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Shows that feel likeFalling Skies (2011–2015)

Falling 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 major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.

If you loved Falling Skies, the closest series we have are The Last Ship (2014), Into the Badlands (2015) and 12 Monkeys (2015). All three share Falling Skies' cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Raised by Wolves (2020).

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If Falling Skies hit the spot, these will too

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The Last Ship
2014–2018 · 5 seasons · TNT
★ 7.4action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A disciplined few carrying humanity's last hope on their backs

The difference: Naval techno-thriller polish — mission first, family second

Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.

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Into the Badlands
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · AMC
★ 7.9action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasy

Societies rebuilt after collapse, and the fighters caught between them

The difference: Stylized wuxia set pieces — myth-flavored, not grounded struggle

In a land controlled by feudal barons, a great warrior and a young boy embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. A genre-bending martial arts series very loosely based on the classic Chinese tale Journey to the West.

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12 Monkeys
2015–2018 · 4 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · dramaPrime Video

The end of the world treated as a puzzle that might still be solved

The difference: Time-loop plotting demands close attention — less boots-on-ground

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 mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.

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Star Trek: Discovery
2017–2024 · 5 seasons · CBS All Access
★ 6.9sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaParamount+

A war-torn galaxy where found family keeps the mission human

The difference: Full space opera — optimism and starships, not scraping by

Follow 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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V
2009–2011 · 2 seasons · ABC
★ 6.8sci-fi & fantasy · drama

Humanity slowly realizing the visitors are not what they claim

The difference: Pre-invasion infiltration drama — talk and cover-ups, not war

A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.

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Raised by Wolves
2020–2022 · 2 seasons · HBO Max
★ 7.4sci-fi & fantasy · drama

One thread runs through both: life after the end

The difference: Takes it somewhere less kinetic than Falling Skies does

After 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 jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans.

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War of the Worlds
2019–2022 · 3 seasons · Canal+
★ 6.5sci-fi & fantasy · drama

Scattered survivors groping through a world the invaders emptied

The difference: Cold European bleakness — no warm core of family resistance

When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out by a devastating attack; pockets of humanity are left in an eerily deserted world. As aliens hunt and kill those left alive, the survivors ask a burning question – who are these attackers and why are they hell-bent on our destruction?

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Plunderer
2020 · 1 season · TOKYO MX
★ 6.5action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · animation

A ruined world with brutal rules stacked against the ordinary

The difference: Fan-service-heavy anime — the apocalypse plays second fiddle

In a post-apocalyptic world dominated by the so-called "Numbers," each human will have their identity branded with their own "Count," which could define any number related to their life. May it be one's walked distance or amount of compliments given to them by others, this Count could lead them to the abyss when it has dropped to zero. In the year 305 of the Alcian calendar, Hina has inherited a mission from her Mother, whose Count has depreciated to zero, to search for the Legendary Red Baron. In her adventure, she meets a half-masked swordsman named Licht who tries to hide his identity, as he is known as a degenerate for having an incredibly low Count.

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See
2019–2022 · 3 seasons · Apple TV
★ 7.6drama · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureApple TV+

The same preoccupation in both: life after the end

A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.

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Van Helsing
2016–2021 · 5 seasons · Syfy
★ 6.3mystery · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventurePrime Video

One reluctant savior in a world overrun by an inhuman enemy

The difference: Cheap Syfy grind — vampires, gore and a much rougher show

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 power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.

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Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn
2012 · 1 season · YouTube
★ 6.7sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

Green recruits learning war the moment the invasion becomes real

The difference: A 90-minute web tie-in — a prologue rather than a series

UNSC Cadet Thomas Lasky must conquer his inner fears and join forces with super-soldier John-117 to take down a massive faction of the Covenant.

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The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023– · 3 seasons · AMC
★ 7action & adventure · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Survivors carving a life out of a city the world abandoned

The difference: Zombies over aliens — a spinoff running on franchise fumes

Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.

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