36 Shows Like Star Trek: Discovery (2017) to Watch When You're Done
Updated August 2026
View Star Trek: Discovery details →If you loved Star Trek: Discovery (2017) by Michelle Paradise, here are 36 TV series that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Star Trek: Picard, Farscape, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
The Best Shows Similar to Star Trek: Discovery
Selected for their real similarity in content, these are the shows that share the most with Star Trek: Discovery in terms of theme, narrative tone, and cinematic style. Every recommendation goes beyond genre — we evaluate the type of conflict, pacing, dramatic context, and the experience they create for viewers.
Star Trek: Picard
2020 · Aaron Baiers
Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Farscape
1999
A freak accident during an experimental space mission catapults Astronaut John Crichton across a thousand galaxies to an alien battlefield.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
2022 · Akiva Goldsman
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.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Star Trek: Voyager
1995 · Rick Berman
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
1993
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Man in the High Castle
2015 · Frank Spotnitz
Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Snowpiercer
2020 · Paul Zbyszewski
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
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Colony
2016 · Ryan Condal
In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. W
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 · Kim Todd
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Silo
2023 · Bert
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 sec
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Pluribus
2025 · Diane Mercer
The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Falling Skies
2011 · David Eick
Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded to
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
V
2009 · Jace Hall
A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not b
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Defiance
2013
In the near future, planet Earth is permanently altered following the sudden—and tumultuous—arrival of seven unique alien races. In the boom-town of Defiance, the newly-formed civilization of humans a
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Stargate SG-1
1997
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 s
In common: Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
For All Mankind
2019 · Kira Snyder
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Stargate Universe
2009 · Brad Wright
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
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Stargate Atlantis
2004 · Brad Wright
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,
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Battlestar Galactica
2004 · Toni Graphia
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 c
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Invasion
2021 · Dan Dietz
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the cha
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Dark Matter
2015 · Vanessa Piazza
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 on
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ahsoka
2023 · Kathleen Kennedy
Former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano investigates an emerging threat to a vulnerable galaxy.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Foundation
2021 · Roxann Dawson
Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Rod Serling
An anthology series containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Oz
1997 · Jim Finnerty
The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and t
In common: Drama
The Last Man on Earth
2015 · Christopher Miller
The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil s
In common: Drama
Black Mirror
2011 · Bisha K. Ali
Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
ALF
1986 · Tom Patchett
A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
In common: Drama
Lost in Space
2018 · Zack Estrin
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.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
My Love from the Star
2013 · Choi Moon-su
An alien who came to Earth 400 years ago is almost able to return to his own planet, but when he meets a famous actress, he doesn't want to go home.
In common: Drama
Smallville
2001 · Tom Welling
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Doctor Who
2005
The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor saves planets for a living—more of a hobby actually, and the Doctor's
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Supergirl
2015 · Rob Wright
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
In common: Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Superman & Lois
2021 · Gregory Smith
After years of facing megalomaniacal supervillains, monsters wreaking havoc on Metropolis, and alien invaders intent on wiping out the human race, The Man of Steel aka Clark Kent and Lois Lane come fa
In common: Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Halo
2022 · David Wiener
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
In common: Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Resident Alien
2021 · Chris Sheridan
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solvi
In common: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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