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Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove is a 1989 U.S. CBS miniseries adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel, widely noted for reviving the televisio...

Drama Cbs 1980S Literary

9.4 Excellent

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Adolescence

Adolescence is a 2025 British Netflix crime drama miniseries created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham, noted for filmin...

Drama Netflix Crime 2020S

9.2 Excellent

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I May Destroy You

I May Destroy You is a 2020 BBC One and HBO drama created by Michaela Coel, whose writing Emmy made her the first Black...

Drama Hbo British 2020S

9.2 Excellent

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Small Axe

Small Axe is a 2020 BBC anthology miniseries by Steve McQueen, telling five stories about London's West Indian community...

Drama Historical Bbc Anthology

8.9 Great

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Unorthodox

Unorthodox is a 2020 German-American Netflix drama miniseries by Anna Winger and Alexa Karolinski, inspired by Deborah F...

Drama Netflix Religion 2020S

8.7 Great

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The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment is a 2023 British true-crime drama by Sarah Phelps, notable for its account of Peter Farquhar and...

Drama Crime True Story Bbc

8.5 Great

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Maid

Maid is a 2021 Netflix miniseries inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir, following a young mother who leaves abuse and wor...

Drama Netflix Social Family

8.4 Great

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Baby Reindeer

Baby Reindeer is a 2024 British Netflix miniseries by Richard Gadd, based on his stage work and centered on stalking, tr...

Drama Netflix True Story 2020S

8.3 Great

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Sherwood

Sherwood is a British crime drama created by James Graham, notable for linking 2004 Nottinghamshire murders to the legac...

Drama Crime Political Bbc

8.2 Great

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The Dropout

The Dropout is a 2022 U.S. Hulu miniseries about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, with Amanda Seyfried winning an Emmy...

Business True Story Biography Hulu

8.1 Great

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Help

Help is a 2021 Channel 4 television drama by Jack Thorne, notable for Jodie Comer and Stephen Graham's care-home story s...

Drama Medical Pandemic 2020S

8.1 Great

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I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True is a 2020 HBO miniseries based on Wally Lamb's novel, notable for Mark Ruffalo playing twin bro...

Drama Family Hbo Literary

8.0 Great

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The Offer

The Offer is a 2022 Paramount+ miniseries about producer Albert S. Ruddy's role in making The Godfather, dramatizing Hol...

Drama Biography Hollywood 2020S

8.0 Great

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Fellow Travelers

Fellow Travelers is a 2023 Showtime miniseries based on Thomas Mallon's novel, tracing a gay romance through U.S. politi...

Drama Showtime Historical Lgbtq+

7.9 Good

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Under the Banner of Heaven

Under the Banner of Heaven is a 2022 U.S. FX miniseries based on Jon Krakauer's book about a murder tied to Mormon funda...

Drama Crime Hulu Religion

7.7 Good

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Fleishman Is in Trouble

Fleishman Is in Trouble is a 2022 U.S. FX miniseries based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner's novel about divorce, ambition, and...

Drama Literary Relationship Hulu

7.7 Good

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Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere is a 2020 U.S. Hulu miniseries based on Celeste Ng's novel, notable for starring Reese Witherspo...

Drama Literary Suburban Hulu

7.4 Good

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Pam and Tommy

Pam and Tommy is a 2022 U.S. Hulu miniseries dramatizing Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's stolen sex tape scandal of the...

Drama Celebrity Biography Hulu

7.4 Good

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Under the Bridge

Under the Bridge is a 2024 Hulu true crime drama miniseries developed by Quinn Shephard from Rebecca Godfrey's book abou...

Drama Crime Hulu 2020S

7.4 Good

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Tiny Beautiful Things

Tiny Beautiful Things is a 2023 U.S. Hulu miniseries inspired by Cheryl Strayed's advice column, starring Kathryn Hahn a...

Drama Family Literary Hulu

7.1 Good