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Series like MacGyver (2016) Finished MacGyver and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with MacGyver, and what it does not.
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Resourcefulness Creative problem solving Innovation Action Teamwork Adventure Procedural High contrast Your best matches Ranked against what MacGyver is actually about, not its genre labels.
85% Reverina match Top pick 1985 · Series · Drama · Crime
Strong match
Why it matches Also action and adventure at heart Told the same way, procedural and epistolary Shares its high contrast look More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
The Flash 1990
Also action and adventure at heart Shares its high contrast and stylised look Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 135 candidates
Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Does not promise light hearted entertainment or action packed adventure Not about teamwork or creative problem solving Heavier emotionally Darkness Fairly light
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Reads closest to it overall of everything considered when ranked against MacGyver.
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2013 · Series · Animation · Action & Adventure
Good match
Why it matches Also about teamwork Shares its high contrast and stylised look Centres on the same antihero figure Told the same way, epistolary What's different Does not promise light hearted entertainment or action packed adventure Not really adventure or action Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Disney Plus Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against MacGyver.
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2012 · Film · Adventure · Action
Good match
Why it matches Also about teamwork Shares its high contrast and stylised look Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its playful and hopeful register What's different Does not promise light hearted entertainment or action packed adventure Not really adventure or action Heavier emotionally Where it streams Disney Plus Hulu Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against MacGyver.
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Also action and adventure at heart Watched for the same thing: action packed adventure Black Clover 2017
Shares its high contrast and stylised look Told the same way, epistolary Star Trek 1966
Also adventure at heart Shares its high contrast look
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