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If You Loved Black Mirror, Here Are 15 Shows You Can't Miss

If You Loved Black Mirror, Here Are 15 Shows You Can't Miss
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These shows sure do offer some twisted, reality-warping storylines.

1. Electric Dreams (2017 - 2018)

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Imagine dunking your brain in a cocktail of futuristic visions and stirring it with a Philip K. Dick novel. Each episode is like opening a new door in a corridor of the Twilight Zone – if that corridor was in a spaceship. From telepathic conversations with aliens to a world where your every move is guided by a chip in your head, it's a buffet of 'what ifs'. There's even one where humanity lives in a simulated reality to decide if they're worthy of entering an alien society.

2. The One (2021)

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Matchmaking here isn't swiping left or right; it's about DNA. A company promises to find your perfect partner through genetic matching. Sounds like a dream, right? Wrong. This plot knots together love, murder, and the sheer chaos that ensues when you try to outsmart human emotions with science. As lives tangle up, we learn maybe some things should be left to good ol' fate (and awkward coffee dates).

3. Inside No. 9 (2014 - Present)

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Behind each No. 9 door lies a tale that flips normality on its head. One minute you're laughing at a bumbling burglary attempt, and the next, you're watching a chilling game of sardines in a wardrobe that uncovers family secrets. It's like opening a box of chocolates, but half of them are filled with ghost peppers. Each story wraps up in 30 minutes. It's quick, it's clever, and it's like someone put Black Mirror in a blender with British dark humor.

4. Dead Set (2008)

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Before zombies became as common as pumpkin spice lattes, there was Dead Set. Big Brother meets the undead. In Dead Set, reality TV contestants obliviously living the dream while outside, the world is a 24/7 all-you-can-eat human buffet for zombies. It's gory, it's funny, and it makes you wonder if reality TV is actually the real brain-eater. The series chews on the juicy bits of society's obsession with screen time while the world crumbles.

5. Humans (2015 - 2018)

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What happens when your sexy robot maid starts having feelings? Humans dives into the lives of Synths, eerily lifelike robots, and the families that awkwardly try not to treat them like the toaster. It's all about the messy lines between human and machine. One family's Synth might just be sentient, and she's not just upset about the dust bunnies under the bed. It's a tangled web of AI rights, personal dramas, and a sprinkle of techno-paranoia, proving that the future might just have us all in our feels – robots included.

6. Utopia (Original UK Version, 2013 - 2014)

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Picture a comic book that holds deadly secrets leading to a real-life conspiracy. A group of nerds gets their hands on the manuscript of the cult graphic novel Utopia and are suddenly in the crosshairs of a mysterious organization called The Network. They're not just after blood; they want to sterilize humanity to save the planet.

7. Travelers (2016 - 2018)

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The future is a mess, so naturally, humanity sends consciousness back in time to fix it, inhabiting people about to die. But messing with time is like eating spaghetti with a spoon – it gets complicated. These travelers have to blend in, and not like aliens on vacation, but as the people whose lives they've taken over, all while dealing with future missions that come in via text. Yes, text. Because even in the future, no one likes to talk on the phone.

8. Orphan Black (2013-2017)

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Imagine witnessing your doppelgänger commit suicide and then deciding, "Hey, I'll just take over her life, no biggie". That's what street-smart Sarah does, only to fall face-first into a cloning conspiracy that's as twisted as a DNA helix. Sarah and her clone 'sisters' traverse a minefield of identity crises, assassin attacks, and, naturally, family drama. It's a high-octane, clone-juggling act with a side of cheeky humor, because what else can you do when you find out you're part of an illegal science experiment?

9. The Booth at the End (2011 - 2012)

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No flashy tech, no CGI, just a mysterious man in a diner booth granting wishes for a price. The catch? You must complete a task, and it's never as simple as knitting a sweater. It could be robbing a bank, or worse, singing karaoke. Okay, not really, but you get the drift. It's all moral quandaries and psychological twists served up with a side of fries. The tension isn't in the action; it's in the decisions, the conversations, and the question: "How far would you go to get what you want?"

10. Dark (2017 - 2020)

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Dark takes you on a time-traveling trip through a small German town where children keep disappearing. Families in this show are more intertwined than earbuds left in your pocket, and the plot is a labyrinth of past, present, and future. Get ready to draw family trees more complex than your high school calculus problems, and don't forget: In this town, everyone's connected. Literally.

11. Les Revenants (The Returned, 2012 - 2015)

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In a quiet French mountain town, the dead start to return, looking fresh as the day they left. No zombies craving brains here – these are your previously deceased, now pondering over a cup of coffee and croissant. But their return brings a cascade of increasingly weird events and a heavy dose of emotional baggage. It's less about the horror of the dead walking the earth and more about the beauty and pain of second chances.

12. Continuum (2012 - 2015)

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Imagine a cop from the future getting accidentally time-warped back to our present day with a group of terrorists. Now, she has to blend in as a modern-day officer while thwarting the bad guys who plan to alter the future. She has to figure out how to get home to her family in the year 2077.

13. The Kingdom (Riget, 1994 - 2022)

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Created by the illustrious Lars von Trier, The Kingdom is a Danish miniseries that takes place in a shabby, haunted hospital where the laws of nature are constantly being stretched and snapped. The doctors are as eccentric as the patients, and paranormal events are as routine as a check-up. A headstrong Swedish neurosurgeon faces off with a ghost ambulance, a spiritual gateway in the basement, and a pregnant woman with a... let's say, peculiar condition.

14. The OA (2016 - 2019)

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A blind woman, Prairie, goes missing, and when she returns, she can see – and she has a wild tale to tell. She claims she's the "Original Angel" and recruits a group of locals to help her open a portal to another dimension. It's a tapestry of near-death experiences, interpretive dance moves that can cross dimensions (no, really), and a talking octopus.

15. 3% (2016 - 2020)

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In a dystopian future, the world is divided between progress and devastation. Only 3% of the population gets to join the better side – the Offshore – through a rigorous selection process. It's like The Hunger Games with less archery and more psychological and moral challenges. The candidates face trials that will make you grateful your worst test was a college final, not a life-changing selection process.