25 Great SF Series
Science fiction through the 20th & 21st Century
List activity
840 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
25 titles
- CreatorJ. Michael StraczynskiStarsMira FurlanRichard BiggsStephen FurstIn the mid 23rd century, the Earth Alliance space station Babylon 5, located in neutral territory, is a major focal point for political intrigue, racial tensions and various wars over the course of five years.+ Crusade (spin-off)
+ TV movies:
In The Beginning
Thirdspace
River of Souls
A Call to Arms (sets up the events of Crusade)
Legend of the Rangers
The Lost Tales
+ DC Comics: 11 issues & In Valen's Name #1-3
+ novels: To Dream in the City of Sorrows, The Shadow Within, The Psi-Corps Trilogy, Legions of Fire Trilogy, Passing of the Techno-mages Trilogy
+ 6 short stories (difficult to get ahold of, but all considered canon) - CreatorGlen A. LarsonRonald D. MooreStarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellJamie BamberWhen 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.+ Battlestar Galactica (1979 TV Series)
Battlestar Galactica 1980
BSG 2003 Mini-Series (to be watched before the main series)
Webisodes
Razor
The Plan
Caprica
Blood & Chrome - StarsYûsaku YaraRyô HorikawaKatsuji MoriVarious people, especially two rising commanders, cope with a massive continual space conflict between two interstellar nations.+ 3 anime films:
My Conquest is a Sea of Stars
Overture to A New War (a re-telling of the first 2 eps from the series)
Golden Wings
+ Legend of the Galactic Heroes Gaiden (prequel series)
+ novels: As of 2015, only #1 Dawn has been translated into English - StarsMat LucasJames Arnold TaylorAndré SogliuzzoThe events and battles of the Galactic Republic's last major war are recounted.+ Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV Series) & The Clone Wars Legacy (consisting of two 4-part unfinished episodes (story reels), 1 novel (Dark Disciple) & 1 Dark Horse comic (Darth Maul - Son of Dathomir)
Star Wars: Rebels (2014 series) - CreatorGene RoddenberryStarsWilliam ShatnerLeonard NimoyDeForest KelleyIn the 23rd Century, Captain James T. Kirk and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise explore the galaxy and defend the United Federation of Planets.+ The Animated Series
Next Gen
DS9
Voyager
Enterprise
& the films, in particular The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home & The Undiscovered Country. - CreatorShin'ichirô WatanabeStarsKôichi YamaderaUnshô IshizukaMegumi HayashibaraThe futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.+ Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
+ Manga: Cowboy Bebop: Shooting Star Vol.1-2 / Cowboy Bebop Vol.1-3 - CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan TudykFive hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.+ Serenity
+ Dark Horse comics:
Vol.1 Those Left Behind
Vol. 2 Better Days and Other Stories
Vol. 3 The Shepherd's Tale
Vol. 4 Leaves on the Wind
+ short stories from Firefly - Still Flying - CreatorRockne S. O'BannonStarsBen BrowderClaudia BlackAnthony SimcoeThrown into a distant part of the universe, an Earth astronaut finds himself part of a fugitive alien starship crew.+ The Peacekeeper Wars
+ BOOM! Studios comics
+ Wildstorm comic: War Torn (note: not considered canon)
+ Farscape short stories collected in Farscape magazine (note: also not considered canon) - CreatorHideaki AnnoStarsMegumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraKotono MitsuishiA teenage boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of pilots by his father.+ Death & Rebirth, The End of Evangelion & reboot Evangelion 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance, 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo.
