Best Sci-Fi TV Shows of 2020

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Best Sci-Fi TV Shows of 2020
Best Sci-Fi TV Shows of 2020
TOP TV Shows: Snowpiercer (2020), Brave New World (2020), Devs (2020), Upload (2020), Star Trek: Picard (2020), Tales from the Loop (2020), Solar Opposites (2020), Avenue 5 (2020), Raised by Wolves (2020), I Am Not Okay with This (2020), Away (2020), Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020), Lovecraft Country (2020), The Owl House (2020), Spides (2020), The Midnight Gospel (2020), Motherland: Fort Salem (2020), DC's Stargirl (2020), Moonbase 8 (2020), Next (2020).

List of Best TV Shows

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 6.9
 62K
Snowpiercer (2020)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting ...
Style: apocalyptic, unusual plot structure, captivating, brutal, depressing ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: train, post apocalypse, apocalypse, rebellion, struggle for survival, class system, inequality, disaster, humanity, forces of nature, distopia, caste system ...
Time: future, 2020s
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Brave New World (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 415 min.
TV show
Story: In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
Style: thought provoking, futuristic, surprise ending, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Plot: life is a bitch, distopia, utopia, conspiracy, totalitarianism, dystopic future, genetic engineering, satire, brainwashing, social differences, dystopia, dystopian future ...
Time: future, near future
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 7.6
 47K
Devs (2020)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 409 min.
TV show
Story: Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.
Style: intellectual, captivating, enigmatic, exciting, philosophical ...
Plot: murder investigation, virtual reality, hacker, quantum physics, cold blooded murder, conspiracy, artificial intelligence, computer, technology, robot, murder mystery, investigation ...
Time: future
Place: san francisco
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 7.8
 80K
Upload (2020)
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: romantic, humorous, futuristic, light, funny ...
Plot: virtual reality, hi-tech, virtual world, life after death, looking for sex, afterlife, mysterious death, love interest, murder, love and romance, technology, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: near future, 2030s, future, 2020s
Place: brooklyn new york city
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Star Trek: Picard (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, epic, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: star trek, space travel, space, spacecraft, spaceship, alien, exploration, outer space, human in outer space, friendship, space opera, space exploration ...
Time: future, 24th century, 2020s
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Tales from the Loop (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.
Style: anthology, futuristic, captivating, thought provoking, visually appealing ...
Plot: supernatural, science, body swapping, time portal, time loop, small town, time warp, science gone wrong, research laboratory, parents and children, society, small town life ...
Time: future
Place: ohio
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Solar Opposites (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform ...
Style: funny, feel good, adult animation, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, adult
Plot: dark humor, alien, science and technology, alien encounter, human alien relationship, alien contact, ufo, new life, lgbt, evil, love, space and aliens ...
Place: usa
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 6.7
 23K
Avenue 5 (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
TV show
Story: 40 years in the future, space captain Ryan Clark and the crew of the luxury space cruise ship Avenue 5 navigate disgruntled passengers and unexpected events after experiencing technical difficulties onboard.
Style: funny, futuristic, captivating, feel good, humorous ...
Plot: space travel, tourism, captain, space, pretending to be someone else, panic, desperation, marital argument, actor, space shuttle, space station, humour ...
Time: near future
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Raised by Wolves (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the ...
Style: futuristic, suspense, apocalyptic, intelligent, visually appealing ...
Plot: space colony, androids, distant planet, robot human relationship, survival, atheism, war, post apocalypse, alien creature, vestiges of humanity, religious cult, parents and children ...
Time: future, distant future, near future
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I Am Not Okay with This (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sydney is a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her.
Style: feel good, captivating, light, humorous, existential ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: female protagonist, adolescence, youth, teenager, friendship, telekinesis, high school, love, lgbt teen, small town, teenage protagonist, lgbt ...
Time: future
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 6.6
 26K
Away (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: American astronaut Emma Green must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous mission. A series about hope, humanity and how we need one another if we are to achieve impossible ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, psychological, action adventure, powerful ...
Plot: astronaut, female astronaut, mars, outer space, dangerous mission, space, separation from family, space colony, wilderness, loneliness, lesbian, spacecraft ...
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Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is ...
Style: adult animation, anime, intense, clever, exciting ...
Audience: teens
Plot: space travel, star trek, space opera, space wars, alien planet, time travel, spacecraft, outer space, female alien, space mission, heroic mission, space and aliens ...
Time: 24th century, future, 23rd century
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Lovecraft Country (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the ...
Style: lovecraft, anthology, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: beast, african american, racism, cosmic horror, imaginary character, road trip, supernatural, female warrior, cthulhu, society, monster, creature ...
Time: 2020s, 1950s, 50s
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 8.5
 19K
The Owl House (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: An animated fantasy-comedy series that follows Luz, a self-assured teenage girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical world where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical ...
Style: atmospheric, entertaining, stylized, light, colorful ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, preschool
Plot: witchcraft, witch, magic, teenager, portal, parallel universe, good versus evil, friendship, apprentice, female protagonist, lesbian, fantasy world ...
Time: 2020s
Place: dominican republic
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 5.6
 630
Spides (2020)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: Young Nora from Berlin wakes up from a coma after taking a new party drug and can no longer remember anything. When investigators Nique Navar and David Leonhart find out that numerous teenagers have disappeared as part of the spread of the party ...
Style: bloody, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: evil alien, beast, alien, kidnapping, drug, creature, alien creature, danger, investigation, secret, drug addict, drug abuse ...
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Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Six teens attending an adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar must band together to survive when dinosaurs wreak havoc on the island.
