
Shows that feel likeGuardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017)
If you loved Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, the closest series we have are The Bear (2022), After Life (2019) and Shrinking (2023). All three share Guardian: The Lonely and Great God's contemplative and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Carrie (2026).
If Guardian: The Lonely and Great God hit the spot, these will too

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide
The difference: Less cerebral, more its own thing

Common ground: depression
The difference: Goes its own way on the ideas

Both land stillness and wit at once

One thread runs through both: depression

The same mix in both: play, then melancholy
The difference: Played as crime first

Both are built on the same subject: suicide
The difference: Leans further into mystery

Cerebral where it counts, dreamlike underneath


Contemplative drama in both cases

Comedy built on wit, twice over

Cerebral sci-fi & fantasy, and it commits to that

Both lean on melancholy more than on drama
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