Best Supernatural Television Shows
by eternalrose181 | created - 24 Jul 2014 | updated - 03 Aug 2014 | PublicThe supernatural genre often includes vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, witches, warlocks, angels, demons, gods, ghost, apparitions, fairies, creatures from numerous folklore, legends, and stories... I have not included television shows about beings with superpowers (like Heroes) or zombies (like Walking Dead), although they could be classified as supernatural.
This list aims to compile all supernatural television shows (as described above), specifically those filmed in the English language and airing after 2000. While the list is a general compilation, the ranking is in part by general reception of the series and personal opinion.
Please leave comments! Let me know if I am missing any shows or if you agree/disagree with the rankings (and why)!
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1. Supernatural (2005–2020)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 483,423
with a focus on angels and demons, it touches on everything supernatural (vampires, werewolves, shape-shifters, gods, witches, ghosts, and much more!)
9 seasons and counting
2. True Blood (2008–2014)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire.
Stars: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten
Votes: 260,179
with a focus on vampires, it touches on just about everything supernatural (werewolves, fairies, shape-shifters, witches, ghosts, and more!)
7 seasons
3. The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.
Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham
Votes: 349,964
with a focus on vampires, it touches on witches, ghosts, werewolves, and more
6 seasons and counting?
4. Teen Wolf (2011–2017)
TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
An average high school student and his best friend get caught up in some trouble causing him to receive a werewolf bite. As a result they find themselves in the middle of all sorts of dramas in Beacon Hills.
Stars: Tyler Posey, Holland Roden, Dylan O'Brien, Linden Ashby
Votes: 163,325
with a focus on werewolves, it touches on many supernatural beings such as banshees, dark spirits, and more
5 seasons and counting?
5. Hemlock Grove (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 46 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Secrets are just part of daily life in the small Pennsylvania town of Hemlock Grove, where the darkest evils hide in plain sight.
Stars: Famke Janssen, Bill Skarsgård, Landon Liboiron, Joel de la Fuente
Votes: 42,624
with a focus on werewolves, upirs (vampire/demon/dragon), psychics
2 seasons
6. American Horror Story (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
An anthology series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.
Stars: Lady Gaga, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson
Votes: 344,060
with a focus on ghosts, witches, and other supernatural beings
4 seasons and counting?
7. Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Reeve Carney
Votes: 131,121
with a focus on vampires, and other supernatural beings (monsters, ghosts, demons, werewolves, etc.)
2 seasons and counting?
8. The Originals (2013–2018)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A family of power-hungry thousand-year-old vampires look to take back the city that they built and dominate all those who have done them wrong.
Stars: Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt, Phoebe Tonkin
Votes: 147,928
with a focus on vampires, it touches on witches and werewolves
2 seasons and counting?
9. Salem (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Supernatural horror loosely based on Salem's 17th century witch trials.
Stars: Janet Montgomery, Shane West, Seth Gabel, Tamzin Merchant
Votes: 25,543
with a focus on witches
2 seasons and counting?
10. Dominion (2014–2015)
TV-MA | 90 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
Follows the perilous journey of a rebellious young soldier who discovers he's the unlikely savior of humanity.
Stars: Christopher Egan, Tom Wisdom, Roxanne McKee, Luke Allen-Gale
Votes: 24,236
with a focus on angles (different classifications of angels: archangels, lesser angels, etc.)
1 season and counting?
11. Grimm (2011–2017)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.
Stars: David Giuntoli, Russell Hornsby, Silas Weir Mitchell, Sasha Roiz
Votes: 130,785
with a focus on mythological creatures
4 seasons and counting?
12. Witches of East End (2013–2014)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two sisters, bartender and librarian, discover as adults that they're witches with magical powers. They, their mom and her sister, all witches, are up against a mortal enemy.
Stars: Julia Ormond, Jenna Dewan, Rachel Boston, Mädchen Amick
Votes: 27,399
with a focus on witches
2 seasons and counting?
13. Being Human (2008–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost try to live together and get along.
Stars: Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Sinéad Keenan
Votes: 26,544
with a focus on werewolves, vampires, and ghosts, it touches on various other supernatural beings
5 seasons
14. Being Human (2011–2014)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Three twenty-somethings share a house and try to live a normal life despite being a ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire.
Stars: Sam Witwer, Meaghan Rath, Sam Huntington, Kristen Hager
Votes: 26,896
with a focus on werewolves, vampires, and ghosts, it touches on various other supernatural beings
4 seasons
15. Alphas (2011–2012)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Alphas is a science fiction drama focusing on a team that investigates people with supernatural abilities.
Stars: David Strathairn, Ryan Cartwright, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada
Votes: 29,748
16. Lost Girl (2010–2016)
TV-MA | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
When a succubus finds it difficult to adapt with her unusual traits inspite of being born in a human family, she sets off on a journey to find out the truth of her origin.
Stars: Anna Silk, Kris Holden-Ried, Zoie Palmer, Rick Howland
Votes: 33,090
with a focus on the fae, it touches on various other supernatural beings
17. Hex (2004–2005)
TV-14 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Cassie is a shy and lonely student who is only really loved by her best friend Thelma.
Stars: Jemima Rooper, Jamie Davis, Amber Sainsbury, Colin Salmon
Votes: 5,192
with a focus on angels, it touches on witches, succubi/incubi, ghosts, and more
18. Dracula (2013–2014)
TV-14 | 417 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
Dracula travels to London, with dark plans for revenge against those who ruined his life centuries earlier. However, his plan is complicated when he falls in love with a woman who seems to be a reincarnation of his dead wife.
Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jessica De Gouw, Thomas Kretschmann, Victoria Smurfit
Votes: 30,150
19. Constantine (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A man struggling with his faith who is haunted by the sins of his past is suddenly thrust into the role of defending humanity from the gathering forces of darkness.
Stars: Matt Ryan, Harold Perrineau, Charles Halford, Angélica Celaya
Votes: 56,280
20. From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy
A Texas Ranger is in hot pursuit of the infamous Gecko brothers and their hostages. They all end up trapped in a desert bar secretly run by vampires and discover a vampire conspiracy.
Stars: D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Jesse Garcia, Eiza González
Votes: 21,540
21. Bitten (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Elena navigates her life between the human world and the werewolf world as the only female of the species.
Stars: Laura Vandervoort, Greyston Holt, Greg Bryk, Steve Lund
Votes: 19,287
22. Smallville (2001–2017)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.
Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk
Votes: 138,160
23. My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011–2012)
TV-PG | 22 min | Action, Comedy, Family
Ethan Morgan, his half-vampire babysitter and pals battle against creatures from their nightmares.
Stars: Matthew Knight, Vanessa Morgan, Atticus Mitchell, Cameron Kennedy
Votes: 5,182
24. Eastwick (2009–2010)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy
A mysterious man bestows unique powers to three women.
Stars: Jaime Ray Newman, Lindsay Price, Rebecca Romijn, Sara Rue
Votes: 9,086
25. The Secret Circle (2011–2012)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
16 year old Cassie Blake moves to Chance Harbor, Washington to live with her grandmother after her mother mysteriously dies. She discovers she's a witch along with 5 other teens.
Stars: Britt Robertson, Thomas Dekker, Phoebe Tonkin, Shelley Hennig
Votes: 48,816
with a focus on witches
1 season - cancelled
26. Ravenswood (2013–2014)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Five strangers are connected by the curse that has plagued Ravenswood for generations.
Stars: Nicole Gale Anderson, Tyler Blackburn, Steven Cabral, Brett Dier
Votes: 9,297
with a focus on ghosts
1 Season - cancelled
27. Valemont (2009)
Horror
A teen girl's brother is murdered at Valemont, an elite college on the east coast. Disguised as a student, the girl works undercover to unravel Valemont's dark secrets from within.
Stars: Kristen Hager, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Eric Balfour, Nikki Blonsky
Votes: 426
with a focus on vampires
1 season
28. Switch (2012– )
45 min | Action, Comedy, Drama
The adventures of a group of witches living in the city.
Stars: Phoebe Fox, Hannah Tointon, Nina Toussaint-White, Lacey Turner
Votes: 403
with a focus on witches
1 season - cancelled
29. Witchblade (2001–2002)
60 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
NYPD Det. Sara Pezzini has a supernatural weapon and abilities to help her fight evil.
Stars: Yancy Butler, David Chokachi, Anthony Cistaro, Will Yun Lee
Votes: 2,843
2 seasona - cancelled
30. Wolf Lake (2001–2002)
60 min | Horror
Set in the Pacific Northwest, this suspense thriller explores what happens when werewolves overtake a small Seattle suburb.
Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Tim Matheson, Paul Wesley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Votes: 1,548
with a focus on werewolves
1 season - cancelled
31. The Dresden Files (2007–2008)
TV-14 | 582 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Harry Dresden is a wizard, the only one listed in the Chicago phone book. He's got a handle on the crimes that can't be solved by anyone else. Paranormal? No problem. Dresden deals in all matters of supernatural threats.
Stars: Paul Blackthorne, Valerie Cruz, Terrence Mann, Raoul Bhaneja
Votes: 11,451
with a focus on magic, it touches on wizards, vampires, werewolves, etc.
