If You Liked Falling Skies, Watch These Next
Finished Falling Skies (2011) 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 Falling Skies, most of them are action & adventure, sci-fi & fantasy, drama.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.First Wave(1998)
7.2Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and 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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2.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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3.Invasion(2021)
7.1Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
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 chaos unraveling around them.
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4.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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5.Krypton(2018)
7.1Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and drama
Set two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.
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6.The Walking Dead(2010)
8.1Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and drama
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
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7.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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8.Halo(2022)
8.2Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
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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9.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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10.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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11.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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12.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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13.Helstrom(2020)
6.7Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Daimon and Ana Helstrom are the son and daughter of a mysterious and powerful serial killer. The siblings have a complicated dynamic as they track down the terrorizing worst of humanity — each with their attitude and skills.
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14.Fallout(2024)
8.1Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird,…
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15.Van Helsing(2016)
7.0MysterySci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.
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16.Star Trek: Picard(2020)
7.2Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.
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17.Black Lightning(2018)
6.9Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Jefferson Pierce is a man wrestling with a secret. As the father of two daughters and principal of a charter high school that also serves as a safe haven for young people in a New Orleans neighborhood overrun by gang violence, he is a hero to his community.
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18.Battlestar Galactica(2004)
8.2Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
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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19.Star Trek: Discovery(2017)
6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
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20.The Outpost(2018)
7.5Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
Talon, the lone survivor of a race called the Blackbloods, sets off to the edge of civilisation to track her family's killers. On her journey she discovers she has supernatural powers which she must learn to harness in order to achieve her goals.
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