HBO Shows, a list by Dani Suarez

6.5

/10854/

64

/227/

65

/28/

86

/43/

54

64

/22/

age 15+

A codependent friend group navigates life and love in Los Angeles. With aspirations of becoming a talent manager, Maia is stalled out as an assistant while living with her boyfriend...until her longtime best friend and frenzied influencer Tallulah returns.

77

IMDb 15

8.0

/83416/

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

7.4

/13531/

68

/793/

72

/65/

100

/50/

68

82

/26/

age 15+

After an embarrassing incident at work, suburban family man William Ronald Trosper finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.

48

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6.5

/122/

55

/5/

25

/6/

Journey through the history of black representation on television, showcasing how black artists and creators both shaped and revolutionized the medium while confronting the systemic challenges that have often undermined their contributions.

78

IMDb 52

8.0

/59815/

78

/2367/

67

/247/

4.1

/24879/

96

/73/

76

77

/34/

3.0

age 15+

In the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a task force assembled to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.

68

52

5.8

/1683/

57

/100/

70

/20/

3.2

/1969/

100

/12/

42

83

/4/

In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered at a frozen yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. What happened that night forever shook the Austin community and continues to mystify the police and haunt the families left in the wake of unthinkable loss.

85

61

8.6

/2852/

85

/79/

88

/9/

4.0

/6739/

92

/24/

92

72

/9/

An expansive portrait of the life and music of Billy Joel, exploring the love, loss, and personal struggles that fuel his songwriting. With unprecedented access to never-before-seen performances, home movies, and personal photographs, along with extensive, in-depth one-on-one interviews, the documentary intimately explores the life and work of Joel, whose music has endured across generations.

72

51

7.1

/1817/

67

/144/

70

/17/

3.6

/2505/

85

/13/

68

/6/

A trusted family-owned funeral home hides behind a façade of decency and propriety to take advantage of loved ones at their most vulnerable moments.

82

69

8.4

/4759/

80

/162/

80

/25/

4.2

/22460/

82

/19/

3.5

age 14+

A kaleidoscopic portrait told in two parts tracing the life of the imaginative artist.

72

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7.5

/474/

73

/31/

68

/4/

3.6

/387/

Discover the shadowy world of political donations and fundraising 15 years after the Supreme Court's decision in the Citizen’s United case, which enabled unlimited spending by hidden sources on many political campaigns.

60

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5.6

/619/

62

/62/

62

/5/

2.8

/1194/

age 14+

Myka and James Stauffer were the picture of the 21st century American Dream: happy marriage, beautiful kids, and a self-built YouTube vlogging empire. At the center of it all was Huxley, an adorable young boy they adopted from China. Huxley was more than just their star — he was their son. Until one day, he wasn’t.

75

65

6.6

/2122/

67

/180/

64

/41/

3.6

/475/

100

/21/

74

80

/15/

age 16+

Ex Scotland Yard detective Millie-Jean Black returns to Kingston to work missing persons; soon finding herself on a quest to save a sister who won’t be saved, to find a boy who can’t be found, to solve a case that will blow her world apart and prove almost as tough to crack as Millie Black.

68

7.3

/64440/

73

/3497/

72

/514/

65

/77/

64

64

/34/

age 16+

Ten thousand years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen establish the fabled sect and female order that would become known as the Bene Gesserit to control the future of humankind.

61

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6.7

/768/

53

/30/

65

/4/

3.3

/734/

This series explores the culture of modern spirituality through the rise of Kundalini yoga in the West, from its origins with Yogi Bhajan to its presence today.

63

48

6.4

/1997/

55

/136/

61

/14/

75

/8/

63

65

/6/

age 15+

This irreverent late-night comedy series brings to life unbelievable, ripped-from-the-headlines tales of the Sunshine State. Featuring interviews with everyday Floridians and playful recreations starring a rotating cast of actors and comedians, this hilarious and outrageous series sheds light on the viral, wacky, and weird.

61

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6.2

/780/

64

/44/

58

/6/

3.2

/634/

In 2018, a small-town murder in Minnesota shocks a community when 56-year-old wife, mother, and grandmother Lois Riess kills her husband David and goes on the run from the authorities. Years later, Lois sits down with the filmmakers telling her story for the first time. Lois herself attempts to explain her reprehensible actions which reveals a disturbing family history and an addiction to gambling.

65

64

6.5

/5894/

58

/439/

65

/70/

73

/64/

63

67

/29/

age 15+

The crew of an unloved franchise movie fight for their place in a savage and unruly cinematic universe. The series shines a light on the secret chaos inside the world of superhero moviemaking, to ask the question — how exactly does the cinematic sausage get made? Because every f*ck-up has an origin story.

