“Uglies” is the new most-watched movie on Netflix worldwide and in the US, taking us on a nostalgic journey as it closely resembles the futuristic romantic dramas of the 2010s, such as “The Hunger Games” and “Divergent”.
The dramatic story is set in a dystopian future where, upon turning 16, all teenagers must undergo cosmetic surgery to become “beautiful”, but some refuse, escaping and becoming rebels.
Joey King (The Kissing Booth, A Family Affair and Bullet Train) stars as the protagonist Tally Youngblood, who lives in a society where beauty is universally coveted and life is based on conformity and superficial appearance.
10 TV shows similar to Uglies to stream in the US
- The 100 (2014-2020)
100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won’t last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.
Available on Netflix.
- Black Mirror (2011-Present)
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we’ve had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm – a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone – a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
Available on Netflix.
- Westworld (2016-2022)
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.
Available for purchase on iTunes and Vudu or watch live on Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV.
- In the Flesh (2013-2014)
Thousands of dead people have risen from their graves and nearly destroyed Britain. A cure has been found – but can the treated zombies be rehabilitated back into living society?
Available on Hulu, Prime Video and Peacock.
- The Society (2019)
When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
Available on Netflix.
- Altered Carbon (2018-2020)
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
Available on Netflix.
- Brave New World (2020)
In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
Available on Peacock.
- The Rain (2018-2020)
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Available on Netflix.
- The Man in the High Castle (2015-2019)
Explore what it would be like if the Allied Powers had lost WWII, and Japan and Germany ruled the United States.
Available on Prime Video.
- The Expanse (2015-2021)
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship’s captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Available on Prime Video.