The 35 greatest restricted collection to binge-watch in 2024

Is there something that embodies “prestige viewing” greater than the restricted collection? With a transparent endpoint, writers don’t have to bloat their plots to plant seeds for future conflicts. Their characters can try for clear, definable objectives. Manufacturing budgets don’t have to maintain yearly renewal in thoughts. A restricted collection makes for incredible tv as a result of it has the posh of hyperfocus — if we’re solely telling one story, let’s inform that story actually dang nicely. 

That’s maybe why restricted collection lend themselves so elegantly to e book variations. There’s extra space for particulars than a film, however no have to invent storylines for added seasons. And since we predict everybody ought to get to take pleasure in this stellar class of leisure, we’ve put collectively the best possible restricted collection you may stream; all of the top-tier dramas, histories, romances, homicide mysteries and extra that your prestige-loving coronary heart wishes.

Notice: All anthologies and multi-season collection have been disqualified from consideration. Moreover, documentaries haven’t been included. We have got separate suggestions for that.

35. One Day

On their final day on the College of Edinburgh, aristocratic playboy Dexter Mayhew (Leo Woodall) and idealistic bookworm Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) unexpectedly spend the night time collectively. Regardless of their being complete opposites, the pair hit it off and ultimately go their separate methods — as mates. However that’s not the tip of their story. 

Primarily based on the favored David Nicholls’ novel of the identical identify, One Day is a beautiful and emotional romance. By following sooner or later from every year of Emma and Dexter’s relationship, we see how their age adjustments their way of living, to one another, and to like. A charmer and a tearjerker. — Kristina Grosspietsch, Contributing Author

How lengthy: About six hours and 40 minutes, over 14 episodes

Find out how to watch: One Day is now streaming on Netflix.

34. Child Reindeer

Tailored from his one-man play of the identical identify, Richard Gadd’s Child Reindeer is one among most complicated, bruising, and fascinating watches of 2024. Gadd is Donny Dunn, a bartender and floundering comic who feels compelled to indicate kindness to a buyer, Martha. Instantly, Donny can inform Martha (Jessica Gunning) is a pathological liar, however he quickly comes to search out she’s additionally an unstable stalker. Tens of 1000’s of unanswered emails later, Donny asks himself, why did he attain out to her within the first place, and why hasn’t he reported her to the police? 

An unflinching exploration of trauma, Child Reindeer provides us no clear decision. As Mashable’s Sam Haysom writes, “It’s difficult to find fault with Baby Reindeer. The acting is brilliant across the board, Gadd’s writing is excellent, and the only thing that might put some people off is the darkness of the subject matter. The show is raw and honest, and the characters don’t always make the decisions we want them to make.” It could be arduous to observe, however it’s even more durable to look away. — Okay.G.

How lengthy: About 4 hours, over seven episodes

Find out how to watch: Child Reindeer is now streaming on Netflix.

33. Mary and George

The horniest interval drama of 2024 is Starz’s Mary & George, a really glorious, darkly comedic story a couple of mom and son utilizing each software at their disposal (intercourse) to realize energy. In Seventeenth-century England, Mary Villiers has huge plans for her second son, George. His attractiveness are simple, and guided by Mary’s strategizing, can be utilized as a weapon to boost the household’s station. However Mary’s not attempting to snare a mere earl or duke! No, she’s acquired her sights set on the king himself, whose style for stunning males is an open secret. 

Primarily based on the nonfiction e book The King’s Murderer by Benjamin Woolley, Mary & George is fashionable, moody, and deliciously depraved. Julianne Moore is pitch-perfect because the coldly plotting mom, whereas Nicholas Galitzine is magnetic as her attractive however angsty son. An attractive and pleasant watch! — Okay.G.

How lengthy: Simply over six hours, over seven episodes

Find out how to watch: Mary & George is now streaming on Starz.

32. Fellow Vacationers

Within the Lavender Scare of the Nineteen Fifties, 1000’s of LGBTQ authorities staff had been deemed “security risks” and unceremoniously fired. And it is in opposition to this backdrop of McCarthy-era paranoia and secrecy that Hawk Fuller, a World Warfare II veteran, and Tim Laughlin, a Congressional staffer, meet and fall in love.

