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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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Black Bird

Black Bird is a 2022 U.S. Apple TV+ miniseries based on James Keene's memoir about eliciting a confession from a suspect...

Crime True Story Apple Tv+ Prison

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 Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story

The Assassination of Gianni Versace is a 2018 FX miniseries about Andrew Cunanan's murders, winner of the Emmy for limit...

Fx Crime True Story Biography

8.3 Great

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We Own This City

We Own This City is a 2022 HBO miniseries from David Simon and George Pelecanos, examining corruption in Baltimore's Gun...

Police Hbo Crime True Story

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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The Looming Tower

The Looming Tower is a 2018 U.S. Hulu miniseries about pre-9/11 intelligence failures, adapted from Lawrence Wright's Pu...

True Story Political Thriller Hulu

8.0 Great

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The Long Shadow

The Long Shadow is a 2023 ITV true-crime drama by George Kay, notable for focusing on victims during the Yorkshire Rippe...

Crime True Story Serial Killer 2020S

8.0 Great

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Quiz

Quiz is a 2020 British miniseries by James Graham, dramatizing the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? coughing scandal.

Drama Crime True Story 2020S

7.8 Good

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The Gold

The Gold is a British crime drama created by Neil Forsyth, notable for dramatizing the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery and its...

Crime True Story Bbc Heist

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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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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Five Days at Memorial

Five Days at Memorial is a 2022 U.S. Apple TV+ miniseries about hospital deaths after Hurricane Katrina, based on Sheri...

True Story Medical Apple Tv+ Disaster

7.7 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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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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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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Self Made

Self Made is a 2020 Netflix miniseries about Madam C. J. Walker, notable for portraying one of America's first self-made...

Business Netflix Period Biography

6.9 Fair

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The Girl from Plainville

The Girl from Plainville is a 2022 U.S. Hulu miniseries dramatizing the Michelle Carter texting-suicide case in Massachu...

Crime True Story Legal Hulu

6.8 Fair