The series scene in which we live, driven by streaming platforms, has seen how one of the most traditional genres lived a new boom of extraordinarily original ideas and approaches. In effect, 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 evade the sorrows that beset us in our day to day because it is not true, but it does there is some longing to be able to find an answer, almost always technological, to a problem that has no apparent solution: fix the past, escape death, survive a nuclear (and viral) hecatomb or conquer space by finding new forms of life and planets to inhabit. All of this falls within what we call science fiction and is used to walking through realities, worlds and universes that do not exist.
Science fiction, from the same 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., It 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 be captivated by a story of monsters and upside-down worlds, or wild contests where lives are involved. Even recreations of the future that are crazier than others that lead us to think that, likewise, the present in which we live is not bad at all.
That is why we have encouraged ourselves 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 you will be worth watching. There are many more, 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 soothing before the arrival of the second season of The Squid Game. En 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 alternate reality in which the city of Tokyo is submerged.
Altered Carbon
Netflix drew all the attention of sci-fi lovers with a format of fantastic stories of suspense, mystery and paradoxes 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 discover strange self-contained stories that will lead us to reflect on the most varied topics: evil, time travel, immortality...
welcome to eden
This curious Spanish series that was born practically as a web project, you have it 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, with the passage of time, will no longer appear to be what they thought was paradise.
Black Mirror
Surely this is the series that defines the science fiction of the last decade. Black Mirror It is a compendium of stories that touch on an infinite number of 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 a full marathon to finish it could be counterproductive, because the amount of dystopias that 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 present on Netflix. It has three seasons that will keep you on edge with everything that happens around a small city in Germany, Winden. Time travel, surprising events and an outcome that, as usually happens with these 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 participants only have to pay with their own lives. While 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 Axolotl's old age, written by Jacek Dukaj, this series poses us over two seasons the scenario that the sun's rays begin to be deadly. Anyone who is exposed to them dies almost instantly, so we will learn how the authorities (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 to which they have given a small 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 is maintained despite the years that have elapsed...
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 that concern love, death and robots are always touched. From there, in each of the three seasons that it consists of, they will tell us 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 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 what they know while looking 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, that is it. Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry. Well, you should know that You have both the original series and The new generation which premiered in the 90s, as well as Deep Space Nine, Enterprise y Voyager. Unfortunately, Star Trek Discovery, which began to air on Netflix, has been transferred to Prime Video where you have its four seasons 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 will you 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 are mixed, insatiable monsters and gloomy worlds born from a nightmare. The fourth season is about to end but it still has rope for a while.
The One
Can you imagine someone discovering 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 it. The One.
The Rain
We couldn't finish (almost) this special without uan apocalyptic recommendation with a virus involved that exterminates most of the population, in this Scandinavian case. The story takes us to two brothers who, fed up with 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, while 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 facing each other. Three brothers will fight to survive while a tremendous threat looms over a territory that does not seem to have suffered enough. This series is the latest work from the creators of Dark before the premiere at the end of 2022 of 1899, also on Netflix.