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The Outer Limits (1963)

Drama · Fantasy · Horror

The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.

IMDb rating
8.1 (10,493 votes)
Episode average
7.2 -0.9 vs IMDb
Seasons
2
Streaming (US)
Amazon Prime Video
Language
EN
Type
TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1963)

7.18 avg 32 episodes 7.5 → 7.5 51 min avg

Ep 1: 7.5 · 1,655 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 1,229 votesEp 3: 7.5 · 1,259 votesEp 4: 7.2 · 1,007 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 1,247 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 1,186 votesEp 7: 7.3 · 926 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 798 votesEp 9: 6.9 · 838 votesEp 10: 7.6 · 942 votesEp 11: 7.2 · 846 votesEp 12: 6.7 · 757 votesEp 13: 6.1 · 712 votesEp 14: 7.8 · 1,079 votesEp 15: 6.7 · 673 votesEp 16: 7.1 · 792 votesEp 17: 6.9 · 748 votesEp 18: 7.1 · 779 votesEp 19: 7.3 · 690 votesEp 20: 8.0 · 819 votesEp 21: 6.3 · 594 votesEp 22: 6.7 · 618 votesEp 23: 7.2 · 662 votesEp 24: 6.8 · 589 votesEp 25: 6.8 · 593 votesEp 26: 7.3 · 678 votesEp 27: 7.2 · 624 votesEp 28: 7.1 · 577 votesEp 29: 7.8 · 737 votesEp 30: 6.3 · 582 votesEp 31: 7.6 · 614 votesEp 32: 7.5 · 740 votes
Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Galaxy Being7.51,655
2The Hundred Days of the Dragon7.21,229
3The Architects of Fear7.51,259
4The Man with the Power7.21,007
5The Sixth Finger8.01,247
6The Man Who Was Never Born8.01,186
7O.B.I.T.7.3926
8The Human Factor6.9798
9Corpus Earthling6.9838
10Nightmare7.6942
11It Crawled Out of the Woodwork7.2846
12The Borderland6.7757
13Tourist Attraction6.1712
14The Zanti Misfits7.81,079
15The Mice6.7673
16Controlled Experiment7.1792
17Don't Open Till Doomsday6.9748
18ZZZZZ7.1779
19The Invisibles7.3690
20The Bellero Shield8.0819
21The Children of Spider County6.3594
22Specimen: Unknown6.7618
23Second Chance7.2662
24Moonstone6.8589
25The Mutant6.8593
26The Guests7.3678
27Fun and Games7.2624
28The Special One7.1577
29A Feasibility Study7.8737
30Production and Decay of Strange Particles6.3582
31The Chameleon7.6614
32The Forms of Things Unknown7.5740

Season 2 (1964)

7.15 avg 17 episodes 7.8 → 6.6 51 min avg

Ep 1: 7.8 · 886 votesEp 2: 6.6 · 683 votesEp 3: 6.9 · 585 votesEp 4: 6.8 · 519 votesEp 5: 8.5 · 1,313 votesEp 6: 6.7 · 589 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 612 votesEp 8: 6.6 · 539 votesEp 9: 8.0 · 717 votesEp 10: 8.3 · 790 votesEp 11: 8.4 · 751 votesEp 12: 6.9 · 522 votesEp 13: 6.8 · 501 votesEp 14: 6.2 · 471 votesEp 15: 6.6 · 448 votesEp 16: 7.4 · 595 votesEp 17: 6.6 · 502 votes
Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Soldier7.8886
2Cold Hands, Warm Heart6.6683
3Behold Eck!6.9585
4Expanding Human6.8519
5Demon with a Glass Hand8.51,313
6Cry of Silence6.7589
7The Invisible Enemy6.5612
8Wolf 3596.6539
9I, Robot8.0717
10The Inheritors Part I8.3790
11The Inheritors Part II8.4751
12Keeper of the Purple Twilight6.9522
13The Duplicate Man6.8501
14Counterweight6.2471
15The Brain of Colonel Barham6.6448
16The Premonition7.4595
17The Probe6.6502
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