Threshold

Series Similar to Threshold

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

1. Salvation

   2017 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Thriller profile, also on CBS.

   Salvation centers on an MIT grad student and a tech superstar who bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery--that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.

2. Zoo

   2015 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Thriller profile, also on CBS.

   Zoo is a global thriller about a wave of violent animal attacks against humans sweeping the planet. Jackson Oz is a young, renegade American zoologist who spends his days running safaris in the wilds of Africa when he begins noticing the strange behavior of the animals. As the assaults become more cunning, coordinated and ferocious, he is thrust into the race to unlock the mystery of the pandemic before there's no place left for people to hide.Based on James Patterson's #1 bestselling novel.

3. First Wave

   1998 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   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.

4. 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.

5. Limitless

   2015 · Drama, Crime, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   Limitless, based on Relativity's 2011 Bradley Cooper thriller, picks up where the movie left off and follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.

6. Jericho

   2006 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

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

   Jericho is a drama about what happens in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion in the once peaceful town of Jericho. Following the battle with New Bern, the citizens of Jericho begin reconstruction efforts to restore the town's power and communication with the outside world. As the country's new leaders, the Cheyenne government, attempt to establish their stronghold in the region, Jericho's citizens become suspicious of their new leaders and question why their community is so important to this newly formed government.

7. Alcatraz

   2012 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Thriller profile.

   Switching between eras, Alcatraz focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was shut down in 1963 due to unsafe conditions for its prisoners and guards. The show's premise is that both the prisoners and the guards disappeared in 1963 and have abruptly reappeared in modern-day San Francisco, where they are being tracked down by a government agency.

8. The Event

   2010 · Drama, Action, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   Sean Walker, stumbles into a national conspiracy after his girlfriend Leila mysteriously disappears from a Caribbean cruise. Elsewhere, President Elias Martinez is scheduled to announce the release of a group of detainees led by Sophia Maguire -- despite the disapproval of his Director of National Intelligence, Blake Sterling. Their futures are on a collision course in a global conspiracy that could ultimately change the fate of mankind.

9. Eleventh Hour

   2008 · Drama, Science-Fiction, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction / Thriller profile, hidden gem, also on CBS.

   Eleventh Hour follows Dr. Jacob Hood, a brilliant biophysicist and special science advisor to the government as he investigates scientific crises and oddities. His jurisdiction is absolute and Hood is dogged in his pursuit of those who would abuse and misuse scientific discoveries and breakthroughs for their own gain. His passion and crusade is to protect the substance of science from those with nefarious motives. He is called in at the eleventh hour and he represents the last line of defense. Special Agent Rachel Young is the decorated FBI protection officer assigned to watch Hood's back.

10. Dark Skies

    1996 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

    On July 2, 1947, a spacecraft of unknown origin crashed in the New Mexico desert outside Roswell Army Air Base. Four bodies - known as the Grays - were recovered. Everything you think to true about American history, from that moment on, has been influenced by that event.On February 17, 1962, another event occurred, related to the first, but one that has, until now, been kept completely suppressed.You are being trusted with that secret.