When the Duffer Brothers’ sci-fi mystery horror series Stranger Things premiered in 2016, it quickly became a world OTT sensation. Now in its fifth and final season, the show continues to impress each critics and audiences. With the primary 4 episodes of Season 5 already streaming, the subsequent three arriving on December 25, and the finale dropping on December 31, 2025, fans are eagerly awaiting the epic conclusion. Within the meantime, listed here are five must-watch series that capture the mystery, sci-fi vibes, and supernatural spirit that Stranger Things fans love.
1. Dark
- Creators: Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Streaming On: Netflix (India & U.S.)
Plot: Dark is a German sci-fi mystery thriller set in a small German town, where the disappearance of a toddler uncovers long-buried secrets amongst 4 families. Their search results in a hidden time-travel passage that links multiple a long time, revealing how the families are connected across generations.
2. Black Mirror
- Creator: Charlie Brooker
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Streaming On: Netflix (India & U.S.)
Plot: Black Mirror is a sci-fi anthology series that is alleged to be inspired by one other cult show, The Twilight Zone. Each episode is a standalone story set in the longer term or a twisted, alternative reality.
3. The Haunting of Hill House
- Creator: Mike Flanagan
- IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
- Streaming On: Netflix (India & U.S.)
Plot: The supernatural horror drama follows the Crain family, who move into an old mansion to renovate it and start experiencing strange and scary events. Years later, the grown-up siblings are still affected by what happened in the home and must face the memories and ghosts from their past.
4. Fringe
- Creators: J. J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, and Roberto Orci
- IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
- Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video & Apple TV – Buy (U.S.)
Plot: This sci-fi mystery series follows an FBI agent (Anna Torv) who teams up with a superb but eccentric scientist (John Noble) and his estranged son (Joshua Jackson) to research bizarre, unexplained crimes and events linked to fringe science.
5. The OA
- Creators: Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij
- IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
- Streaming On: Netflix (India & U.S.)
Plot: The mind-bending mystery drama follows Prairie Johnson (Brit Marling), a young woman who returns home after seven years and isn’t any longer blind. She slowly reveals her past involving near-death experiences, captivity, and other missing people, as she gathers a small group to assist her with a mysterious mission connected to alternate dimensions.
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