Best TV shows — science-fiction on Prime Video : our Top 20

2016 · Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy · 4 seasons

A bleak odyssey tracing the emergence of sentient machines and the shifting landscape of human vice, where new forms of awareness force a reckoning with desire, guilt and responsibility. Set where a near-future reality collides with a reimagined past, it imagines a society in which technology makes every craving attainable—whether altruistic or corrupt—blurring the line between creator and creation and exposing the true price of indulgence.

With Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Ed Harris, Luke Hemsworth and James Marsden

2008 · J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci · 5 seasons

FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham teams up with Walter Bishop, a brilliant scientist who spent years institutionalized, and his calculating but reluctant son Peter to probe a string of inexplicable incidents. As they peel back layers of the case, they uncover a deadly conspiracy that forces them to confront a disturbing overlap between speculative science and emerging technology.

With Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Jasika Nicole, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown and Leonard Nimoy

2015 · Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby · 6 seasons

Two centuries from now, a vanished young woman drags a world‑weary detective and a rogue freighter captain into an uneasy partnership. Their pursuit sweeps them from neon orbital cities to the frozen fringes of the solar system, racing ahead of corporate enforcers, private militias, and hidden agencies. As scattered clues coalesce, they begin to unravel a vast, centuries‑old plot whose exposure could topple the foundations of human society.

With Steven Strait, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Cas Anvar, Frankie Adams and Cara Gee

2005 · Sydney Newman, Donald Wilson, C. E. Webber · 13 seasons

A nearly nine-hundred-year-old Time Lord with two hearts, born into a civilization that mastered time travel, wanders the ages. Saving planets is more a passion than a job for the Doctor — and they do it with extraordinary skill.

With David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman, Billie Piper, Karen Gillan and Nicholas Briggs

2021 · David Weil · 12 seasons

An anthology of intimate, character-led stories set across different eras and environments, each episode exploring how moments of deep solitude and wildly varying circumstances expose the common emotions and bonds that link us all.

With Morgan Freeman, Dan Stevens, Hannah Dunne, Carol Smolinsky, Jack Quaid, Sanaa Lathan and Chris Diamantopoulos

2015 · Frank Spotnitz · 4 seasons

In a reimagined America where the Axis won World War II, the former United States is partitioned and governed by occupying German and Japanese authorities, reshaping daily life under surveillance, propaganda, and cultural suppression. The series traces the intersecting fates of collaborators, bystanders, and insurgents as they navigate moral compromises, hidden truths, and the fragile sparks of resistance. Adapted from Philip K. Dick’s award-winning novel.

With Alexa Davalos, Rufus Sewell, Joel de la Fuente, Chelah Horsdal, Brennan Brown, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and DJ Qualls

2022 · Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet · 4 seasons

Join Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock, and Number One as they lead the U.S.S. Enterprise on daring missions to chart unexplored worlds across the galaxy in the years before Captain Kirk assumed command.

With Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia and Babs Olusanmokun

2022 · Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet · 4 seasons

Set in the years before Captain James T. Kirk's command, Captain Christopher Pike leads a disciplined command team—Spock, his logical science officer, and Number One, the steady second-in-command—piloting the U.S.S. Enterprise into uncharted regions of space where they encounter strange civilizations, scientific mysteries, and challenges that test their principles and leadership.

With Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia and Babs Olusanmokun

2020 · Greg Daniels · 4 seasons

In 2033, a new industry lets people on the brink of death be transferred into luxurious virtual-hotel afterlives run by six powerful tech corporations. Nora, struggling to make ends meet in Brooklyn, works as a customer-service agent for Lakeview, one of those upscale simulated worlds; when a self-driving car kills Nathan, a Los Angeles coder and partier, his demanding girlfriend chooses permanent upload—placing him inside the very VR realm Nora helps maintain.

With Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Allegra Edwards, Zainab Johnson, Kevin Bigley, Andrea Rosen and Owen Daniels

2022 · Scott B. Smith · 1 season

In a dwindling Appalachian town, a young woman finds her only escape in elite video gaming. Her exceptional skills draw the attention of a tech firm that ships her a prototype console to evaluate. Plugging in, she discovers an immersive system that gives her a taste of purpose, romance, and glamour—everything she’s been missing—while blurring the boundary between virtual fantasy and everyday life. The more the game reshapes her world, the more it endangers her family, forcing her to decide how far she’ll go for a life that might not be real.

