Taken

Series Similar to Taken

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

1. First Wave

   1998 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   In 1564 Nostradamus predicted the destruction of Earth in 3 terrifying waves. . . The First Wave is here! Cade Foster thought he had seen everything; then he learned of the secrets hidden within the quatrains of the ancient prophet Nostradamus, predictions of an alien invasion that would come in three waves and conquer the human race. The invaders would be known as the Gua, and their conquest was foretold... Or was it? Cade, together with his allies Eddie, Joshua, Jordan, and the Resistance, wage an underground battle to protect Earth's future from the First Wave of the Gua invasion, and to seek out clues hidden in the ancient prophecies, clues that might mean the difference between survival and extinction for all humanity. Can disaster be averted? Can the future be rewritten? Can the Gua be stopped? For Cade Foster, surrender is not an option.

2. Continuum

   2012 · Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   Continuum 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 replacing governments, while the police officer endeavours to stop them without revealing to anyone that she and the rebels are from the future.

3. The Invisible Man

   2000 · Action, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   Darien Fawkes is a thief and conman with a scientist brother, Kevin. Kevin develops a gland that allows the implantee to excrete "Quicksilver" and turn invisible. Unfortunately, the gland has the side effect of rendering the implantee berserk if a counteragent isn't occasionally injected. Darien agrees to the operation to avoid a jail sentence. Terrorists kill Kevin, leaving Darien with the gland stuck in his head. A mysterious "Agency" was behind Kevin's research, and offer Darien a deal: work for them in return for injections of the Counteragent. Using his powers of invisibility, Darien takes on spies and other criminals for the government.

4. Alphas

   2011 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Supernatural · ended

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

   Alphas is a science fiction drama focusing on a team that investigates people with supernatural abilities.

5. 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.

6. My Own Worst Enemy

   2008 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   The series followed the life of American secret agent Edward Albright and his cover, Henry Spivey, who had no knowledge of his double life. Albright was implanted with a chip allowing his handlers to physically switch Albright's personality to that of his cover.

7. John Doe

   2002 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   A man who knows literally everything---except his own identity---helps the Seattle police solve crimes as he tries to figure out who he is and where he came from.

8. 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.

9. Now and Again

   1999 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   A salesman is brought back from the dead by a secret government project. The man's body is inserted into a specially designed superhuman body and he is sent on secret missions for the government to test his abilities. However, he is forbidden to make contact with his old family... a temptation he finds irresistible.

10. Arrow

    2012 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

    After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. He returned home to Starling City, welcomed by his devoted mother Moira, beloved sister Thea and former flame Laurel Lance. With the aid of his trusted chauffeur/bodyguard John Diggle, the computer-hacking skills of Felicity Smoak and the occasional, reluctant assistance of former police detective, now beat cop, Quentin Lance, Oliver has been waging a one-man war on crime.