84

8.6

/226551/

84

/8177/

83

/1191/

4.5

/233852/

95

/115/

85

72

/41/

age 15+

With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised. But first, Oz must confront his enemies and his own demoralizing reputation as "the Penguin."

86

77

8.2

/4003/

77

/180/

82

/32/

4.0

/10656/

100

/23/

93

84

/12/

A portrait of celebrated filmmaker David Chase: his life, his career and his groundbreaking work on the HBO original series The Sopranos.

75

62

7.3

/3071/

70

/208/

71

/16/

3.8

/7769/

86

/29/

88

63

/13/

age 14+

Former nurse-turned-exotic animal broker Tonia Haddix, who refers to herself as the “Dolly Parton of chimps”, spends her days caring for animals in captivity. However, her limitless love for one chimpanzee in particular spins into a wild cat-and-mouse game with authorities and an animal rights group.

68

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7.3

/322/

61

/20/

71

/7/

3.5

/308/

One South is an inpatient psychiatric unit at Zucker Hillside Hospital in Queens, NY, specializing in treating young adults. It may look more like a college dorm than a psychiatric hospital, but patients arrive every day in acute crisis. They are dealing with a variety of mental health issues, including depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and psychosis, and many have contemplated or attempted suicide. A team of doctors, social workers, and nurses work together to stabilize the patients and prepare them to return to the outside world

74

61

7.0

/2144/

71

/168/

63

/27/

94

/31/

66

84

/16/

age 14+

Julio Torres spins a fantastical tale of when he lost a gold oyster earring. In his search to find the precious object, Julio reflects on the offbeat characters he encounters in introspective, often eerie, and always comedic vignettes set in a dreamy, alternate version of New York City.

77

63

6.8

/2239/

63

/117/

68

/15/

3.8

/8466/

100

/19/

91

79

/12/

3.0

When the ailing king of America's largest renaissance festival declares his retirement, an epic power struggle ensues between an actor, a former elephant trainer, and a kettle-corn kingpin to claim his throne.

87

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8.5

/795/

79

/31/

90

/3/

3.9

/779/

100

/12/

90

81

/5/

3.5

age 13+

The story of an underdog, interracial record label that ushered in groundbreaking music.

74

6.8

/9295/

67

/657/

69

/113/

3.8

/11223/

89

/74/

73

80

/38/

3.0

age 15+

Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States and takes up residence in a refugee community, where he continues to gather intelligence and report back to the Viet Cong.

64

25

6.8

/610/

61

/33/

68

/10/

3.4

/531/

2.5

age 16+

Explore the rise and fall of the Synanon organization — through the eyes of the members who lived it — from its early days as a groundbreaking drug rehabilitation program to its later descent into what many consider a cult.

53

6.0

/14731/

58

/804/

61

/136/

3.0

/4059/

52

/82/

53

56

/41/

1.5

age 15+

The story of one year within the walls of the palace of a modern European regime as it begins to unravel.

75

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6.5

/392/

59

/23/

71

/5/

3.6

/1051/

100

/7/

84

/4/

Returning to their hometowns, Texas filmmakers Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa chronicle the complex history of each city, while examining the toll that the prison system, oil business, and border laws have on those communities.

79

58

7.1

/2035/

67

/86/

69

/9/

3.7

/1346/

100

/6/

93

80

/4/

On October 23, 1989, Charles Stuart places a frantic 911 call reporting that he and his pregnant wife — a white couple — have been shot by a Black man. The ensuing investigation ignites decades-old tensions and brutal racial profiling amidst a media firestorm and skepticism about Stuart's story.

75

65

7.2

/4547/

68

/204/

68

/26/

3.6

/15841/

100

/7/

67

age 15+

Chronicles the life and death of Amy Carlson, also known as Mother God, a self-proclaimed spiritual savior who built a cult through her online manifestos and live-streaming sessions. As Amy's health declined, her followers believed her death would lead to her evacuation by UFO and salvation for humanity. Told through the eyes of Amy's devotees and constructed from the cult's archival footage, the three-part docuseries captures the perils of internet proselytizing and a conspiracy-driven faith.

58

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6.2

/202/

57

/14/

56

/8/

3.4

/251/

A collection of interconnected stories that follow the mysteries surrounding awareness, intention, desire, free will, and the uncanny nature of consciousness.

