Shows Like Surface

If you liked Surface (2005), a sci-fi & fantasy and drama 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.

1
Siren (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The coastal town of Bristol Cove is known for its legend of once being home to mermaids. When the arrival of a mysterious girl proves this folklore all too true, the battle between man and sea takes a very vicious turn…
2
Debris (2021)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Two federal agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
3
Resurrection (2014)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones suddenly start to reappear.
4
Roswell (1999)
★ 7.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Bizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever…
5
Invasion (2005)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
In the aftermath of a hurricane the Florida Park Ranger and his family deal with strange occurrences, including luminescent creatures in the water. People in the town start to act different, who can you trust?
6
The Ray Bradbury Theater (1985)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A Canadian-produced fantastic anthology series scripted by famed science-fiction author Ray Bradbury. Many of the teleplays were based upon Bradbury's novels and short stories.
7
The Girl in the Woods (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
Carrie is a mysterious warrior who escaped from a cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door in the woods.
8
Primeval (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
When 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.
9
Frankenstein (2004)
★ 5.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A scientist brings life to a creature fashioned from corpses and various body parts.
10
The Andromeda Strain (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to…
11
Salvation (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
12
The War of the Worlds (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
In Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy society and start a life together as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their…
13
Mutant X (2001)
★ 6.7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
Follow the adventures of a group of human mutants - led by the mysterious Adam Kane - possessing extraordinary powers as a result of genetic experimentation gone awry.
14
Beyond (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Holden wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.
15
The Beast (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
Mysterious deaths and unexplained disappearances begin to occur in the small seaport village of Graves Point. When a large, strange claw is discovered on an empty raft washing up on the shore, marine biologist Dr…
16
Creeped Out (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
A masked figure known as "The Curious" collects tales of dark magic, otherworldly encounters and twisted technology in this kids anthology series.
17
Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
18
Chesapeake Shores (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
19
The Rainmaker (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two…
20
Goosebumps (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
A group of five high schoolers embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle – while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents' past.