If You Liked War of the Worlds, Watch These Next
Finished War of the Worlds (2019) 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 War of the Worlds, most of them are sci-fi & fantasy, drama.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.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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2.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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3.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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4.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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5.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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6.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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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.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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9.3 Body Problem(2024)
7.5Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.
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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.Y: The Last Man(2021)
6.7Sci-Fi & FantasyDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
Traverse a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. Follow the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.
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12.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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13.The Walking Dead: World Beyond(2020)
7.3DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A heroic group of teens sheltered from the dangers of the post-apocalyptic world receive a message that inspires them to leave the safety of the only home they have ever known and embark on a cross-country journey to find the one man who can possibly save the world.
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14.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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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.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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17.The Walking Dead(2010)
8.1Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
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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18.Star Trek: Discovery(2017)
6.9Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDramaAlso sci-fi & fantasy and drama
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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19.The Midwich Cuckoos(2022)
6.6DramaSci-Fi & FantasyMysteryAlso drama and sci-fi & fantasy
A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.
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20.Fear the Walking Dead(2015)
7.6Action & AdventureDramaAlso drama
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.
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