Spenflix: Top TV Shows (1990-2024), a list by xilfneps

9.3

/429288/

91

/23008/

88

/4626/

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.

93

9.4

/172960/

90

/3223/

86

/885/

4.7

/45211/

100

/28/

94

96

/10/

age 6+

David Attenborough presents a documentary series exploring how animals meet the challenges of surviving in the most iconic habitats on earth.

92

9.4

/233471/

91

/5156/

86

/1190/

4.6

/63117/

100

/21/

92

age 6+

David Attenborough celebrates the amazing variety of the natural world in this epic documentary series, filmed over four years across 64 different countries.

92

IMDb 11

9.5

/2462950/

92

/113474/

89

/16870/

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.

92

IMDb 57

9.3

/422897/

91

/17764/

86

/2530/

95

/149/

96

91

/95/

age 18+

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

91

8.9

/172041/

88

/9900/

86

/3334/

100

/20/

96

age 7+

Twin brother and sister Dipper and Mabel Pines are in for an unexpected adventure when they spend the summer helping their great uncle Stan run a tourist trap in the mysterious town of Gravity Falls, Oregon.

91

9.4

/584071/

91

/18794/

85

/3970/

4.7

/204891/

94

/34/

97

87

/28/

age 16+

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

91

IMDb 36

9.2

/561381/

91

/18465/

86

/3234/

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.

90

9.0

/177065/

85

/4757/

82

/1417/

4.4

/139512/

97

/61/

96

90

/13/

age 13+

A 10-part documentary chronicling the untold story of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls dynasty with rare, never-before-seen footage and sound from the 1997-98 championship season – plus over 100 interviews with famous figures and basketball’s biggest names.

90

IMDb 24

9.0

/796088/

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

8.7

/239890/

86

/11131/

83

/1721/

100

/140/

93

92

/40/

age 17+

A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.

90

8.6

/27123/

84

/1579/

86

/1484/

4.3

/24113/

100

/43/

94

91

/11/

age 14+

A caveman forms a bond with a dinosaur as they struggle to survive in a hostile world.

90

IMDb 90

9.3

/1004995/

90

/34377/

86

/7422/

4.6

/632783/

95

/102/

97

82

/27/

RogerEbert

3.5

age 16+

The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

90

8.6

/129945/

87

/8539/

85

/3003/

100

/55/

94

age 10+

Unlikely heroes Finn and Jake are buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. The best of friends, our heroes always find themselves in the middle of escapades. Finn and Jake depend on each other through thick and thin.

89

8.7

/100327/

86

/4744/

84

/686/

4.5

/108160/

97

/29/

93

88

/6/

age 16+

Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.

89

8.6

/33975/

86

/2251/

85

/350/

4.5

/41840/

100

/22/

96

84

/6/

age 16+

When a deep space freighter is damaged by a solar flare its surviving crew are stranded on a beautiful and unforgiving planet. They begin to learn the true nature of this planet as they try to survive long enough to escape or be rescued.

89

9.0

/430124/

89

/20003/

88

/5595/

100

/65/

87

86

/9/

age 14+

Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.

89

9.3

/56685/

89

/1305/

86

/320/

4.5

/21766/

97

/31/

82

age 7+

There is nowhere more powerful and unforgiving yet more beautiful and compelling than the ocean. Join us and explore the greatest yet least known parts of our planet.

89

8.7

/185366/

87

/14870/

82

/1702/

95

/90/

94

age 14+

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.

89

8.9

/48966/

86

/2439/

82

/288/

97

/45/

92

age 14+

Self-proclaimed business expert, writer, director and comedian Nathan Fielder helps real small businesses turn a profit with marketing tactics that no ordinary consultant would dare to attempt. From driving foot traffic to an off-the-strip souvenir shop by using Hollywood flair and a Johnny Depp impersonator, to creating a rebate that can only be redeemed by climbing a mountain, to founding a coffee shop called "Dumb Starbucks,” Nathan has always gone to the limit to make his ideas come to life. With his unorthodox approach to problem solving, Nathan’s genuine efforts to do good often draw the real people he encounters into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.

89

8.5

/65570/

84

/2289/

84

/859/

93

/35/

95

93

/7/

age 14+

A great warrior is displaced to the distant future by the evil shape-shifting wizard Aku. The world has become a bleak place under the rule of Aku, segregated into fantastic tribes and ruled by Aku's evil robot warlords. Jack travels this foreign landscape in search of a time portal that can return him to his home time so he can "undo the future that is Aku!".

90

8.4

/22401/

84

/1102/

86

/875/

100

/9/

96

age 7+

Having spent the summer engaging common criminals with his new-found powers, not so typical 16-year-old Peter Parker must conceal his secret identity and battle super-villains in the real world as he enters his junior year of high school.

89

8.8

/163274/

84

/5573/

81

/837/

100

/33/

96

88

/26/

age 14+

High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").

