Best sci-fi, animation, horror, & war shows streaming, ranked.
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NetflixParamount+Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005–2008 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyBest Animation SeriesIn a war-torn world of elemental powers, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
NetflixParamount+ - #697#697
MAXPrime VideoBatman: The Animated Series
1992–1995 · Series · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyBillionaire Bruce Wayne secretly operates as Batman, a vigilante who battles a rouges' gallery of criminals and supervillains in Gotham City with the aid of various sidekicks and allies.
MAXPrime Video - #1196#1196
MAXThe Tale of The Princess Kaguya
2013 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 17mAnimation · Drama · Family
Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.
MAX - #3292#3292
MAXPrincess Mononoke
1997 · Movie · Japanese · 2h 13mAnimation · Action · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.
MAX - #5091#5091
MAXHowl's Moving Castle
2004 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 59mAnimation · Action · Family
When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.
MAX - #5590#5590
Paramount+Invader ZIM
2001–2006 · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action
1 EmmyZim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he's hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet's leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet's downfall. Only Zim's archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib's claims.
Paramount+ - #6989#6989
Apple TV+Paramount+Interstellar
2014 · Movie · 2h 49mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Action · Drama
1 OscarWhen Earth becomes uninhabitable in the future, a farmer and ex-NASA pilot, Joseph Cooper, is tasked to pilot a spacecraft, along with a team of researchers, to find a new planet for humans.
Apple TV+Paramount+ - #8387#8387
MAXNe Zha 2
2025 · Movie · Mandarin · 2h 24mAnimation · Action
After a great catastrophe, the souls of Nezha and Aobing are saved, but their bodies face ruin. To give them new life, Taiyi Zhenren turns to the mystical seven-colored lotus in a daring bid to rebuild them and change their fate.
MAX - #8587#8587
MAXWhen Marnie Was There
2014 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 43mAnimation · Drama · Family
Upon being sent to live with relatives in the countryside due to an illness, an emotionally distant adolescent girl becomes obsessed with an abandoned mansion and infatuated with a girl who lives there - a girl who may or may not be real.
MAX - #9387#9387
NetflixParamount+Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head
2022– · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy
The iconic animated duo are back and dumber than ever. The '90s pop-culture phenomenons return, voiced by creator Mike Judge, to confound common sense, torment each other, and showcase some of the dumbest comedy imaginable.
NetflixParamount+ - #9887#9887
Paramount+The Little Prince
2015 · Movie · 1h 48mAnimation · Action · Comedy
A little girl lives in a very grown-up world with her mother, who tries to prepare her for it. Her neighbor, the Aviator, introduces the girl to an extraordinary world where anything is possible, the world of the Little Prince.
Paramount+ - #10386#10386
MAXPeacockPrime VideoA Haunting
2005–2022 · Series · 11 seasonsHorror · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
"A Haunting" was a USA paranormal anthology previewing stories told by the victims. Victims tell their terrifying encounters with the paranormal. This show contains narration, frightening re-enactments, and religious content.
MAXPeacockPrime Video - #10586#10586
Paramount+The Dead Zone
1983 · Movie · 1h 43mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Thriller
Five years after a traffic accident that left him in a coma, a man awakens to discover that he has the ability to foresee future events and even prevent tragedies from happening. Will these new abilities prove to be a blessing or ...
Paramount+ - #10686#10686
MAXUs
2019 · Movie · 1h 56mHorror · Mystery · Thriller
In order to get away from their busy lives, the Wilson family takes a vacation to Santa Cruz, California. At night, four strangers break into Adelaide's childhood home. The family is shocked to find out that the intruders look lik...
MAX - #11186#11186
Paramount+Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
2022 · Movie · 1h 27mAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After a "creative" judge sentences them to space camp, a black hole sends our adolescent heroes 24 years into the modern future where the duo misuse iPhones, embark on a quest to score, and become targets of the Deep State.
Paramount+ - #11286#11286
Paramount+Avatar: Seven Havens
2026– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
After a world-shattering disaster, a young Earthbender learns she's the post-Korra Avatar. Now seen as a harbinger of doom, she and her twin race to save the Seven Havens while pursued by humans and spirits alike.
