My Top 20 TV Series
Sherlock | TV Series (2010– )
1h 28min | Crime, Drama, Mystery | TV Series (2010– )
Writers: Mark Gatiss, Steven MoffatStars: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs
Summary: A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
Countries: UK, USALanguages: English
Rick and Morty | TV Series (2013– )
23min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy | TV Series (2013– )
Writers: Dan Harmon, Justin RoilandStars: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell, Spencer Grammer
Summary: An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.
Countries: USALanguages: English
Doctor Who | TV Series (2005– )
45min | Adventure, Drama, Family | TV Series (2005– )
Writers: Sydney NewmanStars: Jodie Whittaker, Peter Capaldi, Pearl Mackie
Summary: The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and their companions from planet Earth.
Countries: UK, CanadaLanguages: English
24 | TV Series (2001–2010)
44min | Action, Crime, Drama | TV Series (2001–2010)
Writers: Robert Cochran, Joel SurnowStars: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard
Summary: Jack Bauer, Director of Field Ops for the Counter-Terrorist Unit of Los Angeles, races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.
Countries: USALanguages: English, Russian, German, Korean, Arabic, Spanish, Serbian, Mandarin
Breaking Bad | TV Series (2008–2013)
49min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | TV Series (2008–2013)
Writers: Vince GilliganStars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn
Summary: A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.
Countries: USALanguages: English, Spanish
Black Mirror | TV Series (2011– )
1h | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | TV Series (2011– )
Writers: Charlie BrookerStars: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel
Summary: An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.
Countries: UKLanguages: English
Friends | TV Series (1994–2004)
22min | Comedy, Romance | TV Series (1994–2004)
Writers: David Crane, Marta KauffmanStars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow
Summary: Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty-something-year-old friends living in Manhattan.
Countries: USALanguages: English, Dutch, Italian, French
The Office | TV Series (2001–2003)
30min | Comedy, Drama | TV Series (2001–2003)
Writers: Ricky Gervais, Stephen MerchantStars: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook
Summary: The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
Countries: UKLanguages: English
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | TV Series (2005– )
22min | Comedy | TV Series (2005– )
Writers: Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenneyStars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney
Summary: Five friends with big egos and slightly arrogant attitudes are the proprietors of an Irish pub in Philadelphia.
Countries: USALanguages: English
Arrested Development | TV Series (2003– )
22min | Comedy | TV Series (2003– )
Writers: Mitchell HurwitzStars: Jason Bateman, Michael Cera, Portia de Rossi
Summary: Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.
Countries: USALanguages: English
The Handmaid's Tale | TV Series (2017– )
1h | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller | TV Series (2017– )
Writers: Bruce MillerStars: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes
Summary: Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Countries: USALanguages: English
Vikings | TV Series (2013– )
44min | Action, Adventure, Drama | TV Series (2013– )
Writers: Michael HirstStars: Katheryn Winnick, Gustaf Skarsgård, Alexander Ludwig
Summary: Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore - and raid - the distant shores across the ocean.
Countries: Ireland, CanadaLanguages: French, Arabic, English, Old English, Norse, Old, Latin
Fringe | TV Series (2008–2013)
46min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | TV Series (2008–2013)
Writers: J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto OrciStars: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble
Summary: An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.
Countries: USA, CanadaLanguages: English
Hannibal | TV Series (2013–2015)
44min | Crime, Drama, Horror | TV Series (2013–2015)
Writers: Bryan FullerStars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas
Summary: Explores the early relationship between the renowned psychiatrist and his patient, a young FBI criminal profiler, who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.
Countries: USALanguages: English
Mindhunter | TV Series (2017– )
1h | Crime, Drama, Thriller | TV Series (2017– )
Writers: Joe PenhallStars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv
Summary: Set in the late 1970s, two FBI agents are tasked with interviewing serial killers to solve open cases.
Countries: USALanguages: English
Westworld | TV Series (2016– )
1h 2min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi | TV Series (2016– )
Writers: Lisa Joy, Jonathan NolanStars: Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Wright, Ed Harris
Summary: Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, explore a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.
Countries: USALanguages: English
Mr. Robot | TV Series (2015–2019)
49min | Crime, Drama, Thriller | TV Series (2015–2019)
Writers: Sam EsmailStars: Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin
Summary: Elliot, a brilliant but highly unstable young cyber-security engineer and vigilante hacker, becomes a key figure in a complex game of global dominance when he and his shadowy allies try to take down the corrupt corporation he works for.
Countries: USALanguages: English, Swedish, Danish, Chinese, Persian
Better Call Saul | TV Series (2015– )
46min | Crime, Drama | TV Series (2015– )
Writers: Vince Gilligan, Peter GouldStars: Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Jonathan Banks
Summary: The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill in the time before he established his strip-mall law office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Countries: USALanguages: English, Spanish, Vietnamese
Chernobyl | TV Mini-Series (2019)
5h 30min | Drama, History, Thriller | TV Mini-Series (2019)
Writers: Craig MazinStars: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård
Summary: In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.
Countries: USA, UKLanguages: English
The Mandalorian | TV Series (2019– )
30min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi | TV Series (2019– )
Writers: Jon FavreauStars: Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Rio Hackford
Summary: The travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
Countries: USALanguages: English