The 35 best limited series to binge-watch in 2024

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Is there something that embodies “status viewing” greater than the restricted sequence? With a transparent endpoint, writers don’t must bloat their plots to plant seeds for future conflicts. Their characters can try for clear, definable targets. Manufacturing budgets don’t must maintain yearly renewal in thoughts. A restricted sequence makes for improbable tv as a result of it has the posh of hyperfocus — if we’re solely telling one story, let’s inform that story actually dang nicely. 

That’s maybe why restricted sequence lend themselves so elegantly to e-book variations. There’s more room for particulars than a film, however no must invent storylines for extra seasons. And since we expect everybody ought to get to take pleasure in this stellar class of leisure, we’ve put collectively the best possible restricted sequence you possibly can stream; all of the top-tier dramas, histories, romances, homicide mysteries and extra that your prestige-loving coronary heart wishes.

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Observe: All anthologies and multi-season sequence have been disqualified from consideration. Moreover, documentaries haven’t been included. We have got separate suggestions for that.

35. One Day


Credit score: Netflix

On their final day on the College of Edinburgh, aristocratic playboy Dexter Mayhew (Leo Woodall) and idealistic bookworm Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) unexpectedly spend the night time collectively. Regardless of their being whole opposites, the pair hit it off and ultimately go their separate methods — as mates. However that’s not the top of their story. 

Primarily based on the favored David Nicholls’ novel of the identical title, One Day is a beautiful and emotional romance. By following sooner or later from annually of Emma and Dexter’s relationship, we see how their age adjustments their way of living, to one another, and to like. A charmer and a tearjerker. — Kristina Grosspietsch, Contributing Author

How lengthy: About six hours and 40 minutes, over 14 episodes

Learn how to watch: One Day is now streaming on Netflix.

34. Child Reindeer

Tailored from his one-man play of the identical title, Richard Gadd’s Child Reindeer is one in every of most complicated, bruising, and charming watches of 2024. Gadd is Donny Dunn, a bartender and floundering comic who feels compelled to point out kindness to a buyer, Martha. Instantly, Donny can inform Martha (Jessica Gunning) is a pathological liar, however he quickly comes to search out she’s additionally an unstable stalker. Tens of hundreds of unanswered emails later, Donny asks himself, why did he attain out to her within the first place, and why hasn’t he reported her to the police? 

An unflinching exploration of trauma, Child Reindeer offers us no clear decision. As Mashable’s Sam Haysom writes, “It is tough to search out fault with Child Reindeer. The appearing is sensible throughout the board, Gadd’s writing is great, and the one factor which may put some folks off is the darkness of the subject material. The present is uncooked and trustworthy, and the characters do not all the time make the choices we wish them to make.” It could be exhausting to observe, however it’s even tougher to look away. — Ok.G.

How lengthy: About 4 hours, over seven episodes

Learn how to watch: Child Reindeer is now streaming on Netflix.

33. Mary and George

Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine in "Mary & George."


Credit score: Starz

The horniest interval drama of 2024 is Starz’s Mary & George, a really glorious, darkly comedic story a few mom and son utilizing each software at their disposal (intercourse) to achieve energy. In Seventeenth-century England, Mary Villiers has huge plans for her second son, George. His beauty are simple, and guided by Mary’s strategizing, can be utilized as a weapon to lift the household’s station. However Mary’s not attempting to snare a mere earl or duke! No, she’s received her sights set on the king himself, whose style for stunning males is an open secret. 

Primarily based on the nonfiction e-book The King’s Murderer by Benjamin Woolley, Mary & George is fashionable, moody, and deliciously depraved. Julianne Moore is pitch-perfect because the coldly plotting mom, whereas Nicholas Galitzine is magnetic as her beautiful however angsty son. A horny and pleasant watch! — Ok.G.

How lengthy: Simply over six hours, over seven episodes

Learn how to watch: Mary & George is now streaming on Starz.

