Best tv shows like Darna
Last updated March 2024
Looking for tv shows similar to Darna? Provide your expertise to help others towards tv series and movies you've watched before that they may also enjoy. Help enlarge the group of people suggesting videos to each other. We welcome your input!
Plot Summary:
Darna is a 2005 drama fantasy action television series based on the Mars Ravelo's fictional character of the same name and a loose adaptation of the 2003 Mars Ravelo's Darna Miniseries by Mango Comics. It aired on Philippine television on GMA and starred top actress Angel Locsin as the iconic superheroine. It premiered in Filipino homes on April 4, 2005 and ended on November 25, 2005. The official title of the series is Mars Ravelo's Darna.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 116
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, stylized, semi serious
Best tv shows and movies like Darna (2005):
Similar in 77%
Darna (1991)
Plot Summary:
A girl is granted a magical stone by an angel to become the superheroine Darna to combat evil and would later battle Valentina, her future nemesis.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 61
Genere: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 89%
Imortal (2010)
Plot Summary:
300 years ago, a group of powerful clan came to this island. They were known as vampires or blood drinkers. They quickly grew in numbers and their violence increased. Unknown to them another powerful clan lived in the island, the werewolves. Sensing to protect the humans, the werewolves organized a warrior group just to destroy all the vampires. The vampires were no match to the werewolves. They were exterminated one by one. The survivors hid from the clutches of the werewolves. Peace eventually came among the humans and the werewolves and as time passed by, memories of the vampire dwindled gradually. Unbeknownst to all and during those times, the vampires were organizing and fortifying their clan. They believed that one day they would reign. Vampires believe in a prophecy that foretells an epic battle between the two powerful clans - a war that will finally decide the one blood that shall rule them all. It will be lead by the most powerful vampire and werewolf. While the vampires.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 94
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration:
Plot tags: gothic, exciting, serious, captivating, epic, sinister
Similar in 87%
Darna (2009)
Plot Summary:
Darna is a Philippine drama/fantasy series adapted from Mars Ravelo's fictional superheroine of the same name; directed by Dominic Zapata and Don Michael Perez and developed by Jun Lana. It is the third series based on the Darna graphic novels by Mars Ravelo. It stars Marian Rivera as the title role and her alter-ego Narda, with Iwa Moto as her main nemesis Valentina, also starring Dennis Trillo as Pancho and Mark Anthony Fernandez as Eduardo. The series had premiered on August 10, 2009 on GMA Network and ended on February 19, 2010, and also featured the return of the other four villains originally created by Ravelo himself. The first season consists of 70 episodes, as well as the second season, with 140 episodes all in all.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 181
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, parody, captivating, disturbing
Similar in 79%
Darna (2022)
Plot Summary:
When fragments of a green crystal scatter in the city and turn people into destructive monsters, Narda embraces her destiny as Darna—the mighty protector of the powerful stone from Planet Marte.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 233
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags:
Similar in 79%
Avatarō Sentai Donbrothers (2022)
Plot Summary:
21 years ago, a baby arrived on earth inside of a peach. Today, five warriors based on the legend of Momotarō fight enemies that are inhabiting humans, invisible to the naked eye. Together they fight to take back "gear" based on previous Super Sentai.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: super sentai, exciting, captivating, entertaining, semi serious, mecha
Similar in 87%
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (2003)
Plot Summary:
Usagi Tsukino is a clumsy teenage girl who becomes a Magical Girl named Sailor Moon after meeting a cat named Luna, who tells her she is a destined warrior who must find the reincarnated princess of a lost kingdom. Along the way, she meets other reincarnated warriors who join her group known as the Sailor Senshi who fight the forces of the evil mastermind behind the Dark Kingdom.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 672
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: stylized, semi serious, feel good, anime, manga, exciting
Similar in 80%
Adventures of Thunderstorm: Return of Thor (2011)
Plot Summary:
The plot is similarly smorgasbordesque, cobbled together from the vaguely recalled secret origins of most superheroes: average joe, talented inventor, tragic loss, ancient prophecy, immortal intervention, pending apocalypse, flamboyant villain. Though it has all the parts of two or more superhero movies, it also lacks everything that makes superheroes interesting.
