Sci-fi: TV Shows, a list by Honza Faler

71

/245/

62

/53/

70

/23/

81

61

/8/

age 13+

When an analyst discovers his eyes and ears have been hacked, he's drawn into a controlled world designed by his agency to draw out their enemies.

81

IMDb 8

8.1

/101312/

80

/5097/

79

/536/

98

/114/

66

87

/38/

age 15+

The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

66

6.5

/4753/

70

/581/

68

/62/

64

/22/

68

63

/15/

Guy Anatole joins the clandestine world of the Talamasca, an international spy agency for the immortal universe, as he searches for answers to his family's own part in the supernatural world.

59

6.2

/56380/

66

/3847/

72

/1118/

60

/60/

47

53

/21/

age 14+

Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.

77

7.1

/95401/

74

/5420/

73

/866/

94

/121/

65

85

/41/

age 15+

When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

80

8.2

/73028/

81

/4375/

79

/694/

94

/112/

70

79

/36/

age 10+

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

76

7.6

/123367/

78

/8449/

77

/1602/

87

/138/

73

68

/40/

age 13+

Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

76

7.8

/89114/

74

/6597/

78

/1351/

88

/107/

72

68

/35/

age 16+

In 2033, people who are near death can be “uploaded” into virtual reality hotels run by 6 tech firms. Cash-strapped Nora lives in Brooklyn and works customer service for the luxurious “Lakeview” digital afterlife. When L.A. party-boy/coder Nathan’s self-driving car crashes, his high-maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into Nora’s VR world.

66

6.7

/9632/

70

/1502/

76

/125/

64

/25/

70

52

/16/

age 15+

When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.

58

27

6.0

/1136/

58

/112/

58

/25/

Plan B offers clients the chance to travel back in time to change the past, but each alteration has unintended consequences, revealing the complexity and limitations of personal agency.

86

8.7

/23138/

83

/538/

89

/127/

4.3

/22855/

MAL

8.7

/145278/

A Happy alien, Takopi, lands on Earth with one mission: to spread happiness! When he meets Shizuka, a lonely fourth grader, he vows to bring back her smile using his magical Happy Gadgets. But as he uncovers the pain in her life, Takopi learns that true happiness may require more than gadgets.

65

6.1

/25684/

69

/1383/

64

/267/

92

/174/

39

70

/33/

age 10+

The Doctor and his companion travel across time and space encountering incredible friends and foes.

58

26

5.7

/1101/

56

/133/

62

/21/

3.3

/368/

age 15+

A smug TV host and a small-town ufologist work to uncover the origins of an alleged UFO sighting, splitting the nation in a storm of doubts and beliefs.

86

IMDb 31

8.7

/369100/

86

/19854/

83

/2369/

95

/242/

80

85

/82/

age 15+

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

79

33

7.9

/1100/

78

/82/

80

/24/

3.9

/889/

Kiyomi Endo is a single mother working at a business hotel near Mount Fuji whose life takes an unexpected twist after an encounter with an alien.

62

38

6.4

/1645/

63

/190/

59

/32/

Following a major catastrophe, a new society, Arcadia, is born. Resources have become scarce and a point system, known as the Citizen Score, is introduced. It determines what you can and may do and what a citizen is entitled to.

75

6.7

/19581/

70

/1795/

71

/235/

3.3

/39651/

100

/7/

70

age 14+

A family moves into a vintage smart home and discovers that it's under the control of a virtual assistant — who will stop at nothing to keep them there.

79

IMDb 73

8.1

/204994/

81

/12692/

81

/1842/

90

/102/

68

77

/32/

age 14+

In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

75

7.0

/42740/

70

/2854/

68

/380/

92

/75/

79

72

/23/

age 9+

Four ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy.

61

5.9

/17658/

62

/1113/

67

/201/

73

/23/

40

68

/10/

age 14+

When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting paranoia and rising tensions. But as the threat facing them reveals itself to be something beyond their wildest imagination, the divided crew must form an alliance to ensure survival.

66

6.2

/7027/

66

/882/

72

/128/

3.2

/737/

age 15+

When a plague of unprecedented virulence sweeps the globe, the human race is all but wiped out. In the aftermath, as the great machine of civilization slowly and inexorably breaks down, only a few shattered survivors remain to struggle against the slide into extinction.

73

54

6.7

/2478/

62

/84/

71

/22/

3.6

/1486/

93

/15/

72

/4/

In a not-too-distant future, Denmark faces total evacuation due to rising water levels. As the nation prepares to leave their homes, high school student Laura must choose between her divorced parents and the boy she's fallen in love with.

65

63

6.2

/9029/

62

/331/

67

/72/

75

/16/

60

age 14+

When stuntman Bunny recruits struggling actress Honey for a side gig, they are hurled into a high-stakes world of action, espionage and betrayal. Years later, as their dangerous past catches up, the estranged Honey and Bunny must reunite and fight to protect their young daughter Nadia.

67

6.3

/12184/

65

/1027/

70

/200/

77

/31/

76

54

/13/

age 15+

Trapped on a farm in rural Georgia, a group of neighbours must put aside their differences and unite in the face of a mysterious and deadly threat.

