20 best shows like Falling Skies (2011)

List of the best shows and series like Falling Skies (2011): Extinct, Terra Nova, Z Nation, Nightflyers, Revolution, The Last Ship, Lost, Shogun, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Andromeda.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

400 years after the extinction of the human race, a small group of humans are revived by an alien civilization. The colony of revived humans encounter struggles with the aliens who extinguished humankind centuries before, while trying to understand and get along with the mysterious aliens who revived them.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantastic, drama, adventure, detective
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration00:43

Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with the majority of plant and animal life extinct. The future of mankind is in jeopardy, and its only hope for survival is in the distant past.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

    Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    In the year 2093, a team of scientists aboard the Nightflyer, the most advanced ship ever built, embarks on a journey to find other life forms. Their mission takes them to the edge of the solar system, and to the edge of insanity, as they realize true horror isn't waiting for them in outer space—it's already on their ship.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Revolution focuses on the struggle to survive 15 years after a global blackout.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    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.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, adventure, military, history
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration01:00

    A English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:45

    Agent Phil Coulson of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division) puts together a team of agents to investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    Andromeda is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett. It starred Kevin Sorbo as High Guard Captain Dylan Hunt. The series premiered on October 2, 2000 and ended on May 13, 2005. Andromeda was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and produced by Tribune Entertainment and Fireworks Entertainment. It was distributed by Global TV in Canada and syndicated in the United States on WGN and other channels. It was picked up by the Sci-Fi Channel in the U.S. halfway through season four. Andromeda is one of two TV series based upon concepts Roddenberry had created as early as the 1960s and 1970s. The name Dylan Hunt had also been used for the hero of two TV movie pilots Roddenberry had produced in the mid-1970s, Genesis II and Planet Earth, which had a similar premise. The other series posthumously created from Roddenberry's notes is Earth: Final Conflict.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada

    A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration04:00

    A shipping magnate hires four experts from various fields to investigate what happened to his ships that went missing in the Bermuda Triangle. The team discovers a threat that might unravel time itself and cause the world to end.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, Canada

    R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is based on The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Movie, and the books The Haunting Hour and Nightmare Hour anthology by R. L. Stine.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:39

    After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Following an emotional breakup, tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: “Whiskey Cavalier”) is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Frankie Trowbridge (codename: “Fiery Tribune”). Together, they lead an inter-agency team of flawed, funny and heroic spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    Everything changes when Alex Rider learns that his uncle Ian has actually been killed in the line of duty as a British spy. The normal teen is approached by the head of The Department and pressured to help investigate his uncle's death. Alex reluctantly assumes a new identity and goes undercover in a remote boarding school called Point Blanc.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryCanada

    Odyssey 5 is a Canadian science fiction series that first ran in 2002 on Showtime in the United States and on Space in Canada.Odyssey 5 is the brainchild of Manny Coto, who served as a script-writer and executive producer during the series run. Through his website and in interviews, Coto has expressed his interest in returning to the series at some point, either continuing it or giving it a conclusion.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:42

    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.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    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.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, family, detective, military
    Duration00:30

    Taking place between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: Nightfall follows the origin story of legendary manhunter Jameson Locke (Mike Colter) and his team as they are caught in a horrific terrorist attack while investigating terrorist activity on the distant colony world of Sedra.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
    Duration00:50

    Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from the 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. Torchwood follows the exploits of a small team of alien hunters, who make up the Cardiff branch of the fictional Torchwood Institute, which deals mainly with incidents involving extraterrestrials.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    Two homicide detectives, Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, are assigned to investigate cases involving people with superhuman abilities, referred to as “Powers.” Set amidst today’s paparazzi culture, Powers asks the questions, what if the world was full of superheroes who aren't actually heroic at all? What if all that power was just one more excuse for mischief, mayhem, murder, and endorsement deals?

