Dreampunk on TV

My personal collection of reality-melting dreampunk series

The easiest way to answer the question “What is dreampunk?” is to throw out some good examples of the genre and let you see for yourself. Some of these (like The Sandman) feature a dreampunk premise and exemplify the genre the whole way through. Others (like Adventure Time) vary by episode in their degree of dreampunkiness. This list is by no means complete, so please add your own examples in the comments.

The Sandman (2022–)

Severance (2022–)

Nine Perfect Strangers (2021–)

Stranger Things (2016–)

Adventure Time (2010–)

Including Distant Lands, and Fionna and Cake.

Moon Knight (2022)

Undone (2019–2022)

Russian Doll (2019–2022)

Westworld (2016–2022)

Behind Her Eyes (2021)

WandaVision (2021)

The Midnight Gospel (2020)

Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)

Dream Corp LLC (2016–2020)

The Feed (2019)

Lodge 49 (2018–2019)

Legion (2017–2019)

Mr. Robot (2015–2019)

Maniac (2018)

Twin Peaks (1990–2017)

Including Fire Walk with Me and The Return (a.k.a. season 3).

Over the Garden Wall (2014)

Gravity Falls (2012–2014)

The OA (2012)

The Mighty Boosh (2003–2007)

Carnivàle (2003–2005)