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1.
Fargo (2014–2024)
Episode:
The Crocodile's Dilemma
(2014)
TV-MA | 69 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A ruthless, manipulative man meets a small-town insurance salesman and sets him on a path of destruction.
Director: Adam Bernstein | Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, Martin Freeman
Votes: 16,609
2.
Twin Peaks (1990–1991)
Episode:
Northwest Passage
(1989)
Unrated | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The small northwest town of Twin Peaks, Washington is shaken up when the body of the Homecoming Queen, Laura Palmer, is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic.
Director: David Lynch | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook
Votes: 16,857
3.
Breaking Bad (2008–2013)
Episode:
Pilot
(2008)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, chemistry teacher Walter White teams up with former student Jesse Pinkman to cook and sell crystal meth.
Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris
Votes: 43,203
4.
Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
Episode:
Boardwalk Empire
(2010)
TV-MA | 72 min | Crime, Drama
In 1920 Atlantic City, politician Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson makes arrangements to operate a liquor smuggling business during the early days of Prohibition. His driver, Jimmy Darmody, wishes to prove his usefulness.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon
Votes: 4,885
5.
The Sopranos (1999–2007)
Episode:
Pilot
(1999)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama
A mobster passes out at a family barbecue and seeks therapy to understand why.
Director: David Chase | Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli
Votes: 12,104
6.
Lost (2004–2010)
Episode:
Pilot: Part 1
(2004)
TV-14 | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Forty-eight survivors of an airline flight originating from Australia, bound for the U.S., which crash-lands onto an unknown island 1000 miles off course, struggle to figure out a way to survive while trying to find a way to be rescued.
Director: J.J. Abrams | Stars: Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Naveen Andrews
Votes: 12,754
7.
Better Call Saul (2015–2022)
Episode:
Uno
(2015)
TV-14 | 54 min | Crime, Drama
Struggling public defender Jimmy McGill constructs an elaborate yet questionable plan for winning back a pair of wealthy potential clients.
Director: Vince Gilligan | Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian
Votes: 22,899
8.
True Detective (2014– )
Episode:
The Long Bright Dark
(2014)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 2012, former detective partners Rust Cohle and Martin Hart recap one of their very first cases together involving a serial killer, back in 1995.
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Monaghan, Michael Potts
Votes: 28,950
9.
Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode:
Winter Is Coming
(2011)
TV-MA | 62 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Eddard Stark is torn between his family and an old friend when asked to serve at the side of King Robert Baratheon; Viserys plans to wed his sister to a nomadic warlord in exchange for an army.
Director: Timothy Van Patten | Stars: Sean Bean, Mark Addy, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Michelle Fairley
Votes: 54,564
10.
Mr. Robot (2015–2019)
Episode:
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(2015)
TV-14 | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A notorious hacker takes an interest in cyber security engineer and vigilante styled computer hacker Elliot, while an evil corporation is hacked.
Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Rami Malek, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström
Votes: 18,769
11.
Narcos (2015–2017)
Episode:
Descenso
(2015)
TV-MA | 57 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Chilean drug chemist Cockroach brings his product to Colombian smuggler Pablo Escobar. DEA agent Steve Murphy joins the war on drugs in Bogota.
Director: José Padilha | Stars: Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal, Joanna Christie
Votes: 9,579
12.
Frasier (1993–2004)
Episode:
The Good Son
(1993)
TV-G | 24 min | Comedy
Psychiatrist Frasier Crane returns to his hometown of Seattle to host a radio talk show, but soon discovers he could use a shrink himself when his disabled father moves in.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Peri Gilpin
Votes: 1,850
13.
Bodyguard (2018)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2018)
Not Rated | 58 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After rescuing a train from a suicide bomber, a Scottish Afghanistan War vet is assigned to protect the UK Home Secretary.
Director: Thomas Vincent | Stars: Richard Madden, Keeley Hawes, Sophie Rundle, Pippa Haywood
Votes: 5,266
14.
The Crown (2016–2023)
Episode:
Wolferton Splash
(2016)
TV-MA | 56 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young Princess Elizabeth marries Prince Philip. As King George VI's health worsens, Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister for the second time.
Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Claire Foy, Matt Smith, Victoria Hamilton, Jared Harris
Votes: 7,126
15.
House of Cards (2013–2018)
Episode:
Chapter 1
(2013)
TV-MA | 55 min | Drama
Congressman Francis Underwood has been declined the chair for Secretary of State. He's now gathering his own team to plot his revenge. Zoe Barnes, a reporter for the Washington Herald, will do anything to get her big break.
Director: David Fincher | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara, Corey Stoll
Votes: 8,455
16.
The Wire (2002–2008)
Episode:
The Target
(2002)
TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Baltimore Det. Jimmy McNulty finds himself in hot water with his superior Major William Rawls after a drug dealer, D'Angelo Barksdale who is charged with three murders, is acquitted. ... See full summary »
Director: Clark Johnson | Stars: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison
Votes: 7,682
17.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers
(2016)
TV-14 | 47 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
American scientists, working without oversight in an obscure laboratory in a backwater town, have managed to bring about the total destruction of mankind.
Directors: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown
Votes: 27,190
18.
The Handmaid's Tale (2017– )
Episode:
Offred
(2017)
TV-MA | 57 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Offred, one of the few fertile women known as Handmaids in the oppressive Republic of Gilead, struggles to survive as a reproductive surrogate for a powerful Commander and his resentful wife.
Director: Reed Morano | Stars: Elisabeth Moss, Joseph Fiennes, Yvonne Strahovski, Alexis Bledel
Votes: 6,936
19.
13 Reasons Why (2017–2020)
Episode:
Tape 1, Side A
(2017)
TV-MA | 54 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
As the school mourns the death of Hannah Baker, her friend Clay receives a box of tapes with messages she recorded before committing suicide.
Director: Tom McCarthy | Stars: Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe
Votes: 7,918
20.
Friends (1994–2004)
Episode:
The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate
(1994)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Monica and the gang introduce Rachel to the "real world" after she leaves her fiancé at the altar.
Director: James Burrows | Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc
Votes: 10,155
21.
Succession (2018–2023)
Episode:
Celebration
(2018)
TV-MA | 65 min | Comedy, Drama
Media magnate Logan Roy shocks his family with a stunning announcement on his 80th birthday. The news shatters his son Kendall, the heir apparent who's in the midst of negotiating the purchase of digital-media venture.
Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Hiam Abbass, Nicholas Braun, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin
Votes: 9,913
22.
Peaky Blinders (2013–2022)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2013)
TV-MA | 58 min | Crime, Drama
Thomas Shelby plans to fix a horse race; some guns turn up stolen.
Director: Otto Bathurst | Stars: Lobo Chan, Cillian Murphy, Benjamin Zephaniah, Alfie Evans-Meese
Votes: 13,456
23.
Seinfeld (1989–1998)
Episode:
Good News, Bad News
(1989)
TV-PG | 23 min | Comedy
Jerry and George argue whether an overnight visitor Jerry is expecting is coming with romantic intentions.
Director: Art Wolff | Stars: Jerry Seinfeld, Michael Richards, Lee Garlington, Jason Alexander
Votes: 6,682
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