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Electric Dreams

★ 7.2 21K votes 2017–2018 1 season · 10 episodes Ended Channel 4
AnthologyA new story or cast with every episode or season.This show: 10/10Near-future techTechnology one step ahead of today, and what it costs us.This show: 8/10PhilosophicalBig questions of meaning, ethics and existence.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Bryan CranstonSteve BuscemiRichard MaddenTimothy SpallTerrence HowardGeraldine Chaplin
Starring
Bryan CranstonSteve BuscemiRichard MaddenTimothy SpallTerrence HowardGeraldine Chaplin
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About

"Speculative fiction anthology with wildly uneven brilliance"

An anthology series adapting Philip K. Dick's short stories, each episode a self-contained tale set in a different near-future or far-future world touching on identity, memory, surveillance, or reality itself. Tone shifts wildly from episode to episode, some moody and paranoid, others melancholic or satirical, with starry rotating casts carrying the weight. Watching it feels like flipping through a strange anthology book: uneven, occasionally brilliant, sometimes forgettable, but always visually ambitious. It rewards patience since not every story lands, but the best ones linger uncomfortably.

Watch it for

the handful of standout episodes that nail Dick's paranoid, melancholic vision of the future.

Maybe skip if

you dislike anthology formats where quality and tone swing wildly episode to episode.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12017
7.035K108h 4m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1The Hood Maker6.8
4K52 min
▶2Impossible Planet6.6
4K48 min
▶3The Commuter7.1
3K48 min
▶4Crazy Diamond5.7
4K48 min
▶5Real Life7.6
5K47 min
▶6Human Is7.4
4K47 min
▶7The Father Thing6.5
2K47 min
▶8Autofac7.8
4K51 min
▶9Safe and Sound7.3
3K48 min
▶10Kill All Others7.3
2K48 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Bryan Cranston Silas
Steve Buscemi Ed Morris
Richard Madden Agent Ross
Timothy Spall Ed Jacobson
Terrence Howard George
Geraldine Chaplin Irma
Juno Temple Emily Zabriskie
Annalise Basso Foster Lee
Greg Kinnear The Father, The Father Thing
Mel Rodriguez Philbert Noyce

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