Sci-Fi TV Shows
The list contains the best, new, and most relevant Sci-Fi TV Shows ordered by relevance. Trendflicks helps you find the most attractive TV Shows from all kinds of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, HBO, etc.
Best TV Shows
Popular TV Shows:
Misfits(2009) , Stargate Atlantis(2004) , Carnival Row(2019) , The Nevers(2021) , Orphan Black(2013) , Penny Dreadful(2014) , Sense8(2015) , The Dead Zone(2002) , The Undeclared War(2022) , Forever(2014) , Batwoman(2019) , Resident Alien(2021) , Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles(2008) , Firefly(2002) , Arcane(2021) , The Strain(2014) , Medium(2005) , Lisey's Story(2021) , X-Men: Evolution(2000) , Snowpiercer(2020) , Doom Patrol(2019) , Sabrina, the Teenage Witch(1996) , The Good Place(2016) , Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1997) , Scavengers Reign(2023) , Warehouse 13(2009) , Merlin(2008) , The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live(2024) , Masters of the Universe: Revelation(2021) , Teen Titans Go!(2013)
List of Best TV Shows
Misfits (2009)
8.2
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Five juvenile delinquents with nothing in common join together for a community service project, which they initially thought would be boring. Still, after a freak thunderstorm, they find it completely different. These five very different teenagers are given superpowers, some of which can turn invisible and some of which can hear other people's voices. Now, in addition to dealing with the realities of teenage life and completing their service projects, they must also figure out what to do with their new abilities and find out what they should do with them.
Cast: Joseph Gilgun, Karla Crome, Nathan McMullen, Matt Stokoe, Shaun Dooley
Stargate Atlantis (2004)
8.1
TV-PG
Release Date: 2004-07-15
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After Major Sheppard and Dr. Elizabeth Weir lead a scientific expedition to the long-abandoned ancient metropolis of Atlantis in the Pegasus system, Stargate Command discovers the city. Once there, they discover they cannot contact Earth and that their exploration has unintentionally awakened the deadly enemies of the ancients, the Wraiths, who are pursuing them. Now, with the aid of new local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis team starts to discover the secrets of their new home while simultaneously beginning their fight for survival against the Wraiths.
Cast: Joe Flanigan, David Hewlett, Rachel Luttrell, Jewel Staite, Robert Picardo
Carnival Row (2019)
7.7
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The human empire has overrun a wealthy homeland in a Victorian fantasy world populated by legendary creatures of migration. These expanding immigrant groups struggle to live among humans in the seediest parts of the city, forbidden from loving, living, or flying freely. However, hope endures, and a dangerous romance is rekindled between human detective Rycroft Philostrate and a fairy refugee named Vignette Stonemoss.
Cast: Orlando Bloom, Cara Delevingne, Simon McBurney, Tamzin Merchant, David Gyasi
The Nevers (2021)
7.4
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: In 1899, widow Amalia True and young inventor Penance Adair ran an asylum for the Touched in London. The Touched are a group of primarily women who suddenly have unusual abilities. Fleeing to the safety of an orphanage, Beth Cassini accidentally reveals her powers in public, and the detective leads the team to the orphanage to find them. Amalia True and Penance Adair are the champions of this new underclass, building a home for the Touched while fighting off the forces on all sides.
Cast: Laura Donnelly, Ann Skelly, Olivia Williams, James Norton, Tom Riley
Orphan Black (2013)
8.3
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Sarah adopts the identity of a stranger who just so happens to look exactly like her after seeing a woman commit suicide. Sarah discovers the startling truth—that she and the deceased woman are clones—and is instead thrown headfirst into a kaleidoscopic mystery, believing she has solved all her issues by taking advantage of the dead woman's savings.
Cast: Tatiana Maslany, Jordan Gavaris, Josh Vokey, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Ari Millen
Penny Dreadful (2014)
8.2
TV-MA
Release Date: 2014-05-11
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray and beautiful psychic Vanessa Ives were searching for his daughter Mina. While fighting with a group of unknown creatures, they seemed to have glimpsed the secrets of ancient Egypt two thousand years ago. Genius surgeon Victor Frankenstein created Frankenstein with corpse parts. While he experienced the creator's joy, he was also bound by the shadow of the past. Ethan Chandler, a poor American boy looking for a performance, was hired by Vanessa because of his excellent marksmanship. His incredible experience made him linger in London, and he could not escape. These people came together for various reasons and faced nightmares that they could never get rid of.
