Most Popular Sci-Fi TV Series/TV Mini-Series
1. The Handmaid's Tale (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Max Minghella, Amanda Brugel
Votes: 19,883
2. Doctor Who (2005– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The further adventures of the time-traveling alien adventurer and his companions.
Stars: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Matt Smith, David Tennant
Votes: 161,971
3. The Flash (2014– )
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After being struck by lightning, Barry Allen wakes up from his coma to discover he's been given the power of super speed, becoming the Flash, fighting crime in Central City.
Stars: Grant Gustin, Candice Patton, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Valdes
Votes: 222,895
4. Inhumans (2017– )
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | Pre-production
An isolated community of superhumans fight to protect themselves.
Stars: Sonya Balmores, Isabelle Cornish, Eme Ikwuakor, Ken Leung
5. Fear the Walking Dead (2015– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A Walking Dead spin-off, set in Los Angeles, following two families who must band together to survive the undead apocalypse.
Stars: Kim Dickens, Frank Dillane, Cliff Curtis, Rubén Blades
Votes: 78,093
6. Rick and Morty (2013– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not so bright grandson.
Stars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer, Sarah Chalke
Votes: 132,152
7. Arrow (2012– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
Stars: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, David Ramsey, Susanna Thompson
Votes: 335,217
8. The 100 (2014– )
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet.
Stars: Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Isaiah Washington
Votes: 131,056
9. Stranger Things (2016– )
TV-14 | 55 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief, and his friends must confront terrifying forces in order to get him back.
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder, David Harbour
Votes: 318,262
10. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A television anthology series that shows the dark side of life and technology.
Stars: Daniel Westwood, Hannah John-Kamen, Beatrice Robertson-Jones, Daniel Kaluuya
Votes: 138,042
11. Westworld (2016– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, explore a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged without consequence.
Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Thandie Newton
Votes: 195,326
12. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013– )
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The missions of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
Stars: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Iain De Caestecker
Votes: 157,495
13. Supergirl (2015– )
TV-PG | 43 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventures of Superman's cousin in her own superhero career.
Stars: Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Chyler Leigh, Jeremy Jordan
Votes: 68,444
14. Outlander (2014– )
TV-MA | 64 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is... See full summary »
Stars: Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, Duncan Lacroix, Tobias Menzies
Votes: 61,109
15. Sense8 (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order.
Stars: Doona Bae, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton
Votes: 94,102
16. Gotham (2014– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The story behind Detective James Gordon's rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman's arrival.
Stars: Ben McKenzie, Jada Pinkett Smith, Donal Logue, Camren Bicondova
Votes: 158,457
17. Zoo (2015– )
42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young scientist searches to find out what's causing a rash of violent animal attacks.
Stars: James Wolk, Kristen Connolly, Nonso Anozie, Billy Burke
Votes: 14,661
18. Dark Matter (2015– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Six people wake up on a deserted spaceship. They can't remember who they are or what they're doing there. They set off to find answers.
Stars: Melissa O'Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr., Jodelle Ferland
Votes: 27,851
19. Orphan Black (2013– )
TV-MA | 44 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Stars: Tatiana Maslany, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris, Kevin Hanchard
Votes: 78,739
20. Blood Drive (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Set in a near-dystopian future, the series features a former cop, who is forced to take part in a death race in which cars run on human blood as fuel.
Stars: Alan Ritchson, Christina Ochoa, Thomas Dominique, Marama Corlett
Votes: 1,519
21. Lost (2004–2010)
TV-14 | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
The survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
Stars: Jorge Garcia, Josh Holloway, Yunjin Kim, Evangeline Lilly
Votes: 410,050
22. Killjoys (2015– )
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the Quad, a planetary system on the brink of a bloody interplanetary class war, a fun loving trio of bounty hunters attempt to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants.
Stars: Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore, Luke Macfarlane, Tamsen McDonough
Votes: 12,748
23. Daredevil (2015– )
TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Matt Murdock, with his other senses superhumanly enhanced, fights crime as a blind lawyer by day, and vigilante by night.
Stars: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson
Votes: 258,917
24. Iron Fist (2017– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A young man is bestowed with incredible martial arts skills and a mystical force known as the Iron Fist.
Stars: Finn Jones, Jessica Henwick, Jessica Stroup, Tom Pelphrey
Votes: 54,918
25. Legion (2017– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
David Haller is a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter, he discovers special powers that will change his life forever.
Stars: Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin
Votes: 42,955
26. Legends of Tomorrow (2016– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Focuses on time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter, who has to recruit a rag-tag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.
