6 Lesser-Known Sci-Fi TV Series to Watch on Netflix in December 2023

Netflix is full of fascinating sci-fi series, from Black Mirror to Dark. But within the streaming service's vast library, there are a huge number of equally fascinating but lesser-known series that we're going to talk about today.

6. Daybreak (2019, 1 season, Rotten Tomatoes score 70%)

Successfully combining features of comedy, teen drama and horror, Daybreak felt like a fresh take on the zombie genre. In addition to its vibrant cast of characters and Mad Max-esque setting, viewers embraced the show's meta humor.

The series follows a 17-year-old transfer student from Canada searching for his girlfriend in the post-apocalyptic wastes of California. Along with other students, the protagonist tries to survive as he encounters zombified humans called Ghoulies as well as militant gangs of raiders.

5. Manifest (2018, 4 seasons, Rotten Tomatoes score 72%)

There are times when supernatural dramas are just what the doctor ordered, and we end up binge-watching them from start to finish. We assure you that is exactly what Manifest is, originally produced by NBC, and then, after being canceled, acquired by Netflix and renewed for the final season.

The plot follows airline passengers who arrive in New York City only to find that their flight has been missing for the past five years. Reintegrating back into society, passengers and crew members not only try to navigate their changed lives, but also begin to experience mysterious visions.

4. Nowhere Man (2019, miniseries, Rotten Tomatoes score 73%)

Taiwanese Nowhere Man, the first Mandarin-language series on Netflix, can be a great addition to your binge list.

The plot revolves around a death row inmate. However, a mysterious encounter leads the protagonist to experience alternate timelines that allow him to break free and save his endangered family. Critics have praised the ideas, which revolve around a paranoid search for what is reality and what is illusion.

3. Living With Yourself (2019, 1 season, Rotten Tomatoes score 79%)

In this sci-fi comedy, Paul Rudd plays a typical depressed middle-class man who is promised a much better, happier life after tempting yet enigmatic medical procedures. Only, in reality, he has undergone cloning experiments and his shoes are now filled by an optimistic and more than self-conscious clone.

At first at odds over who has the right to return to their life and who has to step aside, Paul Rudd's two versions reflect on themselves and learn to get along.

2. The Silent Sea (2021, 1 season, Rotten Tomatoes score 80%)

Bae Doona and Gong Yoo, known far beyond South Korean cinema, starred in one of the best Korean sci-fi thrillers of recent years, The Silent Sea. The setting of lunar exploration is hardly surprising anymore, but only Korean creators could turn it into a gripping thriller that mixes space horror and criticism of the political system.

The plot follows a group of astronauts who travel to a lunar research facility to retrieve important samples that could produce drinking water on Earth. Only the government is hiding the fact that the facility has been destroyed by a dangerous virus.

1. Welcome to Eden (2022, 2 seasons, Rotten Tomatoes score 80%)

The premise of the Spanish sci-fi thriller Welcome to Eden is that an energy drink company throws a party on a remote island, inviting the most attractive influencers. Only some of them, the very chosen ones, are kidnapped to build a utopian commune. Those who resist and try to escape are punished most severely.

Critics and fans alike praised the fast pacing, suspense and hypnotic atmosphere, but unfortunately Netflix canceled the series after two seasons.