The Rook

Series Similar to The Rook

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

1. Utopia

   2013 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended

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

   Utopia based initially around a small group of people who find a rare manuscript of the same name. This leads the group to be targeted by a large organisation with little knowledge of the manuscript's relevance or importance.

2. Zero Hour

   2013 · Drama, Thriller, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Supernatural profile, hidden gem.

   Zero Hour follows Hank Galliston, who has spent his life debunking myths, only to be drawn into one of the most compelling mysteries in human history after his wife's shocking disappearance.

3. Trickster

   2020 · Drama, Thriller, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Supernatural profile, hidden gem.

   Jared, an Indigenous teen, is struggling to keep his family above water when a mysterious stranger, Wade, blows into town and turns his already chaotic life inside out. And when weird things start happening, it becomes clear that he's also the mythic magical being the Trickster. What begins as an unnerving slow burn of strange events in Jared's already-messy life crescendos to an epic clash of magic, monsters and mayhem.Adapted from the Son of a Trickster trilogy of books by award-winning author Eden Robinson.

4. Alphas

   2011 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Supernatural profile.

   Alphas is a science fiction drama focusing on a team that investigates people with supernatural abilities.

5. Secret City

   2016 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   Amidst rising tension between China and America, Canberra press gallery journalist Harriet Dunkley forces her way closer to the truth, uncovering a secret city of interlocked conspiracies which will threaten her career, her life and endangers the freedom of every Australian.

6. Devils

   2020 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   Devils is set in the London office of a big US bank, where the ruthless Head of Trading, Massimo Ruggero from Italy has been welcomed and introduced to the world of finance by Dominic Morgan, CEO of the bank. When he ends up involved in an intercontinental financial war rocking Europe, he will have to choose whether to ally himself with his mentor or fight him.

7. Tale of the Nine Tailed

   2020 · Drama, Thriller, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Supernatural profile.

   Tale of the Nine Tailed follows the life of the gumiho, who once ruled as a living god of the Baekdudaegan Mountain Range but now works as a sort of public official between this world and the underworld. His main job is to clean up the mess left behind by those who disturb the world of the living while hiding behind the guise of ghost tales.

8. Evil

   2019 · Drama, Thriller, Supernatural · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Supernatural profile.

   Evil is a psychological mystery that examines the origins of evil along the dividing line between science and religion. The series focuses on a skeptical female psychologist who joins a priest-in-training and a carpenter as they investigate the Church's backlog of unexplained mysteries, including supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and hauntings. Their job is to assess if there is a logical explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

9. Hanna

   2019 · Drama, Action, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   In equal parts high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama, Hanna follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl raised in the forest, as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is.

10. Penny Dreadful

    2014 · Horror, Thriller, Supernatural · ended

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

    Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. They are joined by a core of original characters in a complex, frightening new narrative. Penny Dreadful is a psychological thriller filled with dark mystery and suspense, where personal demons from the past can be stronger than vampires, evil spirits and immortal beasts.