Highlander

Series Similar to Highlander

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

1. The Incredible Hulk

   1977 · Action, Fantasy, Science-Fiction · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Fantasy profile.

   David Banner is a research scientist trying to find a way to tap into the hidden strength that all humans possess. Then, one night in his laboratory, an experiment went wrong, causing him to be overexposed to gamma radiation. Now, whenever angered or distressed, the mild mannered scientist finds himself transforming into a powerful seven foot green creature known as The Incredible Hulk. The Hulk is guided by David's personality, dealing with whatever distresses David. But unfortunately, David has no control over the creature's actions. Nor can he remember what he had done during his Hulkish states. He travels around the country in search of a cure, while taking various odd jobs under different aliases.

2. Angels in America

   2003 · Drama, Fantasy · ended89% match

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

   Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson lead an all-star cast in an epic movie event directed Mike Nichols and screenplay by Tony Kushner based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play: Angels in America.

3. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

   2026 · Drama, Action, Fantasy · returning89% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Fantasy profile, highly rated (8.3).

   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.

4. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell

   2015 · Drama, Fantasy · ended88% match

   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.

5. Fate: The Winx Saga

   2021 · Drama, Action, Fantasy · ended87% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Fantasy profile.

   Determined to master their enchanting powers, a group of teens navigate rivalry, romance and supernatural studies at Alfea, a magical boarding school.

6. American Gods

   2017 · Drama, Action, Fantasy · ended87% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Fantasy profile.

   American Gods follows Shadow Moon, a man serving three years in prison who is given an early release. Shadow Moon is hired as Mr. Wednesday's bodyguard and finds himself in a hidden world where a battle is brewing between the Old Gods and the New Gods.

7. Da Vinci's Demons

   2013 · Drama, Horror · ended87% match

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

   In a world where thought and faith are controlled, one man fights to set knowledge free. Leonardo da Vinci is tortured by a gift of superhuman genius. He finds himself in a conflict between truth and lies, religion and reason, past and future. His aspirations are used against him by opposing forces – luring him into a game of seduction where those who despise his intellect need him most.His quest for knowledge nearly becomes his undoing, but da Vinci's genius prevails and he emerges as an unstoppable force that lifts an entire era out of darkness and propels it into light. His story becomes a mirror into our own world, calling us all to join his fight to free the future.

8. Dominion

   2014 · Action, Adventure, Fantasy · ended87% match

   Recommended for similar Action / Fantasy profile.

   Dominion is an epic supernatural drama set in the near future. Specifically, 25 years after "The Extinction War," when an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, waged war against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, chose to side with humanity. Rising out of the ashes of this long battle are newly fortified cities which protect human survivors. At the center of the series is the city of Vega, a glistening empire that has formed from the ruins of what was once Las Vegas.

9. Tru Calling

   2003 · Drama, Fantasy · ended87% match

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile.

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

10. Heroes Reborn

    2015 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended87% match

    Recommended for similar Action profile.

    The saga behind the 2006 breakout series Heroes continues as creator Tim Kring returns to the fold and develops new layers to his original superhero concept. This highly anticipated 13-episode miniseries will reconnect with the basic elements of the show's first season where ordinary people were waking up to the fact that they had extraordinary abilities. This series will be preceded by a new digital series that will introduce audiences to the new characters and storylines that will take the "Heroes" phenomenon to new places.