
Shows that feel likeStar Trek: Picard (2020–2023)
If you loved Star Trek: Picard, the closest series we have are The Handmaid's Tale (2017), The Last Ship (2014) and Into the Badlands (2015). All three share Star Trek: Picard'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 Vikings: Valhalla (2022).
If Star Trek: Picard hit the spot, these will too

Watching ideals you trusted rot into something unrecognizable
The difference: Punishing dystopia with no adventure valve — the misery is the point

A dutiful crew holding the line while civilization falls apart
The difference: Military-thriller plainness — action beats over big ideas

A weary warrior questioning the violent order he once served
The difference: Martial-arts spectacle first — the philosophy rides on wire-fu

Post-collapse sci-fi asking who deserves saving, and who decides
The difference: One frozen train the whole way — claustrophobia instead of open space

Common ground: dystopia
The difference: Takes it somewhere less contemplative than Star Trek: Picard does

A graying protector dragged back into a fight for the next generation
The difference: Blind post-apocalypse premise — pulpy world-building over ideas

Kinetic and epic in the same breath
The difference: Leans harder into war & politics than Star Trek: Picard does

Contemplative sci-fi where the fight is moral before it's physical
The difference: Occupied-America grimness — no ship, no crew, no flicker of Trek warmth

Both land ideas and dream logic at once

The same preoccupation in both: space
The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Star Trek: Picard does

The same mix in both: stillness, then bleakness

A future where the institutions failed and the desperate scrape by
The difference: Neon anime carnage — brutal and fast where Picard is stately
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