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The Best Sci-Fi Shows on Prime Video Right Now
Vampires, clones, time travel, and more. Here are the best sci-fi shows streaming on Prime Video right now.
In the mood for a series that takes you to new worlds and impossible destinations? Sounds like it's time for some sci-fi. Because when you need to get away, sometimes a little genre storytelling is just the ticket. After all, if you want to get away, you might as well go all the way to space.
If you're looking for something streaming right now, we've got you covered with the best sci-fi TV shows on Prime Video. Looking for some hard science fiction space opera? Check out The Expanse . Alt history more your style? Check The Man in the High Castle for some alt-history horrors. From superheroes to space sagas, whatever you're in the mood for, we've got a recommendation below.
Don't see what you're looking for here? Check out our list of the best sci-fi shows on Netflix or Hulu or the overall best sci-fi shows of the 21st century.
Editor's note: This list was updated October 2022 to include Stargate SG-1.
Upload (2020-present)
Created by: Greg Daniels
Cast: Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Bigley, Owen Daniels
Set in the near-future, technology has really ramped up. We now have even smaller phones, more daily conveniences, self-driving cars, oh, and we can now upload ourselves into a virtual afterlife, essentially becoming immortal. Upload follows Nathan (Robbie Amell) after his unexpected death and upload into the very expensive afterlife called Lakeview. Uploaded by his controlling girlfriend Ingrid (Allegra Edwards), he finds comfort in befriending his still-living customer service rep Nora (Andy Allo). Soon, inevitably, sparks fly between Nora and Nathan as they spend more time together in a virtual utopia. But problems arise in the real world where looming issues like large corporations taking over control and human rights violations are hitting far closer to home. Soon it becomes about more than just relationship problems between the alive and dead, and a fight for the future of humanity. All of that and more is wrapped up in the humor and romance of Upload. — Therese Lacson
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Stargate SG-1 (1997-2007)
Created by: Brad Wright, Jonathan Glassner
Cast: Richard Dean Anderson, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping Stargate SG-1 is quite an old show, airing for 10 seasons from 1997 to 2007, although only the first five seasons aired on Showtime before it moved to what is now Syfy. But considering the show's long-lasting impact on the genre and television in general, Showtime should maybe dive back into sci-fi stories soon. Stargate SG-1 is a continuation of the 1994 film Stargate , set a year later, as a special military team (SG-1) from Earth travel through a portal to other worlds known as the "Stargate" to meet and find allies. Along with that, Earth is looking for superior alien technology to help fight off the invasion of the hostile alien race known as the Goa'uld. After Stargate SG-1, the franchise grew even more to include the live-action shows Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe , while a fourth is in development. So if you are interested in a new sci-fi franchise with plenty of content and interesting mythos to dip your toes into, check out Stargate SG-1. — Devon Forward
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American Horror Story (2011-present)
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Created by: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk
Cast: Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Denis O'Hare, Lily Rabe, Kathy Bates, Frances Roy, Jessica Lange
A horror show from the creators of Glee and Pose ? Yup, you heard us right. Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk offer up a plethora of scares in anthology series American Horror Story . In its decade-long run, the show has covered everything from a haunted house to a creepy hotel, a coven to a cult. It's served up countless screams and memes alike and featured some memorable performances from Lady Gaga in one of her first acting roles and veterans Sarah Paulson and Jessica Lange. – Taylor Gates
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Paper Girls (2022-present)
Created by: Stephany Folsom
Cast: Camryn Jones, Riley Lai Nelet, Sofia Rosinsky, Fina Strazza, Adina Porter
Finished Stranger Things but are still craving some 80s nostalgia? Add Paper Girls to your watchlist! Based on the comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan, the show follows four very different girls — super-smart Tiff (Camryn Jones), new girl Erin (Riley Lai Nelet), tomboy Mac (Sofia Rosinsky), and well-off KJ (Fina Strazza) – as they get caught in a war of time travelers and must band together to save the world. As they meet their future selves, questions about destiny pop up, and they must decide whether to accept or fight against their fate. The show has been praised for the performances of its young talent and sharp writing. – Taylor Gates
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Undone (2019-present)
Created by: Kate Purdy, Raphael Bob-Waksberg
Cast: Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie
Undone is a unique show for a myriad of reasons, the first of which is its visuals. The show employs a technique called rotoscoping, which uses live-action footage as a basis for its animation style. This allows the show to look more fluid and realistic than even the best CGI. The second of which is its plot. The show centers around Alma Winograd-Diaz (Rosa Salazar), a woman who's bored with her life. After she survives a car accident than nearly kills her, however, things get a lot more interesting, as her relationship with time and reality is changed, allowing her to find out the truth of her father's death. With excellent performances, breathtaking effects, and a fascinating plot, Undone is an underrated gem you don't want to miss. – Taylor Gates
