The Prisoner

Series Similar to The Prisoner

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

1. Journeyman

   2007 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Journeyman is a romantic mystery-drama about Dan Vasser, a San Francisco newspaper reporter and family man who inexplicably begins to travel through time and change the course of people's lives. Along the way, he must also deal with the difficulties and strife at work and home brought on by his sudden disappearances. His freewheeling travels through the decades reunite him with his long-lost fiance Livia--which complicates his blissful, present-day life with his vivacious wife Katie and son.

2. The After

   2014 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   From Chris Carter, creator of The X-Files. Eight strangers are thrown together by mysterious forces and must help each other survive in a violent world that defies explanation.

3. The Last Enemy

   2008 · Drama, Romance, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile.

   A man whose search for the truth about his brother's death catapults him into an international conspiracy - and a passionate love affair. The Last Enemy takes an arresting and compelling look at how technology could transform Britain into a surveillance society - threatening human relationships and destroying trust.

4. Masters of Science Fiction

   2007 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   Six thought-provoking tales of present and future Earth are brought to life in the all-new anthology series, featuring a stellar lineup of actors and directors, and narrated by acclaimed physicist Professor Stephen Hawking. Masters of Science Fiction, from Starz Media in association with Industry Entertainment and its Vancouver partner, Reunion Pictures, is based on some of the genre's most popular and highly regarded short stories.

5. Severance

   2022 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · returning

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Mystery profile.

   Mark Scout leads a team at Lumon Industries, whose employees have undergone a severance procedure, which surgically divides their memories between their work and personal lives. This daring experiment in "work-life balance" is called into question as Mark finds himself at the center of an unraveling mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work… and of himself.

6. Kings

   2009 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   Kings is a modern variation on the David-and-Goliath story, David Shepherd, a brave warrior in a city under siege, wins the gratitude of his king by rescuing the prince from enemy territory. His ensuing fame and rise through the ranks earns him the affection of the king's daughter, but David begins to realize it's getting harder and harder to tell his allies from his enemies. Although the series is loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, it is set in a kingdom that is culturally and technologically similar to the present-day United States.

7. Devs

   2020 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Mystery profile.

   Devs focuses on a young software engineer named Lily Chan who works for Amaya, a cutting-edge tech company based in Silicon Valley. After her boyfriend's apparent suicide, Lily suspects foul play and begins to investigate. She quickly realizes that all roads lead to Forest, Amaya's enigmatic CEO, and Devs, the company's secret development division. In Lily's quest to discover the truth, she uncovers a technology-based conspiracy that could change the world.

8. Warehouse 13

   2009 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Mystery profile, highly rated (8.3).

   After saving the life of the President, two Secret Service agents find themselves abruptly transferred to Warehouse 13 -- a massive, top-secret storage facility in windswept South Dakota that houses every strange artifact, mysterious relic, fantastical object and supernatural souvenir ever collected by the U.S. government. The Warehouse's caretaker Artie charges Pete and Myka with chasing down reports of supernatural and paranormal activity in search of new objects to cache at the Warehouse, as well as helping him to control the warehouse, itself. Rounding out the team is technology specialist Claudia and former ATF Steve Jinks.

9. Charlie Jade

   2005 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Charlie Jade is a rogue private detective in a world dominated by greedy multinational corporations. While on an investigation, Charlie explores a secret desert facility. A massive explosion propels him from his own universe (alphaverse) to a strange parallel universe (betaverse). Soon, Charlie is drawn into a conflict that involves these two universes and one other pacifist universe (gammaverse) with unsuspected terror at its heart.

10. Touch

    2012 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Mystery profile.

    Martin Bohm is a widower and single father who is haunted by an inability to connect to his emotionally challenged 11-year-old son Jake. But when Martin discovers that Jake can predict events before they happen, everything changes. Martin meets social worker Clea Hopkins and Professor Arthur Teller who may have the keys to help unlock Jake's mind.