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Shows like FROM: 8 picks to watch after you finish the town

If you binged FROM on Netflix and want that same "something is very wrong with this place" feeling, start here:

1. Dark (TV, 2017). Best overall. A missing child, a small town, and a mystery that spans three generations.
2. IT: Welcome to Derry (TV, 2025). Best if the monsters were your favorite part. Kids vanish, and the evil is older than the town.
3. In the Mouth of Madness (Movie, 1995). Best one-night watch. An investigator drives into a town that shouldn't exist.
4. The Wailing (Movie, 2016). Best slow burn. A stranger, a spreading sickness, and a cop way out of his depth.
5. The Wilds (TV, 2020). Best for the Lost side of FROM. Stranded teens, hidden pasts, and a crash that wasn't an accident.
6. Midnight, Texas (TV, 2017). Best lighter pick. A remote town full of people hiding what they are.
7. Eerie, Indiana (TV, 1991). Best throwback. Small-town weirdness through the eyes of a teenage investigator.
8. Murder in the Heartland (TV, 2017). The wild card. Real small towns, real crimes, no monsters.

The closest show to FROM is Dark. Both are about a town that swallows people, a mystery that keeps getting bigger, and families who can't trust what they think they know. If you only have one night, watch In the Mouth of Madness. If you miss the "who brought us here, and why?" questions most, go with The Wilds.

We found these with Contentualize's recommendation engine, then checked every one by hand. Want a list built around your own favorites instead? Rate a few shows on Contentualize. It takes a minute and you don't need an account.

Why you need shows like FROM right now

FROM's first three seasons arrived on Netflix in the US on October 19, 2026, and plenty of people finished all 30 episodes in about a week. Season 4 is only on MGM+, and the fifth and final season isn't expected until 2027. That's a long time to sit with a cliffhanger.

This list is for that gap. Every pick shares at least one thing that makes FROM work, and we're upfront about where each one falls short so you don't burn a weekend on the wrong show.

What makes a show feel like FROM?

Three things: a trap, a community, and rules nobody will explain. FROM drops strangers into a town they can't leave, gives them monsters that follow rules, and makes them build a life anyway. Creator John Griffin has called it "a character drama dressed up as a horror show," and that's the key. The scares land because you care who's in the house when the sun goes down.

It also has Lost in its DNA. Executive producers Jeff Pinkner and Jack Bender both worked on Lost, and Bender directs FROM. So we looked for titles that hit at least two of those three ingredients, with bonus points for the mystery-box structure.

Shows like FROM at a glance

*TMDB user ratings as of November 2026. Scare level is our own call.

1. Dark (2017)

Best overall show like FROM.

A child goes missing in a small German town, and four families start uncovering a mystery that stretches across three generations. Caves, a nuclear power plant, and time itself all turn out to be part of the puzzle.

Why FROM fans will like it: Structurally, it's the closest match on this list. The town is the puzzle, every answer costs something, and the show trusts you to keep up.

The downside: It's German-language (a dubbed version is available), and the timeline gets complicated enough that a lot of viewers keep notes. It's also more cerebral than scary. Don't expect nightly creature attacks.

Verdict: Start here.

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2. IT: Welcome to Derry (2025)

Best for FROM's nighttime dread.

In 1962, children keep disappearing in Derry. A group of misfit kids suspects something ancient is behind it, while a US military operation tries to use the town for its own ends.

Why FROM fans will like it: It nails the feeling of a town that hides something hungry, adults who won't listen, and a cast you get attached to before the worst happens.

The downside: It's gorier than FROM, and it leans on Stephen King lore. You'll get more out of it if you've seen the IT movies.

Verdict: Best if the monsters were your favorite part of FROM.

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3. In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

Best movie like FROM for a single night.

An insurance investigator heads to a small town while looking for a missing horror novelist, and finds that the writer's books have real power over the place.

Why FROM fans will like it: That "you drove in, and now reality won't behave" feeling is pure FROM, packed into one John Carpenter film.

The downside: The effects are very 1995, and the ending goes deliberately off the rails. Some people love that. Some don't.

Verdict: Your pick when you can't commit to another series.