IMDB Rating: 1.4
IMDB Votes: 466
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, psychotronic, mockbuster
Similar in 83%
Black Scorpion (2001)
Plot Summary:
Black Scorpion is an action-crime TV series that aired on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2001 and in Canada on Space in 2002. The series is based on two Roger Corman movies, Black Scorpion, and the sequel Black Scorpion II: Aftershock. The show focuses on a female police officer, who, by night, takes to the streets and fights crime as the superhero, the Black Scorpion. The show contains many references to the old Batman TV series, including guest appearances by Adam West and Frank Gorshin. Episode 1.1, 1.3 and 1.8 were combined into a 2002 straight to video movie called Sting of the Black Scorpion. The complete series was briefly available on DVD in North America, but the set is now out of production.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 596
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, detective, serious, psychotronic, weird, campy
Similar in 81%
No Ordinary Family (2010)
Plot Summary:
After their plane crashes into the Amazon River, each member of the Powell family starts to show signs of new, unique and distinct super powers.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: semi serious, exciting, humorous, enigmatic, sweet, bad ending, anime, nostalgic
Similar in 76%
Wonder Woman (1975)
Plot Summary:
Wonder Woman is an American television series based on the DC Comics comic book superheroine of the same name. Starring Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman/Diana Prince and Lyle Waggoner as Steve Trevor (both Sr. & Jr.), the show originally aired from 1975 to 1979. The series was first introduced to audiences in 1975 with a TV movie (the pilot) as "The New, Original Wonder Woman." Two subsequent "specials" followed, which would be the next two episodes in the series' run ("Wonder Woman Meets Baroness Von Gunther" & "Fausta, The Nazi Wonder Woman"). ABC ordered the remaining 10 episodes to finish out what would be season one. ABC canceled the show after one season, but CBS picked it up for seasons 2 and 3. Revamped to modern day 1977, the show began season 2 retitled "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman," and showcased Diana returning to the U.S. 35 years after she'd first left Paradise Island. Lynda's Wonder Woman costume was altered a bit by original designer Donfeld, Diana would now be employed by the I.A.D.C. (Inter-Agency Defense Command), and her boss would be the son of Steve Trevor, Sr., from Diana's first foray to the U.S. in 1942. The show was canceled in 1979, the last true episode being "The Man Who Could Not Die." This episode began with Diana moving into a new house in L.A. (working at the west coast headquarters of the I.A.D.C.), Lyle Waggoner having left the show altogether (and out of the opening credits). Often aired out of order, though, the show's last two episodes (including Waggoner) are sometimes run as "The Phantom of the Roller Coaster" Parts 1 & 2.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, retro, captivating, exciting, touching, epic, saga, fast, vintage
Similar in 90%
Witchblade (2001)
Plot Summary:
Witchblade is an American television series that aired on TNT from 2001 to 2002. The series is based on the Witchblade comic book series, and followed a pilot film which debuted in August 2000. Some of the episodes were written by Ralph Hemecker, Marc Silvestri and J.D. Zeik. Yancy Butler starred as Sara Pezzini, Anthony Cistaro as Kenneth Irons, David Chokachi as Jake McCartey, Eric Etebari as Ian Nottingham, Will Yun Lee as Danny Woo, Conrad Dunn as Tommy Gallo, Kenneth Welsh as Joe Siri, and John Hensley as Gabriel Bowman, among others. Although critically acclaimed and popular with audiences, the show was canceled in September 2002; there was speculation that the cancellation was connected to Butler's entering rehab for alcoholism. The series ran for two seasons on TNT, for a total of 24 episodes. The first episode aired June 12, 2001; the last episode aired August 26, 2002. In spite of its cancellation, Witchblade was ranked seventh in the Top 10 Basic Cable Dramas for 2002. According to Top Cow editor Matt Hawkins the Witchblade TV series was cancelled because the lead actress Yancy Butler was an alcoholic and went into rehab – it was and remains the highest rated TV series to be cancelled.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, detective
Similar in 79%
Mutant X (2001)
Plot Summary:
Mutant X is a science fiction television series that debuted on October 6, 2001. The show was created by Avi Arad, and it centers around Mutant X, a team of "New Mutants" who possess extraordinary powers as a result of genetic engineering. The members of Mutant X were used as test subjects in a series of covert government experiments. The mission of Mutant X is to seek out and protect their fellow New Mutants. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Even though the series had high ratings and was meant to be renewed for a fourth season, it was abruptly canceled in 2004 after the dismantling of Fireworks Entertainment, one of the show's production companies, ending the show on a cliffhanger.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, anime, fast, serious, suspenseful, telenovela
