If You Liked Halo, Watch These Next
Finished Halo (2022) 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 Halo, most of them are sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.Defiance(2013)
6.8DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso 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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2.Invasion(2021)
7.1Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy
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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3.The Expanse(2015)
8.1DramaMysterySci-Fi & FantasyAlso 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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4.War of the Worlds(2019)
7.2Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy
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.Falling Skies(2011)
7.1Action & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
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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6.Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn(2012)
7.0Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
UNSC Cadet Thomas Lasky must conquer his inner fears and join forces with super-soldier John-117 to take down a massive faction of the Covenant.
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7.The Orville(2017)
7.6DramaComedySci-Fi & FantasyAlso sci-fi & fantasy
Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.
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8.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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9.Red vs. Blue(2003)
7.5AnimationComedySci-Fi & FantasyAlso sci-fi & fantasy
In the distant future, two groups of soldiers battle for control of the least desirable piece of real estate in the known universe: a box canyon in the middle of nowhere.
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10.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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11.Alien: Earth(2025)
7.3Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy
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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12.The Tomorrow People(2013)
6.9DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso sci-fi & fantasy
The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.
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13.Halo: The Fall of Reach(2015)
7.0AnimationAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
Kidnapped as children and conscripted into a brutal military training and augmentation program, the Spartans were designed to be the ultimate weapon against chaos and insurgency—but when a dangerous alien alliance known as the Covenant declares war on humanity, the Spartans might be our only hope.
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14.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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15.V(2009)
6.8Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy
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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16.Krypton(2018)
7.1Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso action & adventure and sci-fi & fantasy
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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17.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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18.12 Monkeys(2015)
7.4Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human…
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19.The Boys(2019)
8.4Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
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20.Continuum(2012)
7.5Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and action & adventure
The series centers on the conflict between a group of rebels from the year 2077 who time-travel to Vancouver, BC, in 2012, and a police officer who accidentally accompanies them. In spite of being many years early, the rebel group decides to continue its violent campaign to stop corporations of the future from…
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