NoBadPicks

Shows Like Misfits of Science

If you loved Misfits of Science's Action & Adventure and Comedy storytelling, these series deliver a similar experience — chosen for tone, narrative quality, and viewer satisfaction. Each includes where to stream it now.

Top Picks

Marvel's Runaways
7.3

Marvel's Runaways

2017

Every teenager thinks their parents are evil. What if you found out they actually were? Six diverse teenagers who can barely stand each other must unite against a common foe – their parents.

Harley Quinn
8.3

Harley Quinn

2019

Harley Quinn has finally broken things off once and for all with the Joker. Now, she's trying to make it on her own as the criminal Queenpin of Gotham City, with help from Poison Ivy and a ragtag crew of DC castoffs.

Black Lightning
6.9

Black Lightning

2018

Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.

Heroes
7.4

Heroes

2006

Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.

Gen V
7.7

Gen V

2023

At America's only college for superheroes, gifted students put their moral boundaries to the test, competing for the university's top ranking, and a chance to join The Seven, Vought International's elite superhero team. When the school's dark secrets come to light, they must decide what kind of heroes they want to become.

The Tick
7.0

The Tick

2016

In a world where superheroes have been real for decades, an accountant with zero powers comes to realize his city is owned by a super villain. As he struggles to uncover this conspiracy, he falls in league with a strange blue superhero.

Krypton
7.1

Krypton

2018

Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger
7.1

Marvel's Cloak & Dagger

2018

Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.

More Shows Like Misfits of Science

Titans
7.9

Titans

2018

A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.

Watchmen
7.6

Watchmen

2019

Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
7.5

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2013

Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

The Imperfects
6.9

The Imperfects

2022

After an experimental gene therapy turns them into monsters, three twenty-somethings band together to hunt down the scientist responsible and force him to make them human again.

X-Men '97
8.5

X-Men '97

2024

The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

Helstrom
6.7

Helstrom

2020

Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.

DC's Stargirl
7.7

DC's Stargirl

2020

Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

Birds of Prey
6.1

Birds of Prey

2002

The series is set in New Gotham City, several years after it has been apparently abandoned by Batman. In his absence, Huntress, Oracle and Dinah are now the protectors of New Gotham: the Birds of Prey, and had taken over his war on crime. They are joined by Alfred Pennyworth, who serves Helena as she is heir to the Wayne estate; and Detective Jesse Reese, a police officer confronted with crimes and abilities he cannot explain. A central feature of the series is the concept of metahumans: individuals born with powers that cannot be explained. No two metahumans have the same abilities (unless hereditary), and there exists a whole subculture of metahuman society that the outside world knows nothing about.

DC's Legends of Tomorrow
7.3

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

2016

When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

Heroes Reborn
6.8

Heroes Reborn

2015

The supernatural phenomenon begins again with a fresh crop of inspiring heroes who take on the ultimate struggle between those with extraordinary abilities and those with nefarious motives to hunt and harness their powers. Epic adventures await these newly empowered allies as they cross paths with some of the original characters, unlocking the mysterious fate of the universe and their place within it.

The Tomorrow People
6.9

The Tomorrow People

2013

The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.

Young Justice
8.4

Young Justice

2010

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Misfits of Science (1985): Action & Adventure and Comedy themes, similar pacing, and comparable production quality. NoBadPicks uses TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface series most likely to resonate with fans of Misfits of Science.

See full details for Misfits of Science (1985)

People Also Search For