+ Manga Vol. 1 - 14 - DirectorFord BeebeSaul A. GoodkindStarsBuster CrabbeConstance MooreJackie MoranA 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane.+ Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- DirectorFrederick StephaniRay TaylorStarsBuster CrabbeJean RogersCharles MiddletonFlash Gordon, Dale Arden and Dr. Alexis Zarkov visit the planet Mongo to thwart the evil schemes of Emperor Ming the Merciless, who has set his planet on a collision course with Earth.+ Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars & Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
+ the Filmation animated series "The New Adventures of Flash Gordon" (1979-1982) - DirectorStephen La RivièreStarsSylvia AndersonArthur ProvisGerry AndersonThe definitive documentary about the iconic puppetry technique developed by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, Supermarionation was used in all their programmes throughout the 1960s including Stingray, Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds.Pretty much anything by master of marionettes Gerry Anderson & Co:
Supercar
Fireball XL5
Space Patrol (* technically Roberta Leigh)
Stingray
Thunderbirds / Thunderbirds are Go! / Thunderbird 6
Capt. Scarlet and the Mysterons
Joe 90
UFO
Space: 1999
Space Precinct
Lavender Castle
Thunderbirds Are Go! (2015 series) - CreatorShirow MasamuneStarsShirô SaitôAtsuko TanakaOsamu SakaThe futuristic adventures of a female cyborg counter intelligence agent and her support team.+ Solid State Society
+ Movies: Ghost in the Shell (1995) / Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
+ Arise reboot - CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.+ The X-Files Movie & I Want To Believe
Reboot set for 2016. - CreatorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanAngelo MuscatPeter SwanwickAfter he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.
- CreatorAnthony WilsonStarsRoddy McDowallRon HarperJames NaughtonTwo astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes.+ Planet of the Apes (1968 Film) & its sequels: Beneath, Escape, Conquest, Battle
+ Reboot: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, War for Planet of the Apes set for 2017.
+ Pierre Boulle's original novel: La Planete des Singes. - CreatorTerry NationStarsMichael KeatingPaul DarrowPeter TuddenhamA group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran Federation from a highly advanced alien spaceship.
- CreatorJonathan GlassnerBrad WrightStarsRichard Dean AndersonMichael ShanksAmanda TappingA secret military team, SG-1, is formed to explore other planets through the recently discovered Stargates.+ Stargate (Film) & Director's Cut
+ Children of the Gods - Final Cut (a re-edited version of the first two eps of the series)
+ TV Films: Ark of Truth & Continuum.
+ Stargate: Atlantis (spin-off)
+ Stargate: Universe & Kino webisodes (spin-off)
+ Stargate reboot trilogy to be released sometime in the future. - CreatorDavid X. CohenMatt GroeningStarsBilly WestJohn DiMaggioKatey SagalPhilip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy, is accidentally frozen in 1999 and thawed out on New Year's Eve 2999.
- CreatorRob GrantDoug NaylorStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.+ Back to Earth (mini-series) & Red Dwarf X.
It's also worth checking out the blooper filled Smeg Ups & Smegs Outs. - CreatorDonald WilsonSydney NewmanStarsWilliam HartnellPatrick TroughtonJon PertweeThe adventures in time and space of the Doctor, a Time Lord who changes appearance and personality by regenerating when near death, and is joined by companions in battles against aliens and other megalomaniacs.+ "New Who"
+ Torchwood (spin-off)
+ The Sarah Jane Adventures (spin-off, aimed more for children)
+ Class (an upcoming spin-off set for 2016) - StarsGregory HarrisonHeather Menzies-UrichDonald MoffatIn a futuristic society where reaching the age of 30 is a death sentence, a rebellious law enforcement agent goes on the run in search of Sanctuary.+ Logan's Run (1976 film)
- StarsKazunari TanakaSatsuki YukinoAi OrikasaAi Tanabe joins the Debris Section of the Technora Corporation as they work to remove the debris left around Earth. As Ai tries to accommodate to space life, she learns more about her crew on the dilapidated 'Toy Box'.+ Manga Vol.1 & 2 (released by Dark Horse)
- CreatorJ.J. AbramsJeffrey LieberDamon LindelofStarsJorge GarciaJosh HollowayYunjin KimThe survivors of a plane crash are forced to work together in order to survive on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
- StarsBob McFaddenLarry KenneyEarl HammondA team of humanoid cats fight evil in their adopted home world.+ the space-based avian equivalent, Silverhawks