IMDB Popular 100 Shows, a list by Yao Alassane Kouadio

87

/4550/

87

/367/

97

/116/

83

84

/56/

age 15+

The staff of Pittsburgh's Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.

84

IMDb 5

8.3

/362345/

81

/15339/

81

/2353/

95

/194/

95

73

/55/

age 16+

The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there's almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.

88

IMDb 6

9.1

/63768/

89

/809/

86

/154/

98

/34/

95

71

/5/

age 16+

Two of the biggest stars in Major League Hockey are bound by ambition, rivalry, and a magnetic pull neither of them fully understands. What begins as a secret fling between two fresh faced rookies evolves into a years-long journey of love, denial, and self-discovery. Over the next eight years, as they chase glory on the ice, they struggle to navigate their feelings for each other. Torn between the sport they live for and the love they can’t ignore, they must decide if there’s room in their fiercely competitive world for something as fragile – and powerful – as real love.

72

IMDb 7

8.2

/87558/

80

/2974/

80

/360/

78

/59/

54

62

/28/

age 15+

Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West-Texas and a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs, the series is an upstairs/downstairs story of roughnecks and wildcat billionaires that are fueling a boom so big it’s reshaping our climate, our economy and our geopolitics.

81

IMDb 8

8.1

/101312/

80

/5097/

79

/536/

98

/114/

66

87

/38/

age 15+

The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

83

IMDb 9

8.0

/119124/

79

/5871/

78

/1146/

3.9

/30895/

93

/86/

89

81

/40/

age 15+

Former British soldier Jonathan Pine navigates the shadowy recesses of Whitehall and Washington where an unholy alliance operates between the intelligence community and the secret arms trade. To infiltrate the inner circle of lethal arms dealer Richard Onslow Roper, Pine must himself become a criminal.

?

IMDb 10

70

/3/

Set in present-day suburbia, a young couple returns to the husband's childhood home. Their world is upended when new neighbors move in next door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.

92

IMDb 11

9.5

/2461784/

92

/113238/

89

/16847/

96

/250/

97

87

/98/

age 17+

Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

87

IMDb 12

9.2

/2524970/

88

/143666/

84

/26049/

89

/337/

85

86

/171/

age 18+

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

79

IMDb 13

8.0

/115143/

78

/7294/

77

/1655/

3.9

/47961/

83

/64/

88

69

/35/

age 16+

An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

85

IMDb 14

8.5

/178276/

84

/6542/

85

/4081/

4.2

/181155/

MAL

8.5

/1934736/

age 14+

Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.

77

IMDb 15

8.0

/82240/

79

/3286/

82

/1168/

81

/94/

82

61

/30/

age 15+

In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military operation seeks to exploit Derry for its own objectives.

77

IMDb 16

8.0

/117830/

80

/6353/

85

/2885/

64

/12/

age 14+

Starting over isn't easy, especially for small-town guy John Nolan who, after a life-altering incident, is pursuing his dream of being an LAPD officer. As the force's oldest rookie, he’s met with skepticism from some higher-ups who see him as just a walking midlife crisis.

75

IMDb 17

7.5

/49034/

76

/2037/

71

/150/

3.6

/18157/

83

/66/

74

71

/29/

age 16+

A famous author is pulled into a twisted mind game with her rich, powerful new neighbor — who might be a murderer.

86

IMDb 18

8.7

/524496/

85

/22277/

84

/7303/

95

/113/

94

72

/18/

age 16+

A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.

74

IMDb 19

7.5

/26374/

76

/864/

82

/93/

3.8

/25055/

80

/40/

73

63

/18/

RogerEbert

3.0

age 14+

In Chicago, Marissa Irvine arrives at 14 Arthur Avenue, expecting to pick up her young son Milo from his first playdate with a boy at his new school. But the woman who answers the door isn't a mother she recognizes. She isn't the nanny. She doesn't have Milo. And so begins every parent's worst nightmare.

77

IMDb 20

7.0

/48393/

71

/2906/

73

/668/

95

/95/

84

73

/35/

age 9+

Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his friends Annabeth and Grover, Percy's journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, and who he's destined to be.

59

?

IMDb 21

5.6

/712/

63

/30/

60

/7/

60

/9/

age 13+

Martin Best is a brilliant surgeon who abruptly leaves his illustrious career in Boston to become the general practitioner in a quaint East Coast fishing village where he spent summers as a child. Unfortunately, Martin's blunt and borderline rude bedside manner rubs the quirky, needy locals the wrong way, and he quickly alienates the town, even though he's all they’ve got.

56

22

IMDb 22

6.1

/660/

60

/29/

49

/11/

Follow the story of twin sisters Lily and Abby, whose lives are shattered when Lily is abducted from their quiet rural English town by beloved local teacher Rick Hansen. After years of abuse in captivity, Lily escapes - only to discover that freedom brings its own challenges.

