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    German Sci-Fi & Fantasy TV Shows

    The 40 most popular german sci-fi & fantasy TV shows, ranked. Click any show for ratings, reviews, trailers, and where to watch.

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    Dark
    TMDB4.2

    Dark

    2017

    country: Germany

    A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.

    Constellation
    TMDB3.5

    Constellation

    2024

    country: Germany

    When a fatal accident occurs on board the International Space Station, a lone astronaut makes the heroic journey back to Earth, only to discover key pieces of her life—including her young daughter—have changed.

    The Swarm
    TMDB3.2

    The Swarm

    2023

    country: Germany

    Across the globe, strange happenings, borne out of the oceans, are mystifying and imperiling the world’s population. A group of scientists undertakes a terrifying mission to the depths of the Arctic Ocean to confront a deadly intelligent life force bent on human extinction.

    Fallen
    TMDB3.3

    Fallen

    2024

    country: Germany

    A young woman is sent to a cult-like rehab facility called Sword & Cross to serve time for a crime she can't remember committing. Among the other residents, she encounters the enigmatic Daniel and exasperating but irresistible Cam, all of whom are under the watchful eye of the sinister chief doctor Howson, and devout twin sisters Miriam and Sophia. Luce must untangle the mystery of who she is and why she has a connection to Daniel that goes far back beyond their time in the institution

    Jim Button
    TMDB3.7

    Jim Button

    1999

    country: Germany

    Jim Button and his best friend Luke live on an island called Tomorrow Land (Morrow Land). Because there is no place on the island will have to be demolished all the rails for a home for Jim. Hence Luke decides which driver is about to leave the island with his trusty locomotive Emma. Jim hears this, he decides to go with Luke. They have no idea what dangers lurk in the world in which they arrive. They come on the road against pirates, “Wild 13” that have captured princess Lisi Mandala and taken to Bleak Land (Sorrow Land), where the mighty dragon lady dominates Knar Stand. After they make to come into Mandala they know Poemkin emperor, father of Lisi; deceitful prime minister Pi Pa Poo and his sidekick Meewentee, Jooviloopiebluu the imperial cook and his grandson Ping Pong.

    The NeverEnding Story
    TMDB2.9

    The NeverEnding Story

    1995

    country: Germany

    The animated adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux in the enchanted storybook world of Fantasia.

    Heirs of the Night
    TMDB3.7

    Heirs of the Night

    2019

    country: Germany

    1889: the five remaining vampire clans in Europe are training to survive. In their midst is 14-year-old Alisa who has the power to choose between eternal life as a vampire or for all vampires to live as humans.

    War of the Kingdoms
    TMDB3.5

    War of the Kingdoms

    2025

    country: Germany

    Burgundy is surrounded by enemies. Siegfried's arrival sparks new hope, but King Gunther is hatching a dangerous plan. Much to the displeasure of master-at-arms Hagen, who is secretly in love with the king's daughter Kriemhild.

    Simsala Grimm
    TMDB4.0

    Simsala Grimm

    1999

    country: Germany

    SimsalaGrimm is a German television series, consisting of stories based on fairy tales by Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Anderson and other notable authors.

    8 Days
    TMDB2.9

    8 Days

    2019

    country: Germany

    With a huge asteroid rushing towards Europe, there are only eight days left till impact. In the face of the apocalypse everything changes; laws and rules are abandoned. Who can save themself, what is really important now?

    The Gryphon
    TMDB3.4

    The Gryphon

    2023

    country: Germany

    The Gryphon, a dark power from another world, is a threat to Mark and all he loves. Mark must accept his heavy family legacy and go into battle to save our world from the Gryphon’s clutches.

    Cassandra
    TMDB3.5

    Cassandra

    2025

    country: Germany

    A family moves into a vintage smart home and discovers that it's under the control of a virtual assistant — who will stop at nothing to keep them there.

    The Signal
    TMDB3.2

    The Signal

    2024

    country: Germany

    A missing astronaut sets her family on a frantic hunt for answers. But the more they uncover, the greater the threat becomes to them — and the world.

    Tabaluga
    TMDB3.3

    Tabaluga

    1997

    country: Germany

    Flying Bark Animation produced an animated cartoon series of Tabaluga. In this series, Tabaluga is the last of the dragons and the crown-prince of Greenland, a magical place inhabited by talking animals of many different species. Tabaluga must defend his home from two rival kingdoms on either side of Greenland; a frigid arctic tundra, ruled by the evil snowman Arktos and a searing desert, ruled by an evil sand-spirit named Humsin.