A decades-long romance ensues; it is a high-stakes affair that places their jobs and livelihoods on the road. Fellow Vacationers is a transferring story of affection and reality that includes Matt Bomer, Jonathan Bailey, and their scintillating chemistry. — Okay.G.

How lengthy: About six hours, over eight episodes

Find out how to watch: Fellow Vacationers is now streaming on Paramount+.

31. Maid

Created by Molly Smith Metzler and tailored from Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Laborious Work, Low Pay, and a Mom’s Will to Survive, Maid is an absolute intestine punch that may probably make you cry greater than as soon as. Margaret Qualley is superb as Alex, a younger girl struggling to depart an abusive relationship whereas persevering with to look after toddler daughter; she’s paired along with her real-life mom Andie McDowell, who’s incredible as Alex’s well-meaning however unreliable mother.

We comply with Alex’s agonizing journey from navigating a girls’s shelter to dealing with the baffling catch-22’s of the American welfare system (she will be able to’t get state-sponsored baby care with out a job, however she will be able to’t get a job with out baby care), and extra. It’s a robust meditation on perseverance, in addition to a brutal examination of how extremely quick america falls in supporting these struggling to outlive.* — Okay.G.

How lengthy: 9 hours, over 10 episodes.

Find out how to watch: Maid is now streaming on Netflix.

30. Station Eleven

Whether or not or not you’ve gotten learn Emily St. John Mandel’s celebrated novel of the identical identify, this lavish adaptation proved must-see TV. (Properly, not TV — must-see HBO!) Station Eleven creator/showrunner Patrick Somerville thoughtfully reimagined the setting and a few stirring specifics of Mandel’s dystopian drama, making for a narrative acquainted but stunning.

In a world ravaged by plague, a scrappy theater troupe — referred to as the Touring Symphony — excursions settlements to carry the pleasures of Shakespeare to the survivors. However how did humankind come to this place of smash and revival? Weaving previous and current in a ragged however riveting tapestry, this mini-series gave an virtually alarmingly optimistic take a look at the apocalypse. Grounding the sensational storytelling is a critically heralded forged that features Mackenzie Davis, Matilda Lawler, Himesh Patel, Gael García Bernal, and Danielle Deadwyler. * — Kristy Puchko, Movie Editor

How lengthy: 9 hours, over 10 episodes.

Find out how to watch: Station Eleven is now streaming on Max.

29. Underneath the Banner of Heaven

Detective Jeb Pyre (a stirring Andrew Garfield) begins to query his religion and his church whereas investigating a brutal homicide in his small Mormon group in Underneath the Banner of Heaven.

The FX collection is a haunting adaptation of Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction e book that investigates the very actual homicide of Brenda Wright and her child in Utah in 1984. As a fictionalized retelling, Underneath the Banner of Heaven weaves a narrative of spiritual extremism, generational trauma, the ability and limitations of religion, and above all else, of a vivid, form younger girl who acquired caught within the center. Creator Dustin Lance Black’s (Milk) take is complicated, deeply affecting, and superbly shot, with glimpses of Latter-day Saint historic figures flashing by Detective Pyre’s thoughts, as he struggles to reconcile his beliefs together with his suspicions concerning the involvement of the church. Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Gil Birmingham, Denise Gough, and Wyatt Russell every give exceptional performances, making Heaven a really unforgettable watch. — Okay.G

How lengthy: Seven and a half hours, over seven episodes.

Find out how to watch: Underneath the Banner of Heaven is now streaming on Hulu.

28. Mrs. America

This FX miniseries dramatizes the ’70s feminist makes an attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Modification and conservative spokeswoman Phyllis Schlafly’s marketing campaign to cease the ERA in its tracks.

Cate Blanchett performs Schlafly, whose conservative values clashed with the concept that political, civil, and authorized rights ought to be equally prolonged to American women and men. Rose Byrne performs legendary feminist activist Gloria Steinem, who supported the regulation. Mrs. America tells a heightened model of the unbelievable historical past of the ERA and the swaths of American girls who fought for and opposed equal rights on the premise of intercourse and gender, and like many historic dramas is as entertaining as it’s sometimes infuriating. * — Alexis Nedd, Senior Leisure Reporter

How lengthy: Seven and a half hours, over 9 episodes.

Find out how to watch: Mrs. America is now streaming on Hulu.

