METHODOLOGY

The Sci-Fi Power Rankings are not based on viewership ratings or critical ratings. They are determined by how much Matt Besser thinks you should watch the shows based on how much Besser enjoys their concepts and fictional premises. Sometimes Besser examines how he would actually live and survive within the reality of the sci-fi show, but more importantly he imagines the character roles that he deserves to have on those shows. In addition to Besser’s sheer love for these shows, different power points will determine how shows shift, leave, and enter the rankings.

POWER POINTS PARAMETERS

– recently or currently airing shows get more power. the show fades the longer it’s been since last season premiere date. in other word, newer show gets more power for being “new”
– shows in first or last seasons get more power
– any show that hires Matt Besser or guests as an actor goes to #1
– all shows on list are currently still alive but may not be currently airing. more attention is given to shows while they are airing or recently released

  • dystopian genre is included in these sci fi power rankings

Let me know what I’m missing on our Discord.

SCIFI/FANTASY TV SHOW POWER RANKINGS (week of 8-24-26)

  1. Lanterns – HBO MAX
  2. Pluribus – Apple
  3. Dark Matter – Apple
  4. The Foundation – Apple
  5. Fallout – Amazon Prime
  6. Silo – Apple
  7. Alien: Earth – Hulu
  8. 3 Body Problem – Netflix
  9. Testamants – Hulu
  10. Dune: Prophecy – HBO MAX
  11. Peacemaker – HBO MAX
  12. Paradise – Hulu
  13. Murderbot – Apple
  14. Severance – Apple
  15. Dare Devil: Born Again – Disney
  16. The Boys – Amazon Prime
  17. Wonder Man – Disney
  18. Gen V – Amazon Prime
  19. Star Fleet Academy – Paramount
  20. Black Mirror – BBC
  21. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – Paramount
  22. The Last of Us – HBO Max
  23. Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon – AMC
  24. Stranger Things – Netflix
  25. For All Mankind – Apple
  26. The Boroughs – Netflix
  27. Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Apple
  28. Star City – Apple

(what shows are we missing?)

RECENTLY DECEASED, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN

(this list is not ranked, top of list is most recently deceased)

  1. Upload – Amazon Prime
  2. Resident Alien – Peacock
  3. Star Wars: Andor – Disney
  4. The Handmaid’s Tale – Hulu
  5. Ragnarok – Netflix
  6. Star Wars: The Mandalorian – Disney
  7. Sweet Tooth – Netflix
  8. Squid Games – HBO MAX
  9. Outer Range – Amazon Prime
  10. Umbrella Academy – Netflix
  11. Star Trek: Discovery – Paramount
  12. Star Trek: Picard – Paramount
  13. WandaVision – Disney
  14. Black Summer – Netflix
  15. Constellation – Apple
  16. The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live – AMC
  17. Mrs. Davis – Peacock
  18. The Peripheral – Amazon Prime
  19. Night Sky – Amazon Prime
  20. Snowpiercer – AMC
  21. Raised by Wolves – HBO MAX
  22. The Expanse – Amazon Prime
  23. Station 11 – HBO MAX
  24. Westworld – HBO
  25. Tales from the Loop – Amazon Prime
  26. DEVS – HULU
  27. NeXt – HULU
  28. Nightflyers – SyFy
  29. Counterpart – Starz
  30. Altered Carbon – Netflix
  31. Game of Thrones – HBO
  32. Humans – BBC
  33. The OA – Netflix
  34. Legion – FX
  35. Mr. Robot – USA
  36. Gotham – FOX
  37. The Purge – USA
  38. Orphan Black – BBC
  39. Dark – Netflix
  40. The Last Ship – USA
  41. 12 Monkeys – SyFy
  42. The Colony – USA
  43. Jessica Jones – Netflix
  44. Luke Cage – Netflix
  45. Daredevil – Netflix
  46. The Defenders – Netflix
  47. The Punisher – Netflix
  48. Agents of Shield – ABC
  49. Into The Badlands – AMC
  50. Arrow – CW
  51. The Flash – CW
  52. The I-Land – Netflix
  53. Electric Dreams – Amazon
  54. The Rain – Netflix
  55. Watchmen – HBO

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TOP SCI-FI MOVIES OF ALL TIME

I will personally be working off this list below in alphabetical order of my favorite sci-fi movies.
Tell me if there are any films I have missed that I should watch…

