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
100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1

Lexx (0)

#80

Synopsis: Offbeat sci-fi action with a cult following about a genetically modified insect controlled by four misfits, one of whom is... [More]

Starring: Ellen Dubin, Michael McManus, Brian Downey, Eva Habermann

Directed By: Bruce McDonald, Stephen Reynolds, Paul Donovan, Chris Bould

3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

#79

Synopsis: Sitcom about aliens who look like earthlings (but can't quite get the hang of acting like them), and who observe... [More]

Starring: Laurie Metcalf, Randy Newman, Ron West, Nicolas Coster

Directed By: James Burrows

Andromeda (0)

#78

Synopsis: A colorful sci-fi drama based on an idea by `Star Trek' guru Gene Roddenberry, with former `Hercules' hunk Kevin Sorbo... [More]

Starring: Kevin Sorbo, Steve Bacic, Lisa Ryder, Gordon Michael Woolvett

The 4400 (2004)
95%

#77

Synopsis: This classy sci-fi hit revolves around the sudden reappearance of 4400 missing people. All were presumed dead or reported missing... [More]

Starring: Joel Gretsch, C. Ernst Harth, Jacqueline McKenzie, Billy Campbell

Directed By: Douglas Petrie, John Behring, Nick Gomez, Yves Simoneau

Battlestar Galactica (1978)
33%

#76

Synopsis: Big-budget sci-fi flop that was more than a bit reminiscent of `Star Wars' (with which it shared a special-effects creator).... [More]

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

Directed By: Christian Nyby II, Glen A. Larson, Vince Edwards, Winrich Kolbe

The Bionic Woman (1976)

#75

Synopsis: The Six-Million Dollar Man's former fiancée gets bionic and undertakes perilous missions for a covert government agency in this two-year... [More]

Starring: Lindsay Wagner, Robert Loggia, Dan O'Herlihy, Christopher Stone

Directed By: Leo Penn, Jack Arnold, Alan J. Levi, Barry Crane

Knight Rider (1982)

#74

Synopsis: A former police officer gets a new identity and teams with a talking supercar to fight crime.... [More]

Starring: James Le Gros, David Hasselhoff, Randi Brooks, Mary McCusker

Directed By: Bernard McEveety, Bruce Bilson, Winrich Kolbe, Georg Fenady

Land of the Lost (1974)

#73

Synopsis: A forest ranger and his two children tumble into a time vortex and land in a prehistoric world, populated by... [More]

Starring: Spencer Milligan, Wesley Eure, Kathleen Coleman, Kathy Coleman

Directed By: Dennis Steinmetz

War of the Worlds (0)

#72

Synopsis: A sequel to the 1953 film pits a covert team of scientists against insidious alien invaders awakened from 35 years... [More]

Starring: Jared Martin, Lynda Mason Green, Rachel Blanchard, Philip Akin

Directed By: Jorge Montesi, Timothy Bond, Colin Chilvers, Mark Sobel

Frank Herbert's 'Dune' (2000)
71%

#71

Synopsis: An ambitious three-part adaptation of the classic 1965 sci-fi novel in which nobles battle for control of a life-sustaining spice.... [More]

Starring: William Hurt, Giancarlo Giannini, Julie Cox, Alec Newman

Space: Above and Beyond (1995)
86%

#70

Synopsis: Fledgling Marine Corps pilots took action when vicious aliens attacked Earth in a sci-fi series that executive producer Glen Morgan... [More]

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

Directed By: David Nutter, Winrich Kolbe, Henri Safran, Michael Katleman

Aeon Flux (1991)
90%

#69

Synopsis: Animation about a scantily-clad secret agent who's a force to be reckoned with in a futuristic world, where the difference... [More]

Starring: Denise Poirier, John Rafter Lee, Patrick Stretch

The Middleman (2008)
100%

#68

Synopsis: Struggling artist Wendy Watson takes a job with a mysterious crimefighter called the Middleman, who fights otherworldly evil 'so you... [More]

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

Directed By: Allan Kroeker, Sandy Smolan, Norman Buckley, John T. Kretchmer