32. Fellow Vacationers

Within the Lavender Scare of the Nineteen Fifties, hundreds of LGBTQ authorities staff have been deemed “safety dangers” and unceremoniously fired. And it is in opposition to this backdrop of McCarthy-era paranoia and secrecy that Hawk Fuller, a World Struggle II veteran, and Tim Laughlin, a Congressional staffer, meet and fall in love.

A decades-long romance ensues; it is a high-stakes affair that places their jobs and livelihoods on the road. Fellow Vacationers is a transferring story of affection and reality that includes Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, and their scintillating chemistry. — Ok.G.

How lengthy: About six hours, over eight episodes

Learn how to watch: Fellow Vacationers is now streaming on Paramount+.

31. Maid

A young woman looks concerned while standing in a laundry room.


Credit score: Ricardo Hubbs/Netflix

Created by Molly Smith Metzler and tailored from Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Exhausting Work, Low Pay, and a Mom’s Will to Survive, Maid is an absolute intestine punch that can probably make you cry greater than as soon as. Margaret Qualley is great as Alex, a younger girl struggling to depart an abusive relationship whereas persevering with to take care of toddler daughter; she’s paired along with her real-life mom Andie McDowell, who’s improbable as Alex’s well-meaning however unreliable mother.

We comply with Alex’s agonizing journey from navigating a ladies’s shelter to going through the baffling catch-22’s of the American welfare system (she will be able to’t get state-sponsored youngster care with out a job, however she will be able to’t get a job with out youngster care), and extra. It’s a robust meditation on perseverance, in addition to a brutal examination of how extremely quick the US falls in supporting these struggling to outlive.* — Ok.G.

How lengthy: 9 hours, over 10 episodes.

Learn how to watch: Maid is now streaming on Netflix.

30. Station Eleven

A group of kids wearing tattered clothing sit around in a desolate space.


Credit score: Ian Watson/HBO Max

Whether or not or not you’ve learn Emily St. John Mandel’s celebrated novel of the identical title, this lavish adaptation proved must-see TV. (Effectively, not TV — must-see HBO!) Station Eleven creator/showrunner Patrick Somerville thoughtfully reimagined the setting and a few stirring specifics of Mandel’s dystopian drama, making for a narrative acquainted but stunning.

In a world ravaged by plague, a scrappy theater troupe — known as the Touring Symphony — excursions settlements to deliver the pleasures of Shakespeare to the survivors. However how did humankind come to this place of wreck and revival? Weaving previous and current in a ragged however riveting tapestry, this mini-series gave an virtually alarmingly optimistic have a look at the apocalypse. Grounding the sensational storytelling is a critically heralded forged that features Mackenzie Davis, Matilda Lawler, Himesh Patel, Gael García Bernal, and Danielle Deadwyler. * — Kristy Puchko, Movie Editor

How lengthy: 9 hours, over 10 episodes.

Learn how to watch: Station Eleven is now streaming on Max.

29. Below the Banner of Heaven

A man wearing a suit gives a press note.


Credit score: Michelle Faye/FX

Detective Jeb Pyre (a stirring Andrew Garfield) begins to query his religion and his church whereas investigating a brutal homicide in his small Mormon neighborhood in Below the Banner of Heaven.

The FX sequence is a haunting adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction e-book that investigates the very actual homicide of Brenda Wright and her child in Utah in 1984. As a fictionalized retelling, Below the Banner of Heaven weaves a narrative of non secular extremism, generational trauma, the ability and limitations of religion, and above all else, of a vivid, form younger girl who received caught within the center. Creator Dustin Lance Black’s (Milk) take is complicated, deeply affecting, and superbly shot, with glimpses of Latter-day Saint historic figures flashing via Detective Pyre’s thoughts, as he struggles to reconcile his beliefs together with his suspicions in regards to the involvement of the church. Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Gil Birmingham, Denise Gough, and Wyatt Russell every give exceptional performances, making Heaven a really unforgettable watch. — Ok.G

How lengthy: Seven and a half hours, over seven episodes.

Learn how to watch: Below the Banner of Heaven is now streaming on Hulu.

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28. Mrs. America

A woman with glasses and long blonde hair looks solemn.


