Russian Doll is a mystery comedy-drama series created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler. The Netflix series follows Nadia Vulvokov, a young woman who finds herself stuck in a time loop where she dies and relives the same night. She soon finds someone stuck in the same situation as her and teams up with them to solve this mystery and get out of the time loop. Russian Doll stars Natasha Lyonne, Greta Lee, Yul Vazquez, Elizabeth Ashley, Charlie Bartlett, and Chloë Sevigny. So, if you loved the mind-bending storyline, hilarious dark comedy, and compelling characters in Russian Doll, here are some similar shows you should check out next.
Undone (Prime Video)
Undone is an adult animated sci-fi fantasy psychological mystery comedy-drama series created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg. The Prime Video series follows Alma Winograd-Diaz, a young woman who develops the ability to move through time after a car accident. She uses this ability to find the truth about her father’s death. Undone stars Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, Siddarth Dhananjay, Daveed Diggs, and Bob Odenkirk.
Dark (Netflix)
Dark is a German sci-fi mystery thriller drama series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. The Netflix series is set in a small German town, and it follows a teen boy still grieving the death of his father. He soon finds himself embroiled in a time travel conspiracy involving multiple generations of the town’s residents. Dark stars Louis Hofmann, Lisa Vicari, Gina Stiebitz, Maja Schöne, Oliver Masucci, Andreas Pietschmann, Antje Traue, and Karoline Eichhorn.
The Good Place (Netflix, Apple TV & Rent on Prime Video)
The Good Place is a fantasy comedy series created by Michael Schur. The NBC series follows Eleanor Shellstrop, a young woman who finds herself in a heaven-like afterlife despite leading a morally corrupt life. She thinks that she’s there because of mistaken identity and tries to hide her real nature from everyone around her. The Good Place stars Kristen Bell, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D’Arcy Carden, Manny Jacinto, and Ted Danson.
Pushing Daisies (Max & Rent on Prime Video)
Pushing Daisies is a fantasy mystery comedy-drama series created by Bryan Fuller. The ABC series follows Ned, a pie-maker with a supernatural ability to bring anyone back from the dead just with a touch, but when he touches them again, they die for real. When Ned’s childhood love dies in mysterious circumstances, he brings her back to life to solve the mystery behind her death. Pushing Daisies stars Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Field Cate, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, and Kristin Chenoweth.
The End of the F***ing World (Netflix)
The End of the F***ing World is a British dark comedy-drama series created by Jonathan Entwistle. Based on the comics of the same name by Charles Forsman, the Netflix series follows James, a teen boy who thinks that he is a psychopath and has killed a lot of small animals, but now he wants to kill a person and chooses his angry classmate, Alyssa. Soon, they set out on a life-changing experience. The End of the F***ing World stars Alex Lawther, Jessica Barden, Naomi Ackie, Gemma Whelan, Wunmi Mosaku, Steve Oram, and Christine Bottomley.
I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix)
I Am Not Okay With This is a coming-of-age superhero dark comedy-drama series created by Jonathan Entwistle and Christy Hall. Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Charles Forsman, the short-lived Netflix series follows Sydney Novak, a 17-year-old lesbian girl struggling to navigate the complexities of her teenage years while also dealing with her newfound superpowers. I Am Not Okay With This stars Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, Sofia Bryant, Kathleen Rose Perkins, and Aidan Wojtak-Hissong.
Living With Yourself (Netflix)
Living With Yourself is a sci-fi dark comedy-drama series created by Timothy Greenberg. The Netflix series follows Miles Elliot, a mild-mannered leading an unhappy life. When he comes across a mysterious treatment that promises a better life, he decides to accept it. He soon discovers that during the treatment, the people in charge replaced him with a cloned version of himself. Living With Yourself stars Paul Rudd, Aisling Bea, Alia Shawkat, Desmin Borges, Karen Pittman, Zoë Chao, and Rob Yang.