Best sci fi shows and movies
If you're looking to watch a good sci fi show try one on this list. They are in no specific order. Some you may never have heard of but give them a try.
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- CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl MackieThe further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
- CreatorRussell T. DaviesStarsJohn BarrowmanEve MylesKai OwenThe members of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organization founded by the British Crown, fight to protect the Earth from extraterrestrial and supernatural threats.
- CreatorKelly MarcelCraig SilversteinStarsJason O'MaraShelley ConnChristine AdamsCenters on the Shannons, an ordinary family from 2149 when the planet is dying, who are transported back 85 million years to prehistoric Earth where they join Terra Nova, a colony of humans with a second chance to build a civilization.
- CreatorChris RolandRobert WertheimerStarsJeffrey PierceMichael FilipowichMichele BurgersA missing persons detective finds himself caught between three parallel universes.
- CreatorRob GrantDoug NaylorStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
- DirectorRichard SchenkmanStarsDavid Lee SmithTony ToddJohn BillingsleyAn impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.
- CreatorBen RichardsStarsHermione NorrisDaniel MaysAmy MansonWith Earth rapidly becoming uninhabitable, pioneers seek to colonize the harsh terrain of the planet Carpathia. 10 years later, the town of Forthaven faces danger as the planet's dark secrets are revealed.
- CreatorDonald P. BellisarioStarsScott BakulaDean StockwellDeborah PrattDuring an experiment into time travel, a scientist finds himself trapped in the past, "leaping" into the lives of different people, sorting out their problems and changing history in hopes of getting back to his own life in the present.
- CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
- DirectorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresChiwetel EjioforThe crew of the ship Serenity try to evade an assassin sent to recapture telepath River.
- CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsBen BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeThrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
- CreatorTim HainesAdrian HodgesStarsAndrew Lee PottsHannah SpearrittBen MillerWhen strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.
- CreatorDamian KindlerStarsAmanda TappingRobin DunneChristopher HeyerdahlModern society's evolution involves stem cells, gene therapy, transplants, and cloning, but also exposes the existence of monsters that hold the key to our race's future.
- CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.
- CreatorRobert C. CooperBrad WrightStarsJoe FlaniganRachel LuttrellDavid HewlettAn international team of scientists and military personnel discover a Stargate network in the Pegasus Galaxy and come face-to-face with a new, powerful enemy: The Wraith.
- CreatorBarney CohenJames D. ParriottStarsGeraint Wyn DaviesCatherine DisherNigel Bennett800-year-old vampire Nick Knight quests for redemption as a cop in Toronto, trying to hide his vampiric nature from the rest of the world.
- StarsJack DavenportSusannah HarkerIdris ElbaThe six-episode series, first aired in 1998, stars Jack Davenport as Detective Sergeant Michael Colefield, who discovers a secret government vampire-hunting unit while investigating the disappearance of his partner.
- CreatorMatthew GrahamTony JordanAshley PharoahStarsJohn SimmPhilip GlenisterLiz WhiteAfter a near-fatal car accident, smart, savvy, sharp-suited detective Sam is mysteriously transported back to 1973. Confused by his new surroundings, Sam tries to return to the present, but the police force of long ago needs his help.
- CreatorRon KoslowTrevor MunsonStarsAlex O'LoughlinSophia MylesJason DohringAn immortal vampire and private investigator struggles to exist after he was bitten 60 years ago by his vampire bride. He is also internally tormented as he falls in love with one he should not.
- CreatorGeorge LucasStarsTom KaneDee Bradley BakerMatt LanterJedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army of the Separatists.
- DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsCharlize TheronFrances McDormandSophie OkonedoÆon Flux is a mysterious assassin working for the Monicans, a group of rebels trying to overthrow the government. When she is sent on a mission to kill the Chairman, a whole new mystery is found.
- CreatorPeter ChungStarsDenise PoirierJohn Rafter LeeMax RedmondThere is a mysterious and immoral secret agent from the country of Monica. Her motives and background remain unexplained, as do those of her antagonist/lover, Trevor Goodchild.
- CreatorDaniel D'OrG. Philip JacksonStarsTanya AllenStephen MarcusMichael ParéIn 2275, a team of bounty hunters tries to stop a conspiracy involving alien DNA. In 2300, bounty hunter Travis Montana searches for his lost son.
- CreatorAdam HorowitzEdward KitsisSteven LisbergerStarsElijah WoodTricia HelferCharlie BeanIn the computer world of the Grid, a young program joins Tron's fight against their world's tyranny.
- CreatorTracy TorméRobert K. WeissStarsJerry O'ConnellSabrina LloydJohn Rhys-DaviesA boy genius and his comrades travel to different parallel universes, trying to find their way back home.
- CreatorIrwin AllenStarsJames DarrenRobert ColbertWhit BissellTwo scientists with a secret time travel project find themselves trapped in the time stream and appearing in notable periods of history.
- DirectorTodd HollandStarsDavid ConradAndrea RothMax BakerIn 2006, an experiment of the Department of Energy in hot fusion to produce energy releases a storm in time along 240 minutes, changing history. Only the personnel in the core of the laboratory know the true story and now they need to fix points in the history that have been punctually changed. The bureaucrat and former Marine Doug Phillips is a family man that is recruited by his friend Flynn to join an expedition to 1944 due to his great knowledge of the Battle of Hürtgen Forest in Germany. The team formed by Doug, Flynn, Toni Newman, J.D. and Wix is assigned to find a monk from 1546 that has been accidentally transported to the spot and is the carrier of Black Plague.
- CreatorAnthony HorowitzStarsMichael FrenchChloë AnnettSue JohnstonDetective Jeff Slade teams up with scientist Holly Turner, whose late father has created a time machine that can travel back several hours. Together they solve mysteries using the device.
- DirectorKen GirottiBruce PittmanStarsAdrian PaulAmy Price-FrancisLeanne WilsonIn a galaxy far away, alien criminals organize a spectacular prison break. Pursued by their home planet's authorities, their leader Zin decides there's one place to go: through a wormhole that allows instantaneous travel to Earth. Cole is the Alien tracker who's in hot pursuit of the escaped convicts. when a government group investigating extraterrestrials captures one, Cole must break into the facility and free him before they gather the hard evidence they need to prove that Alien life exists on earth.
- CreatorJames D. ParriottStarsJon-Erik HexumMeeno PeluceDavid CadienteA member of a league of time travelers and a boy travel through time repairing errors in world history.
- CreatorJack GersonStarsJames HazeldineLouise JamesonJohn CarlisleA covert branch of British Intelligence is assigned to investigate the strange, the supernatural, the...'Omega Factor'.
- StarsNick FrostKevin EldonMiranda HartHyperdrive is a British science fiction comedy film that follows the adventures of the crew of HMS Camden Lock, tasked with protecting Britain's interests in an ever-changing galaxy.
- CreatorGene RoddenberryRobert Hewitt WolfeStarsKevin SorboLisa RyderLaura BertramCaptain Dylan Hunt and the crew of the Andromeda Ascendant set out on a mission to rebuild the Systems Commonwealth 300 years after its fall.
- DirectorSimon WellsStarsGuy PearceYancey AriasMark AddyHoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
- CreatorMark ZasloveRob HudnutStarsRob PaulsenTony JayRichard MollMax, a twelve-year-old boy, finds a magical cap that can teleport him across dimensions.
- CreatorGavin BlairJohn GracePhilip MitchellStarsMichael DonovanKathleen BarrGarry ChalkIn the inner computer world of Mainframe, a guardian program sprite and his friends defend the system from threats from viruses and the User.