Paramount+ Australia Series, a list by Matt Shaw

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.

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.

78

IMDb 39

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.

74

73

IMDb 64

7.7

/7089/

73

/522/

67

/43/

88

/35/

70

70

/10/

age 13+

America’s most cunning contestants, a mix of famous faces and everyday Americans, play the ultimate murder mystery game. Hosted by Alan Cumming at an ancient castle in Scotland, they will work together on exhilarating missions to build a prize fund worth up to $250,000. But hidden amongst the Faithful contestants are the Traitors, whose goal is to eliminate the Faithful and claim the prize for themselves.

75

IMDb 82

8.3

/102666/

83

/5548/

83

/525/

76

/45/

67

60

/18/

age 15+

Two mob families clash in a war that threatens to topple empires and lives.

85

IMDb 91

9.0

/123408/

85

/3348/

85

/387/

95

/44/

90

65

/17/

age 16+

Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. Realizing the weight of what he put his son through, Dexter sets out for New York City, determined to find him and make things right. But closure won't come easy. When Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. As father and son navigate their own darkness in the city that never sleeps, they soon find themselves deeper than they ever imagined - and that the only way out is together.

57

?

IMDb 93

4.4

/9571/

52

/377/

62

/332/

age 3+

A young girl named Dora goes on adventures with her red boot-wearing monkey named Boots.

78

IMDb 99

7.9

/113439/

78

/5385/

82

/2470/

88

/60/

75

66

/34/

age 15+

New York mafia capo Dwight "The General" Manfredi is released from prison after 25 years and exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a crew.

77

IMDb 100

8.3

/96725/

82

/4297/

82

/676/

94

/56/

54

71

/21/

age 15+

Follow a new generation of the Dutton family during the early twentieth century when pandemics, historic drought, the end of Prohibition and the Great Depression all plague the mountain west, and the Duttons who call it home.

71

IMDb 100

7.8

/174919/

79

/8212/

76

/2433/

51

/23/

age 14+

From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has any connection to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.

72

8.1

/237240/

Trakt

81

/10427/

82

/3975/

46

/52/

age 15+

An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.

71

59

6.6

/2443/

72

/162/

73

/23/

86

/7/

62

67

/5/

age 14+

Mickey Fox investigates criminal activity and patrols the streets of small-town Edgewater while contending with her ex-con father and a mysterious incident involving her wayward daughter.

84

8.7

/241483/

84

/8828/

83

/2419/

78

/95/

92

83

/45/

age 14+

The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

76

7.7

/112479/

75

/4851/

74

/904/

92

/202/

64

74

/83/

age 15+

This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.

81

8.7

/157950/

83

/4970/

83

/838/

Letterboxd

4.2

/17149/

89

/27/

78

69

/12/

age 15+

Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.

73

7.8

/83698/

78

/4180/

80

/1105/

73

/46/

74

56

/22/

age 15+

Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.

82

81

8.7

/7640/

80

/586/

72

/49/

90

/38/

93

70

/13/

Strangers play the ultimate game of detection, backstabbing and trust in the hope of winning up to £120,000. But hidden amongst the players are three Traitors, who secretly ‘murder’ a player every night. It’s up to the Faithfuls to banish them from the game before they become the next victim. If the Faithfuls eliminate all the Traitors they split the cash; but if a Traitor remains undetected to the end of the game, they take all the money.

82

7.9

/46798/

77

/2145/

79

/349/

97

/43/

89

73

/26/

age 14+

Samantha and Jay throw caution to the wind when they convert their recently inherited country estate into a bed-and-breakfast. Call it mislaid plans. Not only is the place falling apart, but it’s also inhabited by spirits of previous residents -- whom only Samantha can see and hear.

93

9.3

/429012/

91

/22956/

87

/4624/

100

/23/

98

age 7+

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

70

7.1

/27632/

74

/2028/

79

/872/

57

/13/

age 14+

The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.

70

7.1

/16311/

73

/904/

81

/149/

56

/9/

age 14+

Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region.

80

8.7

/439249/

84

/22336/

83

/4796/

80

/151/

83

64

/19/

age 15+

Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

80

8.2

/73028/

81

/4375/

79

/694/

94

/112/

70

79

/36/

age 10+

Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.

77

8.1

/51517/

78

/1741/

76

/240/

89

/143/

69

70

/77/

age 14+

It’s 1882 and the Gilded Age is in full swing when Marian Brook, a young orphaned daughter of a Southern general, moves in with her rigidly conventional aunts in New York City. With the help of Peggy Scott, an African-American woman masquerading as her maid, Marian gets caught up in the dazzling lives of her rich neighbors as she struggles to decide between adhering to the rules or forging her own path.

75

7.7

/53501/

78

/3033/

77

/966/

70

/25/

age 14+

A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.

