The 21 best sci-fi series you can watch on Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime Video and Disney
What would we do without the feeling of good science fiction? The fantasy genre that plays with time, space, scientific and technological discoveries and various other elements has given us a good handful of television wonders and, here are some examples.
And we have selected the 21 best science fiction series that we can find today on Netflix , HBO , Prime Video and Disney + . A good handful of great series that, to a greater and lesser extent, have embraced the genre to tell a sensational story.
Along with the criterion that they are series that can be seen in streaming right now, there is a limit: I have decided to only put one series from each decade-long audiovisual science fiction franchise . Just to avoid the temptation to put on a handful of Star Trek ...
'Battlestar Galactica' (2003)
With a new version on the way, it must be recognized that no one has it easy to match this jewel of television science fiction planned by Ronald D. Moore. Not even subsequent attempts were able to achieve the solidity of this space odyssey of survival in the face of the extinction caused by humanity.
Watch on Prime Video
'Black Mirror'
Although the creation of Charlie Brooker suffers from an irregularity inherent to its status as an anthology, 'Black Mirror' is a paradigmatic series in terms of science fiction as a way of talking about us as a society. Some episodes are simply masterpieces of the genre.
Watch on Netflix
'Counterpart'
Although something conventional started, JK Simmons stars in an amazing espionage thriller between two parallel worlds whose link is in a government building in Berlin. A tenacious look at the personality of the protagonists and their relationship with their doppelgangers in a series that takes the best of the genre and provides two superb seasons.
Watch on HBO
'The Handmaid's Tale'
The dystopian is one of the most interesting sub-genres of science fiction and, therefore, we must speak of 'The Handmaid's Tale' which presents us with a fundamentalist dictatorship in the heart of the United States. While he's somewhat lost his way throughout his three seasons, his shocking first season justifies a humble spot on the list.
See on HBO Spain and Amazon Prime Video .
'Dark'
From German lands, what began as a kind of dark reverse of 'Stranger Things' sneaks in here but which immediately proved to be much more than this. A temporary thriller set in a small German town from which boys and teenagers begin to disappear without a trace. An excellent start that continues with a mystery and rich mythology of its own.
Watch on Netflix
'Devs'
Alex Garland has delighted us this year with his first authorial foray into television. With a leisurely pace, he has taken us through a science fiction thriller that plunges us not into a conspiracy mystery but into a journey through the philosophical and ethical implications of the revolutionary project from which the series takes its name.
See on HBO Spain
'Doctor Who'
We can have our pluses and minuses with a series as long and varied as this one. But, at least in this resurrection of the series in 2005, we are seeing very fine pieces of adventures in spacetime starring our ever-changing Doctor. A series that, year after year, manages to always be present in the biggest science fiction and fantasy awards: the Hugo. Not bad considering that it is a family series.
Watch on Prime Video (S5-10)
'The Expanse'
'The Expanse' marked the great return of SyFy to ambitious space science fiction after 'Battlestar Galactica' and, although it was truncated due to its cancellation (it was later rescued by Amazon), the adaptation of the novels of James SA Corey is of the best that we can find right now in broadcast within the genre.
Watch on Prime Video
'Future Man'
Because sometimes the best science fiction is the most crazy and crazy and the perfect example is in the series starring Josh Hutherson, a janitor who after finishing the Biotic Wars video game is recruited by his two main characters to help them fight in the Biotic Real wars.
Watch on HBO
'The man in the castle'
Let's go to touch on another sub-genre that is very interesting: ucronÃa. Inspired by the book by Philip K. Dick, the Amazon series proposes an alternative history in which the United States has been occupied by the Nazis (the east coast) and the Japanese (the west coast). While he takes his time to develop his themes, he has given us some great moments throughout his four seasons.
Watch on Prime Video
'The ministry of time'
I know Javier Olivares does not like to classify this series as "science fiction", but there are very few arguments to justify that it is simply "fantastic". Especially in this season 4 that have abounded much more in the tropes of time opera and have embraced the genre in its final stretch.
See on HBO Spain
'Neon Genesis Evangelion'
A mythical anime from the nineties that more than twenty years later continues to be a surprising exploration of the psyche and the search for identity (and soul) of oneself through a post-apocalyptic science fiction. And, of course, giant robots. That that's not bad at all.
Watch on Netflix
'Orphan Black'
Although at first it is not very clear where Sarah's (Tatiana Maslany) story wants to take us, the mystery of the clones and the corporation behind it provides a great dose of action. Just for the wonderful work of Maslany embodying a handful of characters (the sestrah ) managing to clearly separate each one of them, it is very worth it.
Watch on Netflix
'Rick and Morty'
If in itself, the creation of Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon is a great animated comedy for adults, we cannot forget that it embraces science fiction as few can be seen. In this sense, the first two seasons are formidable and the following, although they do not reach the height, are well worth it.
Watch on Netflix and HBO
'Star Trek'
The series that had an entire generation dreaming of the stars and that even today remains a cornerstone of television science fiction. We can accuse the original series of many things, including a naivety that is sometimes laughable, but its three seasons are irreplaceable.
Watch on Netflix
'Star Wars: The Clone Wars'
We could argue, and with many reasons, why right now it seems that where Star Wars is in better health is outside the cinema. In this sense, 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars', which recently concluded after the seventh season, has shown that if you allow some freedom of movement you can do real virguerias with the Lucasfilm saga.
See on Disney +
'Stargate SG-1'
Many things can be said about Roland Emmerich's film, but it is undeniable that the ideas that emerged from there led to television expansion in several series. The magnificent 'SG-1' placed us a year after the end of the film and offered us a great journey through a rich universe.
Watch on Prime Video
Stargate SG1, Nostalgia TV
'Stranger Things'
The 80s in your face in a series that mixes the fantastic science fiction that made us fall in love as children with a touch of supernatural terror to tell the story of this group of boys, the disappearance of one of them, and a good dose of nostalgia.
Watch on Netflix
'Undone'
Disguised as science fiction in its most fantastic aspect, we find this visually beautiful and forceful narrative exercise in which we know and travel through the healing process of the young Rosa Salazar. An animated marvel signed by Raphael Bob-Waskberg.
See on Amazon
'Upload'
We must pay close attention to this new series by Greg Daniels that promises us a technological, paid, cybernetic beyond and in the not too distant future. Although I admit that I was not convinced by its comedy tone (sometimes more successful and other more erroneous) the exploration of its theme is much more accurate than it seems at first glance.
See on Amazon
'Westworld'
We must pay close attention to this new series by Greg Daniels that promises us a technological, paid, cybernetic beyond and in the not too distant future. Although I admit that I was not convinced by its comedy tone (sometimes more successful and other more erroneous) the exploration of its theme is much more accurate than it seems at first glance.
There's a lot of debate surrounding 'Westworld' and how it entangles so much to become a somewhat frustrating mystery box. However, I think that the Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy series intelligently addresses the concept of Michael Crichton in a series that changes from season to season talking about big topics of science fiction and artificial intelligence.
See on HBO Spain
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