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A Spy Among Friends
A Spy Among Friends is a six-part 2022 ITVX/MGM+ British spy drama adapted from Ben Macintyre's book, starring Guy Pearce as Kim Philby and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Elliott, directed by Nick Murphy.
Carrie (miniseries)
Carrie (miniseries) is Mike Flanagan's eight-episode Prime Video adaptation of Stephen King's 1974 novel, premiered October 7, 2026, starring Summer H. Howell; first TV series version, set in the present day, renewed for season 2.
Clickbait (miniseries)
Clickbait (2021) is an eight-episode Netflix limited thriller series created by Tony Ayres and Christian White, starring Zoe Kazan, Betty Gabriel, and Adrian Grenier, about Nick Brewer's disappearance after a viral video threatens his death at 5 million views; filmed in Melbourne as Oakland.
Colin in Black & White
Colin in Black & White is a 2021 Netflix six-episode limited series co-created by Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay dramatizing Kaepernick's high-school years, with Kaepernick narrating from a gallery set, starring Jaden Michael, Nick Offerman, and Mary-Louise Parker.
Deutschland 83
Deutschland 83 is a 2015 German Cold War spy series created by Anna and Jörg Winger for UFA Fiction and RTL, starring Jonas Nay as East German agent Martin Rauch infiltrating the Bundeswehr in 1983. First German-language drama on major US cable TV (SundanceTV); won an International Emmy; followed by Deutschland 86 and 89.
DI4RIES
DI4RIES (Di4ri) is an Italian Netflix coming-of-age series created by Simona Ercolani, produced by Stand By Me, about middle-schoolers in Marina Piccola; 29 episodes across two seasons, 2022–2023, diary-style fourth-wall narration.
Earth Abides (TV series)
Earth Abides (2024 MGM+ miniseries) adapts George R. Stewart's 1949 post-apocalyptic novel; created by Todd Komarnicki, starring Alexander Ludwig and Jessica Frances Dukes, six episodes premiering December 1, 2024.
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre (Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre) is a Showtime live-action fairy-tale anthology (1982–1987, 27 episodes) hosted and produced by Shelley Duvall, with guest stars like Robin Williams and directors including Tim Burton and Coppola.
Flesh and Bone (miniseries)
Flesh and Bone is Starz's 2015 eight-episode ballet miniseries created by Breaking Bad Emmy winner Moira Walley-Beckett, starring real dancer Sarah Hay as Claire Robbins at a fictional New York ballet company.
Frank Herbert's Dune
Frank Herbert's Dune is the three-part 2000 Sci Fi Channel miniseries written and directed by John Harrison, starring William Hurt and Alec Newman, budgeted at $20 million, Emmy-winning, the most-watched program in the network's history, and remembered as the most faithful screen adaptation of Herbert's 1965 novel.
From Scratch (TV series)
From Scratch is a 2022 Netflix eight-episode limited drama created by sisters Attica and Tembi Locke, adapted from Tembi's memoir about her marriage to Sicilian Saro Gullo, starring Zoe Saldaña as Amy Wheeler and Eugenio Mastrandrea as Lino.
Generation Kill (miniseries)
Generation Kill: 2008 seven-part HBO miniseries by David Simon and Ed Burns, adapted from Evan Wright's Rolling Stone-derived book on 1st Recon Marines in the 2003 Iraq invasion; $50 million budget, 86% Rotten Tomatoes.
High Maintenance
High Maintenance is an American anthology comedy-drama created by Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair, about a Brooklyn weed dealer called The Guy; a Vimeo web series (2012, 19 episodes) that ran four HBO seasons, 34 episodes, 2016-2020.
Hollywood (miniseries)
Hollywood (2020) is a seven-episode Netflix limited series by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, an alternate history of post-World War II Hollywood in which marginalized actors and filmmakers succeed, released May 1, 2020, starring David Corenswet, Darren Criss, and Jeremy Pope.
I May Destroy You
I May Destroy You is Michaela Coel's 2020 BBC One/HBO 12-episode drama about Arabella, a writer recovering from drug-facilitated sexual assault; based on Coel's 2016 assault, notable for nuanced consent themes and her rejected $1M Netflix deal.
