Gen V

Series Similar to Gen V

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

1. The Boys

   2019 · Action, Fantasy, Adult · ended

   Recommended for similar Action profile, highly rated (8.3), also on Prime Video.

   In a world where superheroes embrace the darker side of their massive celebrity and fame, The Boys centres on a group of vigilantes known informally as "The Boys," who set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

2. Peacemaker

   2022 · Comedy, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   After discovering an alternate and more desirable world, Peacemaker is forced to face his traumatic past and take the future into his own hands.

3. Titans

   2018 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   Titans follows young heroes from across the DC Universe as they come of age and find belonging in a gritty take on the classic Teen Titans franchise. Dick Grayson and Rachel Roth, a special young girl possessed by a strange darkness, get embroiled in a conspiracy that could bring Hell on Earth. Joining them along the way are the hot-headed Starfire and loveable Beast Boy. Together they become a surrogate family and team of heroes.

4. The Umbrella Academy

   2019 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   Reunited by their father's death, estranged siblings with extraordinary powers uncover shocking family secrets — and a looming threat to humanity.

5. Watchmen

   2019 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   Based on the DC Comic graphic novel, Watchmen is an alternative history series following a group of costumed crimefighters investigating the murder of one of their own.

6. The Tick

   2016 · Comedy, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile, also on Prime Video.

   After he watches his father die at the hands of the Terror, Arthur Everest spends decades hunting the super-villain even though the latter is believed dead. It's not until Arthur meets destiny--and a blue-clad nigh-invulnerable hero calling himself the Tick, and a moth-themed battlesuit--that he can become the superhero he was always meant to be. Maybe.

7. Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

   2013 · Action, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8).

   Phil Coulson heads an elite team of fellow agents with the worldwide law-enforcement organization known as S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division), as they investigate strange occurrences around the globe. Its members -- each of whom brings a specialty to the group -- work with Coulson to protect those who cannot protect themselves from extraordinary and inconceivable threats.

8. Jupiter's Legacy

   2021 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   After nearly a century of keeping mankind safe, the world's first generation of superheroes must look to their children to continue the legacy. But tensions rise as the young superheroes, hungry to prove their worth, struggle to live up to their parents' legendary public reputations — and exacting personal standards.

9. Daredevil: Born Again

   2025 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   Matt Murdock finds himself on a collision course with Wilson Fisk when their past identities begin to emerge. 

10. The Greatest American Hero

    1981 · Comedy, Action, Adventure · ended

    Recommended for similar Action profile.

    A group of aliens gives Ralph Hinkley a red suit that grants him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately Ralph immediately loses its instruction booklet, and thus has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error, often with comical results.