Credit score: Sabrina Lantos / FX

This FX miniseries dramatizes the ’70s feminist makes an attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Modification and conservative spokeswoman Phyllis Schlafly’s marketing campaign to cease the ERA in its tracks.

Cate Blanchett performs Schlafly, whose conservative values clashed with the concept political, civil, and authorized rights ought to be equally prolonged to American women and men. Rose Byrne performs legendary feminist activist Gloria Steinem, who supported the legislation. Mrs. America tells a heightened model of the unimaginable historical past of the ERA and the swaths of American ladies who fought for and opposed equal rights on the idea of intercourse and gender, and like many historic dramas is as entertaining as it’s often infuriating. * — Alexis Nedd, Senior Leisure Reporter

How lengthy: Seven and a half hours, over 9 episodes.

Learn how to watch: Mrs. America is now streaming on Hulu.

27. A Very English Scandal

Ben Whishaw and Hugh Grant re-dress in a small room in "A Very English Scandal."


Credit score: BBC

An enchanting dramatization of a trial that consumed British media cycles within the late ’60s early ’70s, when homosexuality was decriminalised in England however not authorized. Russell T Davies’ A Very English Scandal tells the story of Jeremy Thorpe, a liberal member of Parliament, and his secret former lover, Norman Josiffe, who publicly accused Thorpe of making an attempt to homicide him. It is a compelling, stunning, and unexpectedly bubbly retelling of an abusive relationship and a authorities official’s spectacular fall from grace. Hugh Grant is great because the slimy MP, whereas Ben Whishaw is positively magnetic as a fancy sufferer with a dramatic aptitude.*  — Ok.G.

How lengthy: Three hours, over three episodes.

Learn how to watch: A Very English Scandal is now streaming on Prime Video.

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26. From Scratch

A woman stands in a subway cart.


Credit score: Stefano Montesi/Netflix

Zoe Saldaña has spent a lot of the previous few years in inexperienced make-up (for Guardians of the Galaxy) or in a movement seize swimsuit (for Avatar). However on this stunning, heart-wrenching adaptation of Tembi Locke’s memoir, Saldaña is only a human in love — and it’s charming. 

As Amy, Saldaña travels to Florence to check artwork in opposition to her father’s recommendation. There she meets Lino (Eugenio Mastrandrea in an electrical and swoon-worthy efficiency), a passionate Sicilian chef who’s all in on Amy after his first look. After just a few false begins, a profoundly transferring romance ensues, and we watch the pair’s love develop and evolve as life throws challenges their approach. From Scratch is enthralling in its depth, boasts a stellar forged (Danielle Deadwyler, Keith David, Giacomo Gianniotti, and extra), and luxuriates in its beautiful pictures of meals. You’ll fall in love with this couple and easily won’t be able to cease watching or transfer on along with your life till you learn how their story ends.* — Ok.G.

How lengthy: Eight hours, over eight episodes.

Learn how to watch: From Scratch is now streaming on Netflix.

25. Mare of Easttown

A woman looks solemn while standing outdoors.


Credit score: HBO

25 years in the past, Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) was a star highschool athlete with a promising future forward of her. These days, she’s a bitter, divorced detective whose title is being dragged via the mud over a lacking individuals case she couldn’t clear up. When one other native woman vanishes, Mare should push apart private dramas — and interior demons — to crack the case. This small however gruff blue-collar city outdoors of Philadelphia is the sort of place the place everybody is aware of everybody, so absolutely somebody should know one thing.

Creator Brad Ingelsby brings collectively a crackling forged that features Julianne Nicholson, Jean Sensible, Angourie Rice, Man Pearce, and Evan Peters. Collectively, they construct an enveloping environment of snark and suspicion and a darkly amusing crime drama that had tongues wagging, critics cheering, and jaws dropping. It’s no thriller how Mare of Easttown earned 16 Emmy nominations.* — Ok.P.

How lengthy: Seven hours, over seven episodes.

Learn how to watch: Mare of Easttown is now streaming on Max.

24. Transatlantic

A 1940s couple drink wine during dinner.


