When it comes to cool and unique sci-fi titles, Netflix is the place to go. The streamer has landed some of the genre’s heavy hitters with titles like Stranger Things, Three Body Problem, and Black Mirror, to the delight of fans around the world. If there’s one thing we know about Netflix, it’s that it’s not afraid of big creative changes. As a result, viewers were taken down a strange and wonderful path. Look at programs like The OA, Sense8, and Maniac. Or his brooding German sci-fi Dark, or Japan’s frenetic and addictive Alice in Wonderland.
We just threw a bunch of names at you and only scratched the surface. Simply put, there are some great shows worth binge-watching. Grab your favorite popcorn and drink and relax. These are the best Netflix sci-fi TV shows to watch right now.
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‘Three Body Problem’ is created by ‘Game of Thrones’ alums David Benioff and DB Weiss and ‘The Terror’ showrunner Alexander Wu, and is a Hugo Award winner. Based on the novel by Liu Cixin. Her high-concept science fiction series connects China’s watershed moment in the 1960s to the present day. There, a group of scientists must face a new global threat, the likes of which humanity has never seen before.
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Stranger Things took off like wildfire when the first season of the genre series quietly premiered on Netflix in 2016. ET, Dungeons & Dragons, The Goonies, and Stephen What began as an homage to ’80s movies, with a callback to his King’s works, is his layered and comprehensive sci-fi adventure. The show follows a group of kids living in Hawkins, Indiana, who meet a mysterious girl they name Eleven and discover an evil dimension beneath their feet. A cast full of government cover-ups, demonic beasts of hell, and beloved misfits make up this powerful genre series.
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Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror set the standard for what modern genre anthology series can do. Each story featured across the series, which currently has six seasons and interactive standalone movies worth visiting, takes place in a near-future world where technology is affecting humanity in wonderful, strange, and horrifying ways. Masu. From the uplifting to the horrifying, Black Mirror is a brain bug of a TV show that will leave you thinking long after the credits roll.
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Inspired by the comic books created by Gerard Way and Gabriel Barr, the series follows a group of adopted superhero siblings set out to save the world. From time travel to saving humanity from multiple apocalyptic events, the dysfunctional Hargreeves’ ongoing adventures flip the script on expected genre tropes. It’s weird, quirky, hilarious, and touching.
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They broke the mold when they made The OA. The two-season series, created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, tells the story of Prairie Johnson (Marling), a young blind woman who has been missing for seven years, regains her sight and returns to her family. I’m drawing. Where has she been all these years? How can she see? Parallel existence across multiple dimensions is the method. Well, the answer just scratches the surface of this very unique and multi-layered program. Come enjoy quantum physics and enjoy her interpretive dance routine.
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Like Stranger Things, Dark begins with the mysterious disappearance of a child. Instead of another version of the Upside Down hitting a town, the German series dabbles in time travel and explores how the event of a child’s disappearance affects a family and community. Dark, a noir slow-burn that relies heavily on the horrors of intergenerational trauma, lasted his three seasons on Netflix. It will definitely penetrate under the skin.
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1899 was created by Jantje Friese and Baran Bo Odar (the same duo that brought Dark to Netflix) and follows a group of passengers on a ship bound for New York at the turn of the century. However, this is no ordinary period piece. As soon as the show starts, time travel, multidimensionality, reality simulation, and other crazy sci-fi elements hit the screen. There may not be a season 2 yet, but there’s still a lot to love about this genre.
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In Parasyte: The Grey, an alien parasite lands on Earth and begins turning people into shape-shifting monsters. To counter this growing invasion of Body Snatcher-esque threats, a group of survivors, aka “The Greys”, rise up to save humanity and the planet. This Korean series inspired by Hitoshi Iwaaki’s manga is sure to satisfy fans of horror and his sci-fi.
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The Wachowskis worked with Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski to bring Sense8 to Netflix. This supernatural drama follows eight randomly selected people from around the world who discover that they are emotionally and spiritually connected. Dubbed the “Sensors,” the group literally walks in each other’s shoes and learns from each other as they are forced to acquire new and exciting skills. Of course, things wouldn’t be complete without the involvement of a shadowy organization hunting them down. Over his two seasons, the show addressed timely issues such as gender, sexuality, and identity.
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Based on the book by Richard K. Morgan, Altered Carbon exists in a future world where consciousness can be transferred from one body to another. Joel Kinnaman starred in the first season as former soldier Takeshi Kovacs. His mission to solve murders develops into a journey of self-discovery as he tracks down answers about his lost love and past life. Season 2 brings Anthony Mackie into the role to further the cyberpunk noir story.
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Combining a variety of animation styles with live-action, love, and death + robots, the anthology is unlike many others. The series, which has drawn comparisons to Black Mirror, is steeped in a number of independent stories that explore a world where sentient robots, creatures, and other similar beings are more human than humanity itself. .
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Using the 1965 series as inspiration, Lost in Space tells the story of the Robinson family, who embark on a space mission to colonize a new planet while humanity is on the brink of extinction. The show focuses on family drama, which can be uncomfortable at times. But the show holds up thanks to sociopolitical conflicts, a cool alien robot friend, and a deliciously villainous Dr. Smith played by Parker Posey.
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Emma Stone and Jonah Hill star in this heart-wrenching drama from Cary Joji Fukunaga (True Detective) and Patrick Somerville (The Left Behind). The 10-episode series follows Annie (Stone) and Owen (Hill) as they participate in a clinical trial for a drug that supposedly cures all their problems. As you’ve probably guessed, that’s not the case. Stone and Hill seem to be having a lot of fun throughout the program, trying out different characters. The addition of Sonoya Mizuno, Justin Theroux, and Sally Field to the cast makes this an underrated gem worth noting.
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For its first three seasons, Manifest was an NBC original show. Netflix swooped in to revive the series after it was canceled by the network. The story follows the passengers of Flight 828, who arrive at their destination five years after their first takeoff. Survivors begin to have premonitions and visions that help them save others from disasters that have not yet occurred. It’s like Lost and Final Destination had a baby.
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This tightly plotted sci-fi series, led by Eric McCormack, follows different hosts nearing the end of their lives who are sent to different eras of consciousness with the aim of minimizing the impact of their deaths on the future. It follows a group of “travelers” as they send them back to . After three seasons, Netflix has canceled this charming, character-driven show.
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Alice in Wonderland is based on a manga by Haro Aso and follows a group of characters who are forced to participate in various twisted games to survive in a parallel version of Tokyo. This battle royale-style thriller will appeal to fans of life-or-death competition titles like Squid Games, The Hunger Games, and of course Battle Royale.