Top 20 Sci-Fi TV Shows on Prime Video 2026

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3. Warehouse 13

★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (7/10 stars)
Available on: Prime Video (May change. Report errors for Warehouse 13)

After saving the life of an international diplomat in Washington D.C., a pair of U.S. Secret Service agents are whisked away to a covert location in South Dakota that houses supernatural objects that the U.S. Government has collected over the centuries. Their new assignment: retrieve some of the mis... more about Warehouse 13

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

8. Elfen Lied

★★★★★★★★☆☆ (8/10 stars)
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The diclonius, otherwise known as a two-horned human, are mutants of the human species, and may well be the next step in human evolution. The diclonius have horns and strong telekinetic powers represented by "vectors". However with this great power, they can easily destroy the human race. Fearful of... more about Elfen Lied

15. The Handmaids Tale

★★★★★★★★☆☆ (8/10 stars)

In a dystopian near-future, the totalitarian and Christian-fundamentalist government of Gilead rules the former United States amidst an ongoing civil war and subjugates women, who are not allowed to work, control money, or even read. Widespread infertility due to environmental contamination has resu... more about The Handmaids Tale

16. The Irregular at Magic High School

★★★★★★★☆☆☆ (7/10 stars)

In a world where magic is not a fairy tale but has existed for one hundred years siblings Tatsuya and Miyuki Shiba prepare to begin their studies at the elite Private Magic University Affiliated High School (Magic High School for short). Entering on different levels of the academic spectrum the two ... more about The Irregular at Magic High School

17. Gunslinger Girl

★★★★★★★★★★ (10/10 stars)

Set in modern Italy, Gunslinger Girl follows a group of traumatically-injured young girls taken from hospitals all over the country, who are then cybernetically enhanced, indoctrinated and trained to be assassins by a secret branch of the Public Corporation for Social Welfare, Section 2. Each girl i... more about Gunslinger Girl

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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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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