Credit score: Anika Molnar

The yr is 1940. France has been invaded by Germany, and all out conflict is imminent. However hope stays on the Lodge Splendide in Marseille, the place a scrappy, bold org known as the Emergency Rescue Committee is corralling all its sources, authorized and…not so authorized, to evacuate artists, writers, and thinkers wished by the Nazis. Led by Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs), Varian Fry (Cory Michael Smith), and Albert Albert Hirschman (Lucas Englander), the ERC refuses to desert their mission, even because the stakes develop ever larger for them and their prices.

Transatlantic is a classy and charming drama is predicated on a exceptional true story. The Emergency Rescue Committee helped discover protected passage for Hannah Arendt, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Marc Chagall, and numerous different dissenters focused by the Nazis for the audacity of their concepts. Created by Anna Winger (Unorthodox) and Daniel Hendler, and tailored from Julie Orringer’s authentic historic fiction novel The Flight Portfolio, Transatlantic is an affecting and scenic mini-series with a sensational worldwide forged.* — Ok.G. 

How lengthy: Six hours, over seven episodes.

Learn how to watch: Transatlantic is now streaming on Netflix.

23. The Affected person

A therapist wearing a beige cardigan sits on a chair in his office.


Credit score: Suzanne Tenner / FX

Disturbing and interesting, The Affected person is a type of thrillers you possibly can’t drag your eyes away from. Steve Carrell is Dr. Alan Strauss, a psychotherapist who wakes up one morning chained in a basement by a affected person, serial killer Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson), and compelled to supply remedy or else Sam will give into his violent and homicidal urges. The stakes are excessive, however the remedy is charming. There’s no approach out for Alan aside from via, and he genuinely tries to are inclined to his affected person whereas coping with his personal grief and making an attempt to flee. From The Individuals‘ Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Affected person will hook you in its first enigmatic minutes, and the tight, superbly-acted half hour installments will maintain you urgent “subsequent episode” earlier than you possibly can even assume to cease your self. And why would you?! — Ok.G. 

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How lengthy: 5 hours, over ten episodes.

Learn how to watch: The Affected person is now streaming on Hulu.

22. I Might Destroy You

A man and a woman drink at a bar in a nightclub.


Credit score: HBO

English author/actor/producer Michaela Coel first broke via along with her cheeky, sex-centric comedy sequence Chewing Gum. With this addictive follow-up, her provocative humor turns to darker corners, exploring the problems of social media affect, anti-Black racism, consent, and rape tradition.

In I Might Destroy You, Coel stars as Arabella Essiedu, a twenty-something author who relishes a wild night time out in town. However when one such night time ends with a blackout, bloody brow, and troubling flashbacks, Arabella items collectively her expertise of sexual assault, turning to her mates, new lovers, and doubtful distractions to manage. Coel writes with poignant realism, because the sequence adopted her personal sexual assault, which occurred whereas filming Chewing Gum. Surrounded by a suitably excellent forged, which incorporates Weruche Opia and Paapa Essiedu, Coel delivers an electrifying portrayal of a girl on the verge. Her critically heralded 12-part creation has gained two BAFTAs, one for her lead efficiency, the opposite for Finest Mini-Sequence, in addition to a slew of Emmy nominations. * — Ok.P. 

How lengthy: Six hours, over 12 episodes.

Learn how to watch: I Might Destroy You is now streaming on Max.

21. The Haunting of Hill Home

A family sit in their car looking scared.


Credit score: Steve Dietl/Netflix

When you do not thoughts yelping in fright from time to time, open the entrance door on Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill Home. A genuinely scary drama from creator Mike Flanagan, based mostly on Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel, the sequence centres across the idea of household trauma and grief. However there are many scares too, and a thriller that can genuinely chill you, about 5 siblings and their mother and father who stay in a really haunted home. Hill Home will maintain you on the sting of your sofa till the final showdown.* — Shannon Connellan, Editor Mashable UK 

How lengthy: 10 hours, over 10 episodes.

Learn how to watch: The Haunting of Hill Home is now streaming on Netflix.