Cast: Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney
Sense8 (2015)
8.2
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After experiencing a bizarre murder, eight people from different countries and regions around the world discovered that they each had an inexplicable "induction" psychologically and emotionally. They could reach deep into anyone's heart and learn their secrets; they could talk to anyone anywhere, knowing what was happening now and predicting the future. It was through this unique ability that they escaped the bizarre hunts time and time again.
Cast: Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Max Riemelt, Jamie Clayton, Bae Doona, Brian J. Smith
The Dead Zone (2002)
7.3
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: There is an area in the human brain that is never used under normal circumstances. It is called the dead zone. However, an unexpected car accident allowed Johnny Smith, a biology teacher at a school, to open the dead zone in his brain. From then on, whenever he came into contact with someone, he could predict what was about to happen or had happened to that person, as if he were there in person. However, the price of this ability was that Johnny was in a coma for six years after the car accident. When he woke up, he found that his fiancée had married someone else and that his magical ability brought him endless troubles; he also discovered many crimes and conspiracies.
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Connor Price, Kristen Dalton
Release Date: 2022-06-30
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: A cyberattack has paralyzed parts of the UK internet, with the UK election just around the corner. 21-year-old intern Parvan, who has just started a one-year internship at the Government Communications Headquarters, joins the team studying malware code when a routine stress test of the internet infrastructure goes wrong. This team of top analysts lurking at the heart of the Government Communications Headquarters secretly works to stop cyberattacks on the country's election system.
Cast: Hannah Khalique-Brown, Simon Pegg, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Edward Holcroft, Adrian Lester
Forever (2014)
8.2
TV-PG
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Henry Morgan has lived for 200 years, but he has no idea why he never ages or dies. He only knows that he always rises from the dead nude in the closest body of water. Working at the NYPD morgue, he tries to figure out the secret of his immortality by studying the dead. Jo Martinez is a detective working with him and is intrigued by him. She invites Henry to be her medical examiner. He makes every effort to find the truth and the key to his 200-year immortality along the journey.
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Judd Hirsch, Alana de la Garza, Lorraine Toussaint, Donnie Keshawarz
Batwoman (2019)
3.6
TV-14
Release Date: 2019-10-06
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Three years after Batman's mysterious disappearance, Gotham City is in despair. Without the Caped Crusader, the Gotham City Police Department has been overrun by criminal gangs and outdated with weaponry. Enter Jacob Kane and his military-grade Raven private security team, who now protect the city with ubiquitous firepower and militias. Jacob dies in a firefight with criminals, and his surviving daughter Kate decides to follow in his footsteps, using Z's military skills to become the new generation of Batman, dubbed "Batwoman" by the media. With a passion for social justice and a gift for outspokenness, Kate uses everything she can to fight Alice's dark machinations.
Cast: Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, Camrus Johnson
Resident Alien (2021)
8.1
TV-14
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Date: 2021-01-27
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: An alien spaceship crashes on Earth. To avoid being discovered by the residents, the alien disguises himself as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigel and lives alone in a remote mountain cabin. During the Earth days, he learns how to act like a human. One day, the town doctor is murdered, and the doctor position is vacant, so Sheriff Mike and his deputies come to his cabin. Dr. Harry Vanderspeigel becomes the new doctor in town.
Cast: Alan Tudyk, Sara Tomko, Corey Reynolds, Alice Wetterlund, Levi Fiehler
Release Date: 2008-01-13
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Following the deaths of Dr. Miles Dyson and the T-800 101 Terminator, the Connors were once again trailed by Skynet agents from the future. Realizing that the nightmare was far from finished, they vowed to continue fleeing and do everything they could to halt the "Skynet" plot, a technical weapon designed by the firm to destroy humanity. They escaped to a new city, hoping that their lives would return to normal, but they were surprised to find a Terminator disguised as a teacher plotting to assassinate John instead. So, a new escape started.
