swap_horiz The Virtues Alternatives

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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

2

The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown is a 2012 BBC Shakespeare miniseries adapting Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V with major British stag...

Drama Historical Bbc 2010S

8.5 Great

3

Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge is a 2014 HBO miniseries based on Elizabeth Strout's novel, notable for Frances McDormand's Emmy-winnin...

Drama Family Hbo Literary

8.4 Great

4

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

5

Patrick Melrose

Patrick Melrose is a 2018 British-American miniseries based on Edward St Aubyn's novels, starring Benedict Cumberbatch a...

Drama Showtime Literary Addiction

8.2 Great

6

Genius: Einstein

Genius: Einstein is the 2017 first season of National Geographic's anthology, dramatizing Albert Einstein's life with Ge...

Drama Science Biography 2010S

8.2 Great

7

Feud: Bette and Joan

Feud: Bette and Joan is a 2017 FX miniseries created by Ryan Murphy, dramatizing the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joa...

Drama Fx Biography Hollywood

8.2 Great

8

Show Me a Hero

Show Me a Hero is a 2015 HBO miniseries created by David Simon and William F. Zorzi, dramatizing a real Yonkers housing...

Drama Hbo True Story Political

8.1 Great

9

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses is a 2016 BBC sequel adapting Henry VI and Richard III, with Benedict Cumberbatc...

Drama Historical Bbc 2010S

8.1 Great

10

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

11

Waco

Waco is a 2018 American miniseries dramatizing the 1993 standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidians near Wa...

Drama Crime True Story 2010S

7.8 Good

12

The Cry

The Cry is a 2018 BBC psychological thriller miniseries adapted from Helen FitzGerald's novel, about a missing baby in A...

Drama Mystery Crime Bbc

7.3 Good

13

Deceit

Deceit is a 2021 Channel 4 drama by Emilia di Girolamo, notable for revisiting the undercover Lizzie James operation in...

Drama Crime True Story 2020S

7.2 Good

14

Genius: Picasso

Genius: Picasso is the 2018 second season of National Geographic's anthology, portraying Pablo Picasso with Antonio Band...

Drama Biography 2010S Art

7.1 Good

15

Kiri

Kiri is a 2018 Channel 4 crime drama by Jack Thorne, notable as a major All 4 drama success about a social worker and a...

Drama Family Crime 2010S

7.1 Good

16

The Light in the Hall

The Light in the Hall is a Welsh and English-language drama first aired on S4C in 2022, notable for its bilingual produc...

Drama Mystery Crime 2020S

7.0 Good

17

The Bible

The Bible is a 2013 U.S. History miniseries produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, dramatizing biblical episodes from...

History Drama Biblical Religion

6.6 Fair

18

Deadwater Fell

Deadwater Fell is a 2020 Channel 4 Scottish crime drama created by Daisy Coulam, notable for starring David Tennant as a...

Drama Mystery Crime 2020S

6.6 Fair

19

Sons of Liberty

Sons of Liberty is a 2015 U.S. History miniseries dramatizing figures including Samuel Adams and Paul Revere before the...

History Drama Historical 2010S

6.0 Fair

20

Tut

Tut is a 2015 Canadian-American historical miniseries about Pharaoh Tutankhamun, notable as Spike's three-night drama st...

Drama Historical 2010S Egypt

5.8 Mediocre