While there are many brilliant and weird shows on streaming and television, Josh Brolin‘s Outer Range has to be one of the most bizarre series. Created by Brian Watkins, the Prime Video series takes a lot of big leaps to tell its brilliant story which spans multiple genres. Outer Range follows many things like the rivalries of a ranching community, family drama, and most interesting of all time travel. While there are not many shows that are like Outer Range some of the aspects of the series are going to feel similar to many shows you have seen. So, if you loved the recently released second season and don’t know what to watch until Season 3 comes out we have got you covered with these similar shows you should check out.
Dark (Netflix)
Dark is a German sci-fi mystery thriller series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. The Netflix series is set in a small German town and it follows the story of a teen boy as he learns the reason behind his father’s death at the same time a small kid goes missing in his town, which starts a series of events that brings out all the secrets everyone in the town is dying to keep. If you love Outer Range then you will love Dark and in some instances, it’s even better than Outer Range. The German series has everything you need as an Outer Range fan including time travel and complicated families.
Twin Peaks (Paramount+ & Prime Video Add-On)
Twin Peaks is a supernatural mystery thriller series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. The iconic series is set in a fictional small town called Twin Peaks and it follows the story of FBI Agent Dale Cooper as he goes to Twin Peaks to solve the murder of a seemingly innocent high school girl, but when he gets there he finds out that nothing is as it seems. Twin Peaks stars Kyle MacLachlan in the lead role with David Lynch, Sherilyn Fenn, Lara Flynn Boyle, Mädchen Amick, David Duchovny, and Michael Ontkean starring in supporting roles.
Yellowstone (Peacock & Rent on Prime Video)
Yellowstone is a Western drama series created by Taylor Sheridan and John Linson. The Paramount Network series follows the story of the Dutton family, mainly the patriarch John Dutton who runs the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Yellowstone has everything you need in a Western series including cool dialogues, political intrigue, fields, and cowboy hats. While Yellowstone isn’t a sci-fi series like Outer Range, it does have enough similarities in its family and Western drama aspect to the Prime Video series that it deserves to be on this list. Yellowstone stars Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly, Cole Hauser, Luke Grimes, Kelsey Asbille, Wes Bentley, Jefferson White, Gil Birmingham, Ian Bohen, and Wendy Moniz.
Justified (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video)
Justified is a neo-western crime drama series created by Graham Yost. Based on a novel titled Fire in the Hole by author Elmore Leonard, the FX series follows the story of Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens as he moves back to his hometown to catch a dangerous outlaw who also happens to be his childhood friend. Justified stars Timothy Olyphant in the lead role with Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Natalie Zea, Erica Tazel, Nick Searcy, Damon Herriman, Jeremy Davies, and Jere Burns starring in supporting roles.
Bloodline (Netflix)
Bloodline is a psychological thriller series created by Todd A. Kessler, Glenn Kessler, and Daniel Zelman. The Netflix series follows the story of the Rayburn family as the once harmonious and happy family gets destroyed because of a dark secret from their past. Bloodline has intense family drama and enough criminal and thriller aspects to it that Outer Range fans will surely love it. Bloodline stars Ben Mendelsohn, Kyle Chandler, Linda Cardellini, Sissy Spacek, Jacinda Barrett, Chloë Sevigny, Sam Shepard, Jamie McShane, Taylor Rouviere, Norbert Leo Butz, and Owen Teague.
Legion (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video)
Legion is a superhero psychological thriller series created by Noah Hawley. Based on a character of the same name from Marvel Comics by creators Chris Claremont and Bill Sienkiewicz. The FX series follows the story of a young man who was diagnosed with schizophrenia at a young age, but he discovers that he isn’t sick and the thing inside him that he thought was an illness were superpowers. Legion is a very dark and complex superhero drama series and it isn’t safe if that’s what you were expecting as a Marvel fan because it takes some big swings. Legion stars Dan Stevens in the lead role with Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin, Jeremie Harris, Amber Midthunder, Katie Aselton, Jean Smart, Navid Negahban, and Jermaine Clement starring in supporting roles.
The Twilight Zone (Prime Video, Paramount+ & Pluto TV)
The Twilight Zone is an anthology series with a mix of genres including horror, sci-fi, drama, comedy, and supernatural. Created by the brilliant Rod Sterling, the classic series explores many different stories in its 156 episodes and most of them are as surreal and thrilling as Outer Range. The Twilight Zone was also rebooted in 2019, which was developed by Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg, and Marco Ramirez.
Lost (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video)
Lost is a sci-fi adventure drama series created by J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber, and Damon Lindelof. The ABC series follows a group of plane crash survivors each hiding their secrets as they end up on a mysterious island that is hiding its monsters including a series of underground bunkers and violent survivalists. Lost stars Matthew Fox, Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Easton, Daniel Dae Kim, Naveen Andrews, Dominic Monaghan, Ian Somerhalder, and Harrold Perrineau.
The X-Files (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video)
The X-Files is a sci-fi fantasy drama series created by Chris Carter. The Fox series follows the story of two FBI agents as they try to solve some of the most mind-bending and horrifying cases known as the X-files. While the government thinks that most of these cases are not true our heroes stop at nothing to uncover the truth. The X-Files stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson star in the lead roles with Mitch Pileggi, Robert Patrick, William B. Davis, Tom Braidwood, Arlene Pileggi, Jerry Hardin, and Bryan Cranston starring in supporting roles.
Stranger Things (Netflix)
Stranger Things is a sci-fantasy adventure series created by the Duffer Brothers. The popular Netflix series is set in the 1980s in a small fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana and it follows the story of a group of kids as one of their friends goes missing and a mysterious girl with superpowers named Eleven shows up out of nowhere. Stranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Winona Ryder, Charlie Heaton, and Brett Gelman.