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Utopia (2020)
Created by: Gillian Flynn
Cast: John Cusack, Ashleigh LaThrop, Dan Byrd
Adapted from a British program of the same name by Gillian Flynn, the mastermind behind Gone Girl and Sharp Objects , Utopia explores what happens when a group of online friends find a cult underground comic book – and shortly after become tasked with saving the world. The show explores themes of a deadly virus and eugenics, and those subjects, combined with the violent nature of the show, sometimes make for a difficult watch. However, fans of gritty shows like The Boys or Hunters are sure to be intrigued. – Taylor Gates
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Solos (2021)
Created by: David Weil
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Anthony Mackie
Solos is an anthology series that tells seven different stories with a common theme: what it means to be human. The show has a fascinating thesis exploring the fact that, even when we feel our most isolated, we are connected to many different people due to our shared experience of living. There is a broad range of sci-fi staples explored throughout the episodes, from space to new technology. The acting in the show has been lauded, particularly Anne Hathaway's depiction of a scientist attempting to time travel and Anthony Mackie's performance as angry businessman Tom. – Taylor Gates
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Tales from the Loop (2020)
Created by: Nathaniel Halpern
Cast: Rebecca Hall, Paul Schneider Duncan Joiner
Nominated for two Emmys in 2020, Tales from the Loop follows a group of people in Ohio who live above an underground facility called the Mercer Center for Experimental Physics, where there's a machine created to unlock and explore the world's most intriguing mysteries. The shows acts as an anthology series in a way, as it follows various interconnected people affected by the Loop. Though the pace can be slow at times, Tales from the Loop is an intriguing surrealist watch. – Taylor Gates
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The Feed (2019)
Created by: Channing Powell
Cast: Michelle Fairley, Guy Burnet, Nina Toussaint-White, David Thewlis
Social media is a huge part of our everyday lives and an addiction for many. The Feed explores a world where feeds are implanted into people's brains. To make things even more complicated? One day, the feed goes haywire, causing chaos. In addition to its compelling and relevant themes, The Feed is anchored by some excellent performances. Although the show can feel a bit clunky and overly confusing at times, if you like media that examines the impact technology can have on society, it's worth sticking with. – Taylor Gates
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Outer Range (2022-present)
Created by: Brian Watkins
Cast: Josh Brolin, Imogen Poots, Lewis Pullman, Lili Taylor, Tamara Podemski, Tom Pelphrey, Noah Reid
Ever wonder what would happen if someone smashed a VHS tape of an old sci-fi film together with one of your dad's favorites Westerns? Well, if you were thinking Cowboys vs. Aliens , you'd be wrong. No, the result is Outer Range , Prime Video's science-fiction neo-Western series that premiered in early 2022 and continues to leave audiences buzzing. Starring Josh Brolin as rancher and patriarch Royal Abbott, the series follows residents of a small town in Wyoming as strange happenings begin to complicate their daily lives, including the appearance of a massive, bottomless hole on the Abbotts' west pasture. Even stranger is the appearance of a young woman (Imogen Poots), who seems to have answers about Royal's life that even he doesn't possess. The series is a slow-burn, surely, but boasts one of the best ensemble cast in Prime Video's history, including standouts Tamara Podemski as Deputy Sheriff Joy Hawk, the only sense of real authority in tiny Wabang, and Lewis Pullman as Rhett Abbott, the down-on-his-luck, bull-riding youngest son of Royal and his wife Cecelia (Lili Taylor). The desire for answers about the hole in the Abbott's land makes the series perfect binge material, meshing together two of Hollywood's most celebrated genres for something entirely unique. —Maggie Boccella
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Lost (2004-2010)
Created by: Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber
Cast: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lily, Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Emilie de Ravin, Terry O'Quinn, Dominic Monaghan
If you were alive in the early 21st century, you probably remember the Lost fanfare – and the subsequent blowback. The addictive sci-fi mystery series kept its loyal fans guessing each week as to what the true role of the island was, who among the sprawling cast would make it, and what further secrets were in store. Whether or not Lost ended up justifying all of its mystery boxes is still up for debate, but it's hard to not get addicted. If you watched Lost just for the plot, you may have been let down. If you simply loved the characters, then it wrapped up perfectly. – Liam Gaughan
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Night Sky (2022)
Created by: Holden Miller, Daniel C. Connolly
Cast: Sissy Spacek, J. K. Simmons, Chai Hansen, Adam Bartley, Julieta Zylberberg, Sonya Walger, Rocío Hernández, Kiah McKirnan, Beth Lacke, Stephen Louis Grush, Cass Buggé
Starring Sissy Spacek and J.K. Simmons, Night Sky is a mature and surprising sci-fi show. The series centers around a married couple who has a portal in their backyard that leads to another planet. When they realize they're not the only ones who can access this planet, things get a bit more complex, as their lives intersect with strangers across the globe. Night Sky explores themes like aging and family in a unique and compelling way. - Taylor Gates
