Ascension

Series Similar to Ascension

If you enjoyed Ascension, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Outcasts

   2011 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   A group of courageous pioneers face a unique opportunity: the chance to build a new and better future on another planet.

2. Incorporated

   2016 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, also on Syfy.

   Set in a future where companies have seemingly unlimited power, Incorporated centers around Ben Larson, a young executive who risks everything to infiltrate the all-controlling corporate world and save the woman he loves. In the process, he will take on the entire system -- with deadly consequences. Ben is married to Laura, a successful plastic surgeon who's also the daughter of Ben's boss. While Ben and Laura make their home in the lush, manicured Green Zone of the well-to-do, Theo dwells in the dangerous, poverty-stricken Red Zone, and may provide a surprising connection to Ben's past. In a high-stakes world where the ethical boundaries we know have been completely redrawn, how far is Ben willing to go -- and what happens if he fails?

3. Ad Vitam

   2018 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   In a world where everyone believes death has been conquered, the bodies of seven youngsters who have committed suicide are discovered. Were they a cult? Was it political? Or perhaps a cry for help from a lost youth… Darius, a cop aged 120, is tasked with investigating, along with the rebellious Christa.

4. Battlestar Galactica: The Face of the Enemy

   2008 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   Nine days after discovering Earth, Galactica and the fleet are back in space. Lt. Felix Gaeta is on board a Raptor with two Cylon number Eights and three other humans en-route to the Zephyr when a DRADIS contact prompts the fleet to execute an emergency jump. A computer error results in the Raptor jumping to an unknown location beyond the Red Line. Stranded without a functioning FTL drive, those on board face the grim realization that they may run out of oxygen before they are rescued.

5. Riverworld

   2010 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem, also on Syfy.

   Matt, an American journalist, and his fiancée, Jessie, are killed in an explosion, but reawaken in a very unusual afterlife - a mysterious planet with an endless river terrain. Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been resurrected simultaneously in this strange new world. Determined to find Jessie, Matt joins forces with an intrepid crew including a 13th century female warrior and Riverboat captain Mark Twain. Embarking upriver, their adventure begins, all the while tracked by the watchful eye of a mysterious alien force.

6. Eleventh Hour

   2006 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Follow the adventures of Professor Ian Hood, Special Advisor to the government's Joint Sciences Committee, who troubleshoots threats stemming from or targeting "scientific endeavour". He is joined by Rachel Young, a Special Branch operative who acts primarily as his bodyguard, as Hood has made powerful enemies through his work.

7. Kings

   2009 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Kings is a modern variation on the David-and-Goliath story, David Shepherd, a brave warrior in a city under siege, wins the gratitude of his king by rescuing the prince from enemy territory. His ensuing fame and rise through the ranks earns him the affection of the king's daughter, but David begins to realize it's getting harder and harder to tell his allies from his enemies. Although the series is loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, it is set in a kingdom that is culturally and technologically similar to the present-day United States.

8. Childhood's End

   2015 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, also on Syfy.

   Written by Arthur C. Clarke and hailed as a revolutionary work of science fiction since its publishing in 1953, Childhood's End follows the peaceful alien invasion of Earth by the mysterious "Overlords," whose arrival begins decades of apparent utopia under indirect alien rule, at the cost of human identity and culture.

9. Oasis

   2017 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.4).

   Set in the near future, Oasis tells the story of priest Peter Leigh, who is called to a remote planet where a mysterious multinational company is building the first permanent off-Earth human colony. The planet, Oasis, is humanity's last chance to escape from Earth's impending collapse, but it quickly becomes apparent that it may not be as hospitable to humanity as it seems…

10. Frank Herbert's Dune

    2000 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, also on Syfy.

    A three-part miniseries on politics, betrayal, lust, greed and the coming of a Messiah. Based on Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel.