FROM works because nobody can leave: a town that traps everyone who drives into it, something in the woods after dark, and a new question for every answer. If you have caught up and want that feeling again, these three shows do it best. Each has a group of people stuck inside something they cannot explain, and each one is finished, so there is no waiting for a next season.
Number 1
Lost
A plane crashes on an island that will not let its survivors go. This is the show FROM comes from in every sense: Harold Perrineau stars in both, and two of FROM's producers worked on Lost. Smoke in the jungle, a hatch in the ground, and the same slow drip of answers.
Streams on Hulu
Number 2
The Leftovers
Two percent of the world vanishes in a single moment, and nobody ever finds out why. The show is about the people left behind. Less horror than FROM and far more grief, but the same sense of a world with a rule broken. Its ending is one of the best of any drama.
Streams on HBO Max
Number 3
Manifest
A flight lands five years late. For the passengers it was a few hours. The lightest of the three and the easiest to binge: a new clue every episode and a mystery that does get solved.
Streams on Netflix
Streaming services are for the United States, checked 13 November 2026. Titles move between services, so check before you start.
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