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997-2003)
Created by: Joss Whedon
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Alyson Hannigan, Nicholas Brendan, Charisma Carpenter, Anthony Stewart Head, James Marsters, David Boreanaz, Seth Green, Amber Benson
It's impossible to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer the same way anymore. The allegations of misconduct against series creator and showrunner Joss Whedon color the sci-fi series in a completely different light, but that shouldn't overshadow the hard work poured into the Slayer saga by the cast, co-writers, and production team. Buffy's legacy isn't Whedon's. Hopefully, young people can still find comfort in the story of Buffy Summers (Sarah Michelle Gellar), a teenage girl who is just struggling to survive high school. Being a teenager can really suck, even if you're not burdened with saving the world. -Liam Gaughan
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Humans (2015-2018)
Created by: Sam Vincent, Jonathan Brackley
Cast: Katherine Parkinson, Gemma Chan, Colin Morgan
Based on the Swedish sci-fi series Real Humans , Channel 4's Humans uses the age-old concept of the lifelike android to pose us questions about the nature of life, love, autonomy, oppression, labor, and, of course, the limits of artificial intelligence. Katherine Parkinson stars as lawyer Laura Hawkins, whose life is changed forever after her husband acquires a synthetic human — or synth — named Anita (Gemma Chan) to help with the housework. What she doesn't know is that Anita is part of a limited line of conscious synths created by the AI scientist David Elster. Meanwhile, police detectives Karen Voss (Ruth Bradley) and Pete Drummond (Neil Maskell) investigate a mysterious murder at a synth brothel that goes against all known laws of robotics. One of the most intriguing and captivating science fiction shows of the 2010s, Humans approaches topics well-known to fans of the android subgenre with a unique sense of curiosity and sensitivity. The series is also a great example of how to tell interesting sci-fi stories with a limited budget. - Elisa Guimarães
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The Expanse (2015-2022)
Created By: Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby
Cast: Thomas Jane, Steven Straight, Cas Anvar, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Dominique Tipper
At its new home on Prime Video, the former Syfy series The Expanse continues its impressive run as one of the most challenging, rewarding, and complex sci-fi shows on the air, now with more resources and creative freedom than ever. Adapted from James S.A. Corey's award-winning, ongoing series of sci-fi novels, The Expanse is set 200 years in the future in a colonized solar system where the citizens of Earth, Mars and the asteroid belt wage constant conflict over territories, freedoms, and the future of mankind, while nefarious government secrets and conspiracies threaten the galaxy in the background.
It's dense and rich material, attuned to the real-world realities of politicking and pandering while building an immersive and intricately nuanced science fiction world. And the latest batch of episodes doesn't just bring The Expanse to its new streaming home, it brings the characters to a new world, where the series gets to craft its colonialist examination with more real-time fallout than ever. And it all remains utterly fascinating; a complex autopsy of political systems and the manipulation of warring beliefs that never skimps on meaty character drama or good, old-fashioned space spectacle. -- Haleigh Foutch
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The Boys (2019-present)
Created By: Eric Kripke, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg
Cast: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Anthony Starr, Elisabeth Shue, Erin Moriarty, Dominique McElligot, Tomer Capon, Chace Crawford, Jesse T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Simon Pegg, Karen Fukuhara, Jennifer Esposito
There's no shortage of superhero content in 2019, but you won't find anything more insightful, incisive and downright entertaining as The Boys , the latest Garth Ennis adaptation from Preacher dup Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, with the polished TV hand of co-creator Eric Kripke. A scathing takedown of corporate greed, celebrity worship, political perversion, and all the horrible ways thought cultural ills can co-mingle, The Boys never lets its politics get ahead of its payoff, drenching the "realistic" take on superheroes in exploitation levels of sex and violence, ensuring that you'll be gasping and guffawing, even as the deeper implications nibble at your comfort. For my money, you won't find a more complex or chilling villain on TV this year than Anthony Starr's gleaming portrayal of Homelander, and he's well-matched in the best use of Elisabeth Shue's talents in years. Urban is delightfully unhinged, Capon is the secret weapon of the series, and it's all delivered in the most binge-worthy style, as entertaining as it is enlightening through and through. -- Haleigh Foutch
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The Tick (2016-2019)
Created by: Ben Edlund
Cast: Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman, Valorie Curry, Scott Speiser
It's hard to believe that in this time of Peak TV we haven't reached Peak Superhero (especially when you consider the cinematic universes), yet still, they come. As it gets increasingly difficult to differentiate between the similar storylines and emphasis on dark/gritty takes, there is one superhero series that has found a way to stand out: The Tick.
