Created by Jim Mickle and Beth Schwartz, the post-apocalyptic fantasy drama series Sweet Tooth has remained one of the most popular titles since premiering on Netflix on June 4, 2021. Set in a future world ravaged by a deadly pandemic, the drama concerns Gus (Christian Convery), a young half-human-half-deer hybrid who meets creatures of his kind and forges a friendship with the Last Man, Tommy Jepperd (Nonso Anozie).

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Sweet Tooth joins a long line of post-apocalyptic television shows, many of which revolve around young protagonists and/or skew to younger audiences. The show also falls in line with several shows revolving around a viral outbreak of some kind.

The New Tomorrow - Stream On Hoopla

The New Tomorrow cast photo

Created as a sequel to the popular TV show The Tribe, The New Tomorrow is a New Zealand series in which a lethal virus wipes out the Earth's adult population. Left to their own devices, the planet's remaining youth population must fend for themselves and survive by whatever means necessary.

Broken into tribes called The Ants, The Barbs, and The Privs, a certain hierarchy among the youthful survivors is set as they try to maintain order, civilization, and peaceful cooperation.

The Shannara Chronicles - Stream On Netflix

Wil sits by tree in Shannara Chronicles

Sweet Tooth fans are sure to enjoy The Shannara Chronicles, a similar fantasy drama set in a post-apocalyptic realm called The Four Lands. The story follows Wil Ohmsford (Austin Butler), a half-human-half-elf warrior tasked with protecting the Four Lands from The Demon World.

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Along with his two elfin friends Amberle (Poppy Drayton), Eretria (Ivana Baquero), and guide Allanon (Manu Bennett), Wil must traverse perilous territory in order to protect a race called the Ellcyrs while sending the demons away.

Into The Night - Stream On Netflix

Pilot POV in Into the Night

Into the Night is a post-apocalyptic Belgium Netflix original in which climate change has created a lethal level of radiation from the sun. The event causes a global cataclysm, leaving survivors on an airplane shrouded in darkness to survive.

Once the survivors are grounded, they must race against the sunlight in order to avoid deadly radiation and travel from one city to another to find refuge in a subterranean military base. The dire circumstances include a fuel shortage, contaminated food supplies, group infighting, ulterior motives, and more.

The Rain - Stream On Netflix

Survivors gathers in Woods in The Rain Season 2

Danish post-apocalyptic series The Rain closely resembles the plotline of Sweet Tooth, minus the fantasy element. The action follows two young siblings on a perilous quest for survival following a viral outbreak that annihilates most of the human population.

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Six years after a mysterious virus devastates Scandanavia, Simone (Alba August) and Rasmus (Lucan Lynggaard Tonnesen) traverse the wiped-out landscape in search of safe haven. With societal rules and mores stripped away, the siblings struggle to maintain order among their fellow survivors.

The 100 - Stream On Netflix

Clarke and Lexa face off in The 100

CW's hit TV series The 100 is one of the most popular post-apocalyptic dramas in recent memory. Set nearly a century after a nuclear holocaust left the human population extinct, the fate of the race is left in the hands of 100 unruly juveniles.

As a means of reexploring Earth, a spacecraft containing human survivors delivers 100 young criminals to the planet. However, far more danger awaits them than initially thought, including a race of surviving human Grounders and other villainous creatures.

Thunderstone - Stream On YouTube

Noah in cave with sister in Thunderstone

Thunderstone is a lesser-known post-apocalyptic TV series that closely aligns with the themes of Sweet Tooth. Geared for a younger audience, the story tracks Noah Daniels (Jeffrey Walker), a teenager who lives underground after a comet hits Earth and destroys all forms of life.

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As Noah attempts to survive the ice age with his family, he learns all about the extinct animals that lived on Earth before the comet hit. Later, Noah is sent to a future realm called Haven, where a band of children survivors called the Nomad fight the evil group called The Protectors.

The Last Ship - Stream On Hulu

Crew of the James prepares for battle in The Last Ship

Just like Sweet Tooth, the catalyzing event of TNT's The Last Ship is a lethal pandemic that extinguishes the majority of Earth's population. The prescient, highly relevant post-apocalyptic series lasted five seasons and 56 episodes from 2014-2018.

When the crew of the Nathan James Naval Destroyer learns that it is one of the last uncontaminated vessels at sea, Commander Tom Chandler (Eric Dane) and his crew are tasked with delivering microbiologist Rachel Scott (Rhona Mitra) to safety. Without Scott's survival, a cure for the disease cannot be made and humanity will not persist.

Day 5 - Stream On Amazon Prime Video

Jake on park bench in Day 5

Created as a Rooster Teeth original series, Day 5 imagines a future world in which a mysterious pandemic causes people to die as soon as they fall asleep. The post-apocalyptic series follows Jake (Jesse C. Boyd), a drug-using antihero who leads a search for the pandemic's cryptic cause.

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One of Jake's closest allies is Sam (Walker Satterwhite), a 13-year-old boy who proves to be resourceful and wise beyond his years. As the survivors trek across the barren planet in search of a cure, they contend with an evil doctor who wants to experiment on Sam despite the consequences.

See - Stream On Apple+

Baba on mountaintop in See

Jason Momoa headlines the Apple+ original series See, set in a ruinous future apocalypse where humanity has lost its eyesight as a result of a mysterious virus. While a bit more adult and action-packed than Sweet Tooth, there is a lot of aesthetic and thematic crossover.

The drama escalates when a pair of twin siblings are born with sight, leading to a harrowing witch hunt to find the children. Baba Voss (Momoa) serves as the children's protective stepfather who must keep them safe, as well as their biological father Jerlamarel (Joshua Henry).

Survivors - Stream On Amazon Prime

Survivors cast photo in woods

The BBC series Survivors follows a band of humans who remain alive following a viral strain of "European Flu" that kills 90% of Earth's population. In the race to find a cure and remain out of danger, the survivors struggle to thrive in a lawless, freeform society.

Leading the way is Abby Grant (Julie Graham), a strong-willed and level-headed woman desperate to find her young missing son, Peter (Jack Richardson), whose immunity to the virus makes him the target of a shady sect.

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