
Shows that feel likeStar Trek: Discovery (2017–2024)
If you loved Star Trek: Discovery, the closest series we have are Falling Skies (2011), The Handmaid's Tale (2017) and The Last Ship (2014). All three share Star Trek: Discovery's cerebral and dreamlike feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Into the Badlands (2015).
If Star Trek: Discovery hit the spot, these will too

Battered survivors regrouping under an enemy that outguns them
The difference: Earthbound guerrilla grind, minus the big-idea episodes

Dystopia experienced through one woman who refuses to break
The difference: Unrelenting earthbound cruelty — no escape into the stars

A lone crew carrying humanity's hopes through catastrophe
The difference: Straight military hardware drama with little sci-fi wonder

A far-future world rebuilt strange, crossed by warriors with codes
The difference: Fight choreography is the point — the ideas ride in back

A sealed society at war with itself after the world ends
The difference: Claustrophobic class allegory that stays on one track

An oppressive alternate order resisted quietly from within
The difference: Stately, chilly pacing with barely any action release

Kinetic where it counts, epic underneath
The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Star Trek: Discovery does

Cerebral and dreamlike in the same breath

The same preoccupation in both: dystopia

Common ground: space
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Star Trek: Discovery does

Both land stillness and bleakness at once

Action & adventure with a pulse of momentum, in both cases
In the mood for more cerebral?
all cerebral shows →The best-reviewed series that share Star Trek: Discovery’s defining feeling.









