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 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.
Counterpart (Rent on Prime Video)
Counterpart is a sci-fi espionage thriller series created by Justin Marks. The Starz series follows the story of Howard Silk, a low-level agent at a Berlin-based United Nations spy agency as he finds out that his agency is hiding a doorway to a parallel dimension and when Howard’s counterpart walks through the door he gets immersed into the 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 (AMC+ & Prime Video Add-On)
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 Brohcu, 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 and now when she suddenly resurfaces and mysteriously 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 (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.
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.