    Impact
    TMDB2.9

    Impact

    2009

    country: United States

    Impact is a mini-series about a meteor shower which eventually sends the moon on a collision course with Earth. The two-part mini-series premiered February 14 and 15, 2009 on the Canadian premium television channel Super Channel and was also shown on ABC on June 21 and 28, 2009 and on Alpha TV on September 2011 .

    Curse of the Hawk
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    Curse of the Hawk

    2011

    country: Germany

    The curse of the Hawk tells the story of six students who are on their way home from a school trip when their bus breaks down somewhere in the no man's land with a puncture and the bus driver disappears without a trace. Soon, the friends realize that they can no longer leave the forest and that it is inhabited by strange people. To get back home, they must first solve their mystery.

    Biohackers
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    Biohackers

    2020

    country: Germany

    A medical student enters a top German university on a secret mission to uncover a conspiracy linking a family tragedy to a visionary biology professor.

    School for Vampires
    TMDB4.5

    School for Vampires

    2007

    country: Germany

    A vampire boy who can’t stand the sight of blood and who is, worst of all, in love with a human girl called Sunshine – the cards are stacked against Oskar, the vampire! His friends are shrill, charming, have names like Stoker, Gothetta, Klot, and Count Horrificus. All have one thing in common: They all are vampires and pupils.

    Binny and the Ghost
    TMDB4.3

    Binny and the Ghost

    2013

    country: Germany

    When Binny moves to a new house with her parents in Berlin, the spirit of a fourteen-year-old becomes her roommate. Binny needs to help the ghost in uncovering mysteries about his past and identity.

    Scorpion Hour
    TMDB2.1

    Scorpion Hour

    1968

    country: Germany

    In the 21st century, a global socialist security organization is concerned over a new energy source, of possible alien origin, falling into the hands of one of the last remaining capitalist countries and turned into a super-weapon.

    DreaMars
    TMDB3.5

    DreaMars

    2023

    country: Germany

    No overview available

    Concordia
    TMDB2.4

    Concordia

    2024

    country: Germany

    Powered by AI surveillance, CONCORDIA is the town of the future and on the verge of expansion when twin catastrophes strike: the first ever murder and a hack of its AI tech. A team race to solve both crimes but, in doing so, uncover a shocking original sin that could bring everything crumbling down.

    Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten

    TMDB5.0

    Operation Phoenix - Jäger zwischen den Welten

    1997

    country: Germany

    No overview available

    Die Wächter
    TMDB5.0

    Die Wächter

    1986

    country: Germany

    No overview available

    Round the Twist
    TMDB3.6

    Round the Twist

    1990

    country: Australia

    Round the Twist is a Logie Award-winning Australian children's television series about three children and their father who live in a lighthouse and become involved in many bizarre magical adventures.

    A gURLs wURLd
    TMDB4.1

    A gURLs wURLd

    2010

    country: Australia

    A gURLs wURLd, also known as Emma's Chatroom and Cyber Girls, is an Australian children's television series, co-produced by Screen Australia, Southern Star Entertainment, Southern Star Singapore, the Media Development Authority of Singapore, NDR, the German Norddeutscher Rundfunk and TV Plus Production. It first aired on the Nine Network on 2 July 2011. There are 26 half hour episodes in the series.

    13 Hours: Race Against Time
    TMDB3.4

    13 Hours: Race Against Time

    2010

    country: Germany

    A bunch of terrorists take over a school to get to an instructor who has access to an advanced scientific device. A core group of youngsters fight back to try and stop the bad guys.

    Silas
    TMDB4.0

    Silas

    1981

    country: Germany

    Silas was a 1981 ZDF Adventure TV mini-series based on the Danish children's book „Silas og den sorte hoppe“ by Cecil Bødker who kept on writing instalments until 2001. The series was Patrick Bach's debut and because the series did so well he also starred the very next year in another adventure series about a young orphan: Jack Holborn Silas was a German production and filmed solely in German. Still it received attention beyond German-speaking countries and consequently the successor Jack Holborn involved international producers and was filmed in English.

    The Island
    TMDB3.4

    The Island

    2020

    country: Germany

    A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.

    Love Sucks
    TMDB3.0

    Love Sucks

    2024

    country: Germany

    An impossible love? Descendants of vampires and vampire hunters fall in love.

    Pauline
    TMDB2.9

    Pauline

    2024

    country: Germany

    Pauline gets pregnant after a one-night stand with Lukas. Something is very wrong with the pregnancy. When Luke reveals that he is the son of the devil incarnate and heir to hell, nothing is ever the same again. Between the fronts of demons and angels, Pauline's pregnancy also gives her supernatural abilities. She becomes the decisive force in the epic battle between good and evil.

