100 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows of All Time << Rotten Tomatoes

Westworld Episode 14 (season 2, episode 4), debut 5/13/18: Jeffrey Wright. photo: John P. Johnson/HBO; THE X-FILES: L-R: Guest star William B. Davis, David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson and Mitch Pileggi in THE X-FILES premiering Wednesday, Jan. 3 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2017 Fox Broadcasting Co. Cr: Frank Ockenfels/FOX; Jamie Bamber, Katee Sackhoff, James Callis of Battlestar Galactica - SyFy; Stranger Things season 1, Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven (Netflix)

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Best Sci-Fi Series
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Lexx (1997)

#80

Synopsis: "Lexx" is the tale of a group of misfits who inadvertently steals the most powerful weapon of destruction in the... [More]

Starring: Brian Downey, Xenia Seeberg, Michael McManus, Jeffrey Hirschfield

Directed By: Jorg Buttgereit, Paul Donovan

3rd Rock From the Sun (1996)

#79

Synopsis: The high commander of an alien expedition lands on Earth -- what he considers to be the least-important planet --... [More]

Starring: John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, Kristen Johnston, French Stewart

Directed By: Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner, Christine Zander, David Goetsch

Andromeda (2000)

#78

Synopsis: Set in deep space, the series revolves around the adventures of Dylan Hunt, captain of the Andromeda Ascendant, his crew... [More]

Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Lisa Ryder, Keith Hamilton Cobb, Laura Bertram

Directed By: Allan Eastman, Majel Roddenberry, Robert Hewitt Wolfe, Jay Firestone

The 4400 (2004)
95%

#77

Synopsis: What appears to be a comet slows, hovers and stops, then bursts forth to reveal 4,400 people who were presumed... [More]

Starring: Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Billy Campbell, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali

Battlestar Galactica (1978)
43%

#76

Synopsis: In the seventh millennium, A.D., Galactica is the only surviving battleship after an attack by the evil Cylons. As a... [More]

Starring: Lorne Greene, Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Herb Jefferson Jr.

The Bionic Woman ()

#75

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Knight Rider (1982)

#74

Synopsis: Michael Knight is a man on a mission. Reborn, so to speak, after getting shot in the face, Knight decides... [More]

Starring: Richard Basehart, David Hasselhoff, Edward Mulhare, Patricia McPherson

Directed By: Glen A. Larson

Land of the Lost (1974)

#73

Synopsis: While on a rafting trip, the Marshall family hurtles over a huge waterfall by a violent earthquake and find themselves... [More]

Starring: Wesley Eure, Ron Harper, Spencer Milligan, Philip Paley

War of the Worlds (1988)

#72

Synopsis: Remember back in 1953 when those extraterrestrials invaded Earth and things looked pretty grim until common bacteria killed them all?... [More]

Starring: Jared Martin, Lynda Mason Green

Frank Herbert's 'Dune' ()
71%

#71

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Space: Above and Beyond (1995)
70%

#70

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Starring: Morgan Weisser, Kristen Cloke, Rodney Rowland, Lanei Chapman

Directed By: Glen Morgan, James Wong, Stephen Zito

Aeon Flux (1995)
90%

#69

Synopsis: Aeon Flux goes on adventures in a future world.... [More]

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The Middleman (2008)
100%

#68

Synopsis: Struggling female artist Wendy Watson, recruited by a secret agency, struggles to wrap her head around her bizarre new job... [More]

Starring: Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales, Brit Morgan, Mary Pat Gleason

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
55%

#67

Synopsis: Set in the mid-22nd century, over 100 years before James T. Kirk helmed the famous vessel, this installment of the... [More]

Starring: Scott Bakula, Connor Trinneer, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating

Directed By: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Manny Coto

Altered Carbon (2018)
75%

#66

Synopsis: More than 300 years in the future, society has been transformed by new technology, leading to human bodies being interchangeable... [More]

Starring: Anthony Mackie, Renee Elise Goldsberry, Lela Loren, Simone Missick

Directed By: Laeta Kalogridis

Electric Dreams (2017)
72%

#65

Synopsis: "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" is a 10-episode science-fiction anthology series that journeys into unique worlds beyond the reach of... [More]

Starring: Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Chaplin, Bryan Cranston, Terrence Howard

Directed By: Bryan Cranston, Michael Dinner, Ronald D. Moore, James Degus