My favorite TV shows
by alorna | created - 04 Sep 2011 | updated - 1 week ago | PublicSeries that I have fallen in love with in recent memory (I especially like sci-fi and fantasy shows and am not a big comedy fan). Not in exact ranking order. Includes some that ended way too soon and a couple that overstayed their welcome.
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1. The Wire (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
Stars: Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce
Votes: 377,287
Not sure any show has ever topped its superb storytelling and acting.
2. Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student in order to secure his family's future.
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Betsy Brandt
Votes: 2,135,180
Deserving of its accolades.
3. Justified (2010–2015)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Enforcing his own brand of justice, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a strong-willed, quiet law-man haunted by his past, returns to his native town to see that justice is served to those in need.
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts
Votes: 118,638
Had the most memorable dialogue and characters of any show I've seen.
4. Six Feet Under (2001–2005)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
A chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.
Stars: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose
Votes: 149,352
Best series finale ever.
5. Mayor of Kingstown (2021– )
TV-MA | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The McLusky family are power brokers tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption and inequality in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry.
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa, Taylor Handley
Votes: 46,563
Easily my favorite show of 2021, and Season 2 was also strong.
6. Rectify (2013–2016)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama
Daniel Holden must put his life back together after serving 19 years on Georgia's Death Row before DNA evidence calls his conviction into question.
Stars: Aden Young, Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Adelaide Clemens
Votes: 27,638
A slow-moving series, but beautiful and compelling.
7. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
Stars: Emilia Clarke, Peter Dinklage, Kit Harington, Lena Headey
Votes: 2,283,421
8. The Shield (2002–2008)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Drama series following the lives and cases of dirty cop Vic Mackey and the corrupt LAPD unit under his command.
Stars: Michael Chiklis, Catherine Dent, Walton Goggins, Michael Jace
Votes: 88,072
Many interesting characters with complex and intertwining storylines. Events in the pilot and beyond had repercussions throughout the series.
9. Firefly (2002–2003)
TV-14 | 45 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
Stars: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin
Votes: 281,642
The most wasted potential of any show I've seen.
10. Banshee (2013–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-con assumes the identity of a murdered sheriff in the small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania, where he has some unfinished business.
Stars: Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen, Frankie Faison
Votes: 123,513
Over the top and well deserving of the TV-MA rating, but lots of fun to watch.
11. The Crowded Room (2023)
TV-MA | 47 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In Manhattan in the summer of 1979, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime, and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it before the true criminal strikes again.
Stars: Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried, Sasha Lane, Will Chase
Votes: 31,995
Very well done series with great acting, especially by Tom Holland.
12. Bates Motel (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A contemporary prequel to Psycho, giving a portrayal of how Norman Bates' psyche unravels through his teenage years, and how deeply intricate his relationship with his mother, Norma, truly is.
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Nicola Peltz Beckham
Votes: 116,935
Fascinating characters and relationships. I have no problems with the changes from a true prequel.
13. Deadwood (2004–2006)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
A show set in the late 1800s, revolving around the characters of Deadwood, South Dakota; a town of deep corruption and crime.
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Brad Dourif
Votes: 117,588
14. Daredevil (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.
Stars: Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson
Votes: 474,597
15. Kingdom (2019–2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Horror
While strange rumors about their ill King grip a kingdom, the crown prince becomes their only hope against a mysterious plague overtaking the land.
Stars: Ju Ji-hoon, Bae Doona, Kim Sungkyu, Kim Hye-jun
Votes: 54,437
16. Band of Brothers (2001)
TV-MA | 59 min | Drama, History, War
The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.
Stars: Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor
Votes: 526,947
17. Jericho (2006–2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A small town in Kansas is literally left in the dark after seeing a mushroom cloud over nearby Denver, Colorado. The townspeople struggle to find answers about the blast and solutions on how to survive.
Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James, Ashley Scott, Kenneth Mitchell
Votes: 58,735
This developed into a great show after the rather cheesy early episodes.
18. Southland (2009–2013)
TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The lives of Police Officers working for the Los Angeles Police Department.
Stars: Michael Cudlitz, Shawn Hatosy, Regina King, Ben McKenzie
Votes: 29,103
Not quite the quality of the Shield, but a great cop show.
19. Sense8 (2015–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order.
Stars: Bae Doona, Jamie Clayton, Tina Desai, Tuppence Middleton
Votes: 162,975
An interesting premise with great character development.
20. Dead Like Me (2003–2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
After being hit on the head by a toilet seat that fell from Mir space station, a young temp clerk becomes a grim reaper in death.
Stars: Ellen Muth, Callum Blue, Jasmine Guy, Mandy Patinkin
Votes: 43,893
Life lessons offered by grim reapers. Witty and thought provoking.
21. The Last of Us (2023– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity's last hope.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Anna Torv, Gabriel Luna
Votes: 522,279
22. Generation Kill (2008)
TV-MA | 10 min | Drama, War
A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.
Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, James Ransone, Lee Tergesen, Jon Huertas
Votes: 59,192
23. Person of Interest (2011–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mystery.
Stars: Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson
Votes: 188,949
Came to love this show as it became more serialized over time.
24. Life (I) (2007–2009)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Charlie Crews was framed, convicted and cleared for a crime he didn't commit. Twelve years of hard time have given him a unique philosophy on life and criminal investigation. Now he's readjusting to a world that's moved on.
Stars: Damian Lewis, Sarah Shahi, Adam Arkin, Brent Sexton
Votes: 35,279
25. Fallout (2024– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
In a future, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles brought about by nuclear decimation, citizens must live in underground bunkers to protect themselves from radiation, mutants and bandits.
Stars: Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, Moises Arias
Votes: 114,630
26. Only Murders in the Building (2021– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Three strangers - who live in the same New York City apartment building and share an obsession with true crime - suddenly find themselves embroiled in a murder.
Stars: Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Michael Cyril Creighton
Votes: 156,162
Fun series with great performances by the leads.
27. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The apparently-perfect lives of upper-class mothers of students at a prestigious elementary school unravel to the point of murder when a single mother moves to their quaint California beach town.
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Adam Scott
Votes: 224,147
I wish we could have had a real conclusion to this series.
28. Black Bird (2022)
TV-MA | 58 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
Stars: Taron Egerton, Paul Walter Hauser, Greg Kinnear, Ray Liotta
Votes: 103,868
29. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
Votes: 106,646
A groundbreaking series, but not one that I could bring myself to watch again.
30. StartUp (2016–2018)
Not Rated | 44 min | Crime, Thriller
A desperate banker, a Haitian-American gang lord and a Cuban-American hacker are forced to work together to unwittingly create their version of the American dream - organized crime 2.0.
Stars: Adam Brody, Edi Gathegi, Otmara Marrero, Kristen Ariza
Votes: 30,272
31. Ozark (2017–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.
Stars: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner
Votes: 346,574
One of the most stress-inducing shows that I've ever seen.
32. Terriers (2010)
TV-MA | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business.
Stars: Donal Logue, Michael Raymond-James, Laura Allen, Kimberly Quinn
Votes: 11,253
Off beat P.I. show with great main characters. A true shame that it only lasted one season.
33. Miracles (2003)
60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Paul investigates modern miracles for the Catholic Church. After he witnesses a true supernatural miracle, only for his findings to be dismissed, he leaves the Church behind and is approached by Alva Keel to join his organization.
Stars: Skeet Ulrich, Angus Macfadyen, Marisa Ramirez, Hector Elizondo
Votes: 1,341
A great one-season show involving the paranormal that never had a chance because of ABC's scheduling.
34. The Boys (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.
Stars: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr, Erin Moriarty
Votes: 649,983
35. Godless (2017)
TV-MA | 65 min | Action, Drama, Western
In the 1880s American West, murderous outlaw gang leader Frank Griffin hunts for ex-protege Roy Goode. Frank's chase leads him to La Belle, New Mexico--a town inhabited, after a mining disaster, almost entirely by women.
Stars: Jack O'Connell, Michelle Dockery, Scoot McNairy, Merritt Wever
Votes: 78,512
36. Ted Lasso (2020–2023)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport
American college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League soccer team.
Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster
Votes: 347,912
37. Kingdom (2014–2017)
TV-MA | 43 min | Drama, Sport
A retired MMA fighter turned trainer juggles keeping his mixed martial arts gym running and keeping his family united.
Stars: Frank Grillo, Kiele Sanchez, Matt Lauria, Jonathan Tucker
Votes: 19,626
I couldn't care less about MMA, but this drama was wonderfully written and acted.
38. Quarry (2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Quarry, a disillusioned Vietnam War vet, returns home to Memphis in 1972 only to find rejection and scrutiny at every step. A mysterious man known only as The Broker gives him an offer he can't refuse - to work for him as a hitman.
Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Jodi Balfour, Damon Herriman, Edoardo Ballerini
Votes: 14,356
39. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Colognian commissioner Gereon Rath moves to Berlin, the epicenter of political and social changes in the Golden Twenties.
Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Lars Eidinger, Fritzi Haberlandt
Votes: 29,953
40. Supernatural (2005–2020)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.
Stars: Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Jim Beaver, Misha Collins
Votes: 482,986
Should have ended with Season 5.
41. Prison Break (2005–2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A structural engineer installs himself in a prison he helped design, in order to save his falsely accused brother from a death sentence by breaking themselves out from the inside.
Stars: Dominic Purcell, Wentworth Miller, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper
Votes: 579,173
Season 1 was wonderful; I like to forget that seasons 3 and 4 ever happened.
42. Dublin Murders (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the Dublin Murder Squad, Garda detectives Rob Reilly and Cassie Maddox investigate murder cases that tap into Ireland's past and also touch on their own personal lives.
Stars: Sarah Greene, Killian Scott, Michael D'Arcy, Eugene O'Hare
Votes: 11,993
43. Chernobyl (2019)
TV-MA | 41 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.
Stars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Adam Nagaitis
Votes: 864,627
44. The Mandalorian (2019– )
TV-14 | 40 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
Stars: Pedro Pascal, Chris Bartlett, Katee Sackhoff, Carl Weathers
Votes: 586,692
One of the few decent things Disney has done with Star Wars.
45. Tokyo Vice (2022– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Western journalist working for a publication in Tokyo takes on one of the city's most powerful crime bosses.
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Ken Watanabe, Rachel Keller, Shô Kasamatsu
Votes: 44,579
46. Dark (2017–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
Stars: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne
Votes: 443,931
47. Good Behavior (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 959 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Letty Raines is a thief and con artist whose life is always one wrong turn, one bad decision, from implosion. Which is just how she likes it.
Stars: Michelle Dockery, Juan Diego Botto, Terry Kinney, Lusia Strus
Votes: 11,790
48. Sherlock (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.
Stars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves
Votes: 997,765
49. Luther (2010–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
John Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.
Stars: Idris Elba, Dermot Crowley, Michael Smiley, Warren Brown
Votes: 154,281
Light years better than your standard police drama. The most intriguing part was Luther's relationship with a psychopathic murderer.
50. The Queen's Gambit (2020)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama
Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.
Stars: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski
Votes: 552,704
51. The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (2023– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Horror
Daryl's journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home.
Stars: Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Melissa McBride
Votes: 20,210
The only Walking Dead show to make my list.
52. Reacher (2022– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Itinerant former military policeman Jack Reacher solves crimes and metes out his own brand of street justice. Based on the novels by Lee Child.
Stars: Alan Ritchson, Maria Sten, Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald
Votes: 211,161
53. Sharp Objects (2018)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.
Stars: Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, Chris Messina, Eliza Scanlen
Votes: 118,728
One of the most shocking endings to a show that I've ever seen.
54. Damnation (2017–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Western
An epic saga about the secret history of the 1930s American heartland, centering on the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden.
Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Killian Scott, Sarah Jones, Chasten Harmon
Votes: 9,014
Such a shame this great period drama didn't get another season.
55. Veronica Mars (2004–2019)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After her best friend is murdered, and her father is removed as county Sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.
Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III
Votes: 78,069
I didn't expect to love this show, but Kristen Bell won me over right away.
56. Trust (2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
In 1973 Rome, John Paul Getty III, the heir and younger member of an oil tycoons' clan, is kidnapped by the Italian Mafia in order to get a ransom.
Stars: Harris Dickinson, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Swank, Luca Marinelli
Votes: 8,093
57. Mare of Easttown (2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Stars: Kate Winslet, Julianne Nicholson, Jean Smart, Angourie Rice
Votes: 187,582
58. Poker Face (2023– )
TV-MA | 58 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Charlie has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can't help but investigate and solve.
Stars: Natasha Lyonne, Benjamin Bratt, Simon Helberg, Pedro Hollywood
Votes: 48,081
59. The Lost Room (2006)
TV-PG | 90 min | Action, Fantasy, Mystery
A detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.
Stars: Peter Krause, Julianna Margulies, Peter Jacobson, Dennis Christopher
Votes: 33,069
A great sci-fi miniseries, but I wish the story could have been fleshed out a little more.
60. 1883 (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 56 min | Drama, Western
The post-Civil war generation of the Dutton family travels to Texas, and joins a wagon train undertaking the arduous journey west to Oregon, before settling in Montana to establish what would eventually become the Yellowstone Ranch.
Stars: Tim McGraw, Sam Elliott, Faith Hill, Isabel May
Votes: 116,023
Elsa was too much of a Mary Sue.
61. Slow Horses (2022– )
TV-MA | Drama, Thriller
Follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve as a dumping ground department of MI5 due to their career-ending mistakes.