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20. The English

Chaske Spencer and Emily Blunt sit on horseback in the American West in the TV show "The English"


Credit score: Diego Lopez Calvin/Drama Republic/Amazon Studios/BBC

After we first meet Emily Blunt’s Woman Cornelia Locke, she’s sporting a vivid pink, frilly Eighteen Nineties frock, a stark distinction to the searing blue sky and arid yellow earth of the distant American West outpost the place her story begins. She doesn’t belong on this ruthless, lawless place. However she traveled all the best way from England for revenge on the person answerable for her son’s demise — and she is going to cease at nothing to get it. Fortunately, she meets Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), a Pawnee man and former cavalry scout for the Union military who has his personal rating to settle. Collectively, the unlikely pair journey via hostile territory, unraveling their painful pasts and discovering solace in one another’s power.

From director Hugo Blick, The English is a shocking, emotional, and brutal Western that defies expectations. You won’t be able to guess the place it’s going, or the place it got here from — however you can be completely hypnotized by the ability of Blunt and Spencer’s performances. — Ok.G. 

How lengthy: About 5 hours, over six episodes.

Learn how to watch: The English is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

19. The Dropout

A woman works on her laptop in her office at night.


Credit score: Beth Dubber/Hulu

By now you’ve actually heard about Elizabeth Holmes, disgraced, turtleneck-wearing founding father of the rip-off medtech firm Theranos who was convicted of fraud in 2022, sentenced to 11.25 years in jail. And simply two months after her responsible verdict landed, an odd and glorious miniseries chronicling her rise and fall dropped on Hulu. Whoever scheduled The Dropout’s premiere date deserves a increase. 

Amanda Seyfried earned an Emmy for her deep-voiced, disquieting, and magnetic portrayal of Holmes. This mini-series is a wild trip that retains your jaw firmly dropped to the bottom the entire approach via — however we will’t stress this sufficient, that is all based mostly on a real (and really bonkers) story. * — Ok.G.

How lengthy: Six hours, over eight episodes.

Learn how to watch: The Dropout is now streaming on Hulu.

18. Unorthodox 

A woman plays the piano on stage.


Credit score: Anika Molnar/Netflix

The primary Netflix sequence whose main language was Yiddish, Unorthodox is an empathetic, transferring story of a 19-year-old girl fleeing the oppression of her Hasidic Jewish ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She travels all the best way to Berlin to search out protected haven, however when her former husband learns she is pregnant, he journeys to Germany to deliver her again. Primarily based loosely on Deborah Feldman’s memoir, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, this ground-breaking restricted sequence treats its material with respect and intimacy. There is no such thing as a villain right here, solely folks formed by the worlds they grew up in. — Ok.G. 

How lengthy: 4 hours, over 4 episodes.

Learn how to watch: Unorthodox is now streaming on Netflix.

17. The Evening Of

A man in cuffs sits in an interrogation room.


Credit score: HBO

The buzziest watch of 2016, The Evening Of is a hall-of-famer in terms of status restricted sequence. Primarily based on the primary season of an award-winning British present, Prison Justice, The Evening Of follows Nasir “Naz” Khan (Riz Ahmed), a Pakistani-American scholar who spends a wild night time with an enigmatic girl and awakes the subsequent morning to search out her stabbed to demise. With no recollection of occasions, Naz panics, runs, and is shortly picked up by police. There’s not a lot hope for his puzzling case, till a seasoned public defender (John Tuturro) agrees to take Naz’s trigger.

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Gripping, affected person, and devastating, The Evening Of is an irresistible thriller that takes the crime drama system and digs deeper, mining extra emotion, extra complexity than the usual detective fare. It’s no marvel that it was an awards season darling, taking residence 5 Emmys, together with excellent lead actor in a restricted sequence for Ahmed. — Ok.G. 

How lengthy: 9 hours, over eight episodes.

Learn how to watch: The Evening Of is now streaming on Max.

16. 1883

An old man with a mustache and cowboy hat leans on a wooden fence.


