Shows Like 3 Body Problem

If you liked 3 Body Problem (2024), a sci-fi & fantasy and mystery series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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War of the Worlds (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait…
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The Midwich Cuckoos (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.
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Fringe (2008)
★ 8.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize…
4
The Twilight Zone (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
Tales of science fiction, fantasy and the occult, exploring humanity's hopes, despairs, prides and prejudices in metaphoric ways. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.
5
Falling Skies (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside…
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Invasion (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling…
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Alien: Earth (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
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Torchwood (2006)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
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Roswell, New Mexico (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer—he’s an alien who…
10
Teacup (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
A mysterious event traps people on a rural Georgia farm, forcing them to unite against an unknown, deadly force. A young boy named Arlo becomes central to uncovering the truth.
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Tales from the Loop (2020)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.
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V (2009)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for…
13
Black Mirror (2011)
★ 8.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.
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Heroes (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Common people discover that they have super powers. Their lives intertwine as a devastating event must be prevented.
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The Rig (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
When the crew of the Kinloch Bravo find themselves cut off from all communication with the Scottish mainland by a mysterious fog, they must fight to find a way home whilst managing environmental pressures, mounting…
16
The OA (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and mystery
Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
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The Institute (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and sci-fi & fantasy
When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted…
18
The 100 (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100…
19
Dark Matter (2024)
★ 7.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
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NOS4A2 (2019)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some…