10 Best Fantasy Shows To Watch Like The Wheel Of Time

Those who enjoy Amazon’s The Wheel of Time will find that there are many other fantasy shows that are equally as entertaining and compelling.

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There’s no doubt that fantasy series are experiencing something of a golden age, with almost every streaming service now offering a big-budget spectacle of its own. Notably, Amazon has poured a significant amount of money and resources into The Wheel of Time, which in many ways is the paradigmatic epic fantasy adventure.

For those who find themselves drawn into this dangerous yet beautiful world of chosen ones, powerful sorceresses, and epic quests to save the world, there are quite a few other fantasy shows that cover some of the same thematic territory.

Sweet Tooth

One of the most exciting aspects of The Wheel of Time is that it is set in a world that has struggled to rebuild after a cataclysm known as the Breaking. As a result, many people view the sorceresses known as the Aes Sedai as dangerous and potentially threatening.

Even though Sweet Tooth doesn’t have quite the same emphasis on magic, it is still a world that has been ravaged by an apocalypse, in which special creatures, including the main character Gus, are treated with skepticism and sometimes outright hostility by those that encounter them. With its unique blend of magic and character depth, it is one of the best fantasy series on Netflix.

Legend of the Seeker

The 1990s was a fertile period for epic fantasy, and The Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind was one of the most popular and enduring. It was also adapted into a series, this time entitled Legend of the Seeker.

While the adaptation wasn’t quite as bloody or as cynical as the books, it does have a lot in common with The Wheel of Time, including a chosen one whose destiny it is to save the world from a cruel despot, a group of sorceresses, and prophecies that must be fulfilled.

Once Upon A Time

One of the philosophical issues raised by The Wheel of Time concerns the nature of fate, and just how much agency an individual has when confronting the relentlessly cyclical nature of time.

Some of those issues were also raised by ABC’s popular and long-running series Once Upon a Time, especially in the later seasons, as the various characters had to contend with the numerous iterations of the curse that was the centerpiece of the first season. And, just as Wheel of Time is an homage to fantasy, so Once Upon a Time is an homage to classic Disney stories.

Game Of Thrones

There are few fantasy series that have achieved quite the level of critical and ratings success Game of Thrones, which remains the gold standard for the genre.

Though it is darker in tone and philosophy than The Wheel of Time, the two do share some similarities, including an epic narrative that focuses on a group of young people trying to survive in a world that grows increasingly hostile to them, all while a grave existential threat might destroy everything and everyone that they love.

The Good Place

Michael Schur has been known for creating popular sitcoms, many of which are exemplary of his feel-good aesthetic.

One of his most notable is The Good Place, which used the form of the sitcom to interrogate the essential questions that humans have always wrestled with, many of which were centered on philosophy. Like The Wheel of Time, which is also engaged with the big questions of human existence, The Good Place uses a good story to force the viewer to question their own assumptions about how the world works.

Disenchantment

One of the things that makes The Wheel of Time such an exciting fantasy series is that it plays with some of the conventions of the epic fantasy even while utilizing them.

A similar dynamic is at work with the series Disenchantment, one of the best adult animated series on Netflix. It primarily focuses on the character of Princess Bean who, though she might seem to be straight out of an epic fantasy series, consistently shows that she doesn’t always (or ever) want to follow the rules.

American Gods

Neil Gaiman is widely regarded as one of the most talented authors working in the fantasy genre with a genius all his own, so it’s no wonder that his series American Gods was adapted for a television series.

Just as The Wheel of Time explores the ending of one age and the potential beginning of another, American Gods explores a brewing conflict between two different generations of gods. It is also very much about the broader question of how much agency an individual has in the face of epochal change.

Good Omens

American Gods isn’t the only Neil Gaiman work to have received the small-screen treatment, as Good Omens, the novel that he wrote with renowned fantasy author Terry Pratchett, has been adapted for TV as well. In the series, an angel and a demon have to work together in order to prevent the apocalypse itself, which will rob them of the life that they have come to enjoy on Earth.

It is, more than anything else, a clever inversion of the traditional formula regarding the apocalypse and the birth of a new age.

Cursed

The Wheel of Time, both the books and the TV series, take many of the tropes and characters of fantasy and find new ways to express them and transform them for a new audience.

A similar dynamic is at work in the Netflix series Cursed, which follows the character of Nimue from the King Arthur tale as she tries to save her people from the ruthless predations of the new Christian faith. Though it takes some notable liberties with the myth, it still manages to retain the core of what makes the King Arthur story so enduringly popular.

Carnival Row

Amazon has become a powerhouse when it comes to fantasy series, and one of their lesser-appreciated gems is Carnival Row. Set in a world where fairy creatures are treated as second-class citizens, it primarily follows the character Rycroft as he investigates a series of murders while also contending with the mysteries involved in his own personal background.

In that sense, it’s a good fit for those who enjoy the hero’s journey arc that is such an important part of The Wheel of Time.

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