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If nothing else, 2024 was the year Apple TV Plus was firmly cemented as one of the best places to stream science fiction shows. This year, in particular, had a wide range of options, with sci-fi series ranging from welcoming mysteries to old fashioned black. Of course, there’s more to the streaming service than just sci-fi — which is where I like it Pachinko and Disclaimer come in If you’re looking for something new to watch on Apple TV Plus, here are a few great places to start.
This series stands out from other Apple sci-fi shows thanks to its dark tone. Constellation follows an astronaut named Jo (Noomi Rapace), who survives an evacuation of the International Space Station only to return to an Earth seemingly very different from the one she left. It’s the kind of show that leaves you guessing what’s really real — and as the atmosphere gets even darker, that question becomes even harder to answer.
Dark matter
Based on the novel by Blake Crouch, Dark matter is yet another story of parallel universes. But don’t tune in yet: even if you’re sick of the multiverse, it’s worth checking out. The show follows a physicist named Jason (Joel Edgerton) who manages to kidnap himself. A version of Jason lives a quiet, happy, but somewhat unsatisfied life as a college professor. But in another world, he is massively successful but alone – and will do anything to solve the latter.
From Alfonso Cuarón, the director behind it gravity and Children of men, Disclaimer is a psychological thriller starring Cate Blanchett as a journalist dealing with revelations about her past brought to light by a mysterious manuscript. The show plays with truth and time, as it explores not only the content of the document, but also how it has impacted everyone in the present.
The first season of Pachinko has done an incredible job of adapting Min Jin Lee’s historical drama, while adding his own twist, creating a multilingual narrative that leaps through time. Season 2 just continues, delving further into a family story that spans four generations, but, this time, the story is largely focused on two distinct periods in the family’s history: Osaka in 1945, and Tokyo in 1989 .
Okay, this is not a new series, but with season 2 on the way in JanuaryNow is the time to catch up – or catch up – on this twisted job thriller. The show centers on Lumon Industries, a massive tech conglomerate that uses an experimental procedure on those who work in its mysterious basement. In essence, they are divided into two halves: one in the outside world that does not have to worry about what happens to their 9-5, and another trapped in an endless office hell. Season 1 set up a number of mysteries, so the new episodes will answer a lot.
On the surface, Silo It looks like another post-apocalyptic drama, all gray and brown and harsh. But it is really an excellent mystery, one that felt small in season 1 but it developed as the show continues to grow in scale. And the good news is that there’s still a lot of story to explore: the first two seasons only cover the first book in Hugh Howey’s trilogy.
Sunny is a murder mystery with a retro-futuristic twist. When her husband and son go missing after a plane crash, Suzie Sakamoto (Rashida Jones) has almost no information to begin investigating, until she meets the titular bot Sunny (Joanna Sotomura). Of course, Suzie hates machines, and so on Sunny it becomes something of a strange couple friend story, as the two try to find out what really happened.
Private investigator John Sugar (Colin Farrell) is in many ways a stereotypical PI: he drives a cool car, always wears a suit, and loves a big whiskey. He is also the best man around to find missing people. That all does Sugar an excellent noir series, but in part, a big twist turns into an equally interesting piece of science fiction – one that seems to go some interesting places in its second season.