Stars: Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rosalind Eleazar
Votes: 70,799
62. Time (2021– )
TV-14 | 59 min | Crime, Drama
Eric is a prison officer who tries to protect those in his charge. When one of the most dangerous inmates identifies his weakness, Eric faces an impossible choice between his principles and his love for his family.
Stars: Siobhan Finneran, Sean Bean, Jodie Whittaker, Stephen Graham
Votes: 27,200
63. The Sandman (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.
Stars: Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Patton Oswalt, Vivienne Acheampong
Votes: 170,921
It could have been so much more, but still was entertaining.
64. The Morning Show (I) (2019– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
An inside look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the team.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass
Votes: 129,817
65. Westworld (2016–2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
At the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.
Stars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris, Thandiwe Newton
Votes: 532,650
66. The Peripheral (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Set in the future when technology has subtly altered society, a woman discovers a secret connection to an alternate reality as well as a dark future of her own.
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Gary Carr, Jack Reynor, JJ Feild
Votes: 80,202
67. Succession (2018–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.
Stars: Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Peter Friedman
Votes: 272,643
One of the few shows that I like despite detesting all of the characters. However, Season 3 was a letdown.
68. The Night Agent (2023– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Low-level FBI agent Peter Sutherland works in the basement of the White House manning a phone that never rings - until the night it does, propelling him into a conspiracy that leads all the way to the Oval Office.
Stars: Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins
Votes: 109,648
Action packed and entertaining.
69. Nobel (2016)
45 min | Drama, Thriller, War
In NOBEL, two stories carefully intertwine as a returning soldier and family man becomes a pawn in a political international game. As the stakes grow higher he is forced to discover just how far one should go in the name of peace.
Stars: Aksel Hennie, Dennis Storhøi, Tuva Novotny, Danica Curcic
Votes: 6,839
70. Hannibal (2013–2015)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Explores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne
Votes: 276,502
Visually stunning. Surprisingly graphic for network television. The cancellation was upsetting, but it had a spectacular finale.
71. Spotless (2015)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
The law-abiding owner of a crime scene cleaning service is forced into business with a powerful mob boss thanks to his irresponsible older brother.
Stars: Marc-André Grondin, Denis Ménochet, Miranda Raison, Doug Allen
Votes: 3,978
72. Fargo (2014–2024)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Various chronicles of deception, intrigue, and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. All of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.
Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks
Votes: 421,766
Captures the spirit of the movie; some seasons are better than others.
73. Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
Stars: Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Taryn Manning, Emma Myles
Votes: 320,095
74. Warrior (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
During the Tong Wars in the late 1800s, Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy from China, immigrates to San Francisco and becomes a hatchet man for the most powerful tong in Chinatown.
Stars: Andrew Koji, Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan
Votes: 43,854
75. 12 Monkeys (2015–2018)
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Follows the journey of a time traveler from the post-apocalyptic future who appears in present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will nearly destroy the human race.
Stars: Aaron Stanford, Amanda Schull, Noah Bean, Barbara Sukowa
Votes: 48,703
I didn't understand the story half of the time but enjoyed the ride.
76. Travelers (2016–2018)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Hundreds of years from now, surviving humans discover how to send consciousness back through time, into people of the 21st century, while attempting to change the path of humanity.
Stars: Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson
Votes: 64,370
77. Bad Sisters (2022– )
TV-MA | 53 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The Garvey sisters are bound together by their parents' deaths and a promise to always protect one another.
Stars: Sharon Horgan, Claes Bang, Eve Hewson, Sarah Greene
Votes: 34,619
An entertaining black comedy that dragged at times.
78. Utopia (I) (2013–2014)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'.
Stars: Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Neil Maskell, Fiona O'Shaughnessy
Votes: 51,118
A great story and twists upon twists you will never see coming. Does contain some very disturbing violence in early episodes.
79. Chance (2016–2017)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A forensic neuro-psychiatrist reluctantly enters a dangerous and violent world of mistaken identity, police corruption and mental illness.
Stars: Hugh Laurie, Ethan Suplee, Greta Lee, Stefania LaVie Owen
Votes: 10,879
80. Dexter (2006–2013)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
He's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.
Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar
Votes: 765,641
The inane, terribly written final season almost knocked this off my list.
81. Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 53 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ten years after faking his death in Miami and moving to Upstate New York under an assumed name, Dexter gets an unexpected visit from the son he abandoned.
Stars: Michael C. Hall, Jack Alcott, Julia Jones, Johnny Sequoyah
Votes: 100,685
I thought the show had an appropriate conclusion.