27. A Very English Scandal

A captivating dramatization of a trial that consumed British media cycles within the late ’60s early ’70s, when homosexuality was decriminalised in England however not authorized. Russell T Davies’ A Very English Scandal tells the story of Jeremy Thorpe, a liberal member of Parliament, and his secret former lover, Norman Josiffe, who publicly accused Thorpe of trying to homicide him. It is a compelling, stunning, and unexpectedly bubbly retelling of an abusive relationship and a authorities official’s spectacular fall from grace. Hugh Grant is great because the slimy MP, whereas Ben Whishaw is positively magnetic as a posh sufferer with a dramatic aptitude.*  — Okay.G.

How lengthy: Three hours, over three episodes.

Find out how to watch: A Very English Scandal is now streaming on Prime Video.

26. From Scratch

Zoe Saldaña has spent a lot of the previous couple of years in inexperienced make-up (for Guardians of the Galaxy) or in a movement seize go well with (for Avatar). However on this stunning, heart-wrenching adaptation of Tembi Locke’s memoir, Saldaña is only a human in love — and it’s fascinating. 

As Amy, Saldaña travels to Florence to check artwork in opposition to her father’s recommendation. There she meets Lino (Eugenio Mastrandrea in an electrical and swoon-worthy efficiency), a passionate Sicilian chef who’s all in on Amy after his first look. After a number of false begins, a profoundly transferring romance ensues, and we watch the pair’s love develop and evolve as life throws challenges their manner. From Scratch is enthralling in its depth, boasts a stellar forged (Danielle Deadwyler, Keith David, Giacomo Gianniotti, and extra), and luxuriates in its attractive pictures of meals. You’ll fall in love with this couple and easily will be unable to cease watching or transfer on together with your life till you learn the way their story ends.* — Okay.G.

How lengthy: Eight hours, over eight episodes.

Find out how to watch: From Scratch is now streaming on Netflix.

25. Mare of Easttown

25 years in the past, Mare Sheehan (Kate Winslet) was a star highschool athlete with a promising future forward of her. These days, she’s a bitter, divorced detective whose identify is being dragged by the mud over a lacking individuals case she couldn’t clear up. When one other native woman vanishes, Mare should push apart private dramas — and internal demons — to crack the case. This small however gruff blue-collar city outdoors of Philadelphia is the form of place the place everybody is aware of everybody, so certainly somebody should know one thing.

Creator Brad Ingelsby brings collectively a crackling forged that features Julianne Nicholson, Jean Good, Angourie Rice, Man Pearce, and Evan Peters. Collectively, they construct an enveloping environment of snark and suspicion and a darkly amusing crime drama that had tongues wagging, critics cheering, and jaws dropping. It’s no thriller how Mare of Easttown earned 16 Emmy nominations.* — Okay.P.

How lengthy: Seven hours, over seven episodes.

Find out how to watch: Mare of Easttown is now streaming on Max.

24. Transatlantic

The yr is 1940. France has been invaded by Germany, and all out battle is imminent. However hope stays on the Lodge Splendide in Marseille, the place a scrappy, formidable org referred to as the Emergency Rescue Committee is corralling all its assets, authorized and…not so authorized, to evacuate artists, writers, and thinkers wished by the Nazis. Led by Mary Jayne Gold (Gillian Jacobs), Varian Fry (Cory Michael Smith), and Albert Albert Hirschman (Lucas Englander), the ERC refuses to desert their mission, even because the stakes develop ever greater for them and their fees.

Transatlantic is a trendy and fascinating drama is predicated on a exceptional true story. The Emergency Rescue Committee helped discover secure passage for Hannah Arendt, Max Ernst, Marcel Duchamp, Marc Chagall, and numerous different dissenters focused by the Nazis for the audacity of their concepts. Created by Anna Winger (Unorthodox) and Daniel Hendler, and tailored from Julie Orringer’s unique historic fiction novel The Flight Portfolio, Transatlantic is an affecting and scenic mini-series with a sensational worldwide forged.* — Okay.G. 

How lengthy: Six hours, over seven episodes.

Find out how to watch: Transatlantic is now streaming on Netflix.

