Shows Like The First
If you liked The First (2018), 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.
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The Expanse (2015)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyA thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest…
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Raised by Wolves (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaAfter Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is…
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Ascension (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaIn 1963, the U.S. government launched a covert space mission sending hundreds of men, women and children on a century-long voyage aboard the starship Ascension to populate a new world. Nearly 50 years into the journey…
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Away (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaAmerican astronaut Emma Green must leave her husband and teenage daughter behind to command an international space crew embarking upon a treacherous mission. A series about hope, humanity and how we need one another if…
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Star Trek: Discovery (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaFollow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
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Star Trek: Picard (2020)
★ 7.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaSet twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
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Outcasts (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasySeeking the chance to build a better future, a group of courageous pioneers departs Earth for Carpathia, a newly discovered planet in a distant galaxy. Led by President Richard Tate and his core team of Stella, Cass…
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Invasion (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaEarth 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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Another Life (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaAfter a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko Breckinridge leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact.
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Falling Skies (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaFalling 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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The 100 (2014)
★ 7.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and drama100 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…
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The Martian Chronicles (1980)
★ 7.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaThe Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.
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Battlestar Galactica (2004)
★ 8.2/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaWhen an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.
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For All Mankind (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyExplore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
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Caprica (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasySet 58 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas - as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society…
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Defiance (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasyIn 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…
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Night Sky (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaIrene and Franklin York, a retired couple, have a secret: a Chamber buried in their backyard that miraculously leads to a strange, deserted planet. When an enigmatic young man arrives, the Yorks' quiet existence is…
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Krypton (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and sci-fi & fantasySet two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor…
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Dark Matter (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaThe six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their…
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Alien: Earth (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also sci-fi & fantasy and dramaWhen 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.