70

7.5

/17293/

71

/952/

68

/95/

69

/21/

age 14+

After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.

81

8.7

/147731/

86

/9517/

84

/1666/

92

/77/

90

51

/8/

age 10+

Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.

85

8.3

/172195/

84

/10115/

81

/1917/

85

/141/

93

85

/21/

age 14+

Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.

78

7.7

/176094/

80

/10551/

85

/4589/

81

/89/

85

66

/22/

age 13+

Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.

78

8.2

/123494/

78

/4189/

77

/3142/

age 7+

Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.

75

7.5

/15021/

74

/821/

71

/115/

95

/53/

66

74

/21/

age 14+

After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the workforce at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Inspired by the classic television series of the same name.

74

8.0

/146602/

75

/6699/

79

/1465/

Letterboxd

3.6

/50943/

77

/54/

74

61

/29/

age 18+

10 years after Dexter went missing in the eye of Hurricane Laura, we find him living under an assumed name in the small town of Iron Lake, New York. Dexter may be embracing his new life, but in the wake of unexpected events in this close-knit community, his Dark Passenger beckons.

61

50

6.2

/2733/

69

/138/

63

/28/

82

/11/

31

64

/9/

age 14+

NYPD Detective Danny Reagan takes a job with the Boston PD and is paired with Detective Lena Silver, part of a law enforcement family comprised of District Attorney Mae Silver, Police Superintendent Sarah Silver, rookie cop Jonah Silver and Rev. Edwin Peters. Reagan hopes to reconnect with his son, Sean, in Boston.

84

8.2

/101897/

80

/4241/

77

/839/

95

/76/

95

79

/24/

age 13+

After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.

73

8.2

/60669/

78

/3283/

82

/348/

70

/14/

78

50

/6/

age 16+

In 1991 Miami, Dexter Morgan transitions from student to avenging serial killer. When his bloodthirsty urges can't be ignored any longer, Dexter must learn to channel his inner darkness. With the guidance of his father, Harry, he adopts a Code designed to help him find and kill people who deserve to be eliminated from society without getting on law enforcements' radar. This is a particular challenge for young Dexter as he begins a forensics internship at the Miami Metro Police Department.

78

7.9

/32536/

76

/1662/

71

/241/

81

/134/

88

75

/70/

age 18+

Every day is a matter of life and death in a hectic New York City hospital, but for Nurse Jackie that's the easiest part. Between chronic back pain that won't quit, and a personal life on the constant edge of collapse, it's going to take a white lie here, a bent rule there, and a handful of secret strategies to relieve the pain, and stay one step ahead of total disaster.

84

8.3

/88439/

83

/5797/

75

/645/

93

/215/

91

81

/53/

age 14+

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.

82

8.4

/99456/

80

/5111/

80

/1410/

80

/42/

88

age 8+

Space. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the galaxy. The Enterprise is under the command of Captain James T. Kirk with First Officer Mr. Spock, from the planet Vulcan. With a determined crew, the Enterprise encounters Klingons, Romulans, time paradoxes, tribbles and genetic supermen led by Khan Noonian Singh. Their mission is to explore strange new worlds, to seek new life and new civilizations, and to boldly go where no man has gone before.

87

8.6

/127027/

86

/5606/

81

/894/

92

/103/

95

85

/61/

age 18+

The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.

73

7.7

/93377/

76

/3944/

76

/1336/

65

/34/

age 14+

A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

73

7.2

/97892/

77

/5172/

81

/2451/

62

/27/

age 14+

Three sisters (Prue, Piper and Phoebe) reunite and unlock their powers to become the Charmed Ones, the most powerful good witches of all time, whose prophesied destiny is to protect innocent lives from evil beings such as demons and warlocks. Each sister possesses unique magical powers that grow and evolve, while they attempt to maintain normal lives in modern day San Francisco.

82

7.7

/50928/

77

/3372/

77

/944/

96

/105/

85

83

/40/

age 14+

Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

82

8.1

/76084/

82

/5273/

79

/896/

91

/65/

89

74

/14/

age 10+

At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.

71

7.4

/27468/

73

/1885/

72

/187/

67

/42/

77

66

/22/

age 14+

Covert CIA agent Martian is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind unexpectedly reappears, their romance reignites, pitting his career, his real identity and his mission against his heart while hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.

85

8.7

/115421/

85

/3541/

80

/802/

93

/49/

94

73

/19/

The daily lives of prisoners in Emerald City, an experimental unit of the Oswald Maximum Security Prison where ingroups - Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans - stick close to their mutual friends and terrorize their mutual enemies.

76

7.9

/83070/

80

/6159/

77

/1039/

77

/57/

80

66

/10/

age 8+

Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.

51

50

5.5

/5692/

64

/434/

49

/53/

50

/18/

35