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How are the recommendations for American Gods selected?
This list currently uses 20 matches from rating similarity. Genres such as Fantasy, Drama and Mystery help keep the fallback matches close to the starting series.
Where can I stream similar series?
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20 of 20 recommendations are marked as completed or ended. Examples: Stranger Things, The OA and Preacher.