Shows Like Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

If you liked Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008), 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
Defiance (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
In the near future, planet Earth is permanently altered following the sudden—and tumultuous—arrival of seven unique alien races. In the boom-town of Defiance, the newly-formed civilization of humans and aliens must…
2
RoboCop: The Series (1994)
★ 6.4/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
RoboCop: The Series is a 1994 television series based on the film of the same name. It stars Richard Eden as the title character. Made to appeal primarily to children and young teenagers, it lacks the graphic violence…
3
Robocop: Prime Directives (2001)
★ 6.3/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Ten years after the original Robocop, Delta City is city owned and operated by OCP. RoboCop finds himself nearly obsolete and his former partner, John Cable, has returned to Delta City as its new Security Commander…
4
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.
5
12 Monkeys (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a…
6
Van Helsing (2016)
★ 7/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique…
7
The Lazarus Project (2022)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
George wakes up to find himself several months in the past before being recruited for the Lazarus Project – a secret organization that turns back time when the world is at threat of extinction.
8
Dune: Prophecy (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Ten thousand years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen establish the fabled sect and female order that would become known as the Bene Gesserit to control the future of humankind.
9
Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Los Angeles 2032. A young woman wakes up with no memories, and possessing deadly skills. The only clues to her mystery are a locked data device and a tattoo of a black lotus. Putting together the pieces, she must hunt…
10
Altered Carbon (2018)
★ 7.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
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Almost Human (2013)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
The year is 2048. By mandate, every cop must partner with a robot. Detective John Kennex returns to work after waking up from a 17-month coma. As he adjusts to working with his new partner, Dorian, a discontinued…
12
Humans (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.
13
Continuum (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the…
14
Æon Flux (1991)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Æon Flux is set in a bizarre, dystopian future world. The title character is a tall, leather-clad secret agent from the nation of Monica, skilled in assassination and acrobatics. Her mission is to infiltrate the…
15
The Peripheral (2022)
★ 7.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a…
16
Halo (2022)
★ 8.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.
17
The Copenhagen Test (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
When an analyst discovers his eyes and ears have been hacked, he's drawn into a controlled world designed by his agency to draw out their enemies.
18
Fallout (2024)
★ 8.1/10Also action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape…
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Lazarus (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
In 2052, a Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist develops a drug called Hapna — a cure-all that has the unexpected side-effect of causing death three years later. In response to this threat, a special force of…
20
The Boys (2019)
★ 8.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.