Dead Like Me

Series Similar to Dead Like Me

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

1. Joan of Arcadia

   2003 · Drama, Family, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Supernatural profile, hidden gem.

   Joan Girardi is an average teenager living in the town of Arcadia. However, she soon discovers that she's much more when another teenager comes up to her and says that he's God. God continues to appear to Joan, each time wearing a different body, and has different missions for Joan to undertake.

2. Reaper

   2007 · Drama, Comedy, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Supernatural profile.

   On his twenty-first birthday, Sam Oliver discovers his parents sold his soul to the devil before he was born, and he must now serve as the devil's personal bounty hunter or Reaper, catching escaped souls and sending them back to Hell.

3. Pushing Daisies

   2007 · Drama, Mystery, Supernatural · ended

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

   As a young boy Ned discovers that he can return the dead briefly back to life with just one touch. But his random gift isn't without deadly consequences, as he soon finds out. Grown up Ned puts his talent to good use by touching dead fruit and making it ripe with everlasting flavor. He opens a pie shop. But his gift leaves him wary of becoming close to anyone, as beautiful waitress Olive Snook finds out. His life as a pie maker gets more complicated when private investigator Emerson Cod finds out about Ned's secret. Emerson convinces the cash-strapped Ned to help him solve murder cases (and collect a hefty reward fee) by raising the dead and getting them to name their killers.

4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

   1997 · Drama, Action, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Supernatural profile, highly rated (8.5).

   "Into every generation, there is a chosen one. She alone will stand against the vampires, the demons, and the forces of darkness. She is the slayer."Buffy Summers is the latest in a line of young women known as "Vampire Slayers" who have to battle vampires, demons and other forces of evil, all while growing up and dealing with love and teenage angst in this iconic cult series. She and her "Scooby Gang" fight the good fight in a small town called Sunnydale.

5. Forever

   2014 · Drama, Crime, Supernatural · ended

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

   Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City's star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years - the answer to his own inexplicable immortality. This long life has given Henry remarkable observation skills which impresses his new partner, Detective Jo Martinez. Each week, a new case and their budding friendship will reveal layers of Henry's long and colorful past. Only his best friend and confidant, Abe knows Henry's secret.

6. Angel

   1999 · Drama, Action, Supernatural · ended

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

   "If you need help, then look no further. Angel Investigations is the best. Our rates are low but our standards are high. When the chips are down, and you're at the end of your rope you need someone that you can count on. And that's what you'll find here, someone that will go all the way, no matter what. So don't lose hope. Come on over to our offices and you'll see that there's still heroes in this world."Angel was the spin-off series of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". It aired from 1999 to 2004. Angel runs a private invetigation bureau and fights demons, Wolfram & Hart and all other existing evil in Los Angeles. There were several crossovers and many guest appearances from "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" during its five season run.

7. Grimm

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Supernatural profile, highly rated (8.4).

   Grimm is a drama series inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers' Fairy Tales. After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms", he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.

8. Supernatural

   2005 · Drama, Action, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Supernatural profile, highly rated (8.3).

   This haunting series follows the Winchester brothers as they crisscross the lonely and mysterious back roads of the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, hunting down every evil supernatural force they encounter along the way.

9. Charmed

   1998 · Drama, Romance, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Supernatural profile, highly rated (8.2).

   The discovery that they are descendants of a long line of witches finds three sisters battling demons and warlocks - and occasionally each other.When the beautiful Halliwell sisters inherit a house from their grandmother and discover a secret "Book Of Shadows," they learn that they each have a unique power. The strong-willed Prue can move objects, reserved Piper is able to freeze time, and the uninhibited Phoebe sees the future. Individually, each is strong, but it is only by putting aside their differences and banding together as the "Power of Three" that they will be able to protect the innocent and vanquish evil.

10. I Am Not Okay With This

    2020 · Drama, Romance, Supernatural · ended

    Recommended for similar Supernatural profile.

    I Am Not Okay With This is a coming of age story about a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school, all the while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and... mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken from deep within her.