Shows like For All Mankind on Apple TV Plus: 9 titles to check out next

For All Mankind is easily Apple TV Plus‘ best original show. That’s saying something, as the Apple streamer is more than pulling its weight in a crowded field. Now in its third season, the alternate history series continues to take risks, telling bold and engaging stories. If you’re a fan, looking for what to watch next to scratch a similar itch, we’ve compiled a list of nine shows like For All Mankind, along with where to watch them.

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For All Mankind presents an alternate history in which the USSR put a man on the moon before NASA in 1969. From there, we watch as members of NASA work to stay in the space race, adapting as they contend with Soviet competition. The series features human ingenuity and patriotic service in a whole new context, one in which the US has been forced to accept a healthy dose of humility as it continues to reach for the stars — literally. The series imagines a past in which humanity expanded its efforts to explore the new frontier, making giant leaps beyond our current imagining.

So, read on for our list of the best shows like For All Mankind that you can stream now. And if you haven’t yet watched this excellent show, check it out by hitting the button below.

Shows like For All Mankind

The First

If you’ve made it to season 3 of For All Mankind, you know that the moon was only the beginning. NASA now has its sights on the red planet. Another recent show to imagine humans travelling to Mars is the Hulu original series The First. Taking place mostly on Earth, the show follows NASA astronauts training to be the first humans on Mars. The show, from House of Cards creator Beau Willimon, explores the politics and science of space travel through the lens of this pioneering mission.

The Man in the High Castle

In many ways, the Man in The High Castle is not a show like For All Mankind. It does not focus on space travel or the Cold War space race. Having said that, the two shows are perhaps the most famous alternate history narratives of the streaming age. Loosely based on the novel by Philip K. Dick, The Man in the High Castle reimagines our present if the Axis powers had won World War II. Now divided up between Japan and Germany, America is barely recognizable. A new hope emerges when films are discovered depicting an alternate reality — our own — in which the Allied nations prevented this dystopian scenario. One woman believes the films could hold the key to saving humanity.

Away

Another series focused on the first manned mission to Mars, Away stars Hillary Swank as Emma Green, the commander of an international crew headed to the red planet. Back home, Emma leaves behind a husband and daughter who cope with her absence as best they can, all while she navigates unprecedented challenges aboard her ship.

Halt and Catch Fire

AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire is one of the best and most overlooked shows of the last decade, and in some important ways, it’s a show like For All Mankind. While its depiction of history doesn’t rewrite major events, it does imagine fictional key players taking part in a very real cultural revolution: the rise of home computing. Halt and Catch Fire follows brilliant minds as they work together and clash over decades, making major contributions to consumer tech and gaming as we know it today.

Ascension

What if, in 1963, President John F. Kennedy had launched a ship to colonize an alien planet for fear that the Cold War would wipe out humanity? The USS Ascension, a massive, self-sustaining generation ship, is on that very mission. Fifty-one years into its journey, and on the brink of the point of no return, the Ascension faces its first-ever homicide. As the crew investigates, new secrets come to light, calling into question the entire mission and its true goals.

Battlestar Galactica

For All Mankind creator Ronald D. Moore is no stranger to space travel shows. After working on various Star Trek series, he launched the successful Battlestar Galactica reboot for NBC (who now run Peacock), which was hugely influential. The series sees the last remnants of humanity on the run when Cylons, a race of androids, declares all-out war on humans and attempts genocide. The series combines swashbuckling space opera with a look into the inner workings of an emerging interplanetary refugee democracy.

The Expanse

While more comfortably categorized as hard sci-fi than For All Mankind, The Expanse shares a fascination with the politics and harsh realities of space exploration with the Apple series, earning it a spot among shows like For All Mankind. Put another way, they’re both smart, exciting, and beautiful shows set (partially) in space. In The Expanse, we follow the crew of a small gunship that finds itself at the center of ongoing conflicts between the inhabitants of Earth, Mars, and the Asteroid Belt.

Counterpart

Another alternate history series, this thriller stars J.K. Simmons as Howard Silk, a low-level agent at the United Nations spy agency based in Berlin. When Silk discovers a way to cross over into parallel realities, the only person he can trust is a different version of himself, as he seeks to get to the bottom of various government conspiracies that cross over into different dimensions.

Moonbase 8

If you’re looking for a comedy show like For All Mankind, you actually have a few options, like the high-profile Space Force on Netflix. There’s also the slightly less talked about Moonbase 8, though. Created by Fred Armisen, Tim Heidecker, Jonathan Krisel, and John C. Reilly, Moonbase 8 follows three rather unremarkable NASA astronauts training in a moonbase simulator. If they can prove themselves, they have the chance to travel to the actual moonbase currently under construction.

Those are our picks of some of the best shows like For All Mankind on Apple TV Plus. You can find every show and movie on Apple TV Plus here.

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