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Shows that feel cerebral

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Ideas as the action. Stories that hand your brain a puzzle and walk away. Ranked by how strongly each show carries the mood, then by quality. Every show links to its kindred spirits.

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Attack on Titan
2013–2022 · 4 seasons · MBS
★ 9.1animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureHulu

100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!

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Sherlock
2010–2017 · 4 seasons · BBC One
★ 9crime · drama · mysteryHulu

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

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The Mandalorian
2019–2023 · 3 seasons · Disney+
★ 8.6sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureDisney+

After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.

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The Boys
2019–2026 · 5 seasons · Prime Video
★ 8.5sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventurePrime Video

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

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House
2004–2012 · 8 seasons · FOX
★ 8.7dramaPrime VideoHulu

Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

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Black Mirror
2011– · 7 seasons · Channel 4
★ 8.7sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryNetflix

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

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Dragon Ball Z
1989–1996 · 9 seasons · Fuji TV
★ 8.8animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure

Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.

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Westworld
2016–2022 · 4 seasons · HBO
★ 8.4sci-fi & fantasy · western

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

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House of the Dragon
2022– · 3 seasons · HBO
★ 8.2sci-fi & fantasy · drama · action & adventureMax

The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.

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Wednesday
2022– · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · comedyNetflix

Smart, sarcastic and a little dead inside, Wednesday Addams investigates twisted mysteries while making new friends — and foes — at Nevermore Academy.

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JUJUTSU KAISEN
2020– · 1 season · MBS
★ 8.5animation · sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureNetflixPrime Video

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.

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WandaVision
2021 · 1 season · Disney+
★ 7.9sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · dramaHuluDisney+

Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

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Love, Death & Robots
2019–2025 · 4 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.4animation · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.

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The Originals
2013–2018 · 5 seasons · The CW
★ 8.2sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryPrime VideoPeacock

The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.

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Fringe
2008–2013 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 8.4sci-fi & fantasy · drama · mysteryPrime VideoHulu

FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.

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

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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The 100
2014–2020 · 7 seasons · The CW
★ 7.5sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · drama

100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

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Neon Genesis Evangelion
1995–1996 · 1 season · TV Tokyo
★ 8.5sci-fi & fantasy · animation · dramaNetflix

At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.

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Battlestar Galactica
2004–2009 · 4 seasons · Syfy
★ 8.7sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaParamount+

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation
1987–1994 · 7 seasons · Syndication
★ 8.7sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventure · dramaParamount+

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

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Teen Wolf
2011–2017 · 6 seasons · MTV
★ 7.7sci-fi & fantasy · drama · comedyNetflixPrime Video

Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.

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Silo
2023– · 4 seasons · Apple TV
★ 8.1sci-fi & fantasy · dramaApple TV+

In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.

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Stargate SG-1
1997–2007 · 10 seasons · Showtime
★ 8.4sci-fi & fantasy · action & adventureNetflixPrime Video

The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.

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The Good Place
2016–2020 · 4 seasons · NBC
★ 8.2sci-fi & fantasy · comedyPrime VideoHulu

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.