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The Top 200 TV Shows as Rated by Women on IMDb in 2018

by IMDb-Editors • Created 7 years ago • Modified 7 years ago
In celebration of International Women's Day, we've complied the the top 200 TV shows according to ratings from women on IMDb. How do your own favorites stack up?
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  • Planet Earth (2006)

    1. Planet Earth

    200611 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    9.4 (227K)
    A documentary series on the wildlife found on Earth. Each episode covers a different habitat: deserts, mountains, deep oceans, shallow seas, forests, caves, polar regions, fresh water, plains and jungles. Narrated by David Attenborough.
    StarsSigourney WeaverDavid AttenboroughNikolay Drozdov
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.50
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.48
  • Game of Thrones (2011)

    2. Game of Thrones

    2011–201974 epsTV-MATV Series
    9.2 (2.4M)
    Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.
    CreatorsDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit Harington
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.46
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.51
  • Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Shane Taylor, and Peter Youngblood Hills in Band of Brothers (2001)

    3. Band of Brothers

    200110 epsTV-MATV Mini Series
    9.4 (561K)
    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.
    StarsScott GrimesDamian LewisRon Livingston
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.42
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.52
  • Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010)

    4. Sherlock

    2010–201715 epsTV-14TV Series
    9.0 (1M)
    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.
    CreatorsMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna Stubbs
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.34
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.12
  • Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, and Jack De Sena in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)

    5. Avatar: The Last Airbender

    2005–200862 epsTV-Y7-FVTV Series
    9.3 (406K)
    In a war-torn world of elemental powers, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.
    CreatorsMichael Dante DiMartinoBryan KonietzkoStarsDee Bradley BakerZach Tyler EisenMae Whitman
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.31
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.14
  • Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad (2008)

    6. Breaking Bad

    2008–201362 epsTV-MATV Series
    9.5 (2.3M)
    A chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with a former student to secure his family's future.
    CreatorVince GilliganStarsBryan CranstonAaron PaulAnna Gunn
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.23
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.50
  • Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle in Pride and Prejudice (1995)

    7. Pride and Prejudice

    19956 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.8 (98K)
    While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.
    StarsColin FirthJennifer EhleSusannah Harker
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.22
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.53
  • Adam Baldwin, Nathan Fillion, Ron Glass, Sean Maher, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, and Summer Glau in Firefly (2002)

    8. Firefly

    2002–200314 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (291K)
    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.
    CreatorJoss WhedonStarsNathan FillionGina TorresAlan Tudyk
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.21
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.04
  • Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)

    9. Friends

    1994–2004235 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (1.1M)
    Follows the personal and professional lives of six twenty to thirty year-old friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.
    CreatorsDavid CraneMarta KauffmanStarsJennifer AnistonCourteney CoxLisa Kudrow
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.17
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.85
  • Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland in Rick and Morty (2013)

    10. Rick and Morty

    2013– 85 epsTV-MATV Series
    9.1 (649K)
    The fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious grandson are further complicated by their inter-dimensional misadventures.
    CreatorsDan HarmonJustin RoilandStarsChris ParnellSpencer GrammerSarah Chalke
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.14
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.35
  • Christopher Eccleston, Peter Capaldi, David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Jodie Whittaker in Doctor Who (2005)

    11. Doctor Who

    2005–2022175 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.5 (257K)
    The further adventures in time and space of the alien adventurer known as the Doctor and his companions from planet Earth.
    CreatorSydney NewmanStarsJodie WhittakerPeter CapaldiPearl Mackie
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.09
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.56
  • Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Natalia Dyer, Caleb McLaughlin, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, and Gaten Matarazzo in Stranger Things (2016)

    12. Stranger Things

    2016–202542 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.6 (1.4M)
    In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.
    CreatorsMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsMillie Bobby BrownFinn WolfhardWinona Ryder
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.03
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.90
  • Richard Armitage and Daniela Denby-Ashe in North & South (2004)

