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Shows that feel likeThe Acolyte (2024)

A hundred years before the rise of the Empire, the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic have prospered for centuries without war. During this time, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past.

If you loved The Acolyte, the closest series we have are Ahsoka (2023), Stargate Universe (2009) and Lost in Space (2018). All three share The Acolyte'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 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022).

★ 4.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Disney+created by Leslye Headlandtwistycerebraldreamlikekineticepicawe
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If The Acolyte hit the spot, these will too

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Ahsoka
2023– · 2 seasons · Disney+
★ 7.4sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureDisney+

Cerebral where it counts, dreamlike underneath

The difference: Easier on the twists than The Acolyte

Former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.

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Stargate Universe
2009–2011 · 2 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.6sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaPrime Video

Both land momentum and scale at once

The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than The Acolyte does

The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to Earth, while simultaneously trying to explore and to survive in their unknown area of the universe.

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Lost in Space
2018–2021 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaNetflix

Sci-fi & fantasy with a pulse of awe, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Acolyte does

After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fights against all odds to survive and escape. But they're surrounded by hidden dangers.

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022– · 4 seasons · Paramount+
★ 8.2sci-fi & fantasy · dramaParamount+

Cerebral mystery, and it commits to that

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

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Halo
2022–2024 · 2 seasons · Paramount+
★ 7.3sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureParamount+

Both lean on dream logic more than on action & adventure

Depicting an epic 26th-century conflict between humanity and an alien threat known as the Covenant, the series weaves deeply drawn personal stories with action, adventure and a richly imagined vision of the future.

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Dark Matter
2015–2017 · 3 seasons · Syfy
★ 7.5sci-fi & fantasy · drama

Awestruck sci-fi & fantasy in both cases

The 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 identities is a cargo bay full of weaponry and a destination: a remote mining colony that is about to become a war zone. With no idea whose side they are on, they face a deadly decision. Will these amnesiacs turn their backs on history, or will their pasts catch up with them?

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Project Blue Book
2019–2020 · 2 seasons · History
★ 7.6sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · drama

Mystery built on twists, twice over

A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book”.

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Andor
2022–2025 · 2 seasons · Disney+
★ 8.6sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaDisney+

Action & adventure built on momentum, twice over

In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor will discover the difference he can make in the struggle against the tyrannical Galactic Empire. He embarks on a path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.

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Foundation
2021– · 3 seasons · Apple TV
★ 7.6sci-fi & fantasy · dramaApple TV+

Sci-fi & fantasy with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.

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Stargate Atlantis
2004–2009 · 5 seasons · Syfy
★ 8.2sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaPrime Video

Action & adventure built on scale, twice over

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 2000s show

With the Ancients' city of Atlantis discovered in the Pegasus Galaxy by Stargate Command, Dr. Elizabeth Weir and Major Sheppard lead a scientific expedition to the ancient abandoned city. Once there, the team not only find themselves unable to contact Earth, but their explorations unexpectedly reawaken the Ancients' deadly enemies, The Wraith, who hunger for this new prey. Now with the help of newfound local allies like Teyla Emmagan, the Atlantis Team sets about to uncover their new home's secrets even as their war of survival against the Wraith begins.

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Agatha All Along
2024 · 1 season · Disney+
★ 7.2sci-fi & fantasy · mysteryDisney+

Both are working the same pair: witch, magic

Agatha Harkness gathers a coven of witches and sets off down, down, down The Witches' Road.

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Alien: Earth
2025– · 1 season · FX
★ 7.1sci-fi & fantasy · dramaHuluDisney+

One thread runs through both: based on movie

When 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.

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