Inventing Anna
Inventing Anna is a 2022 Netflix nine-episode limited series by Shonda Rhimes, inspired by Jessica Pressler's New York Magazine article, dramatizing con artist Anna Sorokin (Anna Delvey), starring Julia Garner, later subject of a defamation suit by Rachel Williams.
John Adams (miniseries)
John Adams is HBO's 2008 seven-part miniseries, also called John Adams (2008), based on David McCullough's Pulitzer-winning biography, starring Paul Giamatti and Laura Linney, directed by Tom Hooper, and winning a record 13 Emmys.
Julie's Greenroom
Julie's Greenroom is a 2017 Netflix preschool series from The Jim Henson Company, co-created by and starring Julie Andrews as Ms. Julie, teaching puppet "Greenies" the performing arts across 13 episodes with celebrity guest mentors.
Keep Breathing (TV series)
Keep Breathing is a 2022 Netflix six-episode limited survival drama created by Martin Gero and Brendan Gall, starring Melissa Barrera as lawyer Liv, lone survivor of a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness; mixed reviews (53% RT) but reached No. 1.
Maid (miniseries)
Maid is a 2021 Netflix 10-episode drama miniseries created by Molly Smith Metzler, inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir, starring Margaret Qualley as a single mother cleaning houses after fleeing abuse; three Emmy nominations, 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Masterpiece (TV series)
Masterpiece, originally Masterpiece Theatre, is a PBS anthology drama series produced by WGBH Boston, debuting January 10, 1971 with The First Churchills. Known for British imports like Upstairs, Downstairs and Downton Abbey, its biggest hit.
Modern Love (TV series)
Modern Love is an Amazon Prime Video romantic anthology series (2019-2021, 16 episodes) created by John Carney, adapting essays from the New York Times column edited by Daniel Jones, with two seasons and international versions.
Mrs. Davis
Mrs. Davis is a 2023 Peacock science-fiction comedy-drama limited series created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, starring Betty Gilpin as a nun on a Holy Grail quest to destroy an all-powerful AI; eight episodes, no second season.
On Becoming a God in Central Florida
On Becoming a God in Central Florida is a 2019 Showtime dark comedy, created by Robert Funke and Matt Lutsky, starring Kirsten Dunst as Krystal Stubbs, who climbs a 1992 Florida pyramid scheme called FAM. Ten episodes; renewed then cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19.
One of Us (TV series)
One of Us (also released as Retribution) is a 2016 four-part BBC One thriller by Harry and Jack Williams about two Scottish families after the murder of newlyweds Grace and Adam, averaging over five million UK viewers.
Ordeal by Innocence (TV series)
Ordeal by Innocence (2018) is Sarah Phelps's three-part BBC One adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1958 novel, starring Bill Nighy and Anna Chancellor, set at Christmas 1954 in Scotland, notable for Ed Westwick's recasting with Christian Cooke and a changed killer.
Our Friends in the North
Our Friends in the North is Peter Flannery's nine-part BBC Two drama serial (1996), following four Newcastle friends, played by Eccleston, McKee, Craig, and Strong, from 1964 to 1995 through corruption, housing, and political change; distinct from the 1982 RSC stage play it derives from.
Pistol (miniseries)
Pistol is a 2022 six-episode FX on Hulu and Disney+ limited series directed by Danny Boyle, created by Craig Pearce from Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones's memoir Lonely Boy, starring Toby Wallace, Anson Boon, and Louis Partridge; it holds 64% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Quiz (TV series)
Quiz is the 2020 three-part ITV/AMC drama by James Graham, directed by Stephen Frears, dramatizing the 2001 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? coughing scandal and the Ingrams' 2003 conviction; starring Macfadyen, Clifford, and Sheen.
Room 104
Room 104 is an HBO anthology series (2017-2020) created by Mark and Jay Duplass: 48 half-hour episodes, all set in one motel room, spanning genres and eras, ending with the finale Generations in October 2020.