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4. The Wailing (2016)

Best slow-burn horror for FROM fans.

A stranger shows up in a South Korean village, and a mysterious sickness starts spreading soon after. A local policeman gets pulled into the case and has to solve it to save his daughter.

Why FROM fans will like it: If Boyd is your favorite character, this one's for you. It's a lawman trying to protect his family from something he doesn't understand, and like FROM, it refuses to give you easy answers about who, or what, the real threat is.

The downside: It runs over two and a half hours, it's subtitled, and it gets genuinely disturbing.

Verdict: Worth it if you're patient.

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5. The Wilds (2020)

Best for the Lost side of FROM.

A group of teenage girls is stranded on a deserted island after a plane crash. As they clash and bond, it becomes clear they didn't end up there by accident.

Why FROM fans will like it: It scratches the "who put us here, and why?" itch, and it uses flashbacks to peel back each character's past the way Lost did.

The downside: It isn't horror. This is a mystery wrapped in a teen drama, and it ended after two seasons.

Verdict: Best if FROM's questions hooked you more than its scares.

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6. Midnight, Texas (2017)

Best lighter show like FROM.

In a remote Texas town, almost nobody is who they seem: vampires, witches, psychics, and a hit man or two. When outside threats show up, the locals band together into an unlikely family.

Why FROM fans will like it: It shares FROM's core idea of a community of outsiders, stuck together, deciding to protect each other.

The downside: It's much lighter and soapier than FROM. Think supernatural small-town drama, not survival horror.

Verdict: Good for winding down after something heavier on this list.

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7. Eerie, Indiana (1991)

Best throwback pick.

Teenager Marshall Teller moves to a small town and quickly realizes it's the center of every strange thing in the world. With his friends Simon and the mysterious Dash X, he investigates.

Why FROM fans will like it: It's the early-90s version of "this town is wrong, and the adults won't see it," and the short episodes make it an easy palate cleanser.

The downside: It was made for younger viewers, it only ran one season, and it shows its age.

Verdict: A fun detour, not a replacement.

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8. Murder in the Heartland (2017)

The wild card.

This true-crime series looks at quiet Midwestern towns torn apart by murders, told through the residents who lived through them.

Why FROM fans will like it: If what pulls you into FROM is how a small community turns on itself under pressure, this shows the real-world version.

The downside: There's nothing supernatural here, and these are real victims. It's a very different kind of watch, so go in knowing that.

Verdict: Only if you want something grounded after all the monsters.

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Haven't seen Lost yet?

If you're one of the FROM fans who never watched Lost, that's your obvious next stop. It shares creative DNA with FROM: strangers stranded somewhere they can't explain, flashbacks that reframe everyone, and a mystery that keeps growing. We left it off the main list because most FROM fans have already seen it.

How we picked these shows

We built this list with Contentualize's recommendation engine, the same one that makes your daily For You picks. We gave it three shows FROM fans tend to love (FROM, Stranger Things and Lost), and it compared themes, story descriptions and ratings across about 5,000 titles. Then we reviewed every pick by hand and ordered them by how closely they match FROM's mix of horror and mystery.

Your own picks work the same way, just seeded by you instead of by us. The more you rate, the closer they get to what you actually like.

Make your own list of shows like FROM

This list is our best guess for the average FROM fan. Yours can be sharper. Here's how to get picks built around your taste in a few minutes:

1. Open Contentualize on the web. You can start without an account.
2. Swipe through Discover and rate what you've seen. Like FROM, Dark, or anything else from this list that you've already watched. The swipe guide covers how it works.
3. Rate 5 titles in a day and your first batch of For You picks unlocks, each with a reason it was chosen.
4. Favorite FROM and tune your taste: tell us whether it was the monsters, the mystery or the found family that hooked you, and your picks lean that way.

Save the shows from this list you want to try, and track where you are in each one on your Journey.

The bottom line

If you only watch one, watch Dark. If you want more scares, go with IT: Welcome to Derry. If it's the questions you miss, try The Wilds.

When you've finished those, let Contentualize find your next one. Tell it the shows you love, and it suggests what to watch next. Use it on the web at www.contentualize.app, or get the app on the App Store or Google Play.

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