There are some good non-Squid Game korean dramas. Off the top of my head:
- D.P. (season 1)
- Moving
- Beyond Evil
I’ve been loving Korean tv this past year or so.
If you ever take the opportunity to watch these 13 episodes, be sure to read the “planned episodes” section afterwards to see how cursed the world is for Fox not having learned their lesson with having cancelled Firefly too soon.
A 20-something Niagara Falls souvenir-shop worker finds her life is changed forever when inanimate animal figures - toys, cartoon images etc. - begin talking to her. Their cryptic messages set into motion a chain of events that invariably lead her into the lives of others.
- Dollhouse
- Skins
- Being Human UK
- Misfits
- Wonderfalls
+1 to others recommendations for Dirk Gently and Pushing Daisies
Years and Years. A miniseries, but fantastic, and I never see people talking about it.
Danger 5. It’s an Australian tv show that had two seasons. It’s a surreal, screwball comedy about a ragtag team whose mission every episode is to kill Hitler.
If you want to see a TV show that has Nazis, dinosaurs, cigarette commercials, and a talking bald Eagle, then this is your show.
Can confirm. I’ve also seen Danger 5. Nothing quite like it, except for maybe their other projects.
And, of course as always, kill Hitler. 🦅
It’s good for a Sensible Chuckle.
This show is funny as shit. I love it.
The bit with the Italian submarine crew being stereotypically obsessed with coffee is gold.
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Been enjoying Resident Alien recently.
That was really fun.
Blood Drive was everything the trailer promised.
The Day of the Jackal.
It’s a captivating thriller about an assassin. It’s one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time
https://www.justwatch.com/uk/tv-series/the-day-of-the-jackal
Mr Inbetween
Is this still lesser known? I really like that it’s Australian dialogue.
Idk if it’s “lesser known” exactly but it’s a comfort show that I can have on in the background at all times: Psych.
It’s got a specific pacing and humor that tickles my brain just right. They will let some of the funniest jokes you have ever heard just fly right by if you aren’t paying attention.
Not super complicated or deep thinking. Just cheesy fun.
I can always rely on someone recommending this show in these threads. Still my favorite show of all time
“I don’t lose things. I place things in locations which later elude me.” Has become part of my normal vocabulary.
My dad thought it was so funny that it got him to watch the show and now it’s one of his favorite shows too.
If you like Psych I’d recommend High Potential. Very similar but stars Kaitlin Olson (from it’s alway Sunny) as a single mom with high IQ helping the police.
I used to love Psych but, after binging a season or two, it was too “one note” for me and couldn’t keep my interest. Similarly, for High Potential, it couldn’t keep my attention once I found out that it’s almost another take on Psych’s formula.
There’s a popular French series with the exact same pitch, HPI. I don’t know which one is the rip-off though.
I loved Psych when it was airing and enjoyed the movies, but binging the show just makes me dislike Shawn.
The way he treats Gus stops being funny for me when it’s just constant.
But, pineapples!
I’ve heard it both ways
It’s a show that gets funnier each time you watch as you get more and more of their references.
Lexx is just … great. yeah that’s the word.
The word I’d use is “quaint”
Came here to say Lexx. Doesn’t get much weirder than that show!
Scavenger’s Reign
Common Side Effects (still airing)
Dark Matter (SciFi show with similar storytelling to Firefly IMO)
Poker Face
Twisted Metal (especially if you played the games)
Shut Eye
Scavenger’s Reign was unbelievably good. If I had unlimited money, I would get that show more seasons.
I grew up on twisted metals games. The show was better than it should have been!
I haven’t seen it in awhile but I remember the british show Detectorists being surprisingly sweet/moving (I don’t usually enjoy dramas)
12 Monkeys, the show. Really deep dives into the nuances of time travel. Clearly had an excellent science advisor. Not the biggest budget or greatest script/acting but the writers really puts in the work for sci fi fans (The 100 style).
I really enjoyed that show. I couldn’t help but wonder where they were getting all the booze, bullets and cigarettes 25 years after the collapse of civilisation, though.
The detectorists is so good, a gentle watch tbf, but we need more like that I think .
The Night Shift (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Næturvaktin), an Icelandic sitcom about the staff of a service station - at least at first. It’s pretty deadpan like the Office or I’m Alan Partridge, and their situation just gets more dire and funnier as the series progress. It got a UK DVD release thanks to the BBC, and I just learned there is a movie too.
Rubicon (2010), it’s a proper spy thriller based on intelligence analysts as opposed to field agents.
Unfortunately it got canned early, but I loved the story and writing, I have a feeling the show was a little too close to home, but that’s a whole other conspiracy theory…
