20 best shows like Masters of Horror (2005)

List of the best shows and series like Masters of Horror (2005): Proof, The Making of The Mob, American Horror Story, The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst, The Birch, Unsolved Mysteries, Supernatural, Ghost Whisperer, I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Erased.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:56

A brilliant surgeon searches for proof of life after death.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genredrama, documentary, crime, history
CountryUSA
Duration00:30

A docudrama series chronicling some of America's most notorious mobsters, each season dealing with a different city/region.

Markimdb: 8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genredocumentary, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

Robert Durst, scion of one of New York’s billionaire real estate families, has been accused of three murders but never convicted. Brilliant, reclusive, and the subject of relentless media scrutiny, he’s never spoken publicly—until now. During interviews with Andrew Jarecki, he reveals secrets of the case that baffled authorities for 30 years. In 2010, Jarecki made the narrative film All Good Things based on the infamous story of Robert Durst. After Durst saw the film, he contacted Jarecki wanting to tell his story. What began as a feature documentary ultimately became a six-part series as more and more of his incredible story was revealed.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

Horror stories told from the perspectives of multiple characters whose lives are affected by the Birch, a bloodthirsty monster deep in the woods. Once you summon her protection, you never escape.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrethriller, drama, documentary, crime, detective
CountryUSA

Combines four to five segments of dramatic re-enactments, interviews and updates of real human and paranormal mysteries. An audience interactive call-to-action request allowed viewers to call in with tips to help solve the cases.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration00:43

    When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, 'but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing.' Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over. The sentimental drama is 'inspired by the work of medium James Van Praagh.'

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredocumentary, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryJapan
    Duration01:32

    After finding his mom killed, Satoru's time-traveling ability takes him back 18 years for a chance to prevent her death and those of three classmates.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:58

    A young H.G. Wells time travels to modern day New York City in pursuit of the charismatic—yet secretly psychopathic—Dr. John Stevenson, better known as "Jack the Ripper," following the doctor's brazen escape from the Victorian London authorities.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryNorway

    The doomed passengers aboard a spectral bus head toward a gruesome, unknown destination in this deliciously macabre horror anthology series.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, documentary, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    This anthology series brings to life Aaron Mahnke's “Lore” podcast and uncovers the real-life events that spawned our darkest nightmares. Blending dramatic scenes, animation, archive and narration, Lore reveals how our horror legends - such as vampires, werewolves and body snatchers - are rooted in truth.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker is an American television series that aired on ABC during the 1974–1975 season. It featured a fictional Chicago newspaper reporter who investigated mysterious crimes with unlikely causes, particularly those that law enforcement authorities would not follow up. These often involved the supernatural or even science fiction, including fantastic creatures.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

      Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada

      Set in a remote Alaskan town that has been overrun by paranormal forces, the series focuses on local outcast Roman Mercer who must overcome the town’s prejudices and his own personal demons if he’s to harness his repressed psychic powers and save everyone from the mass haunting that’s threatening to destroy them all.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Country vicar Merrily Watkins just happens to be one of the few women priests working as an exorcist. When a man is found murdered by crucifixion, the police, aware of her knowledge of the paranormal underworld, turn to the Vicar for assistance. Before long Merilly is convinced Satanists are behind the crime and the investigation takes them into a very dark and dangerous world.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryItaly

      Leonardo Cagliostro, a policeman, dies and decides to stay on Earth in order to find out more about the circumstances of his death and to save his wife, Anna, who's in danger.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration15:46

      A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genreaction, fantasy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:14

      The last in a line of Chosen Ones, a wannabe chef teams up with a homicide detective to unravel an ancient mystery and take down supernatural assassins.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:38

      A young boy's horror comic book comes to life in this anthology series of terrifying tales.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:44

      A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genreaction, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration03:06

      Young CIA analyst Joe Turner has his idealism tested when he learns that the CIA has been using an algorithm he developed to spy on American citizens, leading the organization to a terrorist plot that threatens the lives of millions. Inspired by Sydney Pollack’s 1975 political thriller Three Days of the Condor.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:43

      Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:54

      Consumed by the mystery surrounding the donor heart that saved her life, a young patient starts taking on sinister characteristics of the deceased.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:43

      A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

      Markimdb: 8.2
      Genrefantasy, melodrama
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:30

      The Hotel Del Luna, located in Seoul, is not like any other hotel: its clients are all ghosts. Jang Man-wol, stuck in the hotel for the past millennium, meets Goo Chan-sung, the new manager.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genredocumentary, crime, biography, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      A unique look inside the mind of an infamous serial killer with this cinematic self-portrait crafted from statements made by Ted Bundy, including present-day interviews, archival footage and audio recordings from death row.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, action, fantasy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredocumentary, crime, detective, history
      CountryUSA

      The Son of Sam case grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a satanic cult.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn’t mean gone.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:53

      True Blood is an American television drama series created and produced by Alan Ball. It is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris, detailing the co-existence of vampires and humans in Bon Temps, a fictional, small town in northwestern Louisiana. The series centers on the adventures of Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress with an otherworldly quality.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredocumentary, crime
      CountryUSA

      Samuel Little may not be the first name that comes to mind when thinking of serial killers, but he is one of the most prolific and elusive of all time. He was convicted of murdering four women but is thought to have killed as many as 93 women over four decades. For the first time ever, viewers will have exclusive access to investigators, stories from families and chillingly detailed descriptions from Samuel Little himself.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genredocumentary, crime, history
      CountryUSA

      The Devil Next Door tells the story of John Demjanjuk, a retired Ukrainian-American automotive worker in the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio in the 1980s who is accused as being a notoriously cruel Nazi death camp guard during World War II, known as Ivan the Terrible.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:16

      A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before he can strike again. Based on the bestselling novel by Stephen King.




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