79

7.6

/32550/

75

/1628/

74

/266/

3.8

/5922/

95

/20/

88

71

/8/

age 15+

Lucy wakes every night at exactly 3:33am. Nothing in her life has made sense for a long time. But the answers are out there, somewhere, at the end of a trail of brutal murders.

68

6.1

/4779/

66

/569/

69

/117/

83

/12/

63

age 14+

Milan, 2030: Diana Cavalieri is a double agent for the secret syndicate Citadel, who infiltrated Manticore, the rival agency that destroyed Citadel eight years ago. Trapped behind enemy lines, Diana has a chance to leave the agency forever, but she has to decide whether to trust a surprising ally: the heir of Manticore Italy, Edo Zani.

58

5.7

/8896/

62

/928/

63

/149/

50

/14/

69

50

/9/

age 14+

100 years in the future, planetary colonization missions have begun as a necessity to help secure the survival of the human race. The first of these missions on a spacecraft known as Ark One encounters a catastrophic event causing massive destruction and loss of life. With more than a year left to go before reaching their target planet, a lack of life-sustaining supplies and loss of leadership, the remaining crew must become the best versions of themselves to stay on course and survive.

67

6.9

/73610/

71

/5507/

73

/1357/

75

/98/

63

56

/30/

age 15+

More than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.

65

49

6.7

/1427/

64

/120/

71

/53/

3.3

/1348/

40

/5/

86

age 17+

A secret project in Korea is exposed to the US so the project gets scrapped and the sample is to be handed over when a delivery accident occurs. Director Choe tries to hide the sample as Paul searches, but they end up at the same place as Jagyeong and Lim Sang. Who will seize the sample in the end?

75

7.6

/71210/

76

/4031/

78

/570/

82

/60/

80

64

/22/

age 14+

Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his true family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.

67

25

7.0

/3393/

65

/18/

66

/5/

Two Boys Making Videos

54

5.6

/5523/

57

/602/

57

/89/

55

/11/

42

59

/4/

Aster Calyx and Halan Kai Nielsen are inextricably drawn to Beacon 23. Navigating one threat after another, they unravel the beacon’s mysteries, just in time to face their most powerful enemy.

49

39

4.9

/1736/

55

/188/

55

/30/

43

/14/

46

49

/7/

age 14+

In this satirical comedy, when most of Earth is destroyed by aliens, can a few survivors rebuild what’s left of America and form a more perfect union?

52

34

4.4

/1644/

52

/141/

60

/58/

2.8

/887/

age 16+

As an asteroid hurtles towards Earth with nothing to stop it, one determined teacher fights to keep her former students safe — no matter the cost.

74

7.9

/359908/

78

/20598/

80

/5913/

77

/367/

66

65

/173/

age 17+

An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.

75

59

7.8

/4016/

74

/140/

73

/124/

Berlin, 1888. After penniless Ida’s life is saved at the Charité Hospital she must work off the treatment costs. While she becomes acquainted with the most brilliant physicians of this era at the world-famous hospital, the self-determined young woman discovers her passion for medicine.

71

7.3

/108697/

73

/6160/

82

/3080/

80

/77/

61

61

/28/

age 14+

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.

62

6.0

/8689/

64

/772/

63

/157/

3.0

/2350/

88

/8/

38

age 15+

A missing astronaut sets her family on a frantic hunt for answers. But the more they uncover, the greater the threat becomes to them — and the world.

60

5.8

/21056/

64

/1667/

74

/1556/

44

/9/

age 14+

An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.

66

51

6.8

/2868/

64

/170/

68

/66/

A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.

67

55

6.2

/1882/

58

/156/

66

/37/

100

/8/

53

Twenty years after they were frozen, Abe, Cleo, JFK, and Joan suddenly find themselves thrust into the modern world, where they must navigate a fresh batch of historical clones, dramatic love triangles, and a formidable new foe.

75

7.0

/51922/

71

/3300/

77

/956/

87

/82/

77

68

/26/

age 14+

After surviving Godzilla's attack on San Francisco, Cate is shaken yet again by a shocking secret. Amid monstrous threats, she embarks on a globetrotting adventure to learn the truth about her family—and the mysterious organization known as Monarch.

81

8.1

/83573/

81

/6007/

77

/850/

92

/147/

82

75

/55/

age 15+

Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.

67

6.8

/152728/

69

/10068/

76

/5105/

74

/126/

57

63

/51/

age 16+

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

14

6

1.0

/6643/

21

/32/

11

/20/

age 12+

Follows Robyn Loxley and anti-authoritarian masked hip-hop band, The Hood, as they call out injustices and fight for freedom and equality in the city of New Nottingham.

71

25

6.8

/1453/

66

/100/

80

/11/

age 14+

Creamerie is set in a post-apocalyptic future where a viral plague has wiped out 99% of men, and Earth has become a planet run by and for women. There’ll be plenty to laugh at when three Kiwi-Asian women running a dairy farm encounter – shock, horror – a man!

71

25

7.1

/1085/

71

/48/

72

/20/

age 10+

The series follows a group of kids at an adventure camp who discover a strange artefact, while also drawn to the fate of four children who mysteriously disappeared twenty years ago.

63

6.5

/7491/

63

/606/

71

/107/

3.2

/814/

58

/33/

60