Cast: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, Shirley Manson
Firefly (2002)
8.9
TV-14
Release Date: 2002-09-20
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Five hundred years later, without a home, Captain Malcolm Reynolds's starship Serenity is cruising the cosmos. As they go across a galaxy governed by the federal government, the spaceship Serenity crew and passengers will investigate the planets' boundaries. Every passenger aboard the ship will have ambitions and intentions, so crew members with varying backgrounds and motivations must conceal their true identities until they accomplish their objectives. The crew will need to take any legal or criminal job to live.
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
Arcane (2021)
9
TV-14
Release Date: 2021-11-06
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Sisters Vi and Jinx live in the steampunk utopia of Piltover and the chemical-driven dungeon of Zaun. Tensions between the two city-states have peaked with the advent of Hextech, a method of controlling magical energy in Piltover. In Zaun, a new drug called Flash can turn humans into monsters. The competition between the cities has torn apart families and friends, and they have stood on opposite sides of each other, parted ways, and headed toward different destinies. But the constraints in their hearts always make them want to reunite, and the righteous sister Vi also tries her best to defeat all the evil in the dungeon.
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell
The Strain (2014)
7.3
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: A Berlin plane landed quietly in the dark on the empty runway of Kennedy International Airport. When New York's Chief Medical Officer Ephraim Goodweather and his staff entered the cabin, they found that more than 200 people had died unexpectedly. Unknown parasites in the cabin, the unexpected resurrection of the dead, the mysterious disappearance of the vast coffin, and the official ambiguity about the incident all cast a strange and dangerous shadow on this incident. A series of killings put Ephraim into an unknown situation. As the virus spreads, Ephraim and his team and a group of ordinary New Yorkers fight for the fate of humankind.
Cast: Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Miguel Gómez, David Bradley, Jonathan Hyde
Medium (2005)
7.1
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Because of her psychic abilities, Allison Dubois has been able to read people's minds and see, hear, and even converse with spirits. At first, she despises her psychic abilities, but eventually, she learns to utilize them to assist law enforcement in finding a criminal and closing a case. However, Allison's ability causes great stress for her family, so she attempts to balance both.
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Jake Weber, Miguel Sandoval, David Cubitt, Sofia Vassilieva
Lisey's Story (2021)
5.9
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Although Lisey spent 25 years of her life with her spouse, she lost him two years ago. Lisey learns that her husband once went to a place that both terrified and healed him; it can fill him with grief while simultaneously giving him hope for the future. In an attempt to ease her suffering, Lisey decides to visit the location where her spouse previously visited.
Cast: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Joan Allen
X-Men: Evolution (2000)
7.8
TV-Y7
Release Date: 2000-11-04
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Professor Charles Francis Xavier's mission at the School for Gifted Children is to teach mutants how to utilize their talents for good and keep them from hurting themselves or others. Xavier possesses the ability to read minds. However, Shapeshifter Mystique was appointed principal of his high school by his enemy Magneto, who wanted to gather deficient mutants for battle against non-mutants.
Cast: Kirby Morrow, Venus Terzo, David Kaye, Brad Swaile, Maggie O'Hara
Snowpiercer (2020)
6.9
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After the Earth has been "frozen over," the surviving humans can only survive on a train. The train became their only safe haven, but it also caused a series of social problems. The people in the first half of the train car enjoy the life of the upper class, while the people in the back of the train suffer from the exploitation and oppression of the former people; their living conditions are poor, and they become slaves of the upper class. The people of the back zone, who could not bear the oppression, began to organize resistance, trying to change this unfair status quo.
Cast: Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Alison Wright, Iddo Goldberg, Roberto Urbina
Doom Patrol (2019)
7.7
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The Doom Patrol superheroes include Mech Man, Negative Man, Rubber Girl, and Crazy Jane. Each has different abilities, but their abilities have also caused them physical and mental trauma. Under the leadership of Chief Dr. Niles Caulder, The Doom Patrol investigates various strange phenomena and protects the Earth. During the process, they reveal the mystery of their identities.
Cast: Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade, Skye Roberts, Riley Shanahan
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996)
6.7
TV-G
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Sabrina Spellman is a 16-year-old normal teenager, but one day, her aunts, Hilda and Zelda, inform her that she is a witch. Residing with her aunts in Massachusetts, Sabrina prepares herself to get a witchcraft license. She struggles along the way to understand how some spells operate. In addition, she has to hide these things from her lover Harvey, scheming principal Willard, friends Jenny and Valerie, and arrogant adversary Libby.
