Shows Like Childhood's End

If you liked Childhood's End (2015), a drama and sci-fi & fantasy 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
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.
2
Taken (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
The show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation…
3
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.
4
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…
5
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.
6
Project Blue Book (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book”.
7
The Twilight Zone (2002)
★ 7.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host.
8
The Outer Limits (1963)
★ 7.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
9
Firefly (2002)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
In the year 2517, the universe is a vast frontier where lawlessness reigns and adventure awaits! Join Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his ragtag crew aboard the spaceship Serenity as they navigate the fringes of society…
10
Farscape (1999)
★ 7.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
11
Naomi (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Follow a teen girl’s journey from her small northwestern town to the heights of the multiverse. When a supernatural event shakes her hometown to the core, Naomi sets out to uncover its origins, and what she discovers…
12
Andor (2022)
★ 8.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him…
13
Sliders (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
In his basement in San Francisco, boy-genius Quinn Mallory unlocks the doorway to an infinite number of Earths. During a test run, Quinn invites co-worker Wade Welles and his teacher Professor Maximillian Arturo to see…
14
Ahsoka (2023)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy
Former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.
15
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.
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Don't Look Deeper (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
In near-future California, high school senior Aisha learns a dark secret about herself. She goes from dreams of graduation and college...to suddenly running for her life.
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V (1983)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Planet Earth is visited by an alien race. Initially, they seem friendly and kind, but over time, their intentions become quite clear. Their peaceful façade quickly turns, also showing their true colors and their real…
18
Stargate Universe (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to…
19
NEXT (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A Silicon Valley pioneer discovers that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell global catastrophe, and teams up with a cybercrime agent to fight a villain unlike anything we’ve ever seen – one whose…
20
Nancy Drew (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.