Manifest has recently made its debut on Netflix, captivating viewers with its intriguing story of passengers who mysteriously disappear and reappear five years later. The show quickly climbed to the top of Netflix’s popularity chart. While the fate of the series remains uncertain, we have handpicked a selection of similar shows to satisfy your craving for compelling narratives.
Here are 10 Shows like Manifest to watch on Netflix, Prime Video, and more:
1. Dirty John
Do you really know the person you love? Conquered by John (Eric Bana), interior designer Debra (Connie Britton) ends up marrying him. Is their happiness real? Is the charming doctor playing a double game, trapping her in his web of lies? Terra and Veronica, worried about their mother, set out to unmask the stranger who has infiltrated their family.
2. Colony
Set in a future where alien beings have successfully colonized Earth, the Bowmans find themselves part of a society living in constant fear and uncertainty. Collaborators rule the city of Los Angeles, concealing the true appearance of the aliens from the general population.
As the story unfolds, Will, the head of the Bowman family and a former FBI agent with a mysterious past, is presented with a life-altering proposition by the area’s governor. The offer promises the chance to utilize his skills in thwarting the progress of the resistance. However, the decision becomes infinitely more complex for Will and his wife Katie when they realize it could lead to uncovering the whereabouts of their youngest son, who vanished during the alien occupation. Caught between conflicting loyalties and their unyielding desire to reunite their family, the couple faces an agonizing choice: should they collaborate with the oppressive forces or take a stand and resist?
3. Sweet Tooth
Ten years ago, “The Great Crumble” brought chaos to the world and led to the mysterious emergence of hybrid babies, born half-human, half-animal. Unsure whether the hybrids are the cause or the result of the virus, many humans fear them and hunt them down. After a decade of living safely in his isolated forest home, Gus (Christian Convery), a sheltered hybrid deer-boy, befriends Jepperd (Nonso Anozie), a wandering loner. Together, they embark on an extraordinary adventure across what’s left of America, in search of answers about Gus’s origins, Jepperd’s past and the true meaning of home. But their story is full of unexpected allies and enemies, and Gus soon learns that the lush and dangerous world outside the forest is more complex than he could ever have imagined.
4. The Watcher
When the Brannock family move into their dream home, things quickly turn hellish. First, disturbing letters from a mysterious individual calling himself “The Watcher”. Then frightening revelations about the neighborhood.
5. Into the Night
In this post-apocalyptic series, the sun suddenly and inexplicably becomes deadly to humans. Anyone who comes into contact with its rays dies immediately. Word soon spreads, and passengers on a night flight from Brussels airport to Moscow have a chance to escape. An armed traveler hijacks the plane, forcing the pilot to head west to stay in the dark and escape the sun. The little people aboard the plane, who don’t know each other, will have to pull together to try and survive, even if the situation looks pretty hopeless.
6. Invasion
Step into a world on the brink of chaos as aliens descend upon Earth, casting a shadow of uncertainty and fear. Through the eyes of five diverse individuals from different corners of the globe, witness their gripping quest to comprehend the unfolding events and determine the fate of humanity.
7. The OA
Enter the enigmatic world of Prairie Johnson, a young girl who resurfaces after seven years of abduction, now referring to herself as “The OA” or the Original Angel. As her blindness miraculously vanishes and her unexplained reappearance captivates those around her, a web of intrigue and curiosity begins to unravel.
8. The Flight Attendant
Cassandra Bowden (Kaley Cuoco), a flight attendant, wakes up in her Bangkok hotel room with a hangover and the dead body of a man she had an affair with the day before. Frightened at the thought of having to call the police, she decides to get on with her day, as if nothing had happened. However, once in New York, she is questioned by FBI agents. Still having trouble recalling events, Cassandra begins to wonder if she might be the killer.
9. Emergence
When Jo (Allison Tolman), head of the police force, takes under her wing a child she found near a mysterious accident, she discovers that the child has no memory of who she is or what happened. Jo decides to investigate.
10. Sense8
A woman commits suicide in the ruins of a Methodist temple in Chicago, USA. Her death mysteriously intertwines the lives of eight individuals scattered across the globe. Nomi, Will, Riley, Capheus, Sun, Lito, Kala and Wolfgang now share common intellectual, emotional and sensory experiences, and find themselves able to intervene in their respective realities. They are not the only ones with these abilities, however, and are sought after by an organization with darker motives.
