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Chernobyl
2019 miniseries about the Chernobyl disaster
Band of Brothers
TV mini-series
Narcos
Narcos is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are about Colombian narcoterrorist and drug lord Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellín Cartel and billionaire through cocaine production and distribution. The series also focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and various opposition entities. Season 3 picks up after the fall of Escobar and continues to follow the DEA as they try to shut down the rise of the infamous Cali Ca
Rome
HBO TV series
The Pacific
2010 television series
American Crime Story
television series
Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
2022 American television series
Genius
2017 TV series
Narcos: Mexico
Mexican-American TV series
Feud
American anthology television series
When They See Us
American drama web television miniseries
Pam & Tommy
American biographical drama television miniseries
The Great
2020 British-American comedy series on Hulu
John Adams
2008 TV series
Masters of Sex
American period drama television series
The Act
American web television series
The Offer
2022 biographical drama miniseries
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Monster: The Ed Gein Story is the third season of the American biographical crime drama anthology television series Monster, created by Ian Brennan for Netflix. The season focuses on convicted murderer, graverobber, and suspected serial killer Ed Gein, portrayed by Charlie Hunnam. The cast also includes Suzanna Son, Vicky Krieps, Laurie Metcalf, and Tom Hollander. The season incorporates meta commentary on the cultural obsession with true crime, exploring Gein's influence on Hollywood and pop culture.
George Wallace
1997 television film directed by John Frankenheimer
Love and Death
American crime drama miniseries
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story is the second season of the American biographical crime drama anthology television series Monster, created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. The season centers on the 1989 parricides of José and Kitty Menendez, who were killed by their sons, Lyle and Erik. The narrative is structured around the Rashomon effect, which presents key events through unreliable narrators and allows viewers to form their own interpretations of the story.
From the Earth to the Moon
TV miniseries
The Staircase
crime drama television miniseries
Mrs. America
American television miniseries
Monster (American TV series)
Monster is an American biographical crime drama anthology television series created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix. The series dramatizes high-profile criminal cases in American history, with each season focusing on a different individual or case. Murphy and Brennan both serve as showrunners. The first season, Dahmer - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, premiered on September 21, 2022. It was followed by Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story in 2024 and Monster: The Ed Gein Story in 2025. Initially conceived as a limited series, the show was later renewed as an anthology.
Gentleman Jack
British television series
Fosse/Verdon
Fosse/Verdon is a 2019 American biographical drama miniseries, developed by Steven Levenson and Thomas Kail. Based on the biography Fosse by Sam Wasson, the series charts the troubled marriage and professional relationship of director/choreographer Bob Fosse and actress/dancer Gwen Verdon, played by Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams respectively. Norbert Leo Butz and Margaret Qualley are also featured as Paddy Chayefsky and Ann Reinking, respectively.
Dickinson
TV series
Pistol
biographical drama miniseries
Griselda
2024 television series
Nuremberg
2000 miniseries directed by Yves Simoneau
El Chapo
American crime television series
The Kennedys
2011 television miniseries
The Looming Tower
2018 American drama web television miniseries
Anne Frank: The Whole Story
television miniseries
Turn: Washington's Spies
American TV series
Escape at Dannemora
2018 television miniseries
The Loudest Voice
Miniseries about Roger Ailes
Halston
2021 American television miniseries
House of Saddam
2008 TV miniseries
The New Look
American television series
Tut
miniseries
Cleopatra
1999 television miniseries directed by Franc Roddam
Catherine the Great
2019 TV miniseries based on Empress Catherine of Russia
Trust
American television anthology series
Candy
television miniseries
War and Remembrance
television series
Elizabeth I
2005 two-part British historical drama television miniseries
Marco Polo
1982 TV miniseries directed by Giuliano Montaldo
Hatfields & McCoys
2012 television miniseries directed by Kevin Reynolds
The Comey Rule
American drama miniseries
I Am the Night
American television series
Waco
American television miniseries
Elvis
2005 biographical CBS mini-series directed by James Steven Sadwith
Love Story (2026 TV series)
Love Story is an American biographical romantic-drama anthology television series created by Connor Hines and executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, D.V. DeVincentis, Kim Rosenstock, and Hines. The fifth installment in the American Story media franchise, it aired on FX and FX on Hulu.
Masada
American television miniseries
Young Rock
American sitcom television series
The Company
American miniseries about the CIA's activity during the COld War
Jack the Ripper
1988 British crime drama TV serial
Super Pumped
anthology drama television series