8. Lover Merman

   2025 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.2), hidden gem.

   Phurich moves from Bangkok to Khen Island to look after ocean-themed bar Full & A Half with his close friend Pana. Upon his arrival, he meets Nava, Full & A Half's most talented bartender – who just so happens to be one of the world's last mermen. Before long, Phurich falls for with Nava, not knowing about Nava's true identity, but he clashes with Nava's best friend Prapai, another young merman who's secretly loved Nava for a long time. Prapai believes that human and merman relationships would never work, and warns Nava that dating Phurich would only end in tragedy. But one fateful night, Phurich follows Nava to the beach and witnesses a secret that changes both of their lives forever. 

9. Destined with You

   2023 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   The irresistible romance between a civil servant who obtains a forbidden book that was thoroughly sealed 300 years ago and a popular lawyer who becomes a victim of the forbidden book.

10. Guardian: The Lonely and Great God

    2016 · Drama, Fantasy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.1).

    Guardians are always whom we fear. Surely not this time. A guardian living in Seoul in 2016 is the sexiest chick magnet. More than a hundred years old in reality, he hangs out with the young. But not many people know that he is hollow inside. He has been searching for the ‘goblin bride' for decades, but she is no where to be found. Then one day, he keeps getting summoned by Eun-tak. There, he sees the Reaper, not knowing that they are to become roommates. That's where the story begins. A Goblin, trying to protect a girl who should have been dead a long time ago. A Reaper, desperately wanting to take the girl to complete his task.