Cast: Melissa Joan Hart, Elisa Donovan, Soleil Moon Frye, Nick Bakay
The Good Place (2016)
8.2
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After an accident, Eleanor Shellstrop awakens to discover she has passed away and arrived in the afterlife. From her mentor, Michael, Eleanor learns that she arrived in Good Place because she had aided defenseless death row inmates. The Good Place—where everyone is kind, and there is no harsh language—becomes chaotic when Eleanor arrives. Eleanor now has to control her flawed demeanor and speech to avoid being transferred to the "Bad Place."
Cast: Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, Manny Jacinto
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
8.3
TV-14
Release Date: 1997-03-10
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Buffy Summers is a chosen one who will battle the powers of evil, demons, and vampires by themselves. No matter how hard Buffy strives to be an ordinary girl, she is doomed to repeat this cycle over and over again. Fortunately, she gets support from her friends, the amusing and unexpectedly successful evil-fighting squad known as the Scooby Gang. They would defeat their inner demons, endure several tragedies, and attend college together.
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
Scavengers Reign (2023)
8.6
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: This drama expands upon the idea behind the 2016 animated short film Scavengers. When an intergalactic freight ship is destroyed, the crew becomes stuck on an odd and stunning planet. They have to hold out here long enough to have a shot at getting out or getting help. The survivors struggle in a harsh environment with their perseverance. At the same time, they fight to retrieve their wrecked ship and missing crew.
Cast: Sunita Mani, Wunmi Mosaku, Alia Shawkat, Bob Stephenson, Ted Travelstead
Warehouse 13 (2009)
7.6
TV-14
Release Date: 2009-07-07
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Two U.S. Secret Service officers are taken to a secret facility in South Dakota, which has magical artifacts gathered over millennia by regents with authority above any government, after saving the president's life in Washington. Their new task is to look into reports of new goods and recover missing objects known as "artifacts," which seem innocuous but have great power.
Cast: Eddie McClintock, Joanne Kelly, Saul Rubinek, Allison Scagliotti, Aaron Ashmore
Merlin (2008)
7.9
TV-PG
Release Date: 2008-09-20
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Merlin traveled to the palace from his birthplace to study under the royal physician Gaius. The ruler there forbade magic in any form. But Gaius discovered Merlin's magic. Rather than blaming him, Gaius acknowledged him as his adopted son and counseled him on making the most of his abilities. Merlin also encountered an old dragon in the castle. The dragon informed him that he had a problematic duty: protecting Prince Arthur and elevating him to the position of future king. Merlin safeguards Arthur as his valet. However, things did not turn out the way Merlin had planned. Nimueh, the wicked witch, discovers Merlin's aim and devises a scheme.
Cast: Colin Morgan, Angel Coulby, Bradley James, Katie McGrath, Richard Wilson
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Rick Grimes attempted four times to break free after being taken prisoner by the CRM five years ago, but he failed each time. He dreamed of living a regular life with Michonne. Following his second unsuccessful attempt to flee and Omaha's devastation, Rick Grimes finally accepted Lieutenant Colonel Donald Okafor's request to join CRM and his new role in leading the establishment of a CRM.
Cast: Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Pollyanna McIntosh
Release Date: 2021-07-23
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: This series continues the narrative of the Battle for Eternia from the decades-old iconic character series Titans. The struggle will get fiercer in this season. Following the intense battle between He-Man and Skeletor King, Eternia disintegrated, scattering the protectors of Whikburg. Teela must get this dispersed group of heroes back together and work quickly to solve the mystery of the stolen Excalibur to restore Eternia and avert the destruction of the cosmos.
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Tiffany Smith, Lena Headey, Liam Cunningham, Mark Hamill
Teen Titans Go! (2013)
5.7
TV-PG
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The series focuses on Beast Boy, Robin, Cyborg, Raven, and Starfire—the younger Titans. They live in Jump City together as teens without any grownups to come while they're not rescuing the planet. Unlike most other superhero shows, some stories are absurd, humorous, and parodic, such as obtaining a driver's license after wrecking the Batmobile and washing clothing after an adversary has filthy them.
Cast: Scott Menville, Greg Cipes, Khary Payton, Tara Strong, Hynden Walch