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Series like The Storyteller (1988) Finished The Storyteller 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 Storyteller, and what it does not.
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62% Reverina match Top pick 2024 · Series · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Why it matches Built around the same cultural heritage and cultural heritage Told the same way, nonlinear More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Shares its stylised look
Centres on the same mentor figure What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or storytelling Does not promise family friendly or moral lessons Structurally more demanding 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 Storyteller.
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2022 · Series · Drama · Action & Adventure
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Why it matches Told the same way, nonlinear Shares its stylised look Centres on the same mentor figure Shares its contemplative register What's different Not built around moral ambiguity or cultural heritage Does not promise family friendly or moral lessons Structurally more demanding Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Add to watchlist Not for me
2019 · Series · Animation · Drama
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Why it matches Told the same way, anthology Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its contemplative register Builds as slowly What's different Does not promise family friendly or moral lessons Not built around cultural heritage or cultural heritage Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Storyteller.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? 1992
Built around the same storytelling and storytelling Told the same way, anthology True Detective 2014
Told the same way, anthology and nonlinear Built around the same moral ambiguity Sesame Street 1969
Watched for the same thing: family friendly Shares its period detail look The Crown 2016
Built around the same moral ambiguity Shares its contemplative register Humans 2015
Told the same way, anthology Built around the same moral ambiguity The OA 2016
Told the same way, nonlinear Centres on the same mentor figure Mushi-Shi 2005
Told the same way, anthology Centres on the same mentor figure What If...? 2021
Told the same way, anthology and nonlinear Built around the same moral ambiguity 
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