Style: captivating, suspense, anime, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience: preschool
Plot: dinosaur, killer animal, dangerous animal, tyrannosaurus rex, jurassic park, monster versus monster, human animal relationship, teenager, amusement park, danger, chase, animal attack ...
Time: jurassic, 90s, year 2015, 2020s
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The Midnight Gospel (2020)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Traversing trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, Clancy the space caster explores existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
Style: psychedelic, adult animation, adult cartoon, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: universe, surrealism, creature, interview, philosophy, shapeshifting, multiverse, parallel universe, adult humor, male protagonist, space travel, space and aliens ...
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Motherland: Fort Salem (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Set in an alternate America where witches ended their persecution over 300 years ago by cutting a deal with the government to fight for their country, the series follows three young women from basic training in combat magic into early deployment.
Style: suspense, captivating, anime, deep, sad ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: witch, lesbian, lgbt, sorceress, female protagonist, military service, magic, female soldier, public service, supernatural, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, witchcraft ...
Time: 2020s
Place: usa, salem massachusetts
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 7.2
 20K
DC's Stargirl (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, talky, light, anime
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: superheroine, superhero, heroine, heroes, superhero team, good versus evil, masked superhero, multiverse, superhuman powers, superpower, bravery, rescue ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
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 5.8
 4K
Moonbase 8 (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In the isolated desert of Winslow, Arizona at NASA’s Moon Base Simulator, three eager astronauts—Skip, Rook and their leader Cap—attempt to qualify for their first lunar mission. They encounter many obstacles including loneliness, self-doubt ...
Style: feel good, humorous, funny, light, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: astronaut, space exploration, workplace situations, space mission, friendship, society, employer employee relationship, outer space, silly humor, space opera, loser, environment ...
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 6.7
 6K
Next (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A Silicon Valley pioneer discovers that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell global catastrophe, and teams up with a cybercrime agent to fight a villain unlike anything we’ve ever seen – one whose greatest weapon against ...
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, tense, thought provoking, detective ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, computers and web, technology, hi-tech, technology gone awry, cyberspace, inadvertently, moral dilemma, scientist, science, chaos and mayhem, escapades ...
Place: san francisco
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Adventure Time: Distant Lands (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Finn and Jake are headed back to the Land of Ooo.
Style: exciting, humorous, feel good, surreal, sweet ...
Audience: pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot: friendship, magic, villain, superpower, adventurer, best friend, young heroes, imaginary, escapades, talking animal, parallel universe, encounter ...
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The Walking Dead: World Beyond (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 976 min.
TV show
Story: A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.
Style: suspenseful, captivating, scary, tense, bleak ...
Plot: post apocalypse, undead, walking dead, gay, zombie, supernatural, survival, plague, human existence, danger, chaos, infected ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.8
 13K
Close Enough (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: A surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something centering on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood, friendship, ham theft, stripper clowns and choosing the right day care.
Style: adult animation, sitcom, adult cartoon, entertaining, anime ...
Audience: adult
Plot: marriage, parenthood, adulthood, flatmate, surrealism, divorced couple, kindergarten, songwriter, slice of life, swearing, family relations, mature ...
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Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: A sheltered girl gets a crash course in survival when a mutant attack sends her to the surface, far from the safety of her underground home.
Style: funny, sincere, exciting, captivating, anime ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot: friendship, transformation, fate of humanity, teenage girl, female protagonist, friends, teenage protagonist, gay teenager, obsessive quest, gay friend, girl, showdown ...
Time: 23rd century
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Vagrant Queen (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Elida, an orphaned queen who refuses to accept her true title, prefers to scavenge and get into scrapes throughout the galaxy as the Republic government seeks to snuff out her royal bloodline. Elida's existence is turned upside down when her ...
Style: captivating, intense, entertaining, funny, stylized
Audience: teens
Plot: superhero, justice, space opera, fantasy world, danger, superhuman, youth, family relations, friendship, space, afrofuturism, star wars ...
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 6.3
 4K
Soulmates (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 269 min.
TV show
Story: Fifteen years into the future, science has made a discovery that changes the lives of everyone on the planet – a test that unequivocally tells you who your soulmate is.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, apocalyptic, anthology ...
Plot: male homosexuality, gay relationship, gay love, homosexuality, homosexual love, bisexual, homosexual, science, true love, making love, gay couple, unrequited love ...
Time: near future
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Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (2020)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: On their dying planet, the Autobots and Decepticons battle fiercely for control of the AllSpark in the Transformers universe's origin story.
Style: semi serious, stylized, futuristic, heroic, exciting ...
Plot: transforming robot, battles, robot, giant robot, transformers, good versus evil, androids and robots, sentient robot, benign alien, evil robot, space battle, fight ...
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Doctor Who: Fury from the Deep (2020)
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 124 min.
TV show
Story: Patrick Troughton's Doctor and his companions Victoria and Jamie investigate strange happenings at a gas refinery run by Chief Robson. Animated recreations of lost episodes help bring this 1960s adventures back to screens.
Style: exciting, captivating, tense, entertaining, 2d animation
Plot: doctor who, travel and leisure, travel, interdimensional travel, traveler, space travel, sent to the past, journey, time traveler, time travel
Time: 60s
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 6.7
 10K
Helstrom (2020)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.
Style: suspense, dark, suspenseful, semi serious, anime
Plot: supernatural power, superhero, demon, supernatural, brother sister relationship, psychokinesis, mother daughter relationship, guardian, satanic cult, terror, obsessive quest, supernatural ability ...
Place: portland oregon, san francisco
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