76

IMDb 23

7.5

/22540/

72

/1122/

68

/218/

91

/124/

71

80

/56/

age 17+

In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.

90

IMDb 24

9.0

/795463/

87

/32846/

87

/6099/

98

/281/

96

86

/139/

age 16+

Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

90

IMDb 25

9.1

/677380/

87

/19288/

86

/7159/

96

/26/

95

MAL

8.5

/3015822/

100 years ago, the last remnants of humanity were forced to retreat behind the towering walls of a fortified city to escape the massive, man-eating Titans that roamed the land outside their fortress. Only the members of the Scouting Legion dared to stray beyond the safety of the walls – but even those brave warriors seldom returned alive. Those within the city clung to the illusion of a peaceful existence until the day that dream was shattered, and their slim chance at survival was reduced to one horrifying choice: kill – or be devoured!

83

IMDb 26

8.0

/311360/

78

/10442/

76

/1268/

90

/309/

77

80

/125/

RogerEbert

4.0

age 16+

Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.

81

IMDb 27

8.3

/378421/

82

/25160/

75

/2446/

85

/264/

85

81

/143/

age 17+

CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her personal well-being and even sanity, at every turn.

78

IMDb 28

7.6

/28680/

75

/1222/

75

/295/

88

/24/

88

72

/9/

age 16+

Tamar is a Mossad hacker-agent who infiltrates Tehran under a false identity to help destroy Iran's nuclear reactor. But when her mission fails, Tamar must plan an operation that will place everyone dear to her in jeopardy.

86

IMDb 29

8.8

/461171/

85

/17482/

83

/3087/

93

/304/

85

84

/176/

age 15+

A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

69

65

IMDb 30

7.2

/3759/

71

/245/

62

/53/

70

/23/

81

61

/8/

age 13+

When an analyst discovers his eyes and ears have been hacked, he's drawn into a controlled world designed by his agency to draw out their enemies.

86

IMDb 31

8.7

/369100/

86

/19854/

83

/2369/

95

/242/

80

85

/82/

age 15+

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

67

63

IMDb 32

5.8

/5478/

62

/216/

62

/120/

92

/12/

55

74

/8/

age 17+

In a world where he survived the events of Spartacus (2010), Ashur clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. Allying with a fierce gladiatrix, Ashur ignites a new kind of spectacle that offends the elite.

80

IMDb 33

7.6

/42095/

75

/2503/

80

/388/

98

/31/

78

73

/22/

age 14+

Morgan is a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.

77

IMDb 34

8.8

/737797/

84

/23575/

82

/3893/

79

/388/

59

75

/165/

age 16+

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

75

IMDb 35

7.4

/10649/

74

/1064/

68

/78/

84

/48/

78

77

/29/

age 16+

Hezekiah and Alec, two friends from Jamaica, finds themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London's East End. Here they meet Mary Carr, Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as the Forty Elephants, and run afoul of Sugar Goodson, criminal kingpin and notorious boxer.

91

IMDb 36

9.2

/560934/

91

/18465/

86

/3233/

92

/176/

96

94

/93/

age 17+

The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.

79

IMDb 37

8.1

/1177649/

78

/70635/

80

/17421/

79

/477/

78

79

/115/

age 16+

Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

82

IMDb 38

8.6

/827003/

83

/34365/

84

/11501/

93

/391/

75

76

/75/

age 17+

A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.

78

IMDb 39

8.6

/905707/

83

/44033/

82

/5175/

71

/239/

82

76

/103/

age 16+

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

73

IMDb 40

8.2

/69211/

78

/2950/

78

/563/

65

/49/

84

55

/22/

age 15+

In a small Michigan town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the McClusky family are the power brokers between the police, criminals, inmates, prison guards and politicians in a city completely dependent on prisons and the prisoners they contain.

57

56

IMDb 41

6.6

/6140/

67

/444/

67

/52/

25

/12/

83

34

/7/

age 14+

A small team of investigators are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that's not supposed to exist.

?

IMDb 42

82

/22/

A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits await these improbable and incomparable friends.

85

IMDb 43

8.3

/139030/

83

/6515/

79

/742/

97

/215/

87

82

/89/

age 16+

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

67

IMDb 44

7.0

/12832/

71

/1035/

74

/209/

53

/10/

age 14+

A whip-smart doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules.

76

IMDb 45

8.1

/142226/

79

/4840/

79

/4086/

66

/27/

In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

81

IMDb 46

8.7

/724603/

84

/37418/

83

/5895/

83

/443/

80

74

/115/

age 15+

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

88

IMDb 47

8.7

/284845/

85

/13010/

81

/1405/

94

/279/

95