82. The Sopranos (1999–2007)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama
New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.
Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 470,868
83. Shantaram (2022)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Lindsay arrives in Mumbai after escaping from an Australian prison. He meets Prabhakar who takes him to his native village where he relaunches his criminal career as Shantaram in the city's notorious underworld.
Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Fayssal Bazzi, Sujaya Dasgupta, Antonia Desplat
Votes: 15,309
Engrossing story; was disappointed by the cancellation.
84. Boomtown (2002–2003)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Each episode of this series, set in present day Los Angeles, examines one crime from many different viewpoints - uniformed cops, detectives, witnesses, the media, the fire department and rescue squad, even the criminals themselves.
Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Neal McDonough, Mykelti Williamson, Gary Basaraba
Votes: 2,300
I loved the unique way they told the story using different points of view.
85. The Honorable Woman (2014)
58 min | Drama, Thriller
Centers on Nessa Stein, a woman who inherits her father's arms business and finds herself in an international maelstrom as she continues to promote the reconciliation between Israelis and Palestinians.
Stars: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stephen Rea, Lubna Azabal, Katherine Parkinson
Votes: 11,550
86. Squid Game (2021– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits with deadly high stakes: a survival game that has a whopping 45.6 billion-won prize at stake.
Stars: Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Dylan Besseau, Yasushi Iwaki
Votes: 541,730
87. Generation War (2013)
TV-MA | 270 min | Action, Drama, History
Five friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.
Stars: Volker Bruch, Tom Schilling, Katharina Schüttler, Miriam Stein
Votes: 32,578 | Gross: $0.09M
88. La Mante (2017)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A serial killer, nicknamed 'La Mante' decides to collaborate with the police when a string of murders that copycat her style suddenly appear.
Stars: Carole Bouquet, Fred Testot, Manon Azem, Pascal Demolon
Votes: 14,344
89. Alias Grace (2017)
TV-MA | 45 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Grace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.
Stars: Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi
Votes: 37,804
90. Friday Night Lights (2006–2011)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sport
A drama that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the nation's best high school football teams, and their head coach Eric Taylor.
Stars: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford, Aimee Teegarden
Votes: 72,459
91. Kin (2021– )
TV-MA | Crime, Drama
Kin tells the story of a fictional Dublin family embroiled in gangland war and speaks to the enduring unbreakable bonds of blood and family.
Stars: Charlie Cox, Clare Dunne, Aidan Gillen, Emmett J Scanlan
Votes: 13,107
92. Jury Duty (2023– )
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
It follows the workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of Ronald Gladden, a juror who is unaware the entire case is fake. Everyone except him is an actor, and everything that happens is carefully planned.
Stars: James Marsden, Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair
Votes: 45,881
Super funny and feel good reality show.
93. Station Eleven (2021–2022)
TV-MA | 51 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
A post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines, telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.
Stars: Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Matilda Lawler, David Wilmot
Votes: 34,771
Not your average post-apocalyptic series.
94. The Fixer (2008–2009)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Ex-special forces operative and convicted murderer John Mercer is awarded an early release from prison on the condition that he becomes an assassin for the government.
Stars: Andrew Buchan, Jody Latham, Tamzin Outhwaite, Peter Mullan
Votes: 1,161
95. Impulse (2018–2019)
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A young woman discovers she has the extraordinary power of teleportation.
Stars: Maddie Hasson, Sarah Desjardins, Enuka Okuma, Craig Arnold
Votes: 10,515
Would have loved to see this series continue for more seasons.
96. TURN: Washington's Spies (2014–2017)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, History, War
A Long Island farmer bands together a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence.
Stars: Jamie Bell, Heather Lind, Samuel Roukin, Daniel Henshall
Votes: 23,430
97. Patriot (2015– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Follows the complicated life of intelligence officer John Tavner, whose latest assignment--to prevent Iran from going nuclear--requires him to forgo all safety nets and assume a perilous, non-official cover.
Stars: Michael Dorman, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Chernus, Kathleen Munroe
Votes: 18,038
Really enjoyable show once I was able to embrace the absurdity.
98. Alice in Borderland (2020– )
TV-MA | 50 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
Obsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
Stars: Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya, Nijirô Murakami, Eleanor Noble
Votes: 96,645
99. Mindhunter (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross
Votes: 335,666
100. Psych (2006–2014)
TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
When a novice sleuth convinces the police he has psychic powers, he and his reluctant best friend are hired on as consultants to help solve complicated cases.
Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Corbin Bernsen
Votes: 105,718
Shawn and Gus had a great relationship, and I loved all the pop culture references.
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