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1. Stranger Things
(8/10 stars)When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces and one strange little girl. more
Top 20 Sci-Fi TV Shows on Netflix 2026
Discover the best Sci-Fi TV Shows on Netflix, ranked by real community votes. Netflix invests heavily in science fiction originals and covers a wide range of future, space and technology-driven series.
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Series Charts: Top 20
(8/10 stars)2. Rick and Morty
(9/10 stars)Follows the misadventures of an alcoholic scientist Rick and his overly nervous grandson Morty, who split their time between domestic family life and intergalactic travel. Often finding themselves in a heap of trouble that more often than not is created through their own actions. more
3. Black Mirror
(8/10 stars)A television anthology series that shows the dark side of life and technology. more
5. Smallville
(6/10 stars)Superman's teen years as Clark Kent find him agonizing over his shy, uncertain persona while dealing with his evolving powers and an infatuation with classmate Lana Lang. more
6. Cowboy Bebop (1998)
(8/10 stars)In the year 2071 humanity has colonized the entire Solar System through the use of "Phase Difference Space Gates". A catastrophic accident occurred during the development of the Gates, damaging both the Earth and the Moon, heavily irradiating the surface, and forcing most of mankind to eva... more
8. Adventure Time
(6/10 stars)Adventure Time follows two best friends: Finn (a 12-year old boy) and Jake (a wise 28-year-old dog with magical powers), and the surreal adventures undertaken by the duo as they traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. A world built for adventure, Ooo is filled to the brim with various landscapes for the ... more
9. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
(9/10 stars)A group of social pariahs, with somewhat direct connections to the happenings of the universe, follow the holistic philosophy of "everything is connected". Dirk embraces being a weirdness magnet and is a self-styled "holistic detective". Dirk drags his unwitting and unwilling Dr.... more
10. 3 Prozent
(8/10 stars)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. more
11. Altered Carbon
(9/10 stars)After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder. more
12. Ash vs Evil Dead
(8/10 stars)Ash has spent the last thirty years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind and Ash becomes mankind's only hope. more
13. Ajin
(10/10 stars)Mysterious immortal humans known as "Ajin" first appeared 17 years ago in Africa. Upon their discovery, they were labeled as a threat to mankind, as they might use their powers for evil and were incapable of being destroyed. Since then, whenever an Ajin is found within society, they are to... more
14. Dark (2017)
(8/10 stars)A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations. more
15. A Certain Magical Index
(8/10 stars)Set in Academy City, a city of scientifically advanced superhuman students, located to the west of Tokyo, in a world where magic is also real. Kamijou Touma's right hand, the Imagine Breaker, can negate all magic, psychic, or divine powers, but not his own bad luck. One day he finds a young gir... more
16. Star Trek: Prodigy
(10/10 stars)A motley crew of young aliens in the Delta Quadrant find an abandoned Starfleet ship, the U.S.S. Protostar; taking control of the ship, they must learn to work together as they make their way towards the Alpha Quadrant. more
17. Between
(6/10 stars)Between is the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody aged 22 and older. The series also explores the power vacuum that results when the government quarantines the town within a 10 square mile diameter and leaves the inhabitants to fend for themselves. more
18. Resident Alien
(8/10 stars)A crash-landed alien named Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth. more
19. Salvation
(8/10 stars)When it is discovered that an enormous asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth, MIT grad student Liam Cole and tech billionaire Darius Tanz team up to save humanity from this impending apocalypse - without ever alerting the public. As part of the project, Darius recruits an aspiri... more
20. Neon Genesis Evangelion
(6/10 stars)In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the A... more
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?
Rankings are based on real user ratings. The more votes a series receives, the more stable its chart position.