Shows like BrainDead: 20 to watch next
If you loved BrainDead (2016) — a sci-fi & fantasy, drama and comedy series created by Michelle King and Robert King — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of BrainDead most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like washington dc, usa, politics and government. 9 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Invasion 2021★ 7.1
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Earth is visited by an alien species that threatens humanity's existence. Events unfold in real time through the eyes of five ordinary people across the globe as they struggle to make sense of the chaos unraveling around them.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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NOS4A2 2019★ 7.3
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" - some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal who stays that way by feeding off of the souls of children, she makes a sworn enemy of Manx.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Roswell, New Mexico 2019★ 7.7
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer—he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tales from the Darkside 1984★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot twist. The series' episodes spanned the genres of horror, science fiction, and fantasy, and some episodes featured elements of black comedy or more lighthearted themes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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La Brea 2021★ 7.4
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
An epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.
Stream in India on Netflix, JioHotstar
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The Vampire Lestat 2026★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Vampire Lestat goes on tour while being haunted by "muses" from his past. As the band's popularity grows, so does Lestat's influence over vampires & humans alike, leaving others to contend with Lestat's power in the face of the Great Conversion.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Monsters 1988★ 7.0
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. Similarly to Tales from the Darkside, Monsters shared the same producer, and in some ways succeeded the show. It differed in some respects nonetheless. While Tales sometimes dabbled in stories of science fiction and fantasy, this series was more strictly horror. As the name implies, each episode features a different monster, from the animatronic puppet of a fictional children's television program to mutated, weapon-wielding lab rats.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tales from the Loop 2020★ 7.0
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Joan of Arcadia 2003★ 7.4
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do things. Unsure of what God wants, and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively begins to follow God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a "normal" teen-aged existence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Defiance 2013★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
In the near future, planet Earth is permanently altered following the sudden—and tumultuous—arrival of seven unique alien races. In the boom-town of Defiance, the newly-formed civilization of humans and aliens must learn to co-exist peacefully.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Alien: Earth 2025★ 7.3
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Tripping the Rift 2004★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The continuing comic saga of a bizarre gang of misfits who live, work and play on the starship Jupiter 42, which is controlled by a neurotic A.I. known as Spaceship Bob. The ethically-challenged shipmates travel through the galaxy taking on one epic adventure at a time all while looking to make a quick buck and avoid getting thrown in jail.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Teen Wolf 2011★ 8.4
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Comedy
Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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V 2009★ 6.8
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
A re-imagining of the 1980s miniseries about the world's first encounter with an alien race in which the aliens call themselves The Visitors, and have a seemingly friendly agenda that may or may not be a cover for something more malevolent.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Falling Skies 2011★ 7.1
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Falling Skies opens in the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that has left most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, the few survivors have banded together outside major cities to begin the difficult task of fighting back. Each day is a test of survival as citizen soldiers work to protect the people in their care while also engaging in an insurgency campaign against the occupying alien force.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Man in the High Castle 2015★ 7.5
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States. Based on Philip K. Dick's award-winning novel.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Star Trek: Discovery 2017★ 6.9
Shares: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Follow the voyages of Starfleet on their missions to discover new worlds and new life forms, and one Starfleet officer who must learn that to truly understand all things alien, you must first understand yourself.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Midwich Cuckoos 2022★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A small fictional village in England is completely subdued by an alien presence for an entire day. Upon waking, it is discovered that numerous women in the town are pregnant.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Solar Opposites 2020★ 7.8
Shares: Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A family of aliens from a much better world must take refuge in middle America after the destruction of their planet. Their mission: protect the Pupa, a living super computer that will one day evolve into its true form, consume them and terraform the Earth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Travelers 2016★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Hundreds of years from now, the last surviving humans discover the means of sending consciousness back through time, directly into people in the 21st century. These "travelers" assume the lives of seemingly random people, while secretly working as teams to perform missions in order to save humanity from a terrible future.
Stream in India on Netflix