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20 best shows like Those Merry Souls (1985)

List of the best shows and series like Those Merry Souls (1985): The Secret Angel, Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches, Fungus the Bogeyman, Amazing Stories, The Haunted Hathaways, Leyla ile Mecnun, The Watch, Visible Man, Mr. Queen, Kevin (Probably) Saves the World.

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Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryChina, South Korea
Duration02:30

An angel called L accidentally saves Han Si Yeong, who was meant to die, when she gives him her necklace. Now it's her mission to live on earth and protect Si Yeong for 100 days, while an angel of death tries to manipulate him into taking his own life. If she fails, she'll be banished from heaven forever and stranded without her powers. However, the more time the angels spend on earth, the more human they become, and with that come human feelings.

Markimdb: 7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryJapan

Urara Shiraishi is a model student with excellent grades. Ryu Yamada is a trouble student. One day, Urara tumbles down the stairs with Ryu. After the accident, their bodies become switched. When they tumbled down the stairs, they happened to kiss. They guess that they may have changed bodies because of the kiss. They kiss again and they get their own bodies back. Through kissing they can change bodies freely. They also learn that there are 7 witches with special abilities and that the 7 witches can use their special abilities by kissing, so Urara and Ryu set out to find the 7 witches.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom

An adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's classic that mixes live action and CGI animation to follow the adventures of a family of green monsters who live in the slimy underground world of Bogeydom. Fungus and his wife Mildew suspect their son Mould is illicitly dabbling in human culture, sparking a family argument that sees the boy flee to the surface. Above ground in Daventry, Daryl Hedge's go-getting wife Wendy won't let him forget it that he is unemployed, while his daughter Lucy has fallen for a disagreeable older boy called Dean.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA

Each episode transports the audience to worlds of wonder through the lens of today’s most imaginative filmmakers, directors and writers. A reimagining of the original anthology series by Steven Spielberg.

Markimdb: 5
Genrefantasy, comedy, family
CountryUSA

When Michelle Hathaway relocates to New Orleans to open a bakery with her daughters Taylor and Frankie, they quickly learn that life in the “Big Easy” is very different. Unbeknownst to them, their new home is already occupied by a ghost family comprised of jazz musician father Ray Preston and his sons Miles and Louie. After agreeing to live under one roof, they come to care about and rely on one another while driving each other crazy – just like any normal family would. Though leery at first, the Hathaways soon discover how much fun life can be when living with ghosts.

Markimdb: 9.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective
CountryTurkey

Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom

A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. Inspired by the characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett’s famous “Discworld” novels.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryTurkey

In a world where being invisible is the norm, fainthearted Kurtulus finds himself in the middle of an explosion that would turn him visible, which set by the villain boss Esref Serif.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, biography, history
CountrySouth Korea

In the present day, Jang Bong Hwan works as a chef at the President's Blue House. She has a free spirit, but her spirit somehow finds its way into the body of Queen Kim So Yong in the Joseon period.King Cheol Jong has secrets. He seems like a figurehead, who is gentle and easygoing. In fact, he hides his strong aspects. Queen Sunwon is the late King Sunjo’s wife. She wields the true power in the country and, thus, relegates King Cheol Jong as just a figurehead. Kim Jwa Geun is Queen Sunwon’s younger brother. He is extremely ambitious.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:15

One day while returning home to stay with his widowed twin sister and her daughter, Kevin Finn, a self-centered man whose life brings him more trouble than he bargained for, is recruited by a celestial being named Yvette, who enlists Kevin with a new purpose in his life, which is to save the world.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
CountryUSA

Avery Jennings and Tyler James are step-siblings who are complete opposites. The family faces an even bigger adjustment when their new dog, Stan, can talk and also has a blog, unbeknownst to the family. Stan uses his blog to discuss the happenings in the Jennings-James household. Avery and Tyler later learn of Stan's talking ability and agree to keep it a secret from their parents.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA

Middle school feels like the worst place imaginable, but for Jess, Josh, and Marco, their school may actually be the worst place in this world…or any other!

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountrySouth Korea

Can a woman do anything for the sake of love? Ha Ni is a mermaid princess in the underwater empire but she longs for the human world when she sees and falls in love with a man. She transforms into a human and follows Hyun Myung to live in a temporary house for people who are preparing for employment. The pragmatic Hyun Myung is trying to find a good-paying job to provide him with a comfortable life. But will he be distracted by Ha Ni, who has just 100 days to make Hyun Myung fall in love with her so that she can remain a human?

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryCanada

Kristal Hasting is a young YouTube influencer and beauty vlogger. She's fun, charming, resourceful, and all about keeping up appearances. Kristal is estranged from her identical twin sister, Kyle, a brilliant PhD student and budding young physicist. Kyle is dry and sarcastic and isn't afraid to call Kristal on her BS. Though it's like looking in a mirror, they couldn't be more different.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountrySpain
Duration01:48

A soldier from the 15th century, a university student from the 19th century and a nurse from the present join the secret 'Department of Time', a secret department within the Spanish government with the ability to travel through time. Their mission is prevent changes in history.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA

The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an 'evil witch' and leader of the school clique the 'Panthers', is still willing to fight for the boy she loves.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryUSA

Kevin Pacalioglu may have no money and no clue, but he can see dead people, so that’s pretty cool. Faced with a constant stream of stubborn spirits, Pac goes to whatever lengths require the least amount of effort to help New York City’s most frivolous ghosts finish their unfinished business, occasionally with the help of his best friend and drug dealer, Roofie.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUSA

Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

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: 8.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
CountryUSA

Kelly Quinn and her two BFF's, Darbie and Hannah, stumble upon her grandmother's mysterious cookbook in the attic and discover some far from ordinary recipes. When the Shut'em Up Shortcake silences Kelly's pesky little brother and the Healing Hazelnut Tart heals Darbie's ankle, the girls discover they have the power of magic. A single-camera live-action pilot based on the popular book.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA

Dwight, a 21st century teen, falls into an ancient, underground chamber and lands lip-to-lip with Gretta, a gothic princess who has been magically sleeping for a thousand years.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, family
CountryUSA

Pair of Kings is an American television sitcom show.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Kim Moo-Young has been a zombie for the past 2 years. To survive, he has mimicked the mannerisms of humans in a village. He then leaves for the city. There, Kim Moo-Young opens an office to work as a private detective. He does not remember anything before he became a zombie. He struggles to live with humans and to regain his past memory. Meanwhile, Kong Sun-Ji used to be a writer of a current affairs complaint program. A witness in a case, she was working on, was attacked by an unknown man. Due to that, she quit her job. She becomes involved with Kim Moo-Young and takes a part-time position at his private detective office.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
CountryNew Zealand
Duration00:45

New Zealand's capital is a hotbed of supernatural activity... so Officers Minogue and O'Leary, who featured in the vampire documentary What We Do In The Shadows, take to the streets to investigate all manner of paranormal phenomena.




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