25 Best Drama Mini-Series Ever
The required television drama mini-series all time. Genre defining or redefining masterpieces of the small (or now not so small) screen. Top 25 in order from very best to very good and a few others to yet seen.
Yet to see:
Bleak House (2005)
Mildred Pierce (2011)
Runner Ups:
War & Peace (1972)
V (1983)
V: The Final Battle (1984)
The Final Cut (1995)
Dune (2000)
Space Race (2005)
The Pacific (2010)
24: Live Another Day (2014)
Signal (2016)
The Night Of (2018)
Crash Landing on You (2019)
When They See Us (2019)
Unorthodox (2020)
Yet to see:
Bleak House (2005)
Mildred Pierce (2011)
Runner Ups:
War & Peace (1972)
V (1983)
V: The Final Battle (1984)
The Final Cut (1995)
Dune (2000)
Space Race (2005)
The Pacific (2010)
24: Live Another Day (2014)
Signal (2016)
The Night Of (2018)
Crash Landing on You (2019)
When They See Us (2019)
Unorthodox (2020)
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- StarsDerek JacobiJohn HurtSiân PhillipsThe personal and governmental affairs of the Julio-Claudian dynasty at the beginning of the Roman Empire, as recalled by one of its rulers.13 episodes - 11h09min
- CreatorHagai LeviStarsJessica ChastainOscar IsaacSophia KoperaTelevision drama miniseries which re-examines the original's iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a contemporary American couple, played by Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain.5 episodes - 4h56min
- StarsLiv UllmannErland JosephsonBibi AnderssonTen years within the marriage of Marianne and Johan.6 episodes - 4h43min
- CreatorCraig MazinStarsJessie BuckleyJared HarrisStellan SkarsgårdIn April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.5 episodes - 5h30min
- StarsAdam McArthurLee JehoonJung Young-jooWorking as trauma cleaners, both Gu-ru and Sang-gu uncover various stories of the deceased while experiencing different emotions and sentiments toward life, death and family.10 episodes
- StarsTom HanksNick SearcyLane SmithDramatized portrayal of the Apollo manned space program.12 episodes - 10h45min
- CreatorLiz TigelaarStarsReese WitherspoonKerry WashingtonRosemarie DeWittBased on Celeste Ng's 2017 bestseller, "Little Fires Everywhere" follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
8 episodes - 7h43min - StarsPaul GiamattiLaura LinneyJohn DossettThe life of one of the USA's Founding Fathers, its second President, and his role in the nation's first 50 years.7 episodes - 8h22min
- StarsSamuel FrölerPernilla AugustGhita NørbyThe story of Ingmar Bergman's parents. How they fell in love, married against the wishes of their families, and had a difficult marriage and life in rural Sweden. Bergman's father was a pastor and poor; his mother from a well to do cultured family. It ends with the birth of Ingmar.4 episodes - 5h33min
- StarsIan RichardsonSusannah HarkerMiles AndersonThe schemes of a ruthlessly ambitious British politician who will stop at nothing to get to the top.4 episodes - 3h46min
- StarsLee Bo-youngYool HeoKo Sung-heeA temporary teacher at an elementary school realizes that one of her students is being abused at home by her family. She makes an impulsive decision to kidnap the child and attempts to become her mother.16 episodes - over 16 hours
- StarsBörje AhlstedtEwa FrölingJarl KulleThrough the eyes of ten-year-old Alexander, we witness the delights and conflicts of the Ekdahl family, a sprawling bourgeois clan in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Sweden.5 episodes - 5h12min
- StarsEdward James OlmosMary McDonnellKatee SackhoffFollowing the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol by the Cylons, a rag-tag fugitive fleet of the last remnants of mankind flees the pursuing Cylons while simultaneously searching for their true home: Earth.2 episodes - 3h03min
- CreatorScott FrankAllan ScottStarsAnya Taylor-JoyChloe PirrieBill CampOrphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.6 episodes - 6h35min
- DirectorSergey BondarchukStarsLyudmila SavelevaVyacheslav TikhonovSergey BondarchukThe Russian aristocracy prepares for the French invasion on the eve of 1812.4 episodes - 7h02min
- CreatorBrad IngelsbyStarsKate WinsletJulianne NicholsonJean SmartA detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.7 episodes - 6h58min
- CreatorStephen Adly GuirgisBaz LuhrmannStarsJustice SmithShameik MooreHerizen F. GuardiolaA ragtag group of teenagers run wild in the streets of the Bronx in the late 1970s.11 episodes - 11h11min
- StarsMichel CôtéRon LeaVittorio RossiGilbert Tanguay, the director of the anti-crime squad, hires two men to catch the head of Montreal's Mafia, Giuseppe Scarfo. One, Pierre Gauthier, is going to lead the investigation, and the other, François Pelletier, is going to go undercover.14 episodes - 8h48min
13 episodes - 8h40min (approx)
14 episodes - 8h50min (approx) - StarsIan RichardsonMichael KitchenKitty AldridgeFrancis Urquhart, the unscrupulous but cunning Conservative Prime Minister, has his survival threatened by a liberal monarch and an upcoming General Election.4 episodes - 3h38min
- StarsBill PatersonLindsay DuncanFritz Müller-ScherzThe Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan. While he's on trial, his trophy wife, a former Olympic swimmer, discovers steely ruthlessness within herself.6 episodes - 5h15min
