The Aliens

Series Similar to The Aliens

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

1. Tripped

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, also on E4.

   Blake Harrison and George Webster star in this comedy drama that sees them inadvertently thrown into a parallel universe.

2. Being Human

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Comedy-drama series about three twenty-something housemates trying to live normal lives, despite struggling with unusual afflictions - one is a werewolf, one is a vampire and the other is a ghost.

3. BrainDead

   2016 · Drama, Comedy, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

   BrainDead is a comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics that follows Laurel, a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer who discovers two things: the government has stopped working, and bugs are eating the brains of congress members and Hill staffers. The daughter of a Democratic political dynasty who left Washington, D.C. to become a documentary filmmaker, Laurel is pulled back into the family business when her brother, Luke, the Democratic whip Senator from Maryland, needs her help running his senate office. On the Hill, Laurel becomes unlikely friends with Gareth, the smart, hardworking Legislative Director to a top Republican, Senator Red Wheatus. Her other allies include Gustav, an eccentric genius who is the first in D.C. to recognize that something sinister is attacking the Capitol, and Rochelle, a medical student who teams up with Laurel and Gustav to protect and defend the citizens of D.C. from an untimely fate. As the tiny bugs continue to multiply, Laurel and her allies must work quickly to identify the other-worldly creatures, stop their infiltration and ultimately save the world.

4. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

   2016 · Comedy, Science-Fiction, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.2).

   Corpses—cops—trap—cult—assassins—Pararibulitis—vampires—lottery ticket—kitten—corgi—Everything is connected!Welcome to the world of Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; a trippy mystery that thrusts a reluctant sidekick into the bizarre world of an unconventional detective who believes in the interconnectedness of all things. When washed-up rocker Todd Brotzman stumbles upon the murder scene of a millionaire, all hell breaks loose. Eccentric detective, Dirk Gently, wholly believes they're destined to untangle the peculiar events surrounding the mystery together, whether Todd likes it or not! A collection of wild and dangerous characters' further infiltrate and complicate their world, each episode landing them a few random steps closer to uncovering the truth.The series is an adaptation of the wildly popular novels by Douglas Adams.

5. No Tomorrow

   2016 · Comedy, Romance, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   No Tomorrow centers on Evie, a risk-averse quality-control assessor who falls for free-spirited thrill seeker Xavier - only to find out he lives his life that way because he believes the apocalypse is coming.No Tomorrow is described as a romantic comedy with the ultimate ticking clock (8 months and 12 days, to be exact).

6. 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…

7. You, Me and the Apocalypse

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   You, Me and the Apocalypse is a bold, adrenaline-fuelled comedy drama about the last days of mankind - boasting a relentlessly entertaining mix of action, adventure, romance and wit set against a backdrop of apocalyptic chaos. The story follows an eclectic group of seemingly unconnected characters around the world as their lives start to intersect in the most unexpected ways. All triggered by the news that a comet is on an unavoidable collision course towards earth. And when we say 'eclectic', we specifically mean, a rebellious priest, an unhinged white supremacist, a mild mannered bank manager, a germ-phobic cyber-terrorist, an American 5 star general and a child who (possibly) rose from the dead. Some of the above are destined to make it to a bunker deep beneath the suburbs of Slough, and as a result will become the hugely unlikely (and frankly, somewhat unsuitable) future of mankind.

8. Misfits

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, also on E4.

   When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.

9. Hard Sun

   2018 · Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, hidden gem.

   Set in contemporary London, Hard Sun centers on detectives Robert Hicks and Elaine Renko, partners and enemies who seek to enforce the law and protect their loved ones in a world that every day slips closer to certain destruction. Hicks is a family man and a great, committed officer. He's also profoundly corrupt. Renko is a difficult and damaged, but utterly incorruptible officer. Thus, the two cops stand on different ends of the social and moral spectrum and also seriously distrust one other – and for good reason. But they must somehow learn to work together if they're going to survive until the end of the world.

10. The Almighty Johnsons

    2011 · Drama, Comedy, Fantasy · ended

    Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

    The Almighty Johnsons is a South Pacific Pictures comedy-drama series about four brothers, raised in heartland New Zealand, who also happen to be the living incarnations of Norse Gods. They even have their own super-god-powers. Sort of - it's just that their powers aren't actually all that powerful. Well, not yet - but that could all change soon.