Paramount+ - #11785#11785
Paramount+Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987–1996 · Series · 10 seasonsAnimation · Action
Four mutated turtles (Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo), fight crime and eat pizza, whilst battling the evil Shredder and his foot robot ninjas as well as aliens, mad scientists, comedic gangsters and other weird muta...
Paramount+ - #13884#13884
MAXThe Girl Who Leapt Through Time
2006 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 38mAnimation · Action · Comedy
A high-school girl named Makoto acquires the power to travel back in time, and decides to use it for her own personal benefits. Little does she know that she is affecting the lives of others just as much as she is her own.
MAX - #14284#14284
MAXNight Is Short, Walk On Girl
2017 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 32mAnimation · Action · Comedy
In this comedy about one epic night in Kyoto, a college sophomore goes on a series of surreal encounters with the local nightlife, all the while unaware of the romantic longings of her classmate Senpai.
MAX - #16682#16682
Paramount+South Park: Joining the Panderverse
2023 · Movie · 48mAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The end of Cartman's familiar, beloved life is predicted by his incredibly unsettling dreams. As the arrival of AI upends their society, the grownups in South Park are also struggling with their own personal decisions.
Paramount+ - #16982#16982
Paramount+Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
2026 · Movie · 1h 39mAnimation · Action
Avatar Aang, the world's last Airbender, learns of an ancient power that could save his culture from extinction. With the help of his friends, he embarks on a global quest to find it before it falls into the wrong hands.
Paramount+ - #17681#17681
MAXMy Adventures with Superman
2023– · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action
Clark Kent builds his secret Superman identity and embraces his role as the hero of Metropolis, while sharing adventures and falling in love with Lois Lane, a star investigative journalist, who also takes Jimmy Olsen under her wing.
MAX - #17881#17881
Paramount+Beavis and Butt-Head
1993–2011 · Series · 8 seasonsAnimation · Comedy
The show is about two slow-witted teenagers Beavis and Butt-Head and their everyday exploits, including trying to get laid (or "score," as they like to call it), breaking things, pulling pranks, skipping school and watching TV.
Paramount+ - #18481#18481
MAXKingdom of the Planet of the Apes
2024 · Movie · 2h 25mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Action · Drama
Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike.
MAX - #18580#18580
NetflixParamount+Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
2023 · Movie · 2h 14mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Action · Comedy
A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.
NetflixParamount+ - #18680#18680
MAXPeacockFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
2016 · Movie · 2h 12mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Action · Family
1 OscarIn 1926, magizoologist Newt Scamander arrives in New York during his worldwide tour to research and rescue magical creatures as something mysterious leaves trails of destruction in the city, threatening to expose the wizarding world.
MAXPeacock - #19280#19280
NetflixParamount+Prime VideoSmile 2
2024 · Movie · 2h 7mHorror · Mystery · Thriller
About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past.
NetflixParamount+Prime Video - #19380#19380
Paramount+Rugrats
1991–2003 · Series · 10 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica, Phil and Lil and Susie find themselves in a slew of adventures - both real and imaginary. Baldly go where no baby's every gone before as the Rugrats turn the ordinary into the extraordinary every day.
Paramount+ - #20779#20779
MAX5 Centimeters per Second
2007 · Movie · Japanese · 1h 3mAnimation · Drama · Family
Told in three interconnected segments, Takaki tells the story of his life as cruel winters, cold technology, and finally, adult obligations and responsibility converge to test the delicate petals of love.
MAX - #20979#20979
Paramount+South Park: Post COVID: The Return of COVID
2021 · Movie · 1h 2mAnimation · Comedy
If Stan, Kyle and Cartman could just work together, they could go back in time to make sure Covid never happened and save Kenny's life. Traveling back to the past seems to be the easy answer until they meet Victor Chaos.
Paramount+ - #21079#21079
Paramount+The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008 · Movie · 1h 36mSci-Fi & Fantasy · Action · Drama
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Paramount+ - #21678#21678
MAXGreen Lantern: Emerald Knights
2011 · Movie · 1h 24mAnimation · Action · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
As the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps faces a battle with an ancient enemy, Hal Jordan prepares new recruit Arisia for the coming conflict by relating stories of the first Green Lantern and several of Hal's comrades.
