City of Blood is a German horror fantasy thriller series co-created by Philipp Kadelbach and Elena Lyubarskaya. Based on the graphic novel Berlinoir by Reinhard Kleist and Tobias O. Meißner, the Hulu series is set in a Berlin that has been ravaged by Global Warming, forcing the elites to live under a climate-controlled dome. The story follows two sisters who were separated during childhood, and when they reunite as teenagers, they discover a deadly conspiracy about vampires running the criminal underworld and trying to seize political power. City of Blood stars Lea Drinda, Soma Pysall, Franz Hartwig, David Schütter, Lars Eidinger, and Jördis Triebel. If you loved the thrilling story, intense drama, and compelling characters in Hulu’s City of Blood, here are some similar shows you should check out next.
The Strain (Hulu, Disney+, AMC+, & Rent on Prime Video)
The Strain is a vampire horror drama series co-created by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan. Based on their novel trilogy of the same name, the FX series follows CDC’s Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, who is called on to investigate a plane in which everyone on board is found dead. Dr. Goodweather discovers a virus that turns people into vampires. Now, he and his team must find a cure before the virus takes over humanity. The Strain stars Corey Stoll, David Bradley, Mia Maestro, Kevin Durand, and Jonathan Hyde.
V Wars (Netflix)
V Wars is a sci-fi horror thriller drama series co-created by Glenn Davis and William Laurin. Based on Jonathan Maberry’s comic book of the same name, the Netflix series follows Dr. Luther Swann as he is pitted against his best friend after an ancient virus that turns people into vampires is released due to climate change. V Wars stars Ian Somerhalder, Adrian Holmes, Laura Vandervoort, Kimberly Sue-Murray, Sydney Meyer, and Kandyse McClure.
A Discovery of Witches (Netflix, AMC+, The Roku Channel, & Rent on Prime Video)
A Discovery of Witches is a British fantasy romance drama series created by Kate Brooke. Based on Deborah Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy, the Sky series follows Dana Bishop, a historian who comes from a long line of powerful witches but hates magic as she blames it for her parents’ brutal murder. She soon finds a mysterious manuscript that forces her into the world of magic and brings her together with the biochemist and vampire, Matthew Clairmont. A Discovery of Witches stars Teresa Palmer, Matthew Goode, Edward Bluemel, Louise Brealey, Malin Buska, and Aiysha Hart.
The Passage (Rent on Prime Video)
The Passage is a thriller drama series created by Liz Heldens. Based on Justin Cronin’s novel trilogy of the same name, the Fox series follows Amy Bellafonte, a young girl who becomes the test subject for the top-secret Project Noah, which could either be the cure for all diseases or the reason behind humanity’s downfall. Seeing her suffer, Amy’s government escort decides to rescue her, but it is soon revealed that Amy is the key to saving the world, as a group of dangerous death row inmates was turned into highly infectious vampires because of Project Noah. The Passage stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Saniyya Sidney, Jamie McShane, Caroline Chikezie, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Brianne Howey.
The Rain (Netflix)
The Rain is a Danish post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller series co-created by Jannik Tai Mosholt, Esben Toft Jacobsen, and Christian Potalivo. The Netflix series takes place in a future where a mysterious virus carried by the rain wiped out almost all of humanity in Scandinavia. The story revolves around the Andersen siblings as they come out of the bunker and join a group of young survivors to search for their father, who may hold the secret to defeating the virus. The Rain stars Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Lukas Løkken, and Jessica Dinnage.
Tribes of Europa (Netflix)
Tribes of Europa is a German dystopian sci-fi series co-created by Philip Koch, Jana Burbach, and Benjamin Seiler. The Netflix series is set after a global disaster caused the collapse of civilization and fragmented it into several microstates vying for dominance over each other. The story revolves around three siblings who find themselves in the middle of a war after rescuing an injured pilot, who was carrying a mysterious cube with him. Tribes of Europa stars Emilio Sakraya, David Ali Rashed, Melika Foroutan, Oliver Masucci, and Robert Finster.
Into the Night (Netflix)
Into the Night is a Belgian apocalyptic sci-fi thriller drama series created by Jason George. Based on Jacek Dukaj’s 2015 Polish novel The Old Axolotl, the Netflix series takes place after radiation from the sun causes a global disaster, and it revolves around a group of survivors as they take an overnight flight from Brussels and try to outrun the sun by staying in the cover of the night. Into the Night stars Jan Bijvoet, Nabil Mallat, Pauline Etienne, Laurent Capelluto, and Stefano Cassetti.