Life on Mars

Series Similar to Life on Mars

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

1. Limitless

   2015 · Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended96% match

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

   Limitless, based on Relativity's 2011 Bradley Cooper thriller, picks up where the movie left off and follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.

2. Continuum

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended96% match

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

   Continuum centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to anyone that she and the rebels are from the future.

3. Altered Carbon

   2018 · Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended95% match

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

   Altered Carbon is set in the 25th century when the human mind has been digitized and the soul itself is transferable from one body to the next. Takeshi Kovacs, a former elite interstellar warrior known as an Envoy who has been imprisoned for 250 years, is downloaded into a future he'd tried to stop. If he can solve a single murder in a world where technology has made death nearly obsolete, he'll get a chance at a new life on Earth.

4. Grimm

   2011 · Drama, Crime, Supernatural · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime 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.

5. Thorne

   2010 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

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

   Thorne, a television drama series which debuted on Sky1 in the UK on 10 October 2010, is based on crime writer Mark Billingham's novels. The series stars David Morrissey in the title role of Detective Inspector Tom Thorne, and includes Aidan Gillen, Eddie Marsan, and Natascha McElhone as supporting cast members.

6. River

   2015 · Drama, Crime · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Crime profile, highly rated (8), also on BBC One.

   Respected police officer John River, a gifted cop with a troubled mind, struggles to come to terms with the recent loss of a close colleague, and chases a potential suspect across London - with tragic consequences. Now at odds with authorities both within and outside of the police service, River finds himself in a precarious position as he seeks to bring closure to the mother of murdered teenager Erin Fielding, who blames him for failing to keep his promise to bring her daughter back alive. Police crime drama, starring Stellan Skarsgard.

7. The X-Files

   1993 · Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Crime / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.6).

   Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder (a believer) and Dana Scully (a skeptic), investigate unexplained cases where the paranormal might be involved while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.

8. Eleventh Hour

   2006 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Follow the adventures of Professor Ian Hood, Special Advisor to the government's Joint Sciences Committee, who troubleshoots threats stemming from or targeting "scientific endeavour". He is joined by Rachel Young, a Special Branch operative who acts primarily as his bodyguard, as Hood has made powerful enemies through his work.

9. John Doe

   2002 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended93% match

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

   A man who knows literally everything---except his own identity---helps the Seattle police solve crimes as he tries to figure out who he is and where he came from.

10. Life

    2007 · Drama, Crime · ended92% match

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

    A detective gets a second chance after serving twelve years in prison for a crime he did not commit.