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Series like The Last Ship (2014) Finished The Last Ship 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 The Last Ship, and what it does not.
What did you love about The Last Ship? Pick up to 3, and the matches below will be ranked around them. Optional — leave it blank for the closest overall.
Global pandemic Naval action Human survival Post-apocalyptic Medical thriller Hope Military hierarchy Survival Your best matches Ranked against what The Last Ship is actually about, not its genre labels.
72% Reverina match Top pick 2011 · Series · Drama · Action & Adventure
Good match
Why it matches Also post-apocalyptic at heart Built around the same hope and survival Shares its practical effects and desaturated look More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Lost 2004
Built around the same survival and redemption Centres on the same everyman figure Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 128 candidates
Centres on the same everyman figure What's different Not built around sacrifice or redemption Does not promise action sequences or emotional character moments Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against The Last Ship.
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2004 · Series · Drama · Action & Adventure
Good match
Why it matches Also about human survival Also post-apocalyptic at heart Shares its handheld and practical effects look Centres on the same mentor figure What's different Not built around sacrifice or redemption Does not promise action sequences or emotional character moments Commitment 4 seasons · ~54h
Short
Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Last Ship.
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2015 · Series · Drama · Action & Adventure
Good match
Why it matches Shares its practical effects and desaturated look Centres on the same mentor figure Shares its tense and melancholic register Builds as slowly What's different Not built around sacrifice or redemption Does not promise action sequences or emotional character moments Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Last Ship.
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Dragon Ball Z: The History of Trunks 1993 · 48m
Watched for the same thing: emotional character moments Also post-apocalyptic at heart 12 Monkeys 2015
Also post-apocalyptic at heart Built around the same survival and redemption See 2019
Also post-apocalyptic at heart Built around the same survival The Passage 2019
Built around the same survival and redemption Shares its desaturated look Jericho 2006
Also post-apocalyptic at heart Built around the same survival Station 19 2018
Centres on the same everyman figure Built around the same sacrifice Travelers 2016
Built around the same survival and sacrifice Shares its handheld look Chernobyl 2019
Built around the same survival and sacrifice Centres on the same everyman figure ER 1994
Watched for the same thing: high stakes decision making Centres on the same everyman figure
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