BEST SCI FI MOVIES ALL TIME

  • 12 Monkeys
  • 28 Days Later
  • 28 Weeks Later
  • 28 Years Later
  • 1984
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • A.I.
  • A Clockwork Orange
  • The Adam Project
  • The Adjustment Bureau
  • Advantageous
  • Alien/s
  • Alien: Covenant
  • Alien: Romulus
  • Alien Nation
  • Altered States
  • Andromeda Strain
  • Annihilation
  • Anon
  • Another Earth
  • Arcadian
  • Arrival
  • Automata
  • Awake
  • Blade Runner
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • A Boy and His Dog
  • Brainstorm
  • Brave New World
  • Brazil
  • The Brother from Another Planet
  • Capricorn One
  • Captive State
  • Chappie
  • Children of Men
  • The Circle
  • City of Ember
  • City of Lost Children
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  • Cloverfield
  • Cocoon
  • Code 8
  • Code 46
  • Coma
  • The Creator
  • DarK City
  • The Day of the Animals
  • Day of the Triffids
  • Dead Zone
  • Die Alone
  • The Discovery
  • District 9
  • Donnie Darko
  • Don’t Look Up
  • Dreamscape
  • Dune
  • E.T.
  • Edge of Tomorrow
  • Elysium
  • Elizabeth Harvest
  • Embers
  • Enemy Mine
  • Escape from LA
  • Escape from New York
  • Escape to Witch Mountain
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Ex Machina
  • eXistenZ
  • Extinction
  • Fahrenheit 451
  • Fast Color
  • Firestarter
  • Flatliners
  • The Fly
  • Forbidden Zone
  • Fortress
  • Frankenhooker
  • Frequencies
  • Futureworld
  • Gamer
  • Gattaca
  • The Giver
  • Godzilla Minus One
  • The Guyver
  • The Handmaid’s Tale
  • The Happening
  • Hellboy
  • Her
  • The Hidden
  • Highlander
  • Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
  • I Am Legend
  • I Am Mother
  • I Origins
  • iBoy
  • Idiocracy
  • I’ll Follow You Down
  • Imposter
  • In the Shadow of the Moon
  • Inception
  • Independence Day
  • Interstellar
  • Invasion of the Body Snatchers
  • Jules
  • Jung_E
  • Jurassic Park
  • The Kitchen
  • The Last Star Fighter
  • Lawnmower Man
  • Limitless
  • The Lobster
  • Logan’s Run
  • Looker
  • Looper
  • Lucy
  • Mad Max (all of them)
  • The Manhattan Project
  • The Matrix
  • Mickey 17
  • Midnight Special
  • Minority Report
  • Mirage
  • Monsters
  • Moon
  • Mortal Engines
  • Mothra
  • Mute
  • Needle in a Timestack
  • Never Let Me Go
  • No Escape
  • Nope
  • The Omega Man
  • The One I Love
  • Outland
  • Outside the Wire
  • Pacific Rim
  • Pandorum
  • Panic in the Year Zero
  • Paradise
  • Phenomenon
  • The Philadelphia Experiment
  • Pi
  • Planet of the Apes (all of them)
  • The Postman
  • Possessor
  • Predator: Badlands
  • Predator: Prey
  • Primer
  • Project Power
  • Push
  • Re-Animator
  • Ready Player One
  • Rememory
  • Repo Man
  • Reunion
  • Robocop (all of them)
  • Rollerball
  • The Running Man
  • Scanners
  • Screamers
  • Self/less
  • Shin Godzilla
  • Snow Piercer
  • Signs
  • The Signal
  • Silent Running
  • Sleeper
  • Solo
  • Sound of My Voice
  • Source Code
  • Southland Tales
  • Soylent Green
  • Star Man
  • Starship Troopers
  • The Stepford Wives
  • Strange Days
  • Surrogates
  • Synchronic
  • Take Shelter
  • Tenet
  • Terminator: Judgement Day
  • Time Bandits
  • The Truman Show
  • They Live
  • Total Recall
  • Trancers
  • Under the Skin
  • Upgrade
  • Upstream Color
  • Vanilla Sky
  • Videodrome
  • Virtuosity
  • Vivarium
  • Watchers
  • Waterworld
  • Westworld
  • What Happened to Monday
  • Woken
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  • (MCU lost its way but…)
  • Ant-Man, Thor: Ragnarok, Doctor Strange, Logan
  • Wonder Woman
  • Dead Pool
  • Guardians of the Galaxy series
  • Black Panther
  • Avengers: Infinity War
  • The X-Men series
  • Alien
  • (do I really need to list every movie in these great sci fi franchises?)
  • Aliens
  • Alien 3
  • Alien Resurrection
  • The Hunger Games series
  • Mad Max
  • Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
  • Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
  • Mad Max: Fury Road
  • The Matrix series
  • Planet of the Apes
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
  • War for the Planet of the Apes
  • The Purge series
  • The Terminator
  • Terminator 2: Judgement Day
  • The X-Files series
  • Star Trek: First Contact
  • Star Trek Generations
  • Star Trek Insurrection
  • Star Trek Nemesis
  • Star Trek (2009)
  • Star Trek Into the Darkness
  • Star Trek Beyond
  • Star Trek: The Search for Spock
  • Star Trek: The Voyage Home
  • Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn

*you didn’t really read the whole list to see if I put Star Wars?