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A list of 35 mini-series with high ratings and votes from IMDb users, covering various genres and historical events. See the titles, summaries, stars, and ratings of each mini-series and join the discussion.
- Band of Brothers (2001) Created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Starring Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston. Drama, History, War. 10 episodes (1 season)
- Chernobyl (2019) Created by Craig Mazin. Starring Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård. Drama, History, Thriller. 5 episodes (1 season) 9.4 on IMDb.
- When They See Us (2019) Created by Ava DuVernay. Starring Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse. Biography, Crime, Drama. 4 episodes (1 season) 8.9 on IMDb.
- O.J.: Made in America (2016) Created by Ezra Edelman. Starring Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mike Albanese, Muhammad Ali. Biography, Documentary, Crime. 5 episodes (1 season)
- Wild Wild Country. 9.8. United States of America. George Meredith, Ma Anand Sheela, Osho, Philip Toelkes. Docu-series, Mini-series, Thought-provoking.
- War & Peace. 9.6. United Kingdom. Adrian Edmondson, Aneurin Barnard, Brian Cox, Gillian Anderson. Binge-Worthy, Dramatic, Gripping. Leo Tolstoy’s most famous book, on which this was based, defies summarization but this powerful, sumptuous, and head-spinning BBC production might have done just that.
- Escape at Dannemora. 9.3. United States of America. Benicio Del Toro, Bonnie Hunt, David Morse, Eric Lange. Binge-Worthy, Gripping, Mini-series.
- Beef. 9.3. United States of America. Ali Wong, David Choe, Joseph Lee, Patti Yasutake. Binge-Worthy, Character-driven, Dark. A parking lot run-in wouldn’t normally warrant anything more than an angry rebuke, but for Danny and Amy (Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, respectively), it’s the final straw that pushes them over the edge and into the domain of unfiltered rage.
- 50 Get Even
- 49 The Dropout
- 48 Mrs. America
- 47 I Am The Night
- 46 from The Earth to The Moon
- 45 Stay Close
- 44 Devs
- 43 The Stand
- 42 Lost Ollie
- 41 Looking For Alaska
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Based On The Book Series Don't Get Mad By Gretchen McNeil
Based on the book series Don’t Get Mad, Get Even was initially produced for BBC iPlayer before Netflix picked it up internationally. The series follows a group of teenage girls who take the bullying culture of their British school into their own hands, dubbing themselves DGM, as they take revenge on those who bully their classmates. When the secret group is implicated in a murder, however, they have to find a way to clear their names. The show features more twists and turns than almost any ot...
A Biopic Based On Theranos & Elizabeth Holmes
The Dropout is one of the best miniseries on Hulu and is part of the streaming platforms trend of bringing headine-grabbing news stories of the 21st century to the small screen. Inspired by real events, the series follows Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) and her company, Theranos, as she struggles to make a dream product a reality. Or more accurately, how she cuts corners and falsifies data to make sure her company doesn’t lose their investors when she can’t make her dream product a reality...
A Biopic About Activist Phyllis Schlafly
Available to stream on Hulu Just a few years ago, movie fans would not have believed a star like Cate Blanchett would do a TV series. Streaming and the comeback of the miniseries have changed that though. Blanchett stars in this Hulu miniseries that is set in the 1970s and centers around the movement to pass the Equal Rights Amendment and the backlash the movement received. In addition to Blanchett, the series features an impressive roster of women playing real-life historical figures, like U...
Inspired By The Memoir One Day She'll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings Of Fauna Hodel
Inspired by the memoir of Fauna Hodel, I Am The Night traces the possible connection between a young woman who was adopted and the Black Dahlia murder. India Eisley plays Fauna Hodel while Chris Pine plays the journalist investigating her grandfather, George Hodel, one of the suspects in the Black Dahlia case. While much of Hodel’s book could be disputed, the miniseries also takes liberties with gaps in historical knowledge, making it more of a work of fiction than fact. Pine as a down-on-his...
A Miniseries About The Space Race To The Moon
Available to stream on Max When From The Earth To The Moon was first televised in 1998, it featured impressive visual effects and was nominated for a slew of technical awards across different guilds and film societies. It also won both the Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Miniseries. The 12 episodes follow the American space program’s journey to put astronauts on the moon. It was unique, however, in that it didn’t retread material already presented in movies. For example,the ep...
Based On The Novel By Harlan Coben
Inspired by the Harlan Coben novel of the same name, Stay Close is part of a deal that Coben has with Netflix in which 14 of his novels will eventually be adapted for the streaming site. Stay Close is the sixth. The story follows the investigation of a missing man on the anniversary of another missing person’s case, tying together the lives of a burnt-out detective, a former exotic dancer, and a photographer. Like most of Coben’s mysteries, there are plenty of twists in the story to be unrave...
A Sci-Fi Thriller Miniseries From Hulu
Though some of Devs' twists might be too long and drawn out for some people watching, it is still a show that poses fascinating questions for the audience about the ethics of pushing the boundaries of science and technology.It kicks off with a woman who works for a tech company investigating the death of her boyfriend, who dies on the first day of his promotion to a very secret branch of the company. What follows is a terrifying advancement in technology and two governments fighting to have a...
A Stephen King Adaptation
From the mind of prolific horror writer Stephen King comes The Stand. The novel is one of King’s most famous, and it’s already been made into a miniseries in the past. This version of the miniseries, however, features a new extended ending written by King that gives an idea of how society proceeds after the events of the story. In the story,most of humanity is wiped out by a plague and a representation of evil on Earth tries to tempt humanity to the dark side. The story is a classic one of go...
An Emotionally Strong Animated Project
Available to stream on Netflix Not all the Southern accents in Lost Ollie are perfect, but that doesn’t mean the emotional performances aren’t great. Based on the children’s book Ollie’s Odyssey, the live-action-animated hybrid follows a toy named Ollie who is in the lost and found section of an antique store. Ollie doesn’t have all of his memories about his past, but he does want to find his best friend. It is not often that an animated miniseries reaches the mainstream, but Lost Ollie is ex...
A Tragic Miniseries
While many of John Green’s young adult novels have received the movie treatment, like The Fault In Our Stars, Looking For Alaska gets the miniseries treatment. It’s a better option for it since it allows for more in-depth looks at the characters. Looking For Alaska followsa teenager who is sent to a boarding school where he meets the enigmatic Alaska. Though she captures his attention with effervescent energy, her story ends in tragedy. Her story opens up a dialogue about mental health that d...
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