MAX - #21878#21878
Paramount+28 Weeks Later
2007 · Movie · 1h 39mHorror · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
Paramount+ - #21978#21978
Paramount+The Fairly OddParents
2001–2017 · Series · 10 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
1 EmmyAfter being tortured and humiliated by his babysitter, a ten year old boy is put under the care of two fairy godparents, who can grant him almost any wish, which leads to dire consequences.
Paramount+ - #22777#22777
MAXRobot Chicken: DC Comics Special
2012 · Movie · 22mAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Robot Chicken DC Comics Special brings you the awesomeness of the DC Comics universe of characters as only Robot Chicken can, with amazing guest stars and the stop-motion sketch comedy you've come to love.
MAX - #22977#22977
MAXAnimals.
2016–2018 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Comedy
Whether it's lovelorn rats, gender-questioning pigeons or aging bedbugs in the midst of a midlife crisis, the awkward small talk, moral ambiguity and existential woes of non-human urbanites prove startlingly similar to our own.
MAX - #23576#23576
Paramount+Jacob's Ladder
1990 · Movie · 1h 53mHorror · Drama · Mystery
Reminiscing about his dead son, a Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of ...
Paramount+ - #23976#23976
Paramount+The Angry Beavers
1997–2001 · Series · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
Brothers Daggett and Norbert Beaver have left home to gain independence by living on their own. Their goal is to live a wild bachelor lifestyle but, as might be expected from young brothers, they get into some weird situations.
Paramount+ - #24376#24376
Paramount+The Backyardigans
2004–2013 · Series · 4 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
Uniqua, Pablo, Tyrone, Tasha, and Austin are a group of young friends who get together to play in the backyard they share. Each day, their imaginations transform that backyard into a different photo-realistic landscape.
Paramount+ - #25076#25076
Paramount+South Park (Not Suitable for Children)
2023 · Movie · 46mAnimation · Comedy
A new sports drink called Cred is all the rage at the kids' school. Meanwhile, after a teacher at the school is discovered to have been making large amounts of money from OnlyFans, Randy decides to become an OnlyFans model.
Paramount+ - #25176#25176
Paramount+Prime VideoAmong Us
2026– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action · Comedy
Members of your crew have been replaced by an alien shapeshifter intent on causing confusion, sabotaging the ship, and killing everyone. Root out the 'Impostor' or fall victim to its murderous designs.
Paramount+Prime Video - #27774#27774
Paramount+We Were Soldiers
2002 · Movie · 2h 18mWar · Action · Drama
The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
Paramount+ - #27874#27874
Paramount+Garfield: His 9 Lives
1988 · Movie · 48mAnimation · Action · Comedy
This sometimes very funny and sometimes highly emotional anthology follows Garfield's nine lives throughout history, from his first life as a prehistoric cat-Neanderthal to his ninth life as an astronaut in a jam.
Paramount+ - #29174#29174
MAXAlien Encounters
2012–2014 · Series · 3 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy
Explore a hypothetical scenario of human's first-contact with alien intelligence. Scientists hypothesize how an encounter might unfold, what technologies might enable our communication and the possible nature of their intentions.
MAX - #30273#30273
MAXThe Robot Chicken Walking Dead Special: Look Who's Walking
2017 · Movie · 22mAnimation · Action
The zombie plague is over, so a museum has been built to keep the memory of it alive, and most of the relics it holds incorrectly relate to Rick Grimes' group. Elderly Carl tries to set things straight, no matter the cost.
MAX - #30872#30872
Paramount+The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2002–2006 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
A young boy, who happens to be a genius, lives in a small town with his family and friends and often gets into crazy adventures with them involving the things he invents.
Paramount+ - #30972#30972
MAXDC League of Super-Pets
2022 · Movie · 1h 45mAnimation · Action
Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are inseparable best friends, sharing the same superpowers and fighting crime side by side in Metropolis. However, Krypto must master his own powers for a rescue mission when Superman is kidnapped.
