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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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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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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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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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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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Alias Grace

Alias Grace is a 2017 Canadian miniseries adapted from Margaret Atwood's novel, revisiting convicted 19th-century servan...

Netflix Crime Literary Period

7.9 Good

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The North Water

The North Water is a 2021 BBC Arctic whaling miniseries adapted from Ian McGuire's novel, starring Jack O'Connell and Co...

Thriller Literary Period 2020S

7.8 Good

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Nolly

Nolly is a 2023 British biographical miniseries by Russell T Davies, notable for Helena Bonham Carter's portrayal of Cro...

Television Drama Biography 2020S

7.8 Good

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Genius: Aretha

Genius: Aretha is the 2021 third season of National Geographic's anthology, centered on Aretha Franklin and starring Cyn...

Music Drama Biography 2020S

7.6 Good

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George and Tammy

George and Tammy is a 2022 American miniseries about country singers George Jones and Tammy Wynette, starring Michael Sh...

Music Drama Showtime Biography

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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The Reckoning

The Reckoning is a 2023 BBC docudrama by Neil McKay, notable for Steve Coogan's portrayal of Jimmy Savile and the crimes...

Crime True Story Bbc Biography

7.3 Good

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Brand New Cherry Flavor

Brand New Cherry Flavor is a 2021 Netflix horror miniseries based on Todd Grimson's novel, about a filmmaker's surreal r...

Netflix Satire Horror Hollywood

7.2 Good

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The Liberator

The Liberator is a 2020 Netflix animated war miniseries based on Alex Kershaw's book, following Felix Sparks and the 157...

Animation Netflix Wwii War

7.1 Good

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Welcome to Chippendales

Welcome to Chippendales is a 2022 U.S. Hulu miniseries about Chippendales founder Somen Banerjee and the nightclub empir...

Business Crime True Story Hulu

7.1 Good

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Feud: Capote vs. The Swans

Feud: Capote vs. The Swans is a 2024 FX miniseries about Truman Capote's break with New York socialites after publishing...

Drama Fx Biography 2020S

7.1 Good

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Lawmen: Bass Reeves

Lawmen: Bass Reeves is a 2023 American Western miniseries starring David Oyelowo, centered on one of the first Black dep...

Historical Western Biography 2020S

7.0 Good

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Joan

Joan is a 2024 ITV crime miniseries by Anna Symon, notable for Sophie Turner's portrayal of real-life jewel thief Joan H...

Drama Crime Biography 2020S

6.6 Fair

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A Man in Full

A Man in Full is a 2024 Netflix miniseries adapted from Tom Wolfe's novel, following an Atlanta real estate tycoon facin...

Business Drama Netflix Literary

5.6 Mediocre