The half-hour live-action show (the latest iteration of this character) remembers something essential when it comes to super-powered TV: it should be fun. Even shows that started off lighthearted have been reduced to too much focus on doom and gloom (looking at you, The Flash ). And while The Tick isn't going to win any awards for its production value or for taking on emotionally intense narratives, it is an incredibly weird and unique series that is helping to mitigate superhero fatigue. -- Allison Keene
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The Man in the High Castle (2015-2019)
Created by: Frank Spotnitz
Cast: Arnold Chun, Alexa Davalos, Rupert Evans, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Lee Shorten, Luke Kleintank, DJ Qualls, Rufus Sewell
Based on Philip K. Dick's alternate history novel written in 1963, The Man in the High Castle explores a world in which the Axis powers of World War II were victorious. Set 15 years after the close of the great war, the former United States is now divided into three parts: the Pacific States of America, a Japanese-controlled region that runs west of the Rocky Mountains; the Greater Nazi Reich, the Nazi-occupied eastern half of the continent; and a neutral buffer zone between those regions called the Rocky Mountain States. Using this background, The Man in the High Castle follows a disparate group of individuals as they attempt to aid or defeat the resistance movement, depending on their alliances.
It's not that often that alternate histories make their way into the zeitgeist, and it's rarer still that they're as well done as The Man in the High Castle. The production quality is off the charts in this series and the casting is fit to match. It's a slow burn to be sure, but it's a tense one that has you falling in love with a character one second, only to have them revealed as a double-agent, traitor, or well-meaning neutral party who inadvertently screws up everyone's plan the next. This is a taut thriller that will have you dreading the next turn but anticipating the next episode. Get caught up now! – Dave Trumbore
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Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2017-2018)
Created by: Ronald D. Moore, Michael Dinner
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Steve Buscemi, Geraldine Chaplin, Richard Madden, Timothy Spall, Greg Kinnear, Anna Paquin, Juno Temple, Essie Davis, Benedict Wong, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Jason Mitchell, Jack Reynor, Vera Farmiga, Janelle Monae
If you're a fan of the sci-fi aesthetic of Black Mirror but could do without the series' overwhelming bleakness, or would just prefer the rare story where technology isn't out to kill us, then Electric Dreams is for you. The series should also make its way onto your watch-list if you appreciate high-quality production value, top-tier acting talent, and an award-winning selection of writers and directors; Electric Dreams has it all. And while it's a perfectly binge-worthy series, I'd recommend taking your time with it, watching each episode with a friend or loved one (or online community) in order to take some time out of your schedule to mull it over and discuss it after the fact. The contemplative subject matter, how it fits into our timeline and reality, and what we can learn from it are prime examples of what makes [Philip K.] Dick's writing so relevant. This is where Electric Dreams excels. -- Dave Trumbore
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Mr. Robot (2015-2019)
Created by: Sam Esmail
Cast: Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Double Day, Carly Chaikin
If you've heard nothing but ecstatic praise for Mr. Robot , let me be the 22nd to tell you: it's true. It's all true. Few seasons of television distinguish themselves so quickly from the glut of familiar, visually dull dramas that networks churn out with the efficiency of a cat-food-canning operation as Mr. Robot, which follows the doings of a deeply unstable hacker named Elliot living in a small Manhattan apartment. Creator Sam Esmail , who took on the series after his fascinating yet facile romantic drama Comet , cleverly creates a distinct fictional world where the world is all-but-owned by Evil Corp, or E Corp, which has a logo that suggests a riff off of several bank logos, most noticeably Bank of America, and its potency is bolstered by nuanced characters and alluring, clever visuals. The shots throughout the season are pointedly off-kilter, placing characters in corners or to the side often, bringing out the displacement and alienation that our hero (the intensely engaging Rami Malek) is increasingly overwhelmed by. The exquisite editing stirs these images up into a bewitching spell of aesthetics and ruminative, rigorous performances from Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday, Carly Chaikin, and Martin Wallstrom as Elliot's friendly nemesis at Evil Corp.
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Source: https://collider.com/best-fantasy-sci-fi-shows-series-amazon-prime/
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