You finished Colony, and now every suspicious drone, concrete wall and government announcement feels like it could be part of an alien occupation.

That is understandable.

The series gave viewers a compelling mixture of science fiction, political intrigue and family drama. Instead of focusing only on enormous spaceships and explosions, it asked what ordinary people might do while living under an occupying power.

Would you cooperate to protect your family? Join the resistance? Spy on both sides? Pretend everything is normal while mysterious extraterrestrial rulers control the city from behind giant walls?

For viewers still thinking about the Bowmans, the Hosts and everything the series left unresolved, here are 12 shows and movies that can fill the Colony-shaped gap in your watchlist.

1. Falling Skies

Watch this if you loved: Human resistance fighters battling an alien occupation

After an alien invasion devastates Earth, a group of survivors forms a mobile resistance movement. Former history professor Tom Mason becomes one of its leaders while trying to protect his children and understand the invaders.

This is probably the most obvious next choice for a Colony fan.

Both shows explore alien occupation through the experiences of families trapped inside a much larger conflict. They also feature collaborators, resistance cells, frightening technology and constant uncertainty about what the aliens actually want.

Falling Skies includes more open warfare than Colony, but it shares the same question: How far would you go to keep your family alive?

Where to watch: In the United States, Falling Skies is available on Netflix. It can also be purchased through Amazon Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home.

2. The Man in the High Castle

Watch this if you loved: Occupied cities, collaborators and secret resistance networks

In an alternate version of history, the Axis powers won World War II and divided the United States between Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

Ordinary people live under constant surveillance while resistance groups attempt to undermine the occupying governments. Meanwhile, mysterious films appear to show other possible versions of reality.

There are no alien Hosts here, but the political atmosphere feels remarkably similar to Colony. Characters must decide whether to collaborate, resist or simply survive without attracting attention.

Expect secret meetings, shifting loyalties and the constant possibility that somebody is informing on everybody else.

Where to watch: The series is available through Prime Video in the United States. Availability may also include other subscription services, so check your preferred streaming guide.

3. Snowpiercer

Watch this if you loved: Rebellion inside a tightly controlled society

After Earth freezes, humanity’s remaining survivors live aboard a continuously moving train. The wealthy occupy its luxurious front sections, while poorer passengers are confined to the back.

Order is maintained through propaganda, surveillance and violence.

Naturally, a rebellion begins.

Like Colony, Snowpiercer examines the uncomfortable space between resistance and collaboration. Its characters must decide whether destroying an unjust system is worth the chaos that might follow.

It also contains enough political betrayals to make the Los Angeles bloc look unusually straightforward.

Where to watch: In the United States, Snowpiercer is available through AMC+, participating AMC+ channels and Prime Video. It can also be purchased from Amazon Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home.

4. The Expanse

Watch this if you loved: Political conspiracies hidden inside an enormous science-fiction story

Humanity has colonized the solar system, but Earth, Mars and the people of the asteroid belt are divided by inequality, resentment and competing political interests.

When a missing-person investigation connects to a mysterious discovery, the balance of power begins to collapse.

The Expanse is larger and more space-focused than Colony, but both shows reward viewers who enjoy complicated alliances and characters who rarely possess complete information.

There are governments, rebels, corporations and forces that may be far beyond humanity’s understanding.

In other words, trust absolutely nobody.

Where to watch: All six seasons are available through Prime Video in the United States. The series can also be purchased through Apple TV and Fandango at Home.

5. Silo

Watch this if you loved: Authoritarian rules and a mystery nobody is supposed to investigate

Thousands of people live inside a massive underground silo, protected from a supposedly toxic outside world.

The silo has strict rules. Certain questions are discouraged. Information about the past is tightly controlled.

When engineer Juliette Nichols begins investigating a series of suspicious deaths, she discovers that almost everything about her society may be a lie.

Fans of Colony will recognize the mixture of surveillance, restricted movement and dangerous curiosity. Both shows feature characters who know that openly questioning authority can place their entire family at risk.

Where to watch: Silo is available through Apple TV and the Apple TV Amazon Channel in the United States.

6. 3 Body Problem

Watch this if you loved: An alien threat operating through human agents

A group of scientists encounters a series of impossible events connected to a threat that could transform humanity’s future.

As governments attempt to understand the crisis, some people prepare to resist the approaching force. Others welcome it.

That division should sound very familiar to Colony fans.

The aliens are not simply an external enemy. Their existence creates ideological conflict between humans, including people who believe extraterrestrial intervention might improve the world.

It is difficult to organize an effective resistance when part of humanity has already volunteered to assist the invaders.

Where to watch: 3 Body Problem is available on Netflix in the United States and other supported regions.

7. Jericho

Watch this if you loved: A community isolated from the rest of the country

After a series of nuclear explosions strikes several American cities, the residents of a small Kansas town are cut off from reliable communication and government assistance.

They must manage food, security, medical emergencies and the increasing possibility that the country they remember no longer exists.

Jericho does not feature aliens, but it shares Colony’s focus on ordinary families living through a national catastrophe.

It also explores the emergence of new governments, private armies and resistance movements when official explanations cannot be trusted.

