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Series like Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020) Finished Star Trek: Lower Decks and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Star Trek: Lower Decks, and what it does not.
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Sci-fi comedy Work life balance Bureaucratic red tape Friendship dynamics Identity formation Teamwork Adult animation Space opera Your best matches Ranked against what Star Trek: Lower Decks is actually about, not its genre labels.
65% Reverina match Top pick 1988 · Series · Comedy · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Good match
Why it matches Also sci-fi comedy at heart Watched for the same thing: space exploration Told the same way, ensemble and epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Built around the same self-discovery What's different Not really space opera or adult animation Does not promise comedy relief or character driven storytelling Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Britbox Apple TV Channel Hoopla BritBox Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Star Trek: Lower Decks.
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1966 · Series · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: space exploration Also space opera at heart Shares its formal composition look Told the same way, epistolary What's different Not built around self-discovery or identity formation Does not promise comedy relief or character driven storytelling Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Paramount Plus Premium Paramount Plus Essential Paramount Plus Apple TV Channel Why this ranked above the others
Reads closest to it overall of everything considered when ranked against Star Trek: Lower Decks.
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2014 · Film · Adventure · Fantasy
Worth a look
Why it matches Also sci-fi comedy at heart Shares its saturated and stylised look Built around the same self-discovery Shares its playful and hopeful register What's different Not really space opera or adult animation Does not promise comedy relief or character driven storytelling A film, so it resolves in one sitting Darkness Fairly light
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The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Star Trek: Lower Decks.
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Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide 2004
Shares its saturated look Built around the same self-discovery Final Space 2018
Also sci-fi comedy and adult animation at heart Watched for the same thing: space exploration Friends 1994
Told the same way, ensemble and epistolary Built around the same self-discovery The Simpsons 1989
Shares its formal composition and saturated look Centres on the same rebel figure Teen Titans 2003
Built around the same teamwork and self-discovery Shares its saturated and stylised look Rugrats 1991
Shares its formal composition and saturated look Centres on the same caregiver figure
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