Dark Matter is a sci-fi thriller series created by Blake Crouch. Based on a 2016 novel of the same name by Crouch, the Apple TV+ series follows the story of a Chicago-based physicist as he is kidnapped and taken to an alternate universe. Now he must escape from there to stop his alternate self before he harms his real family. Dark Matter stars Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly in the lead roles, with Oakes Fegley, Alice Braga, Jimmi Simpson, and Amanda Brugel starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved all the thrills and mind-bending story of Dark Matter, here are some similar shows you could watch next.
Constellation (Apple TV)
Constellation is a sci-fi psychological thriller series created by Peter Harness. The Apple TV series follows astronaut Johanna “Jo” Ericsson, the lone survivor of a fatal accident on the International Space Station. When she returns to Earth, she discovers that certain things from her life, including her daughter, have somehow changed. Constellation stars Noomi Rapace, Jonathan Banks, James D’Arcy, Rosie Coleman, Davina Coleman, and William Catlett.
The Lazarus Project (Rent on Prime Video)
The Lazarus Project is a British sci-fi thriller drama series created by Joe Barton. The Sky Max series follows George, a man stuck in a time loop and living a single day over and over again. However, things change when a mysterious man introduces him to an organization dedicated to saving the world by turning back time. The Lazarus Project stars Paapa Essiedu, Anjli Mohindra, Rudi Dharmalingam, Charly Clive, Caroline Quentin, Tom Burke, and Brian Gleeson.
Dark (Netflix)
Dark is a German sci-fi mystery thriller series co-created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. The Netflix series is set in the fictional small town of Winden, Germany, and it revolves around a few interconnected families as a young boy goes missing. Things take a turn when the search leads them to discover a sinister time travel conspiracy. Dark stars Louis Hofmann, Andreas Pietschmann, Dietrich Hollinderbäumer, and Ella Lee.
Counterpart (Rent on Prime Video)
Counterpart is a sci-fi espionage thriller series created by Justin Marks. The Starz series follows Howard Silk, a low-level agent at a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency, as he discovers his agency is hiding a doorway to a parallel dimension. When Howard’s counterpart walks through the door, he is immersed in a world of espionage and what could have been. Counterpart stars J.K. Simmons in the lead role with Harry Lloyd, Olivia Williams, Nazanin Boniadi, Sara Serraiocco, Betty Gabriel, Nicholas Pinnock, Ulrich Thomsen, James Cromwell, Sarah Bolger, Richard Schiff, and Mido Hamada starring in supporting roles.
Severance (Apple TV)
Severance is a sci-fi mystery thriller series created by Dan Erickson. The Apple TV+ series follows the story of Mark as he leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their professional and personal lives. When a mysterious man shows up and says that he is Mark’s work colleague and tells him that the company he works for is up to something nefarious, forcing Mark to find out the truth about his job. Severance stars Adam Scott in the lead role with Britt Lower, Patricia Arquette, Zach Cherry, Christopher Walken, John Turturro, Sydney Cole Alexander, Tramell Tillman, Michael Chernus, Jean Tullock, and Dichen Lachman starring in supporting roles.
Orphan Black (Netflix, AMC+, & Rent on Prime Video)
Orphan Black is a Canadian sci-fi thriller series created by Graeme Manson and John Fawcett. The AMC series follows the story of Sarah Manning, a street-wise young woman with a troubled past, as she finds out that she is one of many human clones and she has many sisters that look like her. The sci-fi thriller explores the morality of human cloning. Orphan Black stars Tatiana Maslany in the lead role with Jordan Gavaris, Dylan Bruce, Ari Millen, Kristian Bruun, Evelyne Brochu, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Kevin Hanchard, Michael Mando, and Josh Vokey starring in supporting roles.
The Peripheral (Prime Video)
The Peripheral is a sci-fi thriller series created by Scott B. Smith. Based on a 2014 book of the same name by William Gibson, the Prime Video series is set nearly fifty years in the future, where new technology has changed the lives of people subtly, but when a young woman discovers a connection between an alternate universe and a dark future of her own, she must do everything she can to stop it from becoming reality. The Peripheral stars Chloë Grace Moretz in the lead role with Jack Reynor, Charlotte Riley, Gary Carr, Alexandra Billings, Eli Goree, Katie Leung, JJ Feild, Alex Hernandez, and Louis Herthum starring in supporting roles.
The OA (Netflix)
The OA is a sci-fi mystery-thriller series created by Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij. The Netflix series follows the story of Prairie Johnson, an adopted young woman who went missing seven years ago, and now, when she suddenly resurfaces, her blindness is cured. The FBI and her parents have a lot of questions for her, but she refuses to talk about her disappearance. The OA stars Brit Marling in the lead role with Ian Alexander, Jason Isaacs, Patrick Gibson, Emory Cohen, Phyllis Smith, Brandon Perea, and Kingsley Ben-Adir starring in supporting roles.
Black Mirror (Netflix)
Black Mirror is an anthology sci-fi drama series created by Charlie Brooker. Inspired by The Twilight Zone, the Netflix series tackles a new piece of technology in every episode and explores how technology affects humanity and human behavior, mostly in an extremely dark way. Black Mirror stars Jon Hamm, Jesse Plemons, Bryce Dallas Howard, Alex Lawther, Cristin Milioti, Salma Hayek, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Daniel Kaluuya, and Andrew Scott.
The Man in the High Castle (Netflix & Prime Video)
The Man in the High Castle is an alternate-history dystopian series created by Frank Spotnitz. Based on a 1962 novel of the same name by the brilliant author Philip K. Dick, the Prime Video series is set in a parallel universe in 1962, and it shows us what if the Axis powers had won World War II. In the series, after the Axis powers win the war, the United States is divided into three parts: one controlled by the Nazis, one by the Japanese, and the last part being the buffer zone between the two. The Man in the High Castle stars Rufus Sewell, Luke Kleintank, Alexa Davalos, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Rupert Evans, DJ Qualls, Joel de la Fuente, Brennan Brown, Callum Keith Rennie, Bella Heathcote, Michael Gaston, Jason O’Mara, and Frances Turner.