Sunny is a dark sci-fi comedy series created by Katie Robbins. Based on the 2018 novel titled The Dark Manual by author Colin O’Sullivan, the Apple TV+ series follows the story of Suzie, an American woman living in Kyoto, Japan as her husband and son suddenly disappear in a plane crash. Soon after she is given a domestic robot by the robotic company her husband worked at. Then, Suzie finds herself embroiled in a dangerous mystery surrounding her husband’s death. Sunny stars Rashida Jones in the lead role with Hidetoshi Nishijima, Joanna Sotomura, annie the clumsy, and Judy Ongg starring in supporting roles. So, if you love the dark tone, goofy comedy, and neon visuals in Sunny, here are some similar shows you could watch next.
Devs (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video)
Devs is a sci-fi mystery thriller series created, written, and directed by Alex Garland. The FX series follows the story of Lily Chan, a software engineer working at a quantum computing company Amaya. Soon, Lily finds herself suspecting the CEO of Amaya, Forest for her boyfriend’s mysterious death in his new job of working in the Devs team at Amaya. Devs stars Sonoya Mizuno in the lead role with Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny, Karl Glusman, Alison Pill, Aimee Mullins, Linnea Berthelsen, Jefferson Hall, Janet Mock, and Georgia King starring in supporting roles.
Hello Tomorrow! (Apple TV+)
Hello Tomorrow! is a sci-fi drama series created by Amit Bhalla and Lucas Jansen. The Apple TV+ series is set in a retrofuturistic world. We follow the story of a charismatic salesman Jack Billings as he leads a team of men and women to sell hawking timeshares on the moon, which never existed in the first place. Hello Tomorrow! stars Billy Crudup in the lead role with Hank Azaria, Haneefah Wood, Alison Pill, Nicholas Podany, Dewshane Williams, Jeacki Weaver, Dagmara Domińczyk, Matthew Paul Chan, and Matthew Maher starring in supporting roles.
Severance (Apple TV+)
Severance is a sci-fi psychological thriller series created by Dan Erickson. The Apple TV+ series follows the story of Mark as he leads a team of office workers at the biotechnology corporation Lumon Industries. Every member of Mark’s team including Mark has had their memories surgically divided between their work and personal lives but when a former colleague meets Mark in the outside world, Mark begins to wonder what he and his team doing at work. Severance stars Adam Scott in the lead role with Britt Lower, Dichen Lachman, Patricia Arquette, Zach Cherry, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Sydney Cole Alexander, and Tramell Tillman starring in supporting roles.
Humans (Rent on Prime Video)
Humans is a sci-fi drama series created by Jonathan Brackley and Sam Vincent. Based on the Swedish sci-fi series titled Real Humans created by Lars Lundström, the Channel 4 series follows the story of Joe, a family man as he purchases a synthetic robot to help her wife around the house. But what Joe didn’t know was how big of an impact the synth would have on their lives. Humans stars Gemma Chan, Colin Morgan, Emily Berrington, Katherine Parkinson, Lucy Carless, Tom Goodman-Hill, Theo Stevenson, Will Tudor, Pixie Davies, and Carrie-Anne Moss.
The Last Thing He Told Me (Apple TV+)
The Last Thing He Told Me is a mystery thriller series created by Laura Dave and Josh Singer. Based on the 2021 novel of the same name by author Laura Dave, the Apple TV+ series follows the story of Hannah Hall, a woman frantically searching for her husband who suddenly disappeared. During her search, she forms an unexpected bond with her stepdaughter, Bailey Michaels. The Last Thing He Told Me stars Jennifer Garner in the lead role with Angourie Rice, Aisha Tyler, Augusto Aguilera, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, John Harlan Kim, Geoff Stults, and David Morse starring in supporting roles.
Black Mirror: Be Right Back (Netflix)
Black Mirror is a dark sci-fi thriller anthology series created by Charlie Brooker. The Netflix anthology series mostly gives us a dark take on a new piece of technology in each episode, but in one of its episodes titled Be Right Back starring Hayley Atwell and Domhnall Gleeson in the lead roles, we follow the story of a grieving woman who recently lost her partner as she is informed about a service that lets people stay in touch with the dead, via human-like robots.
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Dead to Me is a dark comedy thriller series created by Liz Feldman. The Netflix series follows the story of Jen, a sardonic grieving woman who recently lost her husband in a hit-and-run case as she befriends Judy, an optimistic woman at a support group. What Jen doesn’t know is that Judy is hiding something life-shattering from her. Dead to Me stars Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini in the lead roles with Natalie Morales, Sam McCarthy, James Marsden, Edward Asner, Steve Howey, Luke Roessler, Katey Sagal, Olivia Macklin, and Valerie Mahaffey starring in supporting roles.