23. The Affected person

Disturbing and engaging, The Affected person is a kind of thrillers you may’t drag your eyes away from. Steve Carrell is Dr. Alan Strauss, a psychotherapist who wakes up one morning chained in a basement by a affected person, serial killer Sam Fortner (Domhnall Gleeson), and compelled to offer remedy or else Sam will give into his violent and homicidal urges. The stakes are excessive, however the remedy is fascinating. There’s no manner out for Alan apart from by, and he genuinely tries to are likely to his affected person whereas coping with his personal grief and trying to flee. From The Individuals‘ Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg, The Affected person will hook you in its first enigmatic minutes, and the tight, superbly-acted half hour installments will maintain you urgent “next episode” earlier than you may even assume to cease your self. And why would you?! — Okay.G. 

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How lengthy: 5 hours, over ten episodes.

Find out how to watch: The Affected person is now streaming on Hulu.

22. I Could Destroy You

English author/actor/producer Michaela Coel first broke by along with her cheeky, sex-centric comedy collection Chewing Gum. With this addictive follow-up, her provocative humor turns to darker corners, exploring the problems of social media affect, anti-Black racism, consent, and rape tradition.

In I Could Destroy You, Coel stars as Arabella Essiedu, a twenty-something author who relishes a wild night time out in town. However when one such night time ends with a blackout, bloody brow, and troubling flashbacks, Arabella items collectively her expertise of sexual assault, turning to her mates, new lovers, and doubtful distractions to manage. Coel writes with poignant realism, because the collection adopted her personal sexual assault, which occurred whereas filming Chewing Gum. Surrounded by a suitably very good forged, which incorporates Weruche Opia and Paapa Essiedu, Coel delivers an electrifying portrayal of a lady on the verge. Her critically heralded 12-part creation has gained two BAFTAs, one for her lead efficiency, the opposite for Greatest Mini-Sequence, in addition to a slew of Emmy nominations. * — Okay.P. 

How lengthy: Six hours, over 12 episodes.

Find out how to watch: I Could Destroy You is now streaming on Max.

21. The Haunting of Hill Home

Should you do not thoughts yelping in fright from time to time, open the entrance door on Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill Home. A genuinely horrifying drama from creator Mike Flanagan, primarily based on Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel, the collection centres across the idea of household trauma and grief. However there are many scares too, and a thriller that may genuinely chill you, about 5 siblings and their dad and mom who stay in a really haunted home. Hill Home will maintain you on the sting of your sofa till the final showdown.* — Shannon Connellan, Editor Mashable UK 

How lengthy: 10 hours, over 10 episodes.

Find out how to watch: The Haunting of Hill Home is now streaming on Netflix.

20. The English

Once we first meet Emily Blunt’s Woman Cornelia Locke, she’s sporting a vivid pink, frilly Nineties frock, a stark distinction to the searing blue sky and arid yellow earth of the distant American West outpost the place her story begins. She doesn’t belong on this ruthless, lawless place. However she traveled all the best way from England for revenge on the person answerable for her son’s dying — and she’s going to cease at nothing to get it. Fortunately, she meets Eli Whipp (Chaske Spencer), a Pawnee man and former cavalry scout for the Union military who has his personal rating to settle. Collectively, the unlikely pair journey by hostile territory, unraveling their painful pasts and discovering solace in one another’s power.

From director Hugo Blick, The English is a shocking, emotional, and brutal Western that defies expectations. You will be unable to guess the place it’s going, or the place it got here from — however you’ll be totally hypnotized by the ability of Blunt and Spencer’s performances. — Okay.G. 

How lengthy: About 5 hours, over six episodes.

Find out how to watch: The English is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

19. The Dropout

By now you’ve actually heard about Elizabeth Holmes, disgraced, turtleneck-wearing founding father of the rip-off medtech firm Theranos who was convicted of fraud in 2022, sentenced to 11.25 years in jail. And simply two months after her responsible verdict landed, a wierd and glorious miniseries chronicling her rise and fall dropped on Hulu. Whoever scheduled The Dropout’s premiere date deserves a increase. 

Amanda Seyfried earned an Emmy for her deep-voiced, disquieting, and magnetic portrayal of Holmes. This mini-series is a wild trip that retains your jaw firmly dropped to the bottom the entire manner by — however we will’t stress this sufficient, that is all primarily based on a real (and actually bonkers) story. * — Okay.G.

How lengthy: Six hours, over eight episodes.

Find out how to watch: The Dropout is now streaming on Hulu.

