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21. Misfits
(7/10 stars)A group of teenagers are sentenced to community service for past mistakes only to find their lives changed after a storm gives them strange new powers and new problems to overcome. more about Misfits
Top 40 Sci-Fi TV Shows 2026
The best sci-fi TV shows 2026 – ranked by the community. Science fiction series ask one central question: what if? What if AI develops consciousness, time travel has real consequences or humanity inhabits other planets? The highest-rated series in this ranking use those premises as a lens for social and ethical questions – not just as a backdrop for special effects.
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Series Charts: Top 40
(7/10 stars)22. Futurama
(7/10 stars)A late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the 31st century. more about Futurama
23. Eureka
(8/10 stars)The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world’s geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson) stumbles upon this odd tow... more about Eureka
24. Stargate Atlantis
(8/10 stars)The story of Stargate Atlantis follows the cliffhanger episode on Stargate SG-1's seventh season finale "Lost City", where SG-1 found an outpost made by the race known as the Ancients in Antarctica. After the events of Stargate SG-1 season eight premiere "New Order", the Stargate Command sends an in... more about Stargate Atlantis
25. Firefly
(8/10 stars)In the far-distant future, Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds is a renegade former brown-coat sergeant, now turned smuggler & rogue, who is the commander of a small spacecraft, with a loyal hand-picked crew made up of the first mate, Zoe Warren; the pilot Hoban "Wash" Washburn; the gung-ho grunt Jayne C... more about Firefly
26. Westworld
(9/10 stars)Westworld is a dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged. more about Westworld
27. Akte X (The X-Files)
(8/10 stars)`The truth is out there,' and FBI agents Scully and Mulder seek it in this sci-fi phenomenon about their quest to explain the seemingly unexplainable. Their strange cases include UFO sightings, alien abductions and just about anything else paranormal. more about Akte X (The X-Files)
28. Star Trek: The Next Generation
(8/10 stars)A century after Captain Kirk's five year mission, the next generation of Starfleet officers begins their journey aboard the new flagship of the Federation. Commanded by Captain Jean-Luc Picard the Galaxy class starship Enterprise NCC-1701-D will seek out new life and new civilizations - to boldly... more about Star Trek: The Next Generation
29. Battlestar Galactica (2003)
(7/10 stars)In a distant part of the universe, a civilization of humans live on planets known as the Twelve Colonies. In the past, the Colonies have been at war with a cybernetic race known as the Cylons. 40 years after the first war the Cylons launch a devastating attack on the Colonies. The only military ship... more about Battlestar Galactica (2003)
30. The Man in the High Castle
(7/10 stars)A glimpse into an alternate history of North America: what life after WWII might have been like if the Nazis had won the war. The Man in the High Castle explores daily life in 1962, fourteen years after the end of a longer Second World War (1939–1948 in this history). The victorious Axis Powers - Im... more about The Man in the High Castle
31. The Shannara Chronicles
(7/10 stars)The Shannara Chronicles roughly follows the storylines set out in The Elfstones of Shannara, set about 300 years after the War of the Races—which ceased magic and confined the demons on the Forbidding, locked by an ancient tree called the Ellcrys. The series chronicles the journey of Wil, Amberle an... more about The Shannara Chronicles
32. The Last Ship
(8/10 stars)After a pandemic kills 80% of the world's population, the crew of an unaffected Navy ship - the USS Nathan James - must try to find a cure to save humanity. Their mission is simple: Find a cure, stop the virus. more about The Last Ship
33. Star Trek: Voyager
(7/10 stars)Follow the adventures of the Federation starship Voyager, under the command of Captain Kathryn Janeway. Voyager is in pursuit of a rebel Maquis ship in a dangerous part of the galaxy when it is suddenly thrown thousands of light years away into the Delta Quadrant. With much of her crew dead, Captai... more about Star Trek: Voyager
34. Falling Skies
(8/10 stars)After a global invasion by several races of extraterrestrials that neutralizes the world's power grid and technology, quickly destroys the combined militaries of all the world's countries, and kills over 90% of the human population within a few days, the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack has lef... more about Falling Skies
35. Black Mirror
(8/10 stars)A television anthology series that shows the dark side of life and technology. more about Black Mirror
36. Sense8
(8/10 stars)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. more about Sense8
37. Torchwood
(7/10 stars)Captain Jack Harkness is a man from the 51st century trapped in the past who leads the last remnants of the Torchwood Institute, a top secret British agency outside the government whose job it is to investigate alien goings on in the world, act in mankind's best interest, and, if needed, be the Eart... more about Torchwood
38. Wayward Pines
(8/10 stars)A Secret Service agent goes to Wayward Pines, Idaho, in search of two federal agents who have gone missing in the bucolic town. He soon learns that he may never get out of Wayward Pines alive. more about Wayward Pines
39. Numb3rs
(7/10 stars)We all use math every day... Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime. An FBI agent recruits his mathematical genius brother to help solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles from a very different perspe... more about Numb3rs
40. Star Trek: Raumschiff Enterprise
(7/10 stars)Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, who is assisted by First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan, and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Leonard 'Bones' McCoy. With a determi... more about Star Trek: Raumschiff Enterprise
Why these charts are worth it
Sci-Fi TV shows are the genre most driven by a single core question: what if? What if AI becomes conscious? What if we colonise other planets? What if time travel is possible but comes with unexpected costs? The best science fiction uses these premises not as an end in themselves, but as a lens through which current social, ethical or technological questions can be examined differently.
This ranking covers sci-fi series across a broad spectrum: hard science fiction with high technical ambition, space opera with epic interstellar scenarios, dystopian series, time travel stories and near-future concepts that are only a small step removed from the present. Series that deliver on both dimensions – compelling story and substantive ideas – consistently rank at the top of the community charts. Use the streaming filter to see immediately where each series is currently available.
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FAQ
What are the best Sci-Fi TV Shows?
The top Sci-Fi TV Shows are ranked by real community votes. The more ratings a show has, the more stable its position.
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How are the Sci-Fi TV Shows rankings created?
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