Credit score: Courtesy of Emerson Miller/Paramount+

Although it is technically a prequel, there isn’t any want to observe Yellowstone to understand this sweeping Paramount+ authentic. 1883 is an enormous endeavor, making headlines for its unprecedented finances ($10 million an episode!) and scale of manufacturing. Fortunately, Paramount’s huge funding has paid off. 1883 is a scenic, moody drama in regards to the Dutton household’s journey west from Fort Value to Oregon. Elsa Dutton (Isabel Might) is our protagonist, narrating over ruminative sundown pictures over limitless plains, vibrating with hope for a trek the present in the end warns us will solely deliver doom. Rattlesnakes, bandits, lined wagon accidents — 1883 depicts the brutal, stark actuality of the true Oregon Path.

Sam Elliott is completely forged because the hardened lined wagon boss — his mustache has by no means been extra becoming — and LaMonica Garrett is magnetic in an thrilling position that guarantees to undo many years of Black cowboy erasure. As Elsa’s mother and father, Tim McGraw and Religion Hill’s consolation on horseback and in Stetsons assist them match proper in alongside the veteran forged. Making ample area to handle the complicated nuances of the often-violent conflicts between settlers and Native Individuals, 1883 is a contemporary, ruminative Western whose beautiful panorama is simply as essential as its affecting human drama. * — Ok.G. 

How lengthy: 9 hours, over 10 episodes.

Learn how to watch: 1883 is now streaming on Paramount+.

15. The Queen’s Gambit

A woman plays chess in a competition.


Credit score: Charlie Grey/Netflix

Anya Taylor-Pleasure turned a family title from this standard, award-winning restricted drama sequence based mostly on a Walter Tevis novel from the ’80s. Taylor-Pleasure is Beth Harmon, a chilly, withdrawn orphan who strives to develop into a world chess champion and struggles with dependancy. We’re on Beth’s journey from the start, beginning along with her time in a Nineteen Fifties orphanage that freely offers tranquilizers to children to boring their habits, then following her into her adoptive household, all whereas she builds her ability and thirst for the sport of chess. Although The Queen’s Gambit miraculously manages to make sluggish, cerebral chess matches completely thrilling, the hook right here is the humanity of the characters and the charming story of a woman demanding extra from life than she was handed. Moses Ingram, Invoice Camp, Marielle Heller, Harry Melling, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and extra fill out the gifted forged from this top-notch watch that single-handedly brought about chess set gross sales to skyrocket 1000 p.c when it debuted. — Ok.G.

How lengthy: Six and a half hours, over seven episodes.

Learn how to watch: The Queen’s Gambit is now streaming on Netflix.

14. Midnight Mass

A priest leads a sermon in a church.


Credit score: Eike Schroter/Netflix

Author/director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill Home) is understood for creating spine-tingling, bone-rattling horror with out many leap scares, and Midnight Mass isn’t any exception. Friday Evening Lights’ Zach Gilford is Riley Flynn, a former funding banker returning to his hometown who now feels barely misplaced within the non secular Catholic neighborhood. Across the similar time, a younger, charming priest (Hamish Linklater) arrives to deliver vitality and life to the Crockett Island congregation, and unusual occurrences are noticed throughout city. Mysterious sightings and unexpectedly lifeless animals unfold concern whereas non secular “miracles” unfold fervor. It’s solely a matter of time earlier than somebody will get damage. Philosophical, subtle, and terrifying, Midnight Mass is each a slow-burn horror sequence and a transferring meditation on grief. — Ok.G.

How lengthy: Seven and a half hours, over seven episodes.

Learn how to watch: Midnight Mass is now streaming on Netflix.

13. Godless

A group of cowboys on horses hold their guns up to the sky.


Credit score: Ursula Coyote/Netflix

Gilded with violence, glory, and cowgirls, Godless places a feminist spin on the western. Divided into seven elements, the story of Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) pursuing his rival Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell) into the all-female city of La Belle, New Mexico brings creative framing to the storytelling staples we love. To not point out, the efficiency by Merritt Wever is to die for. —Alison Foreman, Leisure Reporter

How lengthy: Round 9 hours, over seven episodes.

Learn how to watch: Godless is now streaming on Netflix.

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12. Tiny Stunning Issues

A woman barges into a room looking shocked.


