TV series "Umbrella Academy»Appeared on television in 2019 and was so warmly received by the audience that a decision had already been made to shoot the second season. It is based on a comic book series of the same name published by Dark Horse Comics. This is a story about seven unusual superheroes who were born, among others, to mothers who did not even notice that they were pregnant.
The main characters were adopted by the billionaire Hargreaves, gave them an adoptive mother-robot and built his own Umbrella Academy, in which unusual kids could develop their superpowers.
But time passed, the pupils scattered, they stopped communicating. And they met only at the funeral of Hargreaves to find out that the world is in danger.
The second season is promised no earlier than 2020, and if you have already managed to enjoy the new series from Netflix, then here is a selection of 10 series similar to Umbrella Academy.
10. The Fatal Patrol (2019)
Everyone knows about the great superheroes saving humanity, living in mansions and equipped with the best costumes and designs. But not everyone is so lucky.
The Fatal Patrol is a gathering of loser people with superpowers who have found use for them and are ready to change their lives.
A new series from atmospheric DC Comics - spin-off to the Titans. He went on a streaming service in 2019 and found his viewer.
A crippled racer, a pilot irradiated by radiation, a crazy girl who lives on 64 personalities, a disfigured actress, a cyborg guy and their scientist leader will be forced to watch a non-trivial story.
TV series "Doom Patrol"Decided to extend for the second season.
9. Darkness (2017)
TV series "Darkness"- a German project that attracted attention far beyond the borders of Germany. He tells the story of four families living in the fictional city of Vinden.
And the city is a separate hero of the story, it is full of terrible secrets and surprises, the lives of all characters are tightly intertwined with its history in the present, in the past, and even in the future.
To date, two seasons of the series have come out and filming of the third, which should be final, has begun.
8. The Titans (2018)
The main characters were the characters of the DC Universe comics "Young Titans": Robin, Corey Anders, Starfire, Raven and Bist Boy. They joined forces to fight evil, which with enviable persistence threatens the world.
Robin is no longer with Batman and independently helps the residents of Gotham, but he will also need help.
TV series "Titans»Was released on the streaming channel by order of DC Universe. To date, two seasons have been shot, the second show began in the second half of 2019.
The series has everything DC loves so much for: serious attitude, gloom, noiriness, dark colors and a touch of hopelessness. Fans should like it.
7. Gifted (2017)
TV series "Gifted"Was the second attempt by Marvel and the Fox channel to tell a story about mutants. The project belongs to the universe of People X and shows other gifted children who do not appear in the main films.
Two seasons of the series were released in 2017 and 2018, after which it was decided to close it.
The plot revolves around an ordinary family, a man and a woman, whose children are mutants. They will have to face a lack of understanding of society and the cruelty of the government, hide, and later join the secret organization of mutants.
Children will have to accept and learn their abilities, as well as confront the enemies that threaten the safety of their family.
6. Superpowers (2015)
When comic book fans and spectators were fed up with stories about Batman and Superman, when the planet was saved a thousand times from evil of any different scale and ugliness, works with a different meaning should have appeared. Where superpower is not an exceptional gift, and antagonists are not spherical evil in a vacuum.
World series "Super abilities"Not quite ordinary. In it, possessing powers is a completely normal phenomenon, no more strange than having a fourth blood group. Not everyone possesses them, but even in hysterics no one beats them.
Of course, not everyone uses their abilities to trick women and save the world. Some commit crimes.
Christian Walker and Dina Pilgrim are police officers who investigate cases involving unusual human powers.
The idea is interesting and definitely deserves to get acquainted with the series, even if the low budget did not allow to reveal its full potential.
5. Others (2018)
The topic of supernatural abilities excites the minds of all screenwriters, and domestic filmmakers are not going to miss the viewer's interest.
The action of the series "Other"Occurs in the 50s of the 20th century. The main character, Lida, is a girl with unusual abilities. She is a psychic. Her mother is in prison, and a family is taking her out of the orphanage, who is not ready to face the problems of raising a child who is not like everyone else.
When Valya, the girl’s mother, leaves the prison, special services turn to her for help, because she also has extrasensory abilities. In return, they promise to return her daughter.
4. The Bad (2009)
TV series "The bad", Also known in Russia as"Garbage”, Lasted as many as five seasons and won the attention and love of the audience.
He talks about five people, as different as you can imagine. They are not friends. Fate brought them together by chance: they are serving their sentences and doing community service. They constantly conflict and are completely unable to find a common language.
Once, in a severe thunderstorm, lightning strikes the children and gives them supernatural abilities. They did not ask for this, moreover, they did not know what to do with these forces. Indeed, new abilities reflect the deepest fears and complexes of each of them.
3. Flash (2014)
The main character, Barry Allen, has always been a fan of superheroes and dreamed of becoming one of them. In his childhood, a tragedy occurred: he lost his parents, and he was taken into the family by a local policeman, who became the main adult in his life.
Barry grew up as a kind and sweet guy, and also very smart, which allowed him to join the team of Harrison Wells himself, a scientist who worked on a particle accelerator.
During the experiment, an accident occurs, and Barry almost dies. He spent 9 months in a coma, and when he came to, he discovered that he became the owner of superpower: super speed. Now he has the opportunity to find out the whole truth about the death of his mother.
So far, six seasons of the series "Flash».
2. Boys (2019)
What will happen if we take the idea of the series “Superpowers”, add the plot of courage, sharpness, cruelty, and raise everything to absolute? The result is a comic book, and later the eponymous series “Boys“.
This is a world in which superheroes have become commonplace. They are strong, beautiful, their faces are everywhere: on advertising posters, on mugs, T-shirts, on TV, on dolls and figurines.
The most famous are the Seven, which saves people every day, and also participates in charity events. They are loved by all of America. They are new stars, new gods.
What happens there, behind the curtains of superhero? Are these people kind, honest, smart? Are they selfless? And what does an organization want that collects superfoods under its wing?
Huey is an ordinary guy who works in a hardware store. Once he chatted with his girlfriend on the street when she literally exploded: a superfast Rocket ran through her. Obsessed with revenge, Huey meets the Butcher, who has his own reasons for wishing death to the super.
1. Heroes (2006)
Millions of people, armed with glasses, observe a solar eclipse.
And a scientist in India at this moment discovers that unusual people, people with supernormal abilities walk on the Earth. A guy who knows how to fly. Stripper, which is unusually displayed in the mirrors. A criminal who cannot be caught. Invulnerable athlete. A policeman reading people's minds. A talented artist in whose paintings prophecies are hiding. Young Japanese stopping time.
The characters of the series "Heroes"A difficult task ahead: they will have to save the world.