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:06

    Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:35

    A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryGermany

    2074. In the wake of a mysterious global disaster, war rages between the Tribes that have emerged from the wreckage of Europe. Three siblings from the peaceful Origine tribe are separated and forced to forge their own paths in an action-packed fight for the future of this new Europa.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, action, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Defiance is an American science fiction television show that takes place in the future on a radically transformed Earth containing new species arriving from space. In the show, Joshua Nolan works as the lawman for the town of Defiance, a community where humans and intelligent extraterrestrial species coexist. The show follows Nolan, his adopted alien daughter Irisa, and the town's new mayor Amanda Rosewater.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Last Resort is an American military drama television series. When the crew of the U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, the USS Colorado, pick up a U.S. Navy SEAL team off Pakistan's coast, the Colorado receives an order to launch nuclear ballistic missiles at Pakistan.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantastic, action, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:40

    In Edwardian England, George and his partner Amy attempt to defy society and start a life together as they face the escalating terror of an alien invasion, fighting for their lives against an enemy beyond their comprehension.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    Siberia is an American mockumentary series about a reality television show where 16 contestants must survive in the Siberian territory of Tunguska. The show was filmed in Birds Hill Provincial Park just north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It premiered on NBC on July 1, 2013. The first season was met with generally favorable reviews from critics and viewers, with average viewership per episode coming in around 2.03 million viewers. Metacritic scored the show with a 63 out of 100. The series concluded its first season on September 16, 2013.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryDenmark, USA
    Duration02:13

    After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:57

    When heroes alone are not enough ... the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat — one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:39

    Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    In a world mostly wiped out by the plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil, the fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:12

    Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    After a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion -- and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become...The Flash.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryTurkey

    Driven by revenge, human-turned-vampire Mia sets out to vanquish Dmitry, a ruthless vampire leader who seeks an artifact that grants immortality.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    Set more than seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe as class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival play out.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a technologically advanced alien species which ostensibly comes in peace, but actually has sinister motives. V stars Morena Baccarin, Lourdes Benedicto, Morris Chestnut, Joel Gretsch, Logan Huffman, Charles Mesure, Elizabeth Mitchell, Laura Vandervoort and Scott Wolf, and was executive produced by Scott Rosenbaum, Yves Simoneau, Scott Peters, and Jace Hall. The series was produced by The Scott Peters Company, HDFilms and Warner Bros. Television.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Canada

    A North American spin-off of the hit U.K. television series, Primeval: New World follows a specialized team of animal experts and scientists that investigates the appearance of temporal anomalies and battles both prehistoric and futuristic creatures.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:46

    When day becomes night, a strict curfew forces ordinary people to go pedal to the metal in a deadly race for freedom. During this contest, alliances and friendships are both made and lost.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:40

    Two teenagers from very different backgrounds awaken to newly acquired superpowers which mysteriously link them to one another.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration06:41

    Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    After a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko Breckinridge leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    After a fortuitous drug bender saves his life, addict Jake ventures out into the quiet streets… unaware that most of the world already died in their beds. Now, battling sleepless fatigue and encroaching delirium, Jake teams with a scrappy teenager, overnight doctor and red-eye pilot to search for answers… and just maybe find a way to sleep again.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration00:42

    A drama centered on a high-tech intelligence operative who is enhanced with a super-computer microchip in his brain, and the director of the elite government cyber-security agency who supports him.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrefantastic, action, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Set in a near-dystopian future, a former cop is forced to take part in a death race where the cars run on human blood. You lose a leg and you lose your head.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA

    With the strength of Hercules, the wisdom of Athena, the speed of Mercury and the beauty of Aphrodite, she’s Wonder Woman. Beautiful Amazon princess Wonder Woman travels to 1940s America disguised as Diana Prince, assistant to handsome but trouble-prone Major Steve Trevor. Using her golden belt, which imbues her with astonishing strength, her bullet-deflecting bracelets, a golden lasso that dispels dishonesty and an invisible supersonic plane, Wonder Woman combats evil.




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