Alice in Borderland is a South Korean Netflix original series that recently saw the release of its second season. The hit show centers around a group of people who go to a parallel dimension as part of a survival game. The sci-fi mystery series first debuted in 2020, with its second season airing in late-December 2022. The series quickly gained popularity thanks to its similarities to Alice in Wonderland and its complex plot and brilliant characters.
If you are like the masses, then you have most likely already finished watching the newest season and are in need of a new action-adventure fix. Whether you are looking for another South Korean series or even one with similar settings or parallel dimensions, rest assured that there are many other shows to watch next.
Apocalyptic shows like The Silent Sea, Dark, Kingdom, and 12 Monkeys provide similar plots to Alice in Borderland. Mystery meets thriller in series like The Purge TV series, which is arguably more horrifying than the films it’s based on, The Peripheral, and Panic, all of which provide the thrill you may be craving. Zombie series like Sweet Home and All of Us Are Dead, which has proven to be more than just a basic zombie show, are also great alternatives to watch. Here’s a list of 12 shows like Alice in Borderland for you to watch next.
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12 The Purge
USA Network
The Purge TV series was created from the popular horror franchise of the same name, which first debuted back in 2013. USA Network picked up the option for a TV series, which stems from the franchise that revolved around surviving a 12-hour period where anything was legal, even murder. The TV version ran from 2018 to 2019 for a total of 20 episodes, all of which can now be streamed via Hulu.
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11 Wayward Pines
FOX
Wayward Pines is a Fox original series that can now be watched on Hulu. The two-season show aired back in 2015 and followed a Secret Service agent who goes to the town of Wayward Pines, Idaho in search of two missing federal agents. While there, he finds that he may never be able to leave the bucolic town. The show was created from the novel series by Blake Crouch.
10 Panic
Prime Video
Panic is a crime thriller that aired for one season in 2021 on Prime Video. Panic is a series of challenges that graduating high school students can participate in for the chance to win life-changing money. The players are forced to face their deepest fears in the challenging and dangerous game. While this series received mixed ratings, its ten episodes allow for optimal binge-watching in a weekend.
9 The Peripheral
The Peripheral is a Prime Video original series set in the future, where technology can alter society. Living in a small town, a young woman escapes her rough life by testing simulations in the form of video games designed by a friend. One of these tests unlocks an alternate reality that threatens to put her and her family in danger. The 2022 sci-fi thriller is based on a novel of the same name by William Gibson. At this time, a second season has not been officially announced, but is considered imminent.
8 The Silent Sea
Netflix
The Silent Sea is a South Korean Netflix original series that aired in 2021. While the series did not receive as much hype as other South Korean series on this list, it is still worth a binge. With only eight total episodes, it’s the perfect adventure series to binge during your net weekend break. Set in the future, a space mission to the moon is in the works to try and save the world from falling deeper into destruction.
7 Dark
Dark is a German series that aired on Netflix and ran for three seasons from 2017 to 2020. The mystery series is a supernatural one that spans multiple worlds thanks to a budding relationship between the two main characters. Dark focuses on the concept of time travel and preventing the apocalypse. The series was the first major German series to hit streaming services.
6 All of Us Are Dead
All of Us Are Dead is a South Korean Netflix original series that follows a group of school students who find themselves in the midst of a zombie outbreak. The trapped students must work together to fight their way through ground zero and survive their rabid fellow students. The first season of the action series hit Netflix in mid-2022 and was quickly renewed for a second season.
5 1899
1899 is the newest series on this list having debuted late in 2022. Although the series was not renewed by Netflix for a second season, the first received positive reviews from its fans. The mixed-language series comes from the mind of Baran bo Odar, who also created the series, Dark. 1899 follows multinational immigrants traveling from Europe to New York in search of a new life. What seems like an easy journey aboard a traveling ship turns into a nightmare as reality may not be all it seems.
4 Squid Game
Squid Game is arguably one of the most decorated series on this list. With an outstanding six Emmy wins and a highly anticipated upcoming second season, Squid Game is an excellent series to add to your watchlist if you haven’t already. The series brings cash-strapped players together as they fight, literally to the death, to play and win children’s games which will lead to a whopping 45.6 billion cash prize. The South Korean Netflix original is expected to break its own records with the newest season expected to start filming this year.
3 Sweet Home
KBS
It’s no surprise that another South Korean Netflix series is a great series to watch after Alice in Borderland. Sweet Home follows a loner high school student who is forced into a new reality after losing his family in a tragic accident. This new reality comes with monsters who are trying to destroy the human race. It’s up to the young man to save the human race before it’s too late.
2 Kingdom
Kingdom is a South Korean Netflix original series that currently has two seasons. The action drama series follows a crown prince who becomes the kingdom’s only hope against a mysterious plague. The series is heavy on zombies, fight scenes, and period drama. From the cinematography to the script, fans of the show highly recommend Kingdom. With only 12 episodes, the series is easily binged in a weekend.
1 12 Monkeys
Syfy
12 Monkeys is a Syfy original series that ran from 2015 to 2018. The sci-fi mystery series follows a time traveler’s journey from the post-apocalyptic to present-day 2015. The mission is to locate and destroy the source of a deadly plague that threatens to kill the entire human race. If the series sounds familiar, it’s because it is a spinoff of the 1995 movie of the same title which starred Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt.
