Best Sci-Fi TV shows
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Best Sci-Fi TV shows
TOP TV Shows: The Expanse (2015), Fringe (2008), Altered Carbon (2018), Firefly (2002), Stranger Things (2016), The Mandalorian (2019), Westworld (2016), Forever (2014), Foundation (2021), Stargate Atlantis (2004), Stargate SG-1 (1997), The 100 (2014), Lost in Space (2018), See (2019), Upload (2020), Resident Alien (2021), Halo (2022), Terra Nova (2011), Continuum (2012), The Boys (2019).
List of Best TV Shows
190K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space opera, human in outer space, spaceship, space station, conspiracy, spacecraft, space colony, space exploration, investigation, society ...
Time:
future, 24th century, near future, 23rd century
Place:
space western, hawaii
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268K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, surreal, thrilling ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, investigation, mad scientist, parallel universe, alternate dimension, time travel, fbi, top secret, alternate reality, experiment, danger, paranormal activity ...
Time:
2000s, future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, massachusetts, harvard university, canada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
Style:
futuristic, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, consciousness, artificial intelligence, investigation, resistance fighter, twists and turns, virtual reality, murder, body swapping, doppelganger, female nudity, multiple storylines ...
Time:
future, distant future
Place:
san francisco
Is relevant?
299K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Firefly is set in the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system and follows the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
Style:
exciting, witty, captivating, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
outer space, space travel, space opera, spacecraft, space adventure, danger, escapades, survival, captain, space and aliens, friendship, smuggling ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, small town, telekinesis, parallel universe, friendship, parallel world, super powers, supernatural power, government conspiracy, group of friends, fear ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, future, 20th century, year 1985 ...
Place:
indiana, chicago, usa, soviet union, ussr
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Plot under wraps
Style:
futuristic, exciting, saga, action adventure, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
star wars, outer space, space travel, space opera, bounty hunter, warrior, loner, space and aliens, one man army, alien civilization, tough guy, space adventure ...
Time:
90s, future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
556K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be ...
Style:
futuristic, psychological thriller, stylized, serious, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, consciousness, robot, androids, murder, moral dilemma, man versus machine, technology gone awry, escapades, scientist, sex, sex scene ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Is relevant?
66K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immortality, supernatural, investigation, friendship, law enforcement, immortal, crime scene, supernatural ability, secret, medical examiner, friends, deduction ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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124K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
Style:
futuristic, tense, captivating, realistic, novela ...
Plot:
prophecy, human clone, star wars, space travel, female nudity, empire, genetic engineering, supernatural ability, strong female lead, a vision, civilization, spacecraft ...
Time:
distant future, future
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, saga, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
space travel, outer space, fate of humanity, space opera, space adventure, good versus evil, danger, alien planet, technology, spacecraft, ancient mystery, parallel world ...
Time:
2000s, future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
107K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, atmospheric, retro, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, time travel, space and aliens, parallel universe, parallel world, alien planet, alien race, save the world, ancient mystery, space opera, stargate, escapades ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, near future, 21st century
Is relevant?
301K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, danger, fate of humanity, human existence, leadership, youth, nuclear holocaust, outer space, space station, friendship, lesbian ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
112K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.
Style:
sincere, tense, exciting, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
outer space, space exploration, alien planet, spacecraft, robot, survival, alien creature, hopes, danger, space, youth, space adventure ...
Time:
future, near future, 2040s, 21st century
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110K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, blindness, survival, clan, distopia, blind character, medieval, warrior, tribe, blind man, lesbian, loss of eyesight ...
Time:
near future, future
Is relevant?
89K
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the future where humans are able to “upload” themselves into their preferred choice of afterlife, Nathan meets his early death and is greeted by Nora in his version of heaven. Follow the two as Nathan grows accustomed to life away from his ...
Style:
futuristic, romantic, humorous, light, funny ...
Plot:
virtual reality, virtual world, looking for sex, mysterious death, hi-tech, life after death, afterlife, love interest, murder, technology, love and romance, sex scene ...
Time:
near future, 2030s, future, 2020s
Place:
brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, light, dark comedy ...
Plot:
alien race, extraterrestrial, alien disguised as human, human alien, alien, alien on earth, alien space craft, alien contact, ufo, fish out of water, body horror, moral dilemma ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
colorado, usa
Is relevant?
109K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.
Style:
futuristic, tense, anime, suspense, epic ...
Plot:
alien invasion, outer space, evil alien, space and aliens, war, extraterrestrial, alien, future war, space travel, alien encounter, danger, space ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story:
Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, epic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, survival, human existence, post apocalypse, danger, changing the past or future, extinction, research, dangerous animal, fate of humanity, sent to the past ...
Time:
prehistoric times, near future, jurassic, prehistory, 22nd century
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66K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, spooky, cyber ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, heroine, time machine, getting home, terrorist group, existence paradox, policewoman, changing the past or future, sent to the past, hopes, fish out of water, computer genius ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa, vancouver, canada
Is relevant?
833K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
Style:
satirical, tense, entertaining, bloody, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
superhero, dark humor, vengeance, supernatural power, violence, superhuman, corruption, super speed, murder, superheroine, society, superhero team ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2010s
Place:
new york, north america
Is relevant?
270K
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, mind bending, atmospheric, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
ufo, supernatural, investigation, conspiracy, fbi, paranormal investigation, top secret, paranormal activity, alien contact, alien abduction, space and aliens, female fbi agent ...
Time:
2010s, jurassic, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, mind blowing, action adventure ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, outer space, space opera, memory loss, amnesia, distant planet, space and aliens, time travel, androids, space wars, friendship, survival ...
Time:
future
Place:
space western
Is relevant?
665K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
Style:
exciting, psychological, atmospheric, enigmatic, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, island, stranded, mysterious place, desert island, stranded on an island, lost, human nature, death, plane crash, destiny, air disaster ...
Time:
y2k, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, hawaii, pacific ocean
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728K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
Is relevant?
100K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the ...
Style:
exciting, intellectual, futuristic, retro, saga ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
star trek, space travel, outer space, friendship, space and aliens, heroic mission, benign alien, spacecraft, alien species, alien planet, space exploration, scientist ...
Time:
23rd century, future, 20th century
Place:
space western, arizona
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, mind bending, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, strong female lead, female protagonist, sapphic, strong female character, shooting, danger, lesbianism, clone, heroine, conspiracy, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, new york
Is relevant?
531K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town.
Style:
mysterious, mind bending, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time loop, investigation, mysterious past, time machine, cave, missing child, time portal, deja vu, small town, disappearance, alternate dimension ...
Time:
year 1986, year 2019, 50s, 80s, year 1953 ...
Place:
germany, chernobyl, europe
Is relevant?
61K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, cliffhanger, captivating, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, fate of humanity, evil alien, conspiracy, invasion, alien encounter, alien, fbi, world domination, disguise, space and aliens ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terminator, cyborgs, female killer, time travel, killer robot, androids and robots, changing the past or future, female robot, female warrior, kickass women, kick-butt women, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Is relevant?
171K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
One gunshot, one death, one moment out of time that irrevocably links eight minds in disparate parts of the world, putting them in each other's lives, each other's secrets, and in terrible danger. Ordinary people suddenly reborn as ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, stylized, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
lgbt, supernatural, lgbtq, supernatural ability, gay, conspiracy, telepathy, secret organization, danger, love affair, lesbian, sex scene ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, chicago, mumbai india, indiana, idaho ...
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