Where to watch: In the United States, Jericho is available through Paramount+ and its supported channel subscriptions. Episodes and seasons can also be purchased through Amazon Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home.

8. V

Watch this if you loved: Alien visitors with suspiciously friendly human allies

Extraterrestrial visitors arrive above the world’s major cities and present themselves as peaceful, generous and technologically advanced.

A growing resistance movement suspects that their public message hides a much more dangerous plan.

The aliens use propaganda and human supporters to influence society, creating a conflict that resembles the uneasy political situation in Colony.

The series is especially suitable for viewers fascinated by the Hosts’ collaborators. It asks why people might willingly support an occupying force—and how the resistance can fight an enemy that controls the public narrative.

Where to watch: Streaming availability for the 2009 series changes regularly. Search for “V 2009” through JustWatch, Reelgood, Amazon Video or Apple TV to avoid confusing it with the original 1980s productions.

9. The 100

Watch this if you loved: Morally complicated leaders making impossible choices

Nearly a century after a nuclear disaster, 100 young prisoners are sent from an orbiting space station to determine whether Earth is safe.

They soon encounter surviving communities with their own governments, histories and reasons to distrust outsiders.

The show begins as a survival drama but expands into a huge story about war, occupation, political alliances and the price of protecting one’s people.

Like Colony, it repeatedly places its characters in situations where every available decision will hurt someone.

Nobody gets to remain morally uncomplicated for long.

Where to watch: Availability changes by country and service. Search for The 100 on JustWatch, Reelgood or your streaming device. Digital seasons may also be available through Amazon Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home.

10. A Quiet Place Part II

Watch this if you loved: A family trying to survive after an alien takeover

After deadly extraterrestrial creatures devastate civilization, the Abbott family leaves its home and enters a dangerous world where making even a small sound can be fatal.

The film focuses less on political occupation and more on immediate survival, but it shares Colony’s emotional center: parents making frightening choices to keep their children alive.

It also explores whether isolated survivors can trust one another after society has collapsed.

The answer, as usual, is “sometimes—but probably not immediately.”

Where to watch: In the United States, A Quiet Place Part II is available on Netflix and Paramount+. It can also be rented or purchased through Amazon Video, Apple TV and Fandango at Home.

11. District 9

Watch this if you loved: Science fiction mixed with government oppression

After an alien spacecraft appears over Johannesburg, its extraterrestrial passengers become refugees confined to a militarized district.

Years later, a private company begins relocating them while exploiting alien technology for profit.

District 9 uses its science-fiction premise to examine segregation, bureaucracy, prejudice and the dehumanizing effects of occupation.

Unlike Colony, humans possess more power at the beginning of the story. However, both productions depict systems that treat individuals as resources rather than people.

It is intense, strange and much more emotionally complicated than its action-packed trailers might suggest.

Where to watch: The movie regularly moves between streaming services. Check JustWatch, Reelgood or your device’s universal search. It is commonly available to rent or purchase through major digital stores.

12. Captive State

Watch this if you loved: A resistance movement operating under alien rule

Set years after an extraterrestrial occupation, Captive State follows people living under a government that claims cooperation with the aliens has created peace and prosperity.

Beneath that official story, however, resistance fighters are preparing an attack.

This movie may be the closest thematic match to Colony on the entire list.

It features surveillance, collaborators, secret resistance cells and aliens that control humanity largely through institutions rather than constant open combat.

The film expects viewers to pay attention, and it gradually reveals how its characters connect to the larger plan.

Where to watch: Search for Captive State through JustWatch, Reelgood, Amazon Video, Apple TV or Fandango at Home. Availability may involve a rental or digital purchase rather than a subscription.

What Should You Watch First?

The right choice depends on what you liked most about Colony.

For another direct alien-resistance story, begin with Falling Skies or Captive State.

For political occupation and secret rebellion, watch The Man in the High Castle.

For authoritarian mystery and constant surveillance, choose Silo.

For a larger and more complex science-fiction conspiracy, try The Expanse or 3 Body Problem.

For family survival in a world changed by aliens, watch A Quiet Place Part II.

And for a society divided between comfortable collaborators and determined revolutionaries, board Snowpiercer.

How to Find the Latest Streaming Information

Streaming rights change frequently, and a title available in one country may not be offered in another.

Readers can find updated viewing options by searching the exact title on:

• JustWatch
• Reelgood
• Google TV
• Apple TV
• Amazon Video
• A smart television’s universal search feature

Check whether the title is included with a subscription, supported by advertisements or available only as a rental or purchase.

Official network pages, streaming-service listings and verified social-media accounts can provide trailers and program information. IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and TV Guide are also useful for cast lists, episode guides and audience reviews.

Be cautious when reading detailed character pages, however. Science-fiction fan sites have never met a major spoiler they did not want to place in the first paragraph.

Final Verdict

Few series combined domestic drama and alien occupation quite like Colony.

Its heroes were not fearless space soldiers. They were parents, workers, collaborators, rebels and frightened citizens attempting to make impossible choices inside an oppressive system.

That is what makes the best recommendations on this list feel familiar. Each one asks what people will sacrifice for safety—and whether survival is enough when somebody else controls the future.

Choose your next resistance carefully.

The drones may already be watching.