The Umbrella Academy

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

1. Doom Patrol

   2019 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   A re-imagining of one of DC's most beloved group of outcast super heroes: Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Woman and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder (The Chief). The Doom Patrol's members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities - but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence - and to protect Earth from what they find. Part support group, part Super Hero team, the Doom Patrol is a band of super-powered freaks who fight for a world that wants nothing to do with them. Picking up after the events of Titans, Doom Patrol finds these reluctant heroes in a place they never expected to be, called to action by none other than Cyborg, who comes to them with a mission hard to refuse, but with a warning that is hard to ignore: their lives will never, ever be the same.

2. Invincible

   2021 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   Based on the eponymous comic book, Invincible revolves around Mark Grayson, a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his 17th birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father's tutelage.

3. Gen V

   2023 · Comedy, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   From the world of The Boys comes Gen V, a thrilling new series set at America's only college for superheroes. These gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the school's dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.

4. Marvel's Jessica Jones

   2015 · Action, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   Haunted by a traumatic past, Jessica Jones uses her gifts as a private eye to find her tormentor before he can harm anyone else in Hell's Kitchen.

5. 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.

6. Marvel's Luke Cage

   2016 · Action, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   After a sabotaged experiment leaves him with super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive trying to rebuild his life in modern day Harlem, New York City. But he is soon pulled out of the shadows and must fight a battle for the heart of his city – forcing him to confront a past he had tried to bury.

7. 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.

8. The Boys

   2019 · Action, Fantasy, Adult · ended

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

   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.

9. Creature Commandos

   2024 · Action, Science-Fiction · returning

   Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

   Creature Commandos tracks a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. When all else fails... they're your last, worst option.

10. Fallout

    2024 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · returning

    Recommended for similar Action / Science-Fiction profile.

    Based on one of the greatest video game series of all time, Fallout is the story of haves and have nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, a peaceful denizen from a cozy fallout shelter is forced to return to the surface and is shocked to discover the wasteland waiting for her.