Graham Yost has created and Morten Tyldum has directed the upcoming sci-fi dystopian tv series ‘Silo’ that is adapted from Hugh Howey’s Silo novel series.
The plot is set in a toxic dystopian future in which a community lives in a giant silo that is situated hundred of stories deep in the underground.
While men and women live there forming a society restricted by a lot of regulations meant to protect the inhabitants, the truth is something else.
Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Robbins, Common, Harriet Walter, and Chinaza Uche are some of the cast members of the series. It is set to be released on May 5, 2023, on Apple TV+.
Following is a list of other dystopian television series that you must watch if you are waiting for season one of ‘Silo’ to be released.
Top 10 Television Series Like Upcoming Silo.
The Handmaid’s Tale – Number of Seasons: 5
Bruce Miller created this tragic dystopian series that is adapted from Margaret Atwood’s same-named 1985 novel.
The plot is set in a fictional America in the aftermath of the Second American Civil War leading to a dystopian society where fertile women are subjected to child-bearing slavery and are called “Handmaids”.
Elisabeth Moss portrayed the protagonist June Osborne in the award-winning series. It premiered on Hulu on April 26, 2017.
Snowpiercer – Number of Seasons: 3
This post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller series is based on the same named 2013 movie which was adapted from the French graphic novel of 1982- ‘Le Transperceneige’.
The plot is set in 2026. Seven years have passed since the world has become a frozen wasteland leading the remaining human beings to take shelter on a luxury and perpetually moving train.
The series ran from May 17, 2020, to March 28, 2022, on TNT.
The 100 – Number of Seasons: 7
This post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama series is loosely based on Kass Morgan’s same-named young adult novel series.
The plot revolves around survivors of the apocalypse who return to Earth from a space habitat and encounter descendants of survivors on Earth. The series ran from March 19, 2014, to September 30, 2020, on The CW.
Altered Carbon – Number of Seasons: 2
Laeta Kalogridis created this American cyberpunk tv series adapted from Richard K. Morgan’s same-titled novel of 2002.
The plot is set in a fictional world in which humans have discovered a way of transferring consciousness to different bodies as a former soldier turned investigator Takeshi Kovacs gets released from prison to solve a murder mystery.
Joel Kinnaman, Anthony Mackie, and Ray Chase portrayed the character of Takeshi in the series. It ran from February 2, 2018, to February 27, 2020, on Netflix.
Brave New World – Number of Seasons: 1
This American sci-fi drama series is loosely adapted from Aldous Huxley’s same-named classic novel. The plot is set in a utopian society in which monogamy, money, privacy, family, and history are prohibited to achieve stability and peace.
The plot of the series also features an artificial intelligence system called Indra which was not in the original novel. The series premiered on 15th July 2020 on Peacock.
Black Mirror – Number of Seasons: 5
Charlie Brooker created this British anthology tv series that is based on the American sci-fi horror anthology series ‘The Twilight Zone’.
The plot features the use of technology to analyze contemporary social issues. The series premiered on 4th December 2011 and ran on Channel 4 from 2011 to 2014 and then on Netflix from 2016.
Colony – Number of Seasons: 3
Ryan J. Condal and Carlton Cuse created this sci-fi drama series the plot of which is set in near future dystopian Los Angeles.
As an alien force tries to take over a colony of Los Angeles, some of the families begin to collaborate with outsiders while other families start a rebellion against this new order.
The series ran from 14th January 2016 to 25th July 2018 on USA Network.
Raised by Wolves – Number of Seasons: 2
Aaron Guzikowski created this sci-fi drama series the plot of which is set in a fictional future time when a great war had destroyed the Earth and revolves around two Androids named Father and Mother who are tasked with bringing up human children on the exoplanet ‘Kepler-22b’.
The series ran from 3rd September 2020 to 17th March 2022 on HBO Max.
Omniscient – Number of Seasons: 1
The plot of this Brazilian science fiction tv series is set in a society in which an omniscient security system is activated. It premiered on 29th January 2020 on Netflix.
Travelers – Number of Seasons: 3
Brad Wright created this sci-fi tv series the plot of which is set in a post-apocalyptic future when the consciousness of special operatives is sent back in time to the bodies of present-day individuals to prevent them from dying.
The series ran from October 17, 2016, to December 14, 2018, on Showcase in Canada and internationally on Netflix.
