Space Operas
by rebeccarico | created - 27 Nov 2020 | updated - 1 month ago | PublicShows where artificial gravity is a thing, Earth is a mythical place, and death by airlock is a likely demise.
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1. Another Life (2019–2021)
TV-MA | 43 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Astronaut Niko Breckenridge and her young crew face unimaginable danger as they go on a high-risk mission to explore the genesis of an alien artifact.
Stars: Katee Sackhoff, Samuel Anderson, A.J. Rivera, JayR Tinaco
Votes: 38,329
2. The Expanse (2015–2022)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The disappearance of rich-girl-turned-political-activist links the lives of Ceres detective, accidental ship captain and U.N. politician. Amidst political tension between Earth, Mars and the Belt, they unravel the greatest conspiracy.
Stars: Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Votes: 172,317
3. Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Ten years before Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise, the USS Discovery discovers new worlds and lifeforms as one Starfleet officer learns to understand all things alien.
Stars: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman
Votes: 135,079
4. Origin (2018)
TV-MA | 45 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of strangers struggle for survival aboard a spaceship heading to a distant planet.
Stars: Natalia Tena, Tom Felton, Sen Mitsuji, Nora Arnezeder
Votes: 7,767
5. From the Earth to the Moon (1998)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Drama, History
Dramatized portrayal of the Apollo manned space program.
Stars: Tom Hanks, Nick Searcy, Lane Smith, David Andrews
Votes: 13,226
6. The First (2018)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Fictional series to chronicle the effort to send the first crewed mission to Mars.
Stars: Sean Penn, Natascha McElhone, LisaGay Hamilton, Hannah Ware
Votes: 8,204
7. For All Mankind (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
In an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.
Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Michael Dorman, Wrenn Schmidt, Krys Marshall
Votes: 69,191
8. Away (2020)
TV-14 | 50 min | Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
An American astronaut struggles with leaving her husband and daughter behind to embark on a dangerous mission with an international space crew.
Stars: Hilary Swank, Josh Charles, Vivian Wu, Ray Panthaki
Votes: 25,809
9. Mars (2016–2018)
TV-PG | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The first manned mission from Earth to Mars in 2033 attempts to colonize the red planet.
Stars: Jihae, Alberto Ammann, Sammi Rotibi, Clémentine Poidatz
Votes: 15,206
10. Killjoys (2015–2019)
TV-MA | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
In the Quad, a planetary system on the brink of a bloody interplanetary class war, a fun loving trio of bounty hunters attempt to remain impartial as they chase deadly warrants.
Stars: Hannah John-Kamen, Aaron Ashmore, Luke Macfarlane, Tamsen McDonough
Votes: 23,499
11. Extant (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
An astronaut struggles to learn how she became pregnant while on a thirteen-month-long solo space mission.
Stars: Halle Berry, Pierce Gagnon, Grace Gummer, Tyler Hilton
Votes: 24,823
12. Defiance (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 43 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Life in the city of Defiance, in a near future after the arrival of different alien lifeforms to Earth.
Stars: Grant Bowler, Stephanie Leonidas, Julie Benz, Graham Greene
Votes: 44,513
13. The 100 (2014–2020)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth, hoping to repopulate the planet.
Stars: Eliza Taylor, Bob Morley, Marie Avgeropoulos, Isaiah Washington
Votes: 276,038
14. Nightflyers (2018)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A crew of scientists embarks on a mission aboard a ship called the Nightflyer to investigate a mysterious alien signal, but they soon begin to question if something is already on the ship with them.
Stars: Eoin Macken, David Ajala, Jodie Turner-Smith, Angus Sampson
Votes: 14,366
15. Dark Matter (2015–2017)
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
In the dystopian 27th century, six people wake up on a deserted spaceship with no memory of who they are or what they're doing there. They reluctantly team up and set off to find answers with the help of a female android.
Stars: Melissa O'Neil, Anthony Lemke, Alex Mallari Jr., Jodelle Ferland
Votes: 45,013
16. Ascension (2014)
TV-MA | 77 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A young woman's murder causes the subjects of a century-long mission to populate a new world to question the true nature of the project as they approach the point of no return.
Stars: Tricia Helfer, Gil Bellows, Brian Van Holt, Andrea Roth
Votes: 19,193
17. Foundation (2021– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
A complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.
Stars: Jared Harris, Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Terrence Mann
Votes: 96,239
18. Moonhaven (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Bella Sway, a lunar cargo pilot and smuggler 100 years in the future, finds herself accused of a crime and marooned on Moonhaven, a utopian community built on the Moon to find solutions to the problems that will soon end civilisation.
Stars: Dominic Monaghan, Emma McDonald, Amara Karan, Ayelet Zurer
Votes: 3,021
19. Halo (2022– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
With the galaxy on the brink of destruction, Master Chief John-117 leads his team of Spartans against the alien threat known as the Covenant.
Stars: Pablo Schreiber, Shabana Azmi, Natasha Culzac, Olive Gray
Votes: 93,387
20. Beacon 23 (2023– )
TV-MA | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man living in the 23rd Century works at a remote "lighthouse" in space that serves as a beacon to help passing ships.
Stars: Stephan James, Natasha Mumba, Lena Headey, Wade Bogert-O'Brien
Votes: 3,909
21. Babylon 5 (1993–1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.
Stars: Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Stephen Furst, Andreas Katsulas
Votes: 34,626
22. Farscape (1999–2003)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Thrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.
Stars: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu
Votes: 40,283
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