18. Unorthodox 

The primary Netflix collection whose main language was Yiddish, Unorthodox is an empathetic, transferring story of a 19-year-old girl fleeing the oppression of her Hasidic Jewish ultra-Orthodox group in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. She travels all the best way to Berlin to search out secure haven, however when her former husband learns she is pregnant, he journeys to Germany to carry her again. Primarily based loosely on Deborah Feldman’s memoir, Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots, this ground-breaking restricted collection treats its subject material with respect and intimacy. There is no such thing as a villain right here, solely individuals formed by the worlds they grew up in. — Okay.G. 

How lengthy: 4 hours, over 4 episodes.

Find out how to watch: Unorthodox is now streaming on Netflix.

17. The Night time Of

The buzziest watch of 2016, The Night time Of is a hall-of-famer with regards to status restricted collection. Primarily based on the primary season of an award-winning British present, Felony Justice, The Night time Of follows Nasir “Naz” Khan (Riz Ahmed), a Pakistani-American scholar who spends a wild night time with an enigmatic girl and awakes the following morning to search out her stabbed to dying. With no recollection of occasions, Naz panics, runs, and is shortly picked up by police. There’s not a lot hope for his puzzling case, till a seasoned public defender (John Tuturro) agrees to take Naz’s trigger.

Gripping, affected person, and devastating, The Night time Of is an irresistible thriller that takes the crime drama components and digs deeper, mining extra emotion, extra complexity than the usual detective fare. It’s no surprise that it was an awards season darling, taking residence 5 Emmys, together with excellent lead actor in a restricted collection for Ahmed. — Okay.G. 

How lengthy: 9 hours, over eight episodes.

Find out how to watch: The Night time Of is now streaming on Max.

16. 1883

Although it is technically a prequel, there is not any want to observe Yellowstone to understand this sweeping Paramount+ unique. 1883 is an enormous endeavor, making headlines for its unprecedented finances ($10 million an episode!) and scale of manufacturing. Fortunately, Paramount’s huge funding has paid off. 1883 is a scenic, moody drama concerning the Dutton household’s journey west from Fort Value to Oregon. Elsa Dutton (Isabel Could) is our protagonist, narrating over ruminative sundown pictures over countless plains, vibrating with hope for a trek the present finally warns us will solely carry doom. Rattlesnakes, bandits, coated wagon accidents — 1883 depicts the brutal, stark actuality of the true Oregon Path.

Sam Elliott is completely forged because the hardened coated wagon boss — his mustache has by no means been extra becoming — and LaMonica Garrett is magnetic in an thrilling function that guarantees to undo a long time of Black cowboy erasure. As Elsa’s dad and mom, Tim McGraw and Religion Hill’s consolation on horseback and in Stetsons assist them match proper in alongside the veteran forged. Making sufficient house to handle the complicated nuances of the often-violent conflicts between settlers and Native Individuals, 1883 is a contemporary, ruminative Western whose attractive panorama is simply as essential as its affecting human drama. * — Okay.G. 

How lengthy: 9 hours, over 10 episodes.

Find out how to watch: 1883 is now streaming on Paramount+.

15. The Queen’s Gambit

Anya Taylor-Pleasure grew to become a family identify from this widespread, award-winning restricted drama collection primarily based on a Walter Tevis novel from the ’80s. Taylor-Pleasure is Beth Harmon, a chilly, withdrawn orphan who strives to grow to be a world chess champion and struggles with dependancy. We’re on Beth’s journey from the start, beginning along with her time in a Nineteen Fifties orphanage that freely provides tranquilizers to children to uninteresting their conduct, then following her into her adoptive household, all whereas she builds her ability and thirst for the sport of chess. Although The Queen’s Gambit miraculously manages to make sluggish, cerebral chess matches completely thrilling, the hook right here is the humanity of the characters and the fascinating story of a lady demanding extra from life than she was handed. Moses Ingram, Invoice Camp, Marielle Heller, Harry Melling, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and extra fill out the proficient forged from this top-notch watch that single-handedly induced chess set gross sales to skyrocket 1000 % when it debuted. — Okay.G.

How lengthy: Six and a half hours, over seven episodes.

Find out how to watch: The Queen’s Gambit is now streaming on Netflix.