Credit score: Elizabeth Morris / Hulu

Award-winning author Cheryl Strayed is greatest identified for her overtly trustworthy and poignant memoir, Wild, about climbing the Pacific Coast Path whereas processing the tragedies of her previous. However followers know a few of her most transferring work was achieved as Pricey Sugar, an nameless recommendation columnist whose empathetic, private, and uncooked responses redefined the recommendation style. Essentially the most beloved of her Pricey Sugar solutions have been compiled into a wonderful e-book, Tiny Stunning Issues, which was tailored into a wonderful miniseries in 2023.

Pitched because the story of an alternate Cheryl Strayed who by no means hiked the PCT, the Hulu present facilities on a lapsed author, Clare (performed by an excellent Katherine Hahn), whose life is an entire mess. Her husband has kicked her out, her daughter barely tolerates her, and her previous trauma is threatening to drown her fully. However when Clare accepts a proposal to be an nameless recommendation columnist, she finds sudden hope and a reminder that she would possibly nonetheless have one thing to supply the world. Produced by Wild collaborators Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, and created by Liz Tigelaar, Tiny Stunning Issues is an emotional hurricane, bringing you to laughter and tears inside every tight, splendidly crafted episode. — Ok.G.

How lengthy: 4 hours, over eight episodes.

Learn how to watch: Tiny Stunning Issues is now streaming on Hulu.

11. Maniac

A woman wearing a yellow coat sits on a bench with a man wearing a red jumpsuit.


Credit score: Netflix

Someplace between a Black Mirror episode and Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts, Netflix’s Maniac combines psychological thrills with a shocking story of connection. Emma Stone and Jonah Hill seem as contributors in a drug trial operated by scientists with questionable strategies and one testy laptop. Beautiful sequences and savvy performances make this an impactful but enjoyable binge. — A.F.

How lengthy: Six and a half hours, over 10 episodes.

Learn how to watch: Maniac is now streaming on Netflix.

10. Catch-22

A sergeant commands two soldiers.


Credit score: Philipe Antonello / Hulu

Joseph Heller readers will enjoyment of Hulu’s trustworthy adaptation of his beloved novel. And people new to the darkish world of Catch-22? Effectively, they’re going to quickly be scrambling for the web e-book retailer. On this six-part World Struggle II epic, bomb aircraft pilot John Yossarian (Christopher Abbott) struggles to outlive an escalating battle managed by these with much less in danger. Directly stupidly humorous and painfully scary, it is a good decide for anybody thinking about feeling [gestures wildly] an excessive amount of. — A.F.

How lengthy: 4 and a half hours, over six episodes.

Learn how to watch: Catch-22 is now streaming on Hulu.

9. Fosse/Verdon

Two dancers perform on a purple lit stage.


Credit score: FX

Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams lead as Broadway legends Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon on this reflection on a legacy. Informed in a non-linear construction, Fosse/Verdon considers each the skilled and private sides of the esteemed leisure energy couple — analyzing how we attribute credit score to women and men in a different way in addition to what it means to separate the artist from their work. Perfection for Broadway followers. Fairly nice for everybody else.* — A.F.

How lengthy: Six and a half hours, over eight episodes.

Learn how to watch: Fosse/Verdon is now streaming on Hulu.

8. Sharp Objects

A woman looks terrified while standing in her bathroom.


Credit score: HBO

Created from Gillian Flynn’s novel of the identical title, Sharp Objects is the psychological thriller/household drama nonetheless haunting us practically two years later. Coronary heart-stopping performances Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, and Eliza Scanlen slowly however absolutely morph this homicide thriller right into a grim journey via insufferable trauma. And that ending? I am unable to even start. — A.F.

How lengthy: Seven and a half hours, over eight episodes.

Learn how to watch: Sharp Objects is now streaming on Max.

7. Feud: Bette and Joan

Two women wearing gowns greet each other at a party.


Credit score: Suzanne Tenner/FX

It is Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, so that you should not want far more convincing — however we’ll do it anyway! For enjoyable! Enjoying Hollywood icons Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, Lange and Sarandon recreate the cutthroat drama that went on behind the scenes of Robert Aldrich’s No matter Occurred to Child Jane? It is a devilishly good time filled with camp and crafty that also makes room for poignant reflections on the sequence’ namesakes. (For what it is price, Feud is meant to be an anthology, however we’ve not heard a lot on that entrance as of late.) — A.F.

