Science fiction TV Shows — NYT Top 100

Browse 10 science fiction TV shows from The New York Times' 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century, in their original ranking order.

Years on air

10 shows

  1. 25. The Leftovers

    2014–2017

    Drama, Science fiction, Thriller

    After 2% of humanity suddenly vanishes, the people left behind struggle with grief, faith, cults, and the need for meaning.

  2. 26. Black Mirror

    2011–present

    Drama, Science fiction, Thriller

    Standalone stories explore how technology can amplify human obsession, cruelty, loneliness, status anxiety, and unexpected moral choices.

  3. 30. Severance

    2022–present

    Drama, Mystery, Science fiction

    Office workers undergo a procedure that completely separates their work memories from their outside lives, creating two selves in one body.

  4. 32. Andor

    2022–2025

    Espionage, Science fiction, Thriller

    A reluctant thief becomes part of the growing rebellion against the Galactic Empire in a grounded Star Wars espionage drama.

  5. 37. Battlestar Galactica

    2005–2009

    Drama, Science fiction, War

    Humanity's survivors flee robotic Cylons in a military fleet while searching for Earth and questioning identity, faith, and survival.

  6. 39. Watchmen

    2019

    Action, Drama, Science fiction

    Decades after masked vigilantes changed history, a detective investigates a conspiracy involving racism, police, power, and inherited trauma.

  7. 53. Stranger Things

    2016–2025

    Drama, Horror, Science fiction

    Kids in a small 1980s town encounter secret experiments, psychic powers, and a terrifying parallel dimension after a boy disappears.

  8. 67. The Handmaid's Tale

    2017–2025

    Drama, Science fiction

    In a totalitarian America, fertile women are forced into reproductive servitude while one handmaid struggles to survive and resist.

  9. 93. Station Eleven

    2021–2022

    Adventure, Drama, Science fiction

    After a pandemic destroys civilization, survivors rebuild lives through art, memory, friendship, and a traveling Shakespeare troupe.

  10. 98. The OA

    2016–2019

    Drama, Mystery, Science fiction

    A missing blind woman returns years later with her sight restored and tells a strange story involving captivity, near-death experiences, and other dimensions.