1 season - cancelled
32. Strange (2002–2003)
60 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
John Strange is an ex-priest who had dedicated his life to hunting down demons and the darker side of the church, a task which some of his former bosses stand in the way of.
Stars: Richard Coyle, Samantha Womack, Ian Richardson, Samuel Barnett
Votes: 429
with a focus on demons
1 season - cancelled
33. Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000–2001)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Randall and Hopkirk are detective partners with a difference: one of them is a ghost.
Stars: Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Emilia Fox, Charlie Higson
Votes: 736
with a focus on ghosts
2 seasons
34. Todd and the Book of Pure Evil (2010–2012)
TV-MA | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A stoner metalhead named Todd Smith, his crushee Jenny, his best friend Curtis, and the geeky Hannah, search their high school for a mayhem-causing Satanic spell book, while being opposed by Atticus, the evil guidance councillor.
Stars: Alex House, Maggie Castle, Bill Turnbull, Melanie Leishman
Votes: 4,136
with a focus on magic
1 season - cancelled
35. Moonlight (2007–2008)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
An immortal vampire and private investigator struggles to exist after he was bitten 60 years ago by his vampire bride. He is also internally tormented as he falls in love with one he should not.
Stars: Alex O'Loughlin, Sophia Myles, Jason Dohring, Shannyn Sossamon
Votes: 25,037
with a focus on vampires
1 season - cancelled
36. Medium (2005–2011)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Suburban mom Allison DuBois attempts to balance family life with solving mysteries using her special gift. The dead send her visions of their deaths or other crimes while she sleeps.
Stars: Patricia Arquette, Miguel Sandoval, Jake Weber, Sofia Vassilieva
Votes: 31,131
37. Misfits (2009–2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A group of young offenders doing community service gets struck by lightning during a storm and start to develop superpowers.
Stars: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Joe Gilgun, Iwan Rheon, Lauren Socha
Votes: 107,361
38. Marchlands (2011)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
A supernatural drama telling the story of three different families living in the same house in 1968, 1987 and the present day, linked by the spirit of the young daughter of the 1960s family, who drowned in mysterious circumstances.
Stars: Alex Kingston, Dean Andrews, Shelley Conn, Jodie Whittaker
Votes: 1,744
39. Lightfields (2013)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
A tragic death in 1944 sends ghostly ripples down the years ensuring that the truth will eventually surface, whatever the cost.
Stars: Dakota Blue Richards, Sophie Thompson, Kris Marshall, Lucy Cohu
Votes: 1,007
*follow up to Marchlands
40. Legend of the Seeker (2008–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After the mysterious murder of his father, a son's search for answers begins a momentous fight against tyranny.
Stars: Craig Horner, Bridget Regan, Bruce Spence, Craig Parker
Votes: 36,292
2 seasons - cancelled
41. Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010)
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy
Melinda Gordon, a newly married woman, possesses the gift of communicating with the dead. With her best friend Andrea's assistance, she helps the earthbound spirits to find peace and cross over.
Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, Camryn Manheim, Christoph Sanders
Votes: 49,816
42. The Gates (2010)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
A metropolitan police officer becomes chief of police in a gated suburban neighborhood where vampires, werewolves, witches, and other supernatural entities reside.
Stars: Rhona Mitra, Frank Grillo, Marisol Nichols, Luke Mably
Votes: 8,446
with a focus on vampires, werewolves, witches, and succubus, it touches on various other supernatural beings
1 season - cancelled
43. The Fades (2011)
55 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Paul has apocalyptic dreams, and sees spirits of the dead called The Fades. He must stop them before they destroy humanity.
Stars: Lily Loveless, Tom Ellis, Daniel Kaluuya, Iain De Caestecker
Votes: 7,017
with a focus on ghosts
1 season
44. Beauty and the Beast (2012–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A beautiful detective falls in love with an ex-soldier who goes into hiding from the secret government organization that turned him into a mechanically charged beast.
Stars: Kristin Kreuk, Jay Ryan, Nina Lisandrello, Austin Basis
Votes: 38,111
45. Angel (1999–2004)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy
The vampire Angel, cursed with a soul, moves to Los Angeles and aids people with supernatural-related problems while questing for his own redemption.
Stars: David Boreanaz, Charisma Carpenter, Alexis Denisof, J. August Richards
Votes: 75,802
46. Merlin (2008–2012)
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
These are the brand new adventures of Merlin, the legendary sorcerer as a young man, when he was just a servant to young Prince Arthur on the royal court of Camelot, who has soon become his best friend, and turned Arthur into a great king and a legend.
Stars: John Hurt, Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Richard Wilson
Votes: 87,272
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