The Umbrella Academy has officially hit Netflix for the final time. The fourth season of this quirky yet wacky comic book adaptation dropped in its entirety on August 8. After watching the last six episodes, you’re probably looking for something to watch next.
Luckily, we’ve got you covered. Whether it’s shows that take on the sci-fi aspects of The Umbrella Academy or shows featuring superhero teams, we’ve got some on this list that you need to watch right away. Looking for shows that deal with time travel and multiverses? Yes, we’ve got those on this list too.
Here are the seven best shows like The Umbrella Academy on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney Plus, and more of the best streaming services that you need to watch now that Season 4 is over.
“The Boys” (Prime Video)
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Thankfully, the Hargreeves children don’t have much in common with the Seven. Well, other than they were basically ripped from their original families and trained to hone their superpowers so they could help a rich man with questionable intentions.
But they really identify more with our band of heroes: The Boys. They’re a found family that’s come together to save the world. While there’s certainly more swearing, sex, violence and gore in Prime Video’s superhero series than in The Umbrella Academy, both shows are definitely for adults only and fans of one will almost certainly like the other. Trust me, a fan of both franchises as comics or TV series.
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“X-Men ’97” (Disney Plus)
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“The Umbrella Academy”: Get to know Xavier’s school for gifted young people.
There are many parallels between the Hargreeves children and the X-Men of X-Men 97. Both groups are made up of superheroes trying to control powers that others find terrifying. Both groups are led by an eccentric billionaire who adopts them as his own, although in the case of The Umbrella Academy the adoption is literal and in X-Men 97 their eccentric billionaire has disappeared and is presumed dead. And both series are more than once about saving the world from utter destruction.
And there’s another thing these shows have in common: none of them shy away from tackling difficult identity issues, including being part of the LGBTQ+ community. So if you’re a fan of The Umbrella Academy, this other comic book adaptation should definitely be on your watchlist.
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“Loki” (Disney Plus)
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While both “Loki” and “The Umbrella Academy” are comic book adaptations, they’re both also shows about time travel and the multiverse. “The Umbrella Academy” is about being scattered in the 1960s and arriving in an alternate timeline after saving the universe… by ensuring the assassination of JFK.
There’s no JFK in “Loki,” but there’s a lot of killing in the name of saving the universe. In this Marvel series, the iconic villain turned hero (played by Tom Hiddleston) teams up with the Time Variance Authority to stop a variant of Loki from destroying the sacred timeline. You’ll have to watch to see if Loki succeeds — but even if you could time travel, I doubt you’d see what you’re expecting in this Marvel series.
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“Resident Alien” (Netflix)
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Resident Alien tells the story of Dr. Harry Vanderspeigel (Alan Tudyk). At first glance, Dr. Vanderspeigel seems like an ordinary doctor in a small town in Colorado, but he is not. He is an alien who crash-landed in this rural village, and as he becomes more and more enticed to help the town, he encounters a small problem – there is someone who can recognize his true identity.
While this hilarious sci-fi series isn’t as directly comparable to The Umbrella Academy as the comic book adaptations on this list, fans of the Hargreeves children will enjoy it.
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“Supacell” (Netflix)
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This superhero TV series still has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is impressive. And while both shows are ultimately about using your powers to protect your family, Supacell is more grounded than The Umbrella Academy. At least it’s confined to one timeline.
Supacell stars Tosin Cole, Nadine Mills, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Calvin Demba and Josh Tedeku as five black South Londoners who unexpectedly develop superpowers and have a family history of sickle cell anaemia. The series is known for tackling issues such as knife crime, ethnic profiling, poverty, the exploitation of black bodies and sickle cell anaemia. While many superhero series tackle under-researched issues, there are essentially none quite like Supacell.
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“Bodies” (Netflix)
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Fans of The Umbrella Academy will definitely appreciate the time travel elements of this sci-fi series, especially those who enjoyed the show’s second season. Plus, both Netflix series are also comic book adaptations.
In “Bodies,” four detectives investigate a mysterious murder. Only – and this is the kicker – these four detectives all live decades apart. And the four different murders they’re investigating? It turns out that all four bodies belong to the same person. To make matters even more complicated, it may not be the only body found in four decades at once. Don’t miss this time travel thriller.
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“Stranger Things” (Netflix)
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The cast list of Stranger Things now includes 34 episodes and the fifth season is coming next year. It is so long that it would fill an article of its own. But fans of The Umbrella Academy and the Hargreeves children will definitely be able to identify with the children from Hawkins, Indiana.
In this small Indiana town, things get… well, weird when the secret government experiments of the Hawkins National Laboratory go horribly wrong. The lab has been conducting experiments on the paranormal and supernatural, sometimes using human test subjects, and they’ve accidentally created a portal to another dimension they call the “Upside Down.” Once this dimension is opened, it begins to affect the residents of Hawkins in ways that sometimes end badly.
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