Top 20 Sci-Fi TV Shows of the 21st Century
by Sparse | created - 19 Jul 2017 | updated - 31 Aug 2017 | PublicTake the poll!
These are the Top 20 Sci-Fi TV Shows of the 21st Century according to IndieWire as of July 18th, 2017. Which of these 21st century sci-fi series is your favorite?
IndieWire's reference for what constitutes for the list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCqjR1gHyIQ
List: http://www.indiewire.com/2017/07/best-sci-fi-tv-shows-ranked-science-fiction-1201855622/
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1. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.
Stars: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel, Beatrice Robertson-Jones
Votes: 409,458
2. Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009)
13+ | 44 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
Stars: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Jamie Bamber, James Callis
Votes: 148,524
3. Doctor Who (2005– )
PG | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Family
The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and their companions from planet Earth.
Stars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie, Matt Smith
Votes: 194,546
4. Lost (2004–2010)
14A | 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: 480,124
5. Firefly (2002–2003)
14A | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 237,825
6. The Expanse (2015– )
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: 93,238
7. Fringe (2008–2013)
14A | 46 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
Stars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole
Votes: 214,731
8. Legion (2017–2019)
PG | 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: 79,785
9. Orphan Black (2013–2017)
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: 98,123
10. Misfits (2009–2013)
14A | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A group of young offenders doing community service get struck by lightning during a storm, and begin to develop superpowers.
Stars: Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Joseph Gilgun, Iwan Rheon, Lauren Socha
Votes: 90,102
11. Colony (2016–2018)
42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the wake of a mysterious alien invasion, a family fights to stay together in a new world order.
Stars: Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Jacobson, Tory Kittles
Votes: 28,809
12. Westworld (2016– )
14A | 62 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 can be indulged without consequence.
Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Thandie Newton
Votes: 405,818
13. 3% (2016– )
49 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
A thriller set in a world sharply divided between progress and devastation, where people are given the chance to make it to the "better side" but only 3% of the candidates succeed.
Stars: Bianca Comparato, Vaneza Oliveira, Rodolfo Valente, Zezé Motta
Votes: 19,534
14. Better Off Ted (2009–2010)
30 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
In a science-based company, a manager tries to keep control of his scientists while being pressured by his shrewd boss.
Stars: Jay Harrington, Portia de Rossi, Andrea Anders, Jonathan Slavin
Votes: 24,206
15. Dollhouse (2009–2010)
44 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A futuristic laboratory has erased the identities of lost young people, and now imprints them with the temporary identities they need to fulfill assignments for clients.
Stars: Eliza Dushku, Harry Lennix, Fran Kranz, Tahmoh Penikett
Votes: 45,614
16. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008–2009)
PG | 60 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Set after the events in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Sarah Connor and her son, John, try to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Stars: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones
Votes: 56,609
17. The 100 (2014– )
PG | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set ninety-seven years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends one hundred juvenile delinquents back to Earth, in hopes of possibly re-populating the planet.
Stars: Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Isaiah Washington
Votes: 198,041
18. The Middleman (2008)
43 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
A struggling artist is recruited by a secret agency to fight against evil forces. Based on the graphic novels by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine.
Stars: Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales, Brit Morgan, Mary Pat Gleason
Votes: 2,794
19. Sense8 (2015–2018)
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: 133,771
20. The 4400 (2004–2007)
14A | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
As the reappearance of 4,400 missing persons on a single day confounds the global community, federal agents on the case slowly discover the ways in which the victims have been changed.
Stars: Jacqueline McKenzie, Joel Gretsch, Patrick John Flueger, Conchita Campbell
Votes: 41,740
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