14. Midnight Mass

Author/director Mike Flanagan (The Haunting of Hill Home) is thought for creating spine-tingling, bone-rattling horror with out many leap scares, and Midnight Mass isn’t any exception. Friday Night time Lights’ Zach Gilford is Riley Flynn, a former funding banker returning to his hometown who now feels barely misplaced within the non secular Catholic group. Across the similar time, a younger, charming priest (Hamish Linklater) arrives to carry power and life to the Crockett Island congregation, and unusual occurrences are noticed throughout city. Mysterious sightings and unexpectedly useless animals unfold concern whereas non secular “miracles” unfold fervor. It’s solely a matter of time earlier than somebody will get harm. Philosophical, refined, and terrifying, Midnight Mass is each a slow-burn horror collection and a transferring meditation on grief. — Okay.G.

How lengthy: Seven and a half hours, over seven episodes.

Find out how to watch: Midnight Mass is now streaming on Netflix.

13. Godless

Gilded with violence, glory, and cowgirls, Godless places a feminist spin on the western. Divided into seven components, the story of Frank Griffin (Jeff Daniels) pursuing his rival Roy Goode (Jack O’Connell) into the all-female city of La Belle, New Mexico brings creative framing to the storytelling staples we love. To not point out, the efficiency by Merritt Wever is to die for. —Alison Foreman, Leisure Reporter

How lengthy: Round 9 hours, over seven episodes.

Find out how to watch: Godless is now streaming on Netflix.

12. Tiny Lovely Issues

Award-winning author Cheryl Strayed is greatest identified for her overtly sincere and poignant memoir, Wild, about mountain climbing the Pacific Coast Path whereas processing the tragedies of her previous. However followers know a few of her most transferring work was achieved as Pricey Sugar, an nameless recommendation columnist whose empathetic, private, and uncooked responses redefined the recommendation style. Probably the most beloved of her Pricey Sugar solutions had been compiled into a wonderful e book, Tiny Lovely Issues, which was tailored into a wonderful miniseries in 2023.

Pitched because the story of an alternate Cheryl Strayed who by no means hiked the PCT, the Hulu present facilities on a lapsed author, Clare (performed by an outstanding Katherine Hahn), whose life is an entire mess. Her husband has kicked her out, her daughter barely tolerates her, and her previous trauma is threatening to drown her fully. However when Clare accepts a proposal to be an nameless recommendation columnist, she finds sudden hope and a reminder that she may nonetheless have one thing to supply the world. Produced by Wild collaborators Reese Witherspoon and Laura Dern, and created by Liz Tigelaar, Tiny Lovely Issues is an emotional hurricane, bringing you to laughter and tears inside every tight, splendidly crafted episode. — Okay.G.

How lengthy: 4 hours, over eight episodes.

Find out how to watch: Tiny Lovely Issues is now streaming on Hulu.

11. Maniac

Someplace between a Black Mirror episode and Everlasting Sunshine of the Spotless Thoughts, Netflix’s Maniac combines psychological thrills with a shocking story of connection. Emma Stone and Jonah Hill seem as contributors in a drug trial operated by scientists with questionable strategies and one testy pc. Gorgeous sequences and savvy performances make this an impactful but enjoyable binge. — A.F.

How lengthy: Six and a half hours, over 10 episodes.

Find out how to watch: Maniac is now streaming on Netflix.

10. Catch-22

Joseph Heller readers will enjoyment of Hulu’s trustworthy adaptation of his beloved novel. And people new to the darkish world of Catch-22? Properly, they’re going to quickly be scrambling for the net e book retailer. On this six-part World Warfare II epic, bomb aircraft pilot John Yossarian (Christopher Abbott) struggles to outlive an escalating battle managed by these with much less in danger. Directly stupidly humorous and painfully horrifying, it is a good choose for anybody keen on feeling [gestures wildly] an excessive amount of. — A.F.

How lengthy: 4 and a half hours, over six episodes.

Find out how to watch: Catch-22 is now streaming on Hulu.

9. Fosse/Verdon

Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams lead as Broadway legends Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon on this reflection on a legacy. Informed in a non-linear construction, Fosse/Verdon considers each the skilled and private sides of the esteemed leisure energy couple — inspecting how we attribute credit score to women and men in another way in addition to what it means to separate the artist from their work. Perfection for Broadway followers. Fairly nice for everybody else.* — A.F.

How lengthy: Six and a half hours, over eight episodes.

Find out how to watch: Fosse/Verdon is now streaming on Hulu.