Stars: Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Franz Drameh
Votes: 57,112
27. Smallville (2001–2011)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance
A young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.
Stars: Tom Welling, Michael Rosenbaum, Allison Mack, Kristin Kreuk
Votes: 101,389
28. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Set decades after Captain Kirk's five-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in a new Enterprise on their own mission to go where no one has gone before.
Stars: Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton
Votes: 71,997
29. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
TV-PG | 51 min | Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.
Stars: Rod Serling, Robert McCord, Jay Overholts, Vaughn Taylor
Votes: 49,753
30. The Defenders (2017– )
Action, Adventure, Crime | Filming
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist team up to fight crime in New York City.
Stars: Finn Jones, Mike Colter, Charlie Cox, Jessica Henwick
31. Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
TV-PG | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill
Votes: 42,696
32. The X-Files (1993– )
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.
Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis
Votes: 161,872
33. The Last Ship (2014– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.
Stars: Eric Dane, Adam Baldwin, Charles Parnell, Travis Van Winkle
Votes: 42,645
34. Jessica Jones (2015– )
TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Following the tragic end of her brief superhero career, Jessica Jones tries to rebuild her life as a private investigator, dealing with cases involving people with remarkable abilities in New York City.
Stars: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, David Tennant
Votes: 127,143
35. The Man in the High Castle (2015– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A glimpse into an alternate history of North America. What life after WWII may have been like if the Nazis had won the war.
Stars: Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rufus Sewell, Rupert Evans
Votes: 47,557
36. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (1993–1999)
TV-Y7 | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Family
A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.
Stars: Richard Steven Horvitz, David Yost, Ed Neil, David J. Fielding
Votes: 17,118
37. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-assassin and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes--including the civilians' roles--are left a mystery.
Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson
Votes: 137,703
38. The Expanse (2015– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A police detective in the asteroid belt, the first officer of an interplanetary ice freighter and an earth-bound United Nations executive slowly discover a vast conspiracy that threatens the Earth's rebellious colony on the asteroid belt.
Stars: Steven Strait, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham
Votes: 37,191
39. Luke Cage (2016– )
TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When a sabotaged experiment gives him super strength and unbreakable skin, Luke Cage becomes a fugitive attempting to rebuild his life in Harlem and must soon confront his past and fight a battle for the heart of his city.
Stars: Mike Colter, Simone Missick, Theo Rossi, Alfre Woodard
Votes: 65,614
40. 12 Monkeys (2015– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Follows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will nearly destroy the human race.
Stars: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Noah Bean, Barbara Sukowa
Votes: 26,615
41. Star Trek (1966–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Mystery
Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.
Stars: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols
Votes: 56,780
42. Limitless (2015–2016)
TV-14 | 42 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An average 28-year-old man who gains the ability to use the full extent of his brain's capabilities is hired by the FBI as a consultant.
Stars: Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter, Hill Harper, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Votes: 45,464
43. The Shannara Chronicles (2016– )
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Series of adventures, war, and evil that occur throughout the history of the Four Lands.
Stars: Austin Butler, Ivana Baquero, Manu Bennett, Aaron Jakubenko
Votes: 39,298
44. The OA (2016– )
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Having gone missing seven years ago, the previously blind Prairie returns home, now in her 20s with her sight restored. While many believe she is a miracle, others worry that she could be dangerous.
Stars: Brit Marling, Jason Isaacs, Scott Wilson, Alice Krige
Votes: 44,489
45. Stargate SG-1 (1997–2007)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
A secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore the recently discovered Stargates.
Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge
Votes: 69,135
46. The Punisher (2017– )
Action, Adventure, Crime | Post-production
Frank Castle is haunted and hunted after the murder of his family and becomes a vigilante known in the criminal underworld as "the Punisher", who aims to fight crime by any means necessary.
Stars: Jon Bernthal, Jason R. Moore, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Michael Nathanson
47. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993–1999)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, the Federation space station Deep Space Nine guards the opening of a stable wormhole to the far side of the galaxy.
Stars: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Cirroc Lofton, Alexander Siddig
Votes: 37,176
48. Salvation (2017– )
43 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery--that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
Stars: Ian Anthony Dale, Santiago Cabrera, Jennifer Finnigan, Dennis Boutsikaris
Votes: 483
49. Wonder Woman (1975–1979)
TV-G | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The adventures of the greatest of the female superheroes.
Stars: Lynda Carter, Lyle Waggoner, Tom Kratochvil, Richard Eastham
Votes: 4,898
50. Futurama (1999–2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Fry, a pizza guy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out New Year's Eve 2999.
Stars: Billy West, John DiMaggio, Katey Sagal, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 169,445