Similar in 75%
The Flash (1990)
Plot Summary:
The Flash is a 1990 American television series that starred John Wesley Shipp as the superhero, the Flash, and co-starred Amanda Pays. The series was developed from the DC Comics characters by the writing team of Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo, and produced by their company, Pet Fly Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television. Composer Danny Elfman wrote the show’s title theme, and Stan Winston Studios built the costume.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, tense, captivating, epic, saga, detective, humorous
Similar in 78%
Marvel's Runaways (2017)
Plot Summary:
Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, tense, futuristic, queer cinema
Similar in 86%
Naomi (2022)
Plot Summary:
Follow a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers will challenge everything we believe about our heroes.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: captivating, disturbing, entertaining, exciting
Similar in 85%
DC's Stargirl (2020)
Plot Summary:
Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 566 min
Plot tags: semi serious, feel good, light, talky, anime
Similar in 76%
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016)
Plot Summary:
When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, exciting, sad, absurd, entertaining, stylized, queer cinema, campy
Similar in 81%
Supergirl (2015)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, humorous, sad, saga, emotional, serious, entertaining, light
Similar in 81%
Cloak & Dagger (2018)
Plot Summary:
Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, exciting, tense, bleak, anime
Similar in 85%
Van Helsing (2016)
Plot Summary:
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, scary, gothic, humorous, dark, serious, bloody
Similar in 85%
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
Plot Summary:
Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 224000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, intellectual, epic, saga, teen, serious, heroic
Similar in 75%
Warrior Nun (2020)
Plot Summary:
A 19-year-old orphan named Ava wakes up in a morgue with a new lease on life and a divine artifact embedded in her back. She discovers she is now part of an ancient order that has been tasked with fighting demons on Earth, and powerful forces representing both heaven and hell want to find and control her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: scenic, unusual plot structure, captivating, exciting, surprise ending, atmospheric, demonic, epic fantasy, twist ending, urban fantasy
Similar in 89%
The Gifted (2017)
Plot Summary:
A suburban couple's ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, spiritual, anime
Similar in 83%
Powers (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the world was full of superheroes who aren't actually heroic at all? What if all that power was just one more excuse for mischief, mayhem, murder, and endorsement deals?.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: exciting, captivating, tense, scenic, detective, serious, suspenseful
Similar in 82%
Jupiter's Legacy (2021)
Plot Summary:
As the world's first generation of superheroes (who received their powers in the 1930s) become the revered elder guard in the present, their superpowered children struggle to live up to the legendary feats of their parents.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 56 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, tense, captivating, anime, psychological, epic
Similar in 85%
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer Walters navigates the complicated life of a single, 30-something attorney who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 186000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 289 min
Plot tags: captivating, humorous, entertaining, tense, anime, campy
Similar in 78%
The Defenders (2017)
Plot Summary:
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, stylized, bleak, suspenseful, saga, anime
Similar in 83%
Birds of Prey (2002)
Plot Summary:
Huntress, Dinah, Oracle are determined to carry on Batman's fight for justice against the ruthless criminals of New Gotham City.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, exciting, epic, neo noir, heroic, anime, thrilling, black comedy
Similar in 86%
The Flash (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion -- and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become...The Flash.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 365000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking, humorous, epic, saga, action adventure, fast, serious, surprise ending
Similar in 76%
WandaVision (2021)
Plot Summary:
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 360000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 350 min
Plot tags: sitcom, exciting, funny, epic, captivating, entertaining, atmospheric, satirical, saga, surreal