8. Sharp Objects

Created from Gillian Flynn’s novel of the identical identify, Sharp Objects is the psychological thriller/household drama nonetheless haunting us almost two years later. Coronary heart-stopping performances Amy Adams, Patricia Clarkson, and Eliza Scanlen slowly however certainly morph this homicide thriller right into a grim journey by insufferable trauma. And that ending? I am unable to even start. — A.F.

How lengthy: Seven and a half hours, over eight episodes.

Find out how to watch: Sharp Objects is now streaming on Max.

7. Feud: Bette and Joan

It is Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon, so that you should not want far more convincing — however we’ll do it anyway! For enjoyable! Taking part in Hollywood icons Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, Lange and Sarandon recreate the cutthroat drama that went on behind the scenes of Robert Aldrich’s No matter Occurred to Child Jane? It is a devilishly good time stuffed with camp and crafty that also makes room for poignant reflections on the collection’ namesakes. (For what it is value, Feud is meant to be an anthology, however we have not heard a lot on that entrance as of late.) — A.F.

How lengthy: Seven hours, over eight episodes.

Find out how to watch: Feud: Bette and Joan is now streaming on Hulu.

6. Unbelievable

Primarily based on An Unbelievable Story of Rape, factual reporting printed by ProPublica and The Marshall Challenge in 2015, Unbelievable examines a disastrous investigation into one younger girl’s (Kaitlyn Dever) allegation of rape. Toni Collette and Merritt Wever star because the detectives searching down a serial predator probably associated to case. Suspenseful and substantive, this eight-part collection is important data for social justice seekers. — A.F.

How lengthy: Six and a half hours, over eight episodes.

Find out how to watch: Unbelievable is now streaming on Netflix.

5. Alias Grace

Should you’re counting down the times till Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Story returns, then contemplate doubling again for Netflix’s Alias Grace. Primarily based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the identical identify, this work of historic fiction reimagines the 1843 murders of a person and his housekeeper. With sensational social commentary and luxurious lead performances, it is a present value making time for. And at simply 4 and a half hours, it is not even asking that a lot. — A.F.

How lengthy: 4 and a half hours, over six episodes.

Find out how to watch: Alias Grace is now streaming on Netflix.

4. Escape at Dannemora

Appearing powerhouses Benicio del Toro, Paul Dano, and Patricia Arquette group as much as inform the true story of the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape. Starting with a slippery love triangle and ending with a multi-week manhunt, Escape at Dannemora is a gripping private drama with terrifying implications. Oh, and Michael Imperioli taking part in Governor Andrew Cuomo is simply [chef’s kiss]. — A.F.

How lengthy: Seven hours, over seven episodes.

Find out how to watch: Escape at Dannemora is now streaming on Paramount+.

3. When They See Us

Created and directed by Ava DuVernay, When They See Us casts mild on the tragic case of the so-called Central Park 5. Excellent performances by quite a few forged members, however particularly Asante Blackk and Caleel Harris because the wrongfully convicted Kevin Richardson and Antron McCray, make this a masterclass in setting the document straight with each reality and feeling. — A.F.

How lengthy: 5 hours, over 4 episodes.

Find out how to watch: When They See Us is now streaming on Netflix.

2. Chernobyl

Many know the conceptual horror of the USSR’s 1986 nuclear accident, however HBO’s Chernobyl provides it a face you may’t unsee. On this devastating five-part historic drama, an beautiful ensemble — together with Jared Harris, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, and Stellan Skarsgård — reenact the incident and its catastrophic fallout in horrific element. — A.F.

How lengthy: 5 and a half hours, over 5 episodes.

Find out how to watch: Chernobyl is now streaming on Max.

1. Watchmen

We’re nonetheless hoping Damon Lindelof will change his thoughts and switch Watchmen into an anthology collection. However till then, we’ll simply must accept the mind-bending magnificence which can be the present’s 9 present episodes. Regina King stars as Angela Abar (aka “Sister Night”) on this extension of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ iconic comedian e book collection. A meditation on trauma, Watchmen is not for the faint of coronary heart. — A.F.

How lengthy: 9 hours, over 9 episodes.

Find out how to watch: Watchmen is now streaming on Max.

UPDATE: Aug. 15, 2024, 2:04 p.m. EDT This record was first printed on March 28, 2020. It has since been up to date to replicate streaming choices.

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