100 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows of All Time

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Best Sci-Fi Series
100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1

Caprica (2010)
81%

#40

Synopsis: Set nearly 60 years before the popular "Battlestar Galactica" series, this prequel traces the progress of two prominent families, the... [More]

Starring: Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales, Paula Malcomson, Alessandra Torresani

Directed By:

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#39

Colony (2016)
92%

#38

Synopsis: In the not-too-distant future, Los Angeles has been invaded and occupied by outside forces, causing a rift between the city's... [More]

Starring: Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies, Peter Jacobson, Tory Kittles

Directed By: Carlton Cuse, Ryan Condal, Josh Holloway, Juan José Campanella

Stargate SG-1 (1997)
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#37

Synopsis: A team of explorers made up of soldiers and scientists travels through a Stargate, an ancient portal to other planets.... [More]

Starring: Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, Christopher Judge, Richard Dean Anderson

Directed By: Brad Wright

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
85%

#36

Synopsis: Tired of fleeing from both killers from the future and law officers in the present day, Sarah Connor resolves to... [More]

Starring: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Brian Austin Green

Directed By:

Eureka (2006)
81%

#35

Synopsis: In the years since World War II, the U.S. government has been relocating the world's geniuses (and their families) to... [More]

Starring: Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Joe Morton, Erica Cerra

Directed By: Andrew Cosby, Jaime Paglia

Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
76%

#34

Synopsis: Kathryn Janeway is the captain of a starship that is lost in space and must travel across an unexplored region... [More]

Starring: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill

Directed By: Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor, Brannon Braga

The Man in the High Castle (2015)
84%

#33

Synopsis: This series, loosely based Philip K. Dick's novel of the same name, takes a look at what the world might... [More]

Starring: Alexa Davalos, Joel de la Fuente, Rufus Sewell, Brennan Brown

Directed By: Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Richard Heus, Isa Dick Hackett

Sense8 (2015)
86%

#32

Synopsis: Eight strangers around the globe find themselves connected -- first by a violent vision, then by their shared ability to... [More]

Starring: Brian J. Smith, Tuppence Middleton, Jamie Clayton, Miguel Ángel Silvestre

Directed By: Lana Wachowski, Grant Hill, J. Michael Straczynski

Blake's 7 (1978)
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#31

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Starring: Michael Keating, Paul Darrow, Peter Tuddenham, Jan Chappell

Directed By: Vere Lorrimer, Mary Ridge, Michael E. Briant

The Rain (2018)
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#30

Synopsis: The world as we know it has come to an end, due to a rain-carried virus that wiped out nearly... [More]

Starring: Alba August, Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, Sonny Lindberg

Directed By: Kenneth Kainz, Natasha Arthy, Jonas Allen, Peter Bose

Max Headroom (1987)
92%

#29

Synopsis: After he is seriously injured by his corrupt employers, crusading reporter Edison Carter undergoes a procedure to digitize his mind... [More]

Starring: Matt Frewer, Jeffrey Tambor, Amanda Pays, Chris Young

Directed By:

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return (2017)
100%

#28

Synopsis: The cult classic TV show is back! Comic Jonah Ray plays the role of Jonah Heston, a hapless human who... [More]

Starring: Jonah Ray, Felicia Day, Patton Oswalt, Hampton Yount

Directed By:

Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
84%

#27

Synopsis: Created by Bryan Fuller and Alex Kurtzman for CBS All Access, the story of "Star Trek: Discovery" begins roughly a... [More]

Starring: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman

Directed By: Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise, Heather Kadin, Aaron Baiers

Farscape (1999)
90%

#26

Synopsis: American astronaut John Crichton finds himself thrown across the universe when an experimental mission goes bad. Crichton teams up with... [More]

Starring: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Jonathan Hardy

Directed By: Brian Henson, Kris Noble, Rockne S. O'Bannon, Robert A. Halmi

Rick and Morty (2013)
90%

#25

Synopsis: After having been missing for nearly 20 years, Rick Sanchez suddenly arrives at daughter Beth's doorstep to move in with... [More]

Starring: Ian Cardoni, Harry Belden, Sarah Chalke, Spencer Grammer

Directed By: Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
91%

#24

Synopsis: A spinoff of "Star Trek: The Next Generation," "Deep Space Nine" is set on a space station near the planet... [More]

Starring: Avery Brooks, Rene Auberjonois, Nana Visitor, Michael Dorn

Directed By: Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Ira Steven Behr

The 100 (2014)
93%

#23

Synopsis: When nuclear Armageddon destroys civilization on Earth, the only survivors are those on the 12 international space stations in orbit... [More]

Starring: Eliza Taylor, Paige Turco, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos

Directed By: Jason Rothenberg, Leslie Morgenstein