- StarsScott GrimesDamian LewisRon LivingstonThe story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.10 episodes - 9h54min
- StarsKyôko KoizumiHazuki KimuraManatsu KimuraThe murder of a young girl is never solved. Her mother who is torn by grief puts a curse on the four of the girl's classmates. These four girls are forced into adulthood which eventually triggers a tragic chain of events.6 episodes - 4h30min
- StarsMark RuffaloJohn ProcaccinoRob HuebelFollowing the parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in a story of betrayal, sacrifice, and forgiveness.6 episodes - 6h17min
- StarsGünter LamprechtClaus HolmHanna SchygullaIn late-1920s Berlin, Franz Biberkopf is released from prison and vows to go straight. However, he soon finds himself embroiled in the city's criminal underworld.14 episodes - 15h31min
- StarsKippei ShînaShinnosuke MitsushimaEri KamatakiNothing is as it seems when a charismatic conman and an aspiring film crew delve into the lives of two emotionally scarred women.7 episodes
- StarsMaximilian SchellVanessa RedgraveOmar SharifBiopic of Peter I, Czar of Russia, from childhood in 1682 to the Great Northern War against Sweden during the 1700s.4 episodes - 6h11min
- StarsMichael GambonPatrick MalahideJoanne WhalleyTormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.6 episodes - 6h55min
- StarsVolker BruchTom SchillingKatharina SchüttlerFive friends go out to war and promise each other to be back for Christmas.3 episodes - 4h30min
- StarsAdriano LuzMaria João BastosRicardo PereiraFollows a jealous countess, a wealthy businessman, and a young orphaned boy across Portugal, France, Italy and Brazil where they connect with a variety of mysterious individuals.6 episodes
- StarsSimona BrownGennady FleyscherClare HolmanAs a Palestinian assassin is targeting prominent Israelis, a young English actress is recruited by Mossad to infiltrate the assassin's terrorist cell, requiring all of her acting talents but also putting her at considerable risk.6 episodes - 5h42min
- StarsGottfried JohnWolfrid LierAnita BucherThe young toolmaker Jochen fights with his colleagues to a performance bonus. He gets to know the girl Marion. For both, it is love at first sight.5 episodes - 7h56min
- StarsSøren MallingPilou AsbækPernilla AugustCopenhagen Police's Homicide unit, headed by Jens Møller, tries to solve the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.6 episodes - 4h22min
- CreatorJuan José CampanellaStarsErnesto AlterioEduardo BlancoHéctor AlterioA drama series that traces a Spanish man's immigration to Argentina in the 1930s, and, years later, his son's return to modern-day Spain.14 episodes
- CreatorKiminori WakasugiStarsShôta SometaniKahoErina ManoIt happens that many inhabitants of Oita Prefecture in southern Japan have extrasensory powers. One student can read others' minds. he is not alone, however, and soon bands with others, who are both from the area and one who has moved there from Tokyo, to put their powers to use.12 episodes
- CreatorDanny StrongStarsMichael KeatonPeter SarsgaardMichael StuhlbargThe series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.8 episodes
- StarsRuben de FreitasTeresa MadrugaFernando HeitorManuel's fantasy travel through Time goes from Long Ago (Episode 1 - O jardim proibido / Le Jardin interdit) through Now (Episode 2 - O pique-nique dos sonhos / Le Pique-nique des rêves), arriving in the Future (Episode 3 - A pequena champeã de xadrez / La Petite Championne d'échecs).
- CreatorGeorge PelecanosDavid SimonStarsJon BernthalWunmi MosakuJamie HectorTells the story of the rise and fall of the Baltimore Police Department's Gun Trace Task Force and the corruption surrounding it.
- CreatorDonald GloverStarsDonald GloverBrian Tyree HenryLaKeith StanfieldEarn and his cousin, Alfred, try to make their way in the world through Atlanta's rap scene. Along the way they come face-to-face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status and parenthood.
- StarsSong Hye-kyoLee Do-hyunLim Ji-yeonA woman lives for absolute revenge against her childhood bullies who destroyed her life.
- CreatorSusannah GrantMichael ChabonAyelet WaldmanStarsKaitlyn DeverToni ColletteMerritt WeverA teenager is charged with lying about being raped, but two detectives follow the path to the truth.
- StarsLee Byung-hunShin Min-aKim Woo-binRomance is sweet and bitter - and life riddled with ups and downs - in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju Island.
- StarsLauren HartleyJulie RinguetteIsabelle GirouxPeople think they know about Lac-Mégantic tragedy from news reports or newspaper articles, yet these are only a fraction of the tragedy. But what about the people who lived through the events?
- StarsJung Yu-miLee Kwang-sooBae Sung-wooThe drama revolves around the incidents that occur among the police force and the joy, sorrow, and pain that police officers experience as they try to protect justice.
- CreatorRohit JugrajStarsParamvir CheemaIsha TalwarAkasa SinghKaala - an aspirational rapper from Canada who flees back to Punjab, learns about the mysterious murder of his father and iconic singer Taara Singh. The story unfolds the dark side of music industry's glamour, politics and more.