The series landscape in which we live, driven by streaming platforms, has seen how one of the most traditional genres experienced a new boom of extraordinarily original ideas and approaches. Indeed, we are referring to science fiction, that door that cinema or television always leaves open to dystopian futures, apocalyptic catastrophes and impossible technologies that even allow us to travel through time. Can you ask for more?
Escape from the real world
We will not say that science fiction was invented to escape us from the sorrows that plague us in our day to day because it is not true, but there is something of a desire to be able to find an answer, almost always technological, to a problem that It has no apparent solution: fix the past, escape death, survive a nuclear (and viral) catastrophe or conquer space by finding new life forms and planets to inhabit. All of this remains within what we call science fiction and tends to stroll through realities, worlds and universes that do not exist.
Science fiction, since the golden age of the most recognized authors of the genre during the last century, such as Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, Arthur C. Clarke, etc., has been one of the most attractive genres for readers and Within the field of television and streaming platforms, it goes without saying that it is one of the most popular. It’s hard not to fall in love with a story of monsters and worlds turned upside down, or wild contests where lives are at stake. Even recreations of the future, which are crazier than they lead us to think that, just the same, the present in which we live is not bad at all.
That is why we have decided to bring the names of some fictions that you have available on Netflix and that focus their story on classic elements of science fiction. Do you want to meet them?
The best sci-fi series on Netflix
Here we detail 15 science-fiction series that you have on Netflix and that will be worth watching. There are many more out there, but surely these are the ones that take the cake. Here you have them:
Alice in wonderland
Many Netflix subscribers are using this Japanese series as a calming agent before the arrival of the second season of The Squid Game . In Alice in Wonderland the protagonists will have to play and play and play if they don’t want to suffer the consequences of a kind of alternative reality in which the city of Tokyo is immersed.
Altered Carbon
Netflix attracted all the attention of science-fiction lovers with a format of fantastic stories of suspense, mystery and paradox typical of the literature of the last century, when authors like Philip K. Dick filled their books with short but surprising stories. Throughout the 18 episodes of its two seasons, we will learn strange auto-conclusive stories that will lead us to reconsider the most varied topics: evil, time travel, immortality…
welcome to eden
This curious Spanish series that was born practically as a web project, is available on Netflix and puts us in the shoes of a group of young people who receive a curious invitation to go to a secret island. There they will be greeted with the question “Are you happy?” Those who accept will begin what seems like an incredible experience that, over time, will stop looking like what they thought was paradise.
BlackMirror
Surely this is the series that defines science fiction of the last decade. Black Mirror is a compendium of stories that touch on countless topics from a purely fantastic point of view and with extraordinarily surprising and imaginative approaches. In total you have 22 episodes spread over five seasons and sticking to a full marathon to finish it could be counterproductive, because the number of dystopias it has in its footage is such that we could become disconnected from reality. Don’t you believe us?
Dark
German series that, for many, is the best science-fiction production on Netflix. It has three seasons that will keep you on your toes with everything that happens around a small town in Germany, Winden. Time travel, surprising events and an ending that, as often happens with these highly successful productions, not everyone likes. Seeing her once in a lifetime should be a must.
The Squid Game
What to say about one of the most watched phenomena in the history of Netflix. The Korean contest with a colossal prize where the participants only have to pay with their own lives. Waiting for a second season, those of you who have not yet enjoyed its nine episodes are taking a long time to hit a good weekend marathon.
into the night
Based on the Polish novel The Old Age of Axolotl , written by Jacek Dukaj, this series presents us with the scenario over two seasons in which the sun’s rays begin to be deadly. Anyone who is exposed to them dies practically instantly, so we will learn how the authorities (from NATO in this case) work against the clock to find a solution and save the greatest number of lives. Apocalypse, catastrophes and misfortunes of those that we like to see from time to time to, who knows, be prepared for the impossible.
Lost in Space
This Netflix original production is the umpteenth adaptation of the mythical television series from the 60s of the last century and which has been given a little twist. Some characters respect each other but the action is new so we will have an unprecedented perspective of that Robinson family that wanders through space although, on this occasion, they are not completely lost alone as in the original series and movies. Of course, the relationship between Will Robinson and the Robot remains despite the years that have passed…
Love, Death & Robots
This series is an extraordinary experience that bases all its charm on showing us stories created with 2D and 3D animation techniques where issues related to love, death and robots are always touched upon. From there, in each of the three seasons that it consists of, they will unravel how these three practically universal themes (robots = technology) are perceived by some of the most outstanding creators of our time.
Sense 8
Throughout 24 chapters spread over two seasons, Sense 8 tells us the story of eight strangers who belong to different cultures, races and sexual orientations but who come to experience the death of the same woman through revelations, visions and dreams, That connection will allow them to feel and share everything they know while searching for an explanation for what is happening to them.
star trek
If there is a franchise that represents the boom of science fiction during the last century, it is Star Trek , created by Gene Roddenberry. Well, you should know that you have on Netflix both the original series and The New Generation that premiered in the 90s, as well as Deep Space Nine , Enterprise and Voyager. Unfortunately, Star Trek Discovery , which started airing on Netflix, has moved to Prime Video where all four seasons are available.
stranger things
Is it necessary to say something about this series of the Duffer brothers? Only if you have not been living on Earth in the last six years you will not have heard of it. If this is your case, we can only recommend a series that is the paradigm of those stories that we are so passionate about where failed experiments, insatiable monsters and dark worlds that emerged from a nightmare are mixed. The fourth season is about to end but it still has some time left.
The One
Can you imagine that someone discovers a way to match people through DNA in such a way that this union is perfect and guarantees an idyllic and stable relationship for life? With such a treasure in your hands, what better way to exploit it than with a marriage agency capable of guaranteeing 100% customer satisfaction. If you like the idea, you’ll like The One.
rain
We could not finish (almost) this special without an apocalyptic recommendation with a virus involved that exterminates most of the population, in this case Scandinavian. The story takes us to two brothers who, tired of hiding and surviving, want to go out into the real world to see what has happened, if they can recover their life as they knew it and, since they are, get answers.
tribes of europe
Europe is experiencing an apocalypse from which it is trying to recover, although the continent survives divided into small states at odds with each other. Three brothers will fight to survive while a tremendous threat hangs over a territory that does not seem to have suffered enough. This series is the last work from the creators of Dark before the late 2022 premiere of 1899 , also on Netflix.
