Best Miniseries Worth Bingeing

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   When They See Us(2019)

   Show· ★ 8.8

   Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
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   Pride and Prejudice(1995)

   Show· ★ 8.8

   Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
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   It's a Sin(2021)

   Show· ★ 8.6

   A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.

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   Mare of Easttown

   (2021)

   Show· ★ 8.4

   A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
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   The Night Of

   (2016)

   Show· ★ 8.4

   After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
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   Normal People

   (2020)

   Show· ★ 8.4

   Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.
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   Generation Kill

   (2008)

   Show· ★ 8.4

   The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them in an often-improvised initiative.
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   John Adams

   (2008)

   Show· ★ 8.4

   Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe, then his terms as vice president and president of the United States, up to his death on July 4, 1826.
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   The Pacific

   (2010)

   Show· ★ 8.3

   Track the intertwined real-life stories of three U.S. Marines – Robert Leckie, John Basilone, and Eugene Sledge – across the vast canvas of the Pacific Theater during World War II. A companion piece to the 2001 miniseries Band of Brothers.
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   Unbelievable

   (2019)

   Show· ★ 8.3

   After a young woman is accused of lying about a rape, two female detectives investigate a spate of eerily similar attacks.
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   Maid

   (2021)

   Show· ★ 8.3

   After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.
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   Olive Kitteridge

   (2014)

   Show· ★ 8.3

   A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's approach to parenting; and other members of their community.
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    Watchmen

    (2019)

    Show· ★ 8.2

    Set in an alternate history where “superheroes” are treated as outlaws, “Watchmen” embraces the nostalgia of the original groundbreaking graphic novel while attempting to break new ground of its own.
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    Angels in America

    (2003)

    Show· ★ 8.1

    God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but as disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: Pitt, out of shame and religious turmoil; Cohn, to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death.
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    I May Destroy You

    (2020)

    Show· ★ 8.1

    Set in London, where gratification is only an app away, the story centers on Arabella, a carefree, self-assured Londoner with a group of great friends, a boyfriend in Italy, and a burgeoning writing career. But when her drink is spiked, she must question and rebuild every element of her life.
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    BEEF

    (2023)

    Show· ★ 8.0

    A road rage incident between two strangers — a failing contractor and an unfulfilled entrepreneur — sparks a feud that brings out their darkest impulses.
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    Sharp Objects

    (2018)

    Show· ★ 8.0

    Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.
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    Small Axe

    (2020)

    Show· ★ 7.8

    An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
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    Alias Grace

    (2017)

    Show· ★ 7.6

    Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.
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    The Underground Railroad

    (2021)

    Show· ★ 7.4

    Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.