If You Liked Invasion, Watch These Next
Finished Invasion (2021) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Invasion, most of them are sci-fi & fantasy, drama.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.V(2009)
6.8Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
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 be a cover for something more malevolent.
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2.Falling Skies(2011)
7.1Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
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 together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen…
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3.War of the Worlds(2019)
7.2Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
When astronomers detect a transmission from another galaxy, it is definitive proof of intelligent extra-terrestrial life. The world’s population waits for further contact with bated breath. They do not have to wait long. Within days, mankind is all but wiped out by a devastating attack; pockets of humanity are left…
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4.Defiance(2013)
6.8DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
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 and aliens must learn to co-exist peacefully.
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5.First Wave(1998)
7.2Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyAlso sci-fi & fantasy
Framed for murder and on the run, a former thief struggles to expose the vanguard of an alien invasion with the help of a conspiracy theorist and newly discovered prophecies of Nostradamus.
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6.Halo(2022)
8.2Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAlso sci-fi & fantasy
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 of the future.
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7.Alien: Earth(2025)
7.3Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
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8.The Expanse(2015)
8.1DramaMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
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9.Raised by Wolves(2020)
7.5Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
After Earth is ravaged by a great religious war, an atheistic android architect sends two of his creations, Mother and Father, to start a peaceful, godless colony on the planet Kepler-22b. Their treacherous task is jeopardized by the arrival of the Mithraic, a deeply devout religious order of surviving humans.
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10.The Man Who Fell to Earth(2022)
7.4Sci-Fi & FantasyAlso sci-fi & fantasy
An extraterrestrial alien arrives on Earth at a turning point in human evolution and must confront his own past to determine our future.
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11.Teacup(2024)
7.0Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
A mysterious event traps people on a rural Georgia farm, forcing them to unite against an unknown, deadly force. A young boy named Arlo becomes central to uncovering the truth.
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12.The War Between the Land and the Sea(2025)
7.6Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT step into action as the land and sea wage war.
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13.V(1984)
7.1Sci-Fi & FantasyAlso sci-fi & fantasy
Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true reptilian natures are wiser. They believe the secret to their survival on Earth lies in the DNA of the newly born half-human, half-spaceling Starchild. But that's something the world's Resistance Fighters cannot allow.
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14.V: The Final Battle(1984)
7.4DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A small group of human resistance fighters fight a desperate guerilla war against the genocidal extra-terrestrials who dominate Earth.
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15.La Brea(2021)
7.4Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAction & AdventureAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world…
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16.Torchwood(2006)
7.3Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
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17.Battlestar Galactica(2004)
8.2Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
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 colony, Earth.
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18.Colony(2016)
6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
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. While some people have chosen to collaborate with the authorities and benefit from the new order, others have rebelled —…
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19.The Nevers(2021)
7.9Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious, quick-fisted widow, and Penance Adair, a brilliant young inventor. They are the champions of this…
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20.Secret Invasion(2023)
6.4DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
Nick Fury and Talos discover a faction of shapeshifting Skrulls who have been infiltrating Earth for years.
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