Shows like Foundation

If you want Foundation's sweep of civilizational collapse and renewal, you're probably most drawn to The Expanse, which matches its scale and philosophical stakes, or Civilisations: Rise and Fall, which asks the same questions about preserving knowledge through darkness but through actual history rather than speculation. If you prefer the survival-focused pressure cooker instead, The Ark and Scavengers Reign trade galactic scope for the claustrophobic weight of isolated groups where every choice ripples across generations. For the resistance-and-compromise angle—how individuals navigate fractured power structures to reshape the future—Blake's 7 and Fallout both deliver that tension, though the latter trades Foundation's earnestness for mordant humor about rebuilding in chaos.