Best-Reviewed TV Sci-Fi/Fantasy 2019

Small towns, missing children, unnatural-seeming happenings, Netflix: Combine, stir, then stream for a high-scoring sci-fi/fantasy TV show. That was the recipe for super-success in this category in 2019, when Netflix’s German series Dark and the hit Duffer Brothers’ show Stranger Things came out on top, with Disney+’s big Star Wars effort, The Mandalorian, not too many light years behind. Rounding out the top five were ABC’s Emergence, which gave former Fargo star Allison Tolman a formidable and compelling network vehicle, and British series A Discovery of Witches, an adaptation of part of Deborah Harkness’s All Souls trilogy of novels.

The order of the rank below reflects the Adjusted Score as of December 31, 2019. Scores might change over time.

Dark: Season 2 (2019) 100% #1 Adjusted Score: 101.554% Critics Consensus: Dark's sumptuous second season descends deeper into the show's meticulously-crafted mythos and cements the series as one of streaming's strongest and strangest science fiction stories. Synopsis: Jonas finds himself trapped in the future and desperately tries to return to 2020. Meanwhile, his friends Martha, Magnus, and... Jonas finds himself trapped in the future and desperately tries to return to 2020. Meanwhile, his friends Martha, Magnus, and... [More] Starring: Oliver Masucci, Karoline Eichhorn, Jördis Triebel, Louis Hofmann