MAX - #31072#31072
MAXFired on Mars
2023– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Jeff Cooper has to reinvent himself after being fired from his position in the space start-up Mars.Iy. With no chance to return to Earth, he has to find meaning again in a dangerous, alien, but familiar corporate landscape.
MAX - #31372#31372
MAXAnnabelle: Creation
2017 · Movie · 1h 49mHorror · Mystery · Thriller
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, A...
MAX - #31872#31872
Paramount+Prime VideoThe SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
2025 · Movie · 1h 28mAnimation · Action · Comedy
Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following the Flying Dutchman, a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate, to the deepest depths of the deep sea.
Paramount+Prime Video - #32371#32371
MAXNetflixLucas the Spider
2017– · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Family
Lucas the Spider is an animated character that appeared on YouTube, created by animator Joshua Slice. Now with his own TV series, the show keeps its highly realistic 3D animation as well the curious and kind-hearted-as-ever spider.
MAXNetflix - #32771#32771
Paramount+The Wild Thornberrys
1998–2004 · Series · 5 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
Eliza Thornberry is not your ordinary kid. It's not just because she travels the world in an RV with her parents: famous nature show hosts. Eliza also happened to be granted the magical ability to talk with and understand animals.
Paramount+ - #34070#34070
MAXMost Terrifying With Jason Hawes
2020– · Series · 1 seasonHorror · Reality
World-renowned paranormal investigator Jason Hawes uncovers the world's most horrifying haunts. He reveals the gravest of locations through spine-chilling firsthand accounts, eerie re-enactments and eye-opening interviews with loc...
MAX - #34770#34770
Paramount+CatDog
1998–2005 · Series · 3 seasonsAnimation · Action · Comedy
The life and times of a cat and a dog with a unique twist: they're connected, literally. Adding to their dilemma is Cat's annoyance with Dog, mainly caused by Dog's stupidity and Cat's up-tight personality.
Paramount+ - #35569#35569
MAXClassical Baby
2005– · SeriesAnimation · Family
An animated medley of music, art, and dance ingeniously designed to introduce young children to masterpieces of these arts. This creative kaleidoscope of color, motion and music features a diapered baby 'conductor' who leads an all-animal orchestra through short musical pieces, played before a rapt animal audience.
MAX - #35769#35769
NetflixParamount+The Fairly OddParents: A New Wish
2024– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action · Comedy
Hazel, a ten-year-old girl who has just moved to the big city of Dimmadelphia for her father's new job, explores the city on her own after her brother Antony leaves for college.
NetflixParamount+ - #35869#35869
MAXTom and Jerry in New York
2021– · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Action
Follow the iconic cat and mouse duo as they settle in to their new digs at the Royal Gate Hotel and unleash mayhem across the big city, inciting hilarious chaos uptown, downtown and everywhere their manic escapades take them.
MAX - #36769#36769
Paramount+Prime VideoSuper Mario World
1991– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action · Comedy
Mario, Luigi and Princess Toadstool are living in Dinosaur Land and have a cute always hungry dinosaur named Yoshi as a pet and a caveman child as a friend. They must stop evil King Koopa and his minions the Koopalings.
Paramount+Prime Video - #38068#38068
MAXA Christmas Dream
1945 · Movie · Czech · 8mAnimation · Family
Christmas has arrived. As a little girl and her parents enter the room, the little girl finds all kinds of toys under the Christmas Tree. She immediately throws her old doll aside and starts playing with her new dolls. But that ni...
MAX - #38468#38468
MAXRoyal Crackers
2023–2024 · Series · 2 seasonsAnimation · Comedy
It tells the story of Royal Crackers, who was once the king of snacks, but the empire is crumbling. When Theodore Hornsby Sr. ends up in a coma, the rest of the Hornsbys will try to make Royal Crackers the success it once was.
MAX - #38568#38568
Paramount+Prime VideoAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
1993– · Series · 1 seasonAnimation · Action
A blue hedgehog that can run at incredible speeds, his best friend, a two-tailed flying fox, defend planet Mobius from the evil Dr. Robotnik and his bumbling mechanical goons.
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