How lengthy: Seven hours, over eight episodes.

Learn how to watch: Feud: Bette and Joan is now streaming on Hulu.

6. Unbelievable

Two women lean on a wall.


Credit score: Beth Dubber/Netflix

Primarily based on An Unbelievable Story of Rape, factual reporting revealed by ProPublica and The Marshall Venture in 2015, Unbelievable examines a disastrous investigation into one younger girl’s (Kaitlyn Dever) allegation of rape. Toni Collette and Merritt Wever star because the detectives searching down a serial predator doubtlessly associated to case. Suspenseful and substantive, this eight-part sequence is crucial information for social justice seekers. — A.F.

How lengthy: Six and a half hours, over eight episodes.

Learn how to watch: Unbelievable is now streaming on Netflix.

5. Alias Grace

An older man sits in between two of his daughters during a sermon.


Credit score: Sabrina Lantos/Netflix

When you’re counting down the times till Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Story returns, then take into account doubling again for Netflix’s Alias Grace. Primarily based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the identical title, this work of historic fiction reimagines the 1843 murders of a person and his housekeeper. With sensational social commentary and luxurious lead performances, it is a present price making time for. And at simply 4 and a half hours, it is not even asking that a lot. — A.F.

How lengthy: 4 and a half hours, over six episodes.

Learn how to watch: Alias Grace is now streaming on Netflix.

4. Escape at Dannemora

Two people wearing backpacks run at dusk in the TV seies "Escape at Dannemora"


Credit score: Showtime

Appearing powerhouses Benicio del Toro, Paul Dano, and Patricia Arquette group as much as inform the true story of the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape. Starting with a slippery love triangle and ending with a multi-week manhunt, Escape at Dannemora is a gripping private drama with terrifying implications. Oh, and Michael Imperioli taking part in Governor Andrew Cuomo is simply [chef’s kiss]. — A.F.

How lengthy: Seven hours, over seven episodes.

Learn how to watch: Escape at Dannemora is now streaming on Paramount+.

3. When They See Us

A mother and her son walk through a crowd of protestors.


Credit score: Atsushi Nishijima/Netflix

Created and directed by Ava DuVernay, When They See Us casts gentle on the tragic case of the so-called Central Park 5. Excellent performances by quite a few forged members, however particularly Asante Blackk and Caleel Harris because the wrongfully convicted Kevin Richardson and Antron McCray, make this a masterclass in setting the report straight with each truth and feeling. — A.F.

How lengthy: 5 hours, over 4 episodes.

Learn how to watch: When They See Us is now streaming on Netflix.

2. Chernobyl

A rescue officer covered in dirt.


Credit score: HBO

Many know the conceptual horror of the USSR’s 1986 nuclear accident, however HBO’s Chernobyl offers it a face you possibly can’t unsee. On this devastating five-part historic drama, an beautiful ensemble — together with Jared Harris, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, and Stellan Skarsgård — reenact the incident and its catastrophic fallout in horrific element. — A.F.

How lengthy: 5 and a half hours, over 5 episodes.

Learn how to watch: Chernobyl is now streaming on Max.

1. Watchmen

Police escort two people wearing masks.


Credit score: Mark Hill/HBO

We’re nonetheless hoping Damon Lindelof will change his thoughts and switch Watchmen into an anthology sequence. However till then, we’ll simply should accept the mind-bending magnificence which can be the present’s 9 current episodes. Regina King stars as Angela Abar (aka “Sister Evening”) on this extension of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ iconic comedian e-book sequence. A meditation on trauma, Watchmen is not for the faint of coronary heart. — A.F.

How lengthy: 9 hours, over 9 episodes.

Learn how to watch: Watchmen is now streaming on Max.

UPDATE: Aug. 15, 2024, 2:04 p.m. EDT This listing was first revealed on March 28, 2020. It has since been up to date to replicate streaming choices.

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