
A complete story in just a handful of episodes without unnecessary filler: miniseries combine the depth of television with the tight tension arc of a feature film. Many of the most acclaimed productions ever fall into this category. Vote for the best miniseries!
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Chernobyl (2019)
A masterpiece of claustrophobia, political cowardice and human self-sacrifice around the largest nuclear disaster in human history.
Band of Brothers (2001)
Ten episodes about the horrors, camaraderie and heroism of Easy Company during the liberation of Europe in the Second World War.
Generation Kill (2008)
David Simon and Ed Burns followed the US Marines' First Reconnaissance Battalion during the 2003 invasion of Iraq with unmatched realism.
The Queen's Gambit (2020)
The stylish rise of an orphan girl to the top of the international chess world won eleven Primetime Emmy Awards.
When They See Us (2019)
Ava DuVernay reconstructed the true story of the 'Central Park Five', five innocent teenagers wrongly convicted of a violent rape.
Station Eleven (2021-2022)
A poetic, hopeful post-apocalyptic miniseries about a traveling theater company performing Shakespeare twenty years after a devastating flu pandemic.
Unbelievable (2019)
Toni Collette and Merritt Wever play two detectives tracking down an elusive serial rapist after an earlier victim wasn't believed by the police.
The Night Of (2016)
Riz Ahmed plays a Pakistani-American student who wakes up next to a murdered woman after a wild night and ends up in the crushing machinery of the justice system.
Dopesick (2021)
Michael Keaton leads a rock-solid cast in this shocking reconstruction of the American opioid crisis caused by pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma.
Mare of Easttown (2021)
Kate Winslet won an Emmy for her raw portrayal of a troubled small-town detective in Pennsylvania investigating the murder of a teenager.
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