swap_horiz The Last Don Alternatives

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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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The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story

The People v. O. J. Simpson is a 2016 FX true-crime miniseries about the Simpson murder trial, winner of the Emmy for li...

Fx Crime True Story Legal

9.1 Excellent

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When They See Us

When They See Us is a 2019 Netflix miniseries by Ava DuVernay, dramatizing the wrongful convictions of the five teenager...

Netflix Crime True Story Legal

8.7 Great

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Our Friends in the North

Our Friends in the North is a 1996 BBC Two serial by Peter Flannery, following four Newcastle friends from the 1960s to...

Drama Political Bbc 1990S

8.7 Great

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Unbelievable

Unbelievable is a 2019 Netflix miniseries based on real reporting, following a dismissed rape report and the detectives...

Drama Netflix Crime True Story

8.6 Great

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The Corner

The Corner is a 2000 HBO miniseries by David Simon and David Mills, based on Simon and Ed Burns's Baltimore reporting an...

Drama Hbo Crime 2000S

8.6 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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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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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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Escape at Dannemora

Escape at Dannemora is a 2018 Showtime miniseries directed by Ben Stiller, dramatizing the 2015 prison escape from Clint...

Showtime Crime True Story Prison

8.2 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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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 Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies

The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies is a 2014 ITV drama by Peter Morgan, notable for depicting the press vilificati...

Crime True Story Media 2010S

8.1 Great

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Wives and Daughters

Wives and Daughters is a 1999 BBC-WGBH adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's unfinished novel, written by Andrew Davies and...

Bbc Literary 1990S Period

8.1 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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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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Chiefs

Chiefs is a 1983 CBS miniseries based on Stuart Woods's novel, tracing police chiefs in a Georgia town and earning an Em...

Cbs Crime 1980S Southern

7.9 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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Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story is a 1990 NBC crime miniseries about DEA agent Kiki Camarena, executive produced by Michae...

Crime 1990S Nbc Drugs

6.7 Fair