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Shows that feel likeGuardian: The Lonely and Great God (2016–2017)

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

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).

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If Guardian: The Lonely and Great God hit the spot, these will too

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The Bear
2022–2026 · 5 seasons · Hulu
★ 8.5drama · comedyHuluDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: suicide

The difference: Less cerebral, more its own thing

Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.

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After Life
2019–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.4comedy · dramaNetflix

Common ground: depression

The difference: Goes its own way on the ideas

Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.

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Shrinking
2023– · 3 seasons · Apple TV
★ 8.2drama · comedyApple TV+

Both land stillness and wit at once

Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to try a new approach with everyone in his path: unfiltered, brutal honesty. Will it make things better—or unleash uproarious chaos?

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The Leftovers
2014–2017 · 3 seasons · HBO
★ 8.3sci-fi & fantasy · dramaMax

One thread runs through both: depression

When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.

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Barry
2018–2023 · 4 seasons · HBO
★ 8.3comedy · crime · dramaMax

The same mix in both: play, then melancholy

The difference: Played as crime first

A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.

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13 Reasons Why
2017–2020 · 4 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.4drama · mysteryNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: suicide

The difference: Leans further into mystery

High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.

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Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 · 1 season · Disney+
★ 7sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureDisney+

Cerebral where it counts, dreamlike underneath

During the reign of the Galactic Empire, former Jedi Master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, embarks on a crucial mission to confront allies turned enemies and face the wrath of the Empire.

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Another
2012 · 1 season · KNB
★ 7.5animation · drama · mystery

The same preoccupation in both: amnesia

When Kouichi arrives at his new school, he immediately senses something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, something that no student wants to talk about and that seems to be related to a mysterious and silent girl.

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BoJack Horseman
2014–2020 · 6 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.8animation · comedy · dramaNetflix

Contemplative drama in both cases

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

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Fleabag
2016–2019 · 2 seasons · BBC Three
★ 8.7comedy · dramaPrime Video

Comedy built on wit, twice over

A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.

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Carrie
2026 · 1 season · Prime Video
★ 7.8mystery · drama · sci-fi & fantasyPrime Video

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

After her father's sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless pressure and casual cruelty of the social‑media age, and the awakening of mysterious telekinetic powers that rise alongside her adolescence.

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This Is Us
2016–2022 · 6 seasons · NBC
★ 8.7dramaHuluParamount+

Both lean on melancholy more than on drama

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.

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