8 Shows Like The Chosen One (2023) You Love to Watch
The Chosen One is one of the recently released coming-of-age series, initially based on a comic book named American Jesus, written by Peter Gross and Mark Millar. It is one worth watching, particularly for those who love supernatural dramas.
The series is about a 12-year-old boy named Jodie, who lives with his mother, Sarah, in Mexico’s small town. Once upon a day, Jodie meets with an unpredicted and bizarre incident, after which he realizes he has some supernatural powers, like Jesus Christ.
Later as the series progresses, Jodie has to choose a way to help other people by using his supernatural powers or to hide his actual reality from the others.
If you are the one who likes such supernatural stories, then here in this article, we have a few more similar series from where you all will find some unique, engaging, and paranormal stories.
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Joan of Arcadia:
Joan of Arcadia was a 2003s Family drama series created by Barbara Hall. The series won many awards, like the People’s Choice Award. The series has a superb and unique plot, which starts with a 16-year-old girl named Joan Girardi who lives in an Arcadia town in Maryland.
Joan has a special kind of connection with the divine, as she can speak and see God and the power they have; not only that, but God themselves comes to visit Joan every time in different forms; and impart some task to Joan, which helps to enhance her and her family members lives.
In a nutshell, just like the Chosen One series, Joan of Arcadia also has a kind of religious contact, so you all enjoyed watching the Joan of Arcadia series too.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
Likewise, The Chosen One series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, is another supernatural series, initially based on a 1992s film under the same name created by Whedon. Still, the difference is that in the 1997s, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is far different from that of the 1992s film.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a 1997 series, concentrates mainly on a plot that runs for several centuries in which there have been various myths about which women are chosen to be evil such as vampires or other demonic creatures.
Amongst such, Buffy is also one such creature who has multiple superpowers. She is a high school-going girl during the day; by night, she turns into the beast that fights against various demons in the dark.
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Stranger Things:
Whenever it comes to any supernatural series, how can we forget to talk about one of a fan’s favorite series, Stranger Things? Stranger Thing is one of the conspiracy plus a super horror series, which starts with Will Byres, who suddenly escaped from a place; then his group of friends, along with Joyce Byers, mother of Will, and Jim Hopper, starts finding him.
But as this series progresses, the makers add a new mystery and many adventure tasks; also, we have seen Eleven, who has mighty supernatural powers, using which she can beat any monster. Also, this series connects with The Chosen One, the character Jodie, and his friends.
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Warrior Nun:
Warrior Nun is also a supernatural drama series that Simon Barry created, and it premiered on a Netflix platform. Warrior Nun mainly focuses on its lead character Ava Silva a 19-year-old woman who suddenly dies one day, and the next day she finds herself in a Morgue.
Later as it progresses, she finds that now she is also a part of the ancient Cruciform Sword, where she must save the life of all the Nun from the demons.
So, just like The Chosen One series, The Warrior Nun also has a biblical theme, in which she fights with many strong creatures just to save the nuns.
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Raising Dion:
Raising Dion is again a family drama cum Sci-fi series initially based on a comic novel under the same name written by Dennis Liu. Raising Dion is all about a single mother, Nicole, who has a big responsibility to upbringing her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark in a dangerous accident.
Later, we see how Dion uses his superpowers one day to control the accident moment, and by visiting, Nicole tensed more; now, she must care for his son, as she does not want to put the power of his son Dion in front of others.
The series, particularly the character Nicole, has many similarities with Sarah from The Chosen One, but the most similar thing is their caring and protective nature for their children.
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Damien:
Just like The Chosen One Character Jodie, here too we have a Damien, who wants to live everyday life and not want to reveal anything about the power he has in his life.
Damien is a Horror drama series, or it is a renewal of The Omen film, which was released in 1976. Here, the creators added a few flashback moments, too, in which we see that as Damien Grew up, he wanted to return to his Satanic past.
And for that, he takes the help of Ann Rutledge, who is his guardian and protects him from all the troubles, making Damien’s life much better than that of the past.
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Messiah:
Messiah has many similarities with The Chosen One series; the main one is also connected with Jesus Christ’s identity. Actual Messiah is a Mysterious thriller series that concentrates mainly on its lead character, al-Masih, who suddenly appears in the middle east, and no one knows anything about him.
Then, as the series progresses, his mysterious appearance grabs everyone’s attention; even the CIA officer starts finding information about him, but little is revealed about al-Masih. Also, many believe that he is the other form of Jesus Christ.
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I Am Not Okay With This:
I Am Not Okay With This is again a supernatural series based on a novel under the same name written by Charles Forsman. The complete series, I Am Not Okay With This, is about a 17year old girl named Sydney Novak with a short temper and anger issues; who is stuck in her family life complication that she daily faces; not only that, but her emotions, and feelings for her best friend Dina also make her bit disturb. As time passes, Sydney faces many challenges to hide her superpowers infront of others.
The only similarity we find between The Chosen One series; and in I Am Not Okay With This is the way Jodie and Sydney face the challenges after knowing their hidden superpowers.
Final Words:
Those mentioned above are all the supernatural series lists that most people love to watch. Also, all the series have a unique plotline, still connected at some point. And, if you are a true fan of The Chosen One series, you should watch the above series too, which you will love to watch.
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