TV series

Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

2016 · 1 season

A quiet, unsettling anthology that feels like a half-remembered dream—strange, stylish, and darkly playful, rewarding close attention.

Overview: An anthology for Sky Arts, adapting four standalone, surreal, and dark fantasy short stories by Neil Gaiman.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, absurd and cynical. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Obsession, identity, death, madness
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories

In the USNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.

In your watch list

More like this

Like Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
identity
death
madness
deception
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: anthology
nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong