Babylon 5 (Seasons 1–5)

Babylon 5 (1994–1998) is the cult space opera you can watch online on iFILM, set aboard a vast diplomatic station in neutral space a decade after Earth's war with the Minbari.

The station was built as a place where five great civilizations — the Earth Alliance, the Minbari, the Centauri, the Narn and the enigmatic Vorlons — could settle their grievances with words instead of warships. Diplomats, traders, refugees and spies all share its corridors. Commander Sinclair, and later Captain Sheridan, work to hold a fragile balance together while an ancient power stirs in the dark between the stars, turning a symbol of peace into the last line of defense in a coming war.

Creator J. Michael Straczynski mapped the whole thing as a single five-year story with a planned arc — almost unheard of for 1990s television — and pushed early CGI into its space battles. Layered politics, Centauri scheming and old debts coming due build into one long novel across five seasons. Stream every season of Babylon 5 online on iFILM.