12 Best Miniseries of All Time

By Vlad Zakh · August 7, 2026

Chernobyl and Band of Brothers tell one complete, devastating story with a real beginning and end, no filler required. The Queen’s Gambit became a phenomenon out of a premise, competitive chess, that shouldn’t have worked this well.

I May Destroy You (2020) 01

I May Destroy You (2020)

IMDb ★ 7.2

A writer piecing together the night she was assaulted, and what justice actually looks like afterward.

The Undoing (2020) 02

The Undoing (2020)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A therapist's seemingly perfect life unravels after her husband becomes a murder suspect.

When They See Us (2019) 03

When They See Us (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A devastating dramatization of the wrongful conviction of the Central Park Five.

Olive Kitteridge (2014) 04

Olive Kitteridge (2014)

IMDb ★ 7.6

A prickly, difficult woman's life in a small Maine town, told across three decades.

The Night Of (2016) 05

The Night Of (2016)

IMDb ★ 8.0

A young man's one bad night spirals into a murder charge that consumes his entire life.

Fosse/Verdon (2019) 06

Fosse/Verdon (2019)

IMDb ★ 7.0

The complicated partnership between choreographer Bob Fosse and dancer Gwen Verdon.

Roots (1977) 07

Roots (1977)

IMDb ★ 7.4

A generation-spanning dramatization of one family's history from slavery through emancipation.

Sharp Objects (2018) 08

Sharp Objects (2018)

IMDb ★ 7.8

A troubled journalist returning to her hometown to cover a string of murders, confronting her own past.

The Queen's Gambit (2020) 09

The Queen's Gambit (2020)

IMDb ★ 8.4

An orphaned chess prodigy fighting addiction on her way to becoming the best player in the world.

Mare of Easttown (2021) 10

Mare of Easttown (2021)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A small-town Pennsylvania detective investigating a murder while her own life quietly falls apart.

Band of Brothers (2001) 11

Band of Brothers (2001)

IMDb ★ 8.6

An Easy Company paratrooper unit followed from D-Day training through the end of WWII in Europe.

Chernobyl (2019) 12

Chernobyl (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.7

A harrowing, meticulous dramatization of the 1986 nuclear disaster and the cover-up that followed.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

I've been watching and cataloguing films for over 15 years. I built Movieix around the lists I wished existed: real picks from real viewings, organized by who's in them, where they're from, and what mood you're actually in tonight.