    Dice Actors
    TMDB5.0

    Dice Actors

    2022

    country: Germany

    No overview available

    Pan Tau
    TMDB2.5

    Pan Tau

    2020

    country: Germany

    Pan Tau is a kind gentleman who wears an elegant suit and is always there when families need him. Although it radiates from a completely different time and not a word is spoken, but everything is there and responds to problems in its own way. There can be magic appearing seemingly randomly among families across all social strata in any way possible by tapping the bowler hat on his head for magical perspective shifts. By doing this, it seems to be ignoring all the laws of physics.

    Der Andro-Jäger
    TMDB3.5

    Der Andro-Jäger

    1982

    country: Germany

    No overview available

    Helgoland 513
    TMDB2.9

    Helgoland 513

    2024

    country: Germany

    Helgoland. Here, on Germany's only offshore island, a small community of survivors of an apocalypse that has overrun the rest of the world and plunged it into chaos is holed up. But the price of their survival is high. The resources on the rocky island are scarce, so that an inhumane "social ranking" system determines the lives of the 513 inhabitants: each islander is evaluated according to his usefulness. The only doctor is high on the list, others are far behind, and they have to fight for their place on the list and their survival. Meanwhile, people from the mainland are trying to get to Helgoland and the Helgolanders have to defend their island.

    Ring of the Nibelungs
    TMDB3.8

    Ring of the Nibelungs

    2004

    country: Germany

    The young blacksmith Siegfried, who, not knowing that he is heir to a conquered kingdom, becomes popular with the Burgunds by slaying their bane, the dragon Fafnir. When the reward seems to be a huge treasure, Siegfried ignores the curse that lies on the hoard - which now seems to endanger his love to beautiful Norse warrior queen Brunhild.

    Labyrinth
    TMDB2.7

    Labyrinth

    2012

    country: South Africa

    Jumping back and forth between modern and medieval France, the lives of two women separated by centuries, are united in their search for an ancient artifact.

    Stardust Hotel
    TMDB2.0

    Stardust Hotel

    2026

    country: Germany

    Nia, homeless and deeply in debt, unexpectedly inherits the Stardust, a run-down grand hotel in space. But what seems to be the solution to all her problems turns out to be pure chaos, along with the staff. Nia actually hopes to get rid of her debts by selling the hotel quickly. But to do that, she would have to get the hotel in shape and entice guests to check in, which the Stardust sorely lacks. And last but not least, she has to get her feelings for the head concierge Adam under control. She convinces Adam with a passionate speech to join her in restoring the outdated grand hotel to its former glory.

    Star Maidens
    TMDB2.1

    Star Maidens

    1976

    country: Germany

    Star Maidens is a British-German science-fiction television series created and written by Eric Paice. Utilising a 'battle of the sexes' and role reversal scenario, the planet Medusa, home to a highly evolved and technologically advanced humanoid race, was already ruled by its women when a rogue comet (as seen in the opening credits) knocked it out of its orbit around Proxima Centauri. Drifting through space, the orphan planet's surface became uninhabitable, with the inhabitants surviving in huge underground cities. Jointly produced by Portman Productions, Scottish Television, and Werbung im Rundfunk for ITV, filming took place at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor and Bracknell, Berkshire, and Black Park, Buckinghamshire. The series ran for 13 episodes from 1 September to 1 December 1976.

    Category 7: The End of the World
    TMDB3.3

    Category 7: The End of the World

    2005

    country: Germany

    It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend the earth with an unprecedented power. Beautiful scientist Faith Clavell, storm chaser Tommy Tornado, and Judith Carr, the head of FEMA, can stop the inevitable from happening-if they have the courage to venture into the roiling blackness of the storm itself.

    About German Sci-Fi & Fantasy TV Shows

    German television

    German television has found an international audience through high-concept genre serials and historical drama, backed by some of the largest production budgets in continental Europe.

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    Science fiction and fantasy on television get to build worlds across dozens of hours, which is why the genre's most detailed universes are TV universes. Effects costs long constrained it; streaming budgets no longer do.

    In this list

    Years covered
    1968–2026
    Best reviewed
    Dark (8.4)
    Often also
    Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery
    Longest run
    4 seasons

    Common questions

    What are the best German sci-fi & fantasy TV shows?
    By popularity across Flickfolio and TMDB, the top picks right now are Dark, Constellation, and The Swarm. The full ranked list of 40 sits above — open any show for ratings, reviews, and streaming availability.
    How is this list ranked?
    German sci-fi & fantasy TV shows are ordered by overall popularity, which blends how often a title is viewed, searched, and logged. It updates as viewing habits shift, so the list reflects what people are actually watching rather than a fixed critical canon.
    Where can I watch these TV shows?
    Every show page lists current streaming, rental, and purchase options for your region, alongside community ratings and reviews from Flickfolio members.

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