With Chloë Grace Moretz, Gary Carr, Jack Reynor, JJ Feild, T'Nia Miller, Louis Herthum and Katie Leung

2022 · Kyle Killen, Steven Kane · 2 seasons

In the 26th century, humanity wages war against an alien force called the Covenant in a sweeping saga that combines intimate, character-driven drama with relentless action, bold adventure, and a vividly realized vision of the future.

With Pablo Schreiber, Natascha McElhone, Jen Taylor, Yerin Ha, Charlie Murphy, Shabana Azmi and Danny Sapani

2011 · Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk · 2 seasons

Determined to ease Hell’s overcrowding without violence, Lucifer’s daughter launches a rehabilitation hotel where a ragged ensemble of demons are offered a chance to reform and pursue redemption.

With Evan Peters, Sarah Paulson, Denis O'Hare, Emma Roberts, Kathy Bates, Lily Rabe and Jessica Lange

2014 · Jason Rothenberg · 7 seasons

With Eliza Taylor, Marie Avgeropoulos, Bob Morley, Jarod Joseph, Lindsey Morgan, Richard Harmon and Paige Turco

2020 · Nathaniel Halpern · 1 season

A small town sits above "The Loop," an experimental device built to probe and harness the universe's hidden laws, forcing its residents to navigate astonishing breakthroughs—and unforeseen consequences—that were once only imagined in science fiction.

With Daniel Zolghadri, Robert Nahum Allen, Paul Schneider, Rebecca Hall, Ato Essandoh, Duncan Joiner and Jonathan Pryce

2015 · Dave Erickson, Robert Kirkman · 8 seasons

Los Angeles unravels as a mysterious outbreak quietly tears apart the fabric of daily life. Following a diverse cast — from exhausted first responders and fractured families to ordinary citizens making extraordinary choices — the series tracks their scramble for safety, the moral compromises they’re forced into, and the small acts of courage that keep them going. As the city slips from familiar bustle into lawless ruin, viewers witness the slow, terrifying transformation that gives rise to the grim world later seen in The Walking Dead.

With Alycia Debnam-Carey, Danay García, Colman Domingo, Rubén Blades, Lennie James, Jenna Elfman and Alexa Nisenson

2020 · Brian Taylor, Grant Morrison, David Wiener · 1 season

Inside a seemingly flawless society upheld by strict rules about exclusive partnerships and the surveillance of private life, members of the communal order begin to push back against their prescribed roles. As concealed romances bloom and doubts about authority spread, the meticulously controlled world hurtles toward a collision between illicit love and a brewing rebellion.

With Alden Ehrenreich, Jessica Brown Findlay, Harry Lloyd, Kylie Bunbury, Hannah John-Kamen, Sen Mitsuji and Joseph Morgan

2022 · Stephany Folsom · 1 season

The morning after Halloween in 1988, four friends are swept into an interstellar confrontation and abruptly hurled three decades forward to 2019. Confronted with their adult counterparts, each girl must reckon with who she will become, unlocking unexpected strengths as they band together to both find a way home and stop a threat to the future. Young and older versions of the same women form an uneasy alliance, racing to repair the fracture between eras before time itself is rewritten.

With Camryn Jones, Riley Lai Nelet, Sofia Rosinsky, Fina Strazza, Adina Porter, Nate Corddry and Ali Wong

2002 · Leslie Bohem · 2 seasons

With Dakota Fanning, Matt Frewer, Emily Bergl, Rei Hance, Joel Gretsch, Adam Kaufman and Camille Sullivan

2000 · John Harrison · 1 season

Millennia before Paul Atreides rises to power, sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen found a secretive female order—ancestors of the Bene Gesserit—whose purpose is to shape and control the future of humankind.

With Alec Newman, Barbora Kodetová, Saskia Reeves, William Hurt, P.H. Moriarty, Matt Keeslar and Ian McNeice

2011 · 1 season

Wolverine is a mutant with acute, animal-like senses and enhanced strength, speed and endurance; he possesses three retractable bone claws in each hand and an extraordinary regenerative ability that lets him recover rapidly from almost any wound, disease, or toxin.

With Fumiko Orikasa, Hidekatsu Shibata, Kazuki Yao, Rikiya Koyama, Ryuuzaburou Ootomo, Toshiyuki Morikawa and Masato Hagiwara