2022
10 eps
Disney+
Sci Fi Thriller Mystery
A government worker discovers a mysterious woman from the future is connected to a dangerous fugitive and the fate of humanity.
If you loved Dark's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Grid delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and fate — is the same. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2013
20 eps
tvN
Sci Fi Thriller Romance
A news anchor discovers nine incense sticks that each transport him exactly 30 years back to 1992 for 30 minutes. Each trip is a chance to fix a tragedy — but every change ripples …
If you loved Dark's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Nine: Nine Time Travels delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and family secrets — is the same. Same atmospheric energy throughout.
2023
16 eps
KBS
Romance Thriller Sci Fi
Two strangers travel back to 1987 and must prevent a serial murder while hiding their identities.
If you loved Dark's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, My Perfect Stranger delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and fate — is the same.
2020
16 eps
SBS
Sci Fi Thriller Romance
A detective discovers time travel exists and that his murdered mother traveled from the future to give birth to him.
If you loved Dark's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Alice delivers exactly that. The emotional territory — time travel and fate — is the same. Same mind bending energy throughout.
2011
24 eps
TV Saitama / Crunchyroll
Sci Fi Thriller Drama
A self-proclaimed mad scientist accidentally invents a method of sending messages to the past using a microwave. What starts as gleeful tinkering becomes a nightmare when he realiz…
If you loved Dark's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Steins;Gate delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2016
12 eps
Fuji TV / Crunchyroll
Mystery Thriller Sci Fi
Satoru Fujinuma has an involuntary ability: he gets sent back in time moments before a disaster, just far enough to prevent it. When his mother is murdered, the ability sends him b…
If you loved Dark's time travel used to explore what we'd change — and what we can't, Erased delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about fate as both comfort and cruelty — the sense that this was always coming. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2016
16 eps
tvN
Crime Thriller Mystery
A criminal profiler communicates with a detective from the past via a mysterious walkie-talkie to solve cold cases.
Like Dark, it leans hard into butterfly effect. The emotional territory — time travel — is the same. The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2021
6 eps
Apple TV+
Sci Fi Mystery Thriller
Ko Sewon is a neuroscientist who developed the technology to sync his brain with the recently deceased — absorbing their memories and emotions to solve mysteries. When his own fami…
The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2017
12 eps
tvN
Sci Fi Thriller Mystery
Two parallel timelines unfold simultaneously: in 2017, a college student investigates his brother's disappearance and encounters a woman who may not be human; in 2037, a detective …
The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.
2022
10 eps
Disney+
Thriller Sci Fi Mystery
Thirty years ago, a mysterious figure called The Ghost appeared and saved humanity from solar winds that would have destroyed all electronics on Earth — and then vanished. Now a wa…
The pacing is a slow-burn dread that accumulates until the weight of it is unbearable.