69

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7.8

/243/

64

/21/

66

/5/

Follow the officers and recruits of the Navajo Police Department through the rigorous training, the physical challenges, and the self-doubt, delving into their backstories to reveal an overview of life on the reservation and the motivations that drew them to the force. While the turbulent stories of Class 57 unfold in real time, the series provides an ever-widening portrait of the Navajo Nation at large.

72

49

6.8

/912/

58

/53/

64

/13/

3.5

/830/

100

/7/

64

81

/4/

An investigation into an American missionary accused of dangerously treating sick children in Uganda despite having no medical training.

79

74

7.3

/5005/

70

/266/

69

/26/

3.8

/8405/

96

/26/

91

81

/13/

3.0

age 15+

This docuseries chronicles the darkly comedic, unexpected 20-year journey of two unlikely office buddies, who stumble upon the murky truth behind the work they’ve been doing at a seedy New Jersey call center – persuading people to give money to charities – and vow to expose the crooked American telemarketing industry from within.

66

6.3

/7957/

61

/526/

64

/76/

3.4

/3326/

78

/46/

55

70

/23/

3.0

age 14+

An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.

79

57

7.1

/1394/

69

/73/

67

/14/

3.7

/892/

100

/20/

85

85

/10/

In the early 1990s, with homophobia and hate crimes on the rise as the AIDS crisis worsens, a serial killer preys upon gay men in New York City, infiltrating queer nightlife to find his victims.

67

45

6.7

/1377/

64

/78/

61

/9/

3.5

/933/

86

/7/

53

74

/5/

When 15-year-old Jennifer Pandos went missing in 1987, her parents told everyone she ran away. Decades later, her brother Stephen begins a relentless odyssey in search of the truth. His investigation into the case threatens to destroy his family as he becomes strongly convinced that his parents are both implicated in the crime. As time passes, more threads unravel and new evidence comes to light, Stephen starts to question everything he has come to believe.

64

10

6.8

/263/

58

/25/

66

/10/

3.5

/202/

age 11+

A gripping docuseries that goes behind the scenes and onto the pitch of the groundbreaking Los Angeles-based professional women’s soccer team, Angel City Football Club.

65

6.8

/12348/

65

/630/

62

/112/

3.4

/3250/

69

/48/

69

62

/22/

2.5

age 14+

The true story of how Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds accidentally toppled the Presidency they were zealously trying to protect.

78

73

7.1

/3857/

68

/235/

65

/43/

93

/30/

78

87

/14/

age 15+

An unconventional love story between a working-class single mum, her young daughter and a privileged gay man. A wild and punky tale of a mother's love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice.

81

IMDb 68

8.5

/719580/

82

/25342/

84

/6689/

94

/258/

62

83

/88/

age 16+

Twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed, Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse the United States and depend on each other for survival.

47

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5.2

/130/

50

/13/

40

/4/

Follow eight New Yorkers in short, intimate profiles as they navigate sex and dating in the city.

64

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7.4

/447/

57

/25/

62

/6/

3.5

/368/

Explore the horrifying story of the Christian church La Luz del Mundo (LLDM) and the sexual abuse that scores of members, many of them minors, say they have suffered at the hands of its successive leaders, known as the "Apostles."

63

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7.1

/397/

65

/20/

43

/3/

76

/4/

An expansive and intimate 70-year journey, from Branson’s upbringing as the son of a spirited, tough-love mother in Britain, to his pursuits of extreme, personal daredevilry that serve both to grow his businesses’ brands and feed his insatiable, lifelong thirst for high-stakes adventure.

74

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7.9

/713/

73

/35/

61

/7/

3.7

/355/

84

/4/

On November 4, 1979, Iranian student activists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, taking over 60 Americans hostage. What was planned as a 48-hour sit-in to protest American imperialism, ballooned into an international crisis and 24/7 media event that would last 444 days. With never-before-seen archival footage and revelatory new interviews with the American hostages and Iranian hostage-takers alike, the series is a gripping chronicle of one of the most dramatic international deadlocks in American history, a deep dive into the geo-political history that led to the crisis, and an exploration of the political fallout that reverberates today.

80

IMDb 67

8.3

/501219/

81

/17419/

83

/5653/

87

/100/

77

71

/83/

age 17+

The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.

86

8.5

/35837/

82

/1954/

80

/237/

96

/103/

89

87

/45/

age 13+

With a construction crew, a legion of actors, and seemingly unlimited resources, Nathan Fielder allows ordinary people to prepare for life’s biggest moments by “rehearsing” them in carefully crafted simulations of his own design. When a single misstep could shatter your entire world, why leave life to chance?

54

33

6.0

/1094/

56

/54/

66

/14/

3.2

/548/

57

/7/

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