    13. North & South

    20044 epsTV-PGTV Mini Series
    8.5 (37K)
    North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.
    StarsDaniela Denby-AsheRichard ArmitageTim Pigott-Smith
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.02
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 7.98
  • Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, and Faithe Herman in This Is Us (2016)

    14. This Is Us

    2016–2022106 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.7 (168K)
    A heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles, and their wonderful parents.
    CreatorDan FogelmanStarsMilo VentimigliaMandy MooreSterling K. Brown
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.01
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.68
  • The Wire (2002)

    15. The Wire

    2002–200860 epsTV-MATV Series
    9.3 (403K)
    The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.
    CreatorDavid SimonStarsDominic WestLance ReddickSonja Sohn
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 9.00
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.40
  • Black Mirror (2011)

    16. Black Mirror

    2011– 33 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (692K)
    Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.
    CreatorCharlie BrookerStarsAnjana VasanCristin MiliotiJimmi Simpson
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.95
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.91
  • Elizabeth McGovern, Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville, Brendan Coyle, Joanne Froggatt, Penelope Wilton, Allen Leech, Michelle Dockery, Laura Carmichael, Lily James, Fifi Hart, and Oliver Barker in Downton Abbey (2010)

    17. Downton Abbey

    2010–201552 epsTV-PGTV Series
    8.7 (235K)
    A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.
    CreatorJulian FellowesStarsHugh BonnevillePhyllis LoganElizabeth McGovern
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.94
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.46
  • Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid's Tale (2017)

    18. The Handmaid's Tale

    2017–202566 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (276K)
    Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
    CreatorBruce MillerStarsElisabeth MossYvonne StrahovskiAnn Dowd
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.94
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.33
  • Kappei Yamaguchi, Shidô Nakamura, and Mamoru Miyano in Death Note (2006)

    19. Death Note

    2006–200737 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.9 (424K)
    An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
    StarsMamoru MiyanoBrad SwaileVincent Tong
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.93
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.01
  • Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders (2013)

    20. Peaky Blinders

    2013–202236 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (710K)
    A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.
    CreatorSteven KnightStarsCillian MurphyPaul AndersonSophie Rundle
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.91
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.78
  • Outlander (2014)

    21. Outlander

    2014– 101 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.3 (191K)
    Claire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.
    CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsCaitríona BalfeSam HeughanSophie Skelton
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.91
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 7.94
  • Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson in True Detective (2014)

    22. True Detective

    2014– 31 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.9 (702K)
    Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
    CreatorsNic PizzolattoIssa LópezStarsVince VaughnColin FarrellRachel McAdams
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.89
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 9.07
  • Linda Cardellini, John Francis Daley, James Franco, Samm Levine, Seth Rogen, Martin Starr, and Jason Segel in Freaks and Geeks (1999)

    23. Freaks and Geeks

    1999–200018 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.8 (160K)
    A high school mathlete starts hanging out with a group of burnouts while her younger brother navigates his freshman year.
    CreatorPaul FeigStarsLinda CardelliniJohn Francis DaleyJames Franco
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.88
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.84
  • Jason Bateman, Jeffrey Tambor, Will Arnett, Michael Cera, and Alia Shawkat in Arrested Development (2003)

    24. Arrested Development

    2003–201984 epsTV-14TV Series
    8.6 (335K)
    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.
    CreatorMitchell HurwitzStarsJason BatemanMichael CeraPortia de Rossi
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.87
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.94
  • Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodríguez, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, Peter Krause, and Mathew St. Patrick in Six Feet Under (2001)

    25. Six Feet Under

    2001–200563 epsTV-MATV Series
    8.7 (159K)
    When death is your business, what is your life? Laced with irony and dark situational humor, the show approaches the subject of death through the eyes of the Fisher family, who owns and operates a funeral home in Los Angeles.
    CreatorAlan BallStarsPeter KrauseMichael C. HallFrances Conroy
    Average IMDb Female User Rating: 8.86
    Average IMDb Male User Rating: 8.73

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