89

9.1

/35707/

86

/747/

82

/205/

4.5

/16181/

96

/49/

94

90

/19/

An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

89

9.2

/61767/

86

/2167/

85

/426/

4.5

/23600/

96

/39/

91

84

/14/

age 6+

Experience our planet's natural beauty and examine how climate change impacts all living creatures in this ambitious documentary of spectacular scope.

88

8.7

/50570/

84

/2382/

85

/619/

99

/76/

91

82

/14/

age 14+

The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

88

8.5

/84292/

83

/1320/

82

/927/

4.1

/13501/

95

/90/

94

89

/62/

A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth.

88

8.5

/91230/

84

/4221/

85

/1628/

98

/147/

95

81

/39/

age 14+

Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love in this coming-of-age series.

88

8.6

/40302/

84

/1297/

79

/215/

4.3

/31294/

97

/78/

92

91

/26/

age 17+

A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.

88

8.4

/190848/

81

/7618/

79

/1231/

4.2

/48803/

94

/87/

93

90

/40/

RogerEbert

4.0

age 16+

After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

88

8.4

/38692/

81

/1481/

82

/1093/

100

/6/

95

age 7+

Bitten by a neogenetic spider, Peter Parker develops spider-like superpowers. He uses these to fight crime while trying to balance it with the struggles of his personal life.

88

8.6

/24644/

88

/1983/

87

/1743/

100

/13/

82

age 7+

An animated fantasy-comedy series that follows Luz, a self-assured teenage girl who accidentally stumbles upon a portal to a magical world where she befriends a rebellious witch, Eda, and an adorably tiny warrior, King. Despite not having magical abilities, Luz pursues her dream of becoming a witch by serving as Eda's apprentice at the Owl House and ultimately finds a new family in an unlikely setting.

88

8.6

/25189/

82

/884/

81

/164/

100

/39/

94

age 14+

The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.

88

8.3

/23305/

80

/1310/

83

/529/

4.2

/16739/

100

/13/

96

age 17+

In this gritty and sometimes bloody tale, sixteen year-old Wayne sets out on a dirt bike with his new crush Del to take back the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died. It is Wayne and Del against the world.

88

8.4

/55090/

84

/4508/

80

/629/

100

/6/

93

age 14+

The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.

88

IMDb 47

8.7

/285026/

85

/13040/

81

/1408/

94

/279/

95

86

/199/

age 14+

Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.

88

8.5

/73740/

84

/3830/

81

/359/

99

/86/

95

87

/5/

age 15+

Amidst the political conflict of Northern Ireland in the 1990s, five secondary school students square off with the universal challenges of being a teenager.

88

8.4

/23703/

83

/1297/

84

/444/

100

/13/

91

age 7+

Zim dreams of greatness. Unfortunately, though, he's hopelessly inept as a space invader. Desperate to be rid of the annoying Zim, his planet's leaders send him on a mission to infiltrate Earth, providing him with leftover, cobbled-together equipment. To their consternation, Zim succeeds in setting up a base on Earth and infiltrating human culture, posing as a human child as he plots the planet's downfall. Only Zim's archnemesis, Dib, recognizes that Zim is an alien, and of course, nobody believes Dib's claims.

88

8.4

/53559/

81

/2135/

81

/1299/

100

/6/

95

age 7+

The X-Men are an elite team of mutants, genetically gifted human beings with superpowers, sworn to fight for mutant rights against hostile Government agencies, whilst at the same time protecting mankind from mutant supremacist Magneto who seeks to destroy the human race in return for the atrocities committed against mutant kind.

88

8.7

/79388/

84

/2828/

82

/452/

96

/87/

94

86

/14/

A drama about the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit.

88

8.8

/225925/

86

/12944/

85

/2721/

93

/219/

96

82

/57/

age 15+

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

88

8.7

/72799/

85

/2740/

80

/411/

96

/58/

93

age 17+

Peep Show follows the lives of two men from their twenties to thirties, Mark Corrigan, who has steady employment for most of the series, and Jeremy "Jez" Usbourne, an unemployed would-be musician.

88

8.7

/96176/

86

/4896/

81

/815/

90

/121/

96

89

/46/

age 16+

The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

88

8.6

/148709/

82

/4376/

80

/1499/

100

/5/

93

age 10+

Mr Bean turns simple everyday tasks into chaotic situations and will leave you in stitches as he creates havoc wherever he goes.

88

8.5

/60381/

82

/1931/

79

/476/

100

/20/

96

age 14+

Spaced: the anti-Friends, in that it examines the lives of common 20 somethings, but in a way that is more down to earth and realistic. Here we have Daisy and Tim; two 'young' adults with big dreams just trying to get by in this crazy world. They are thrown together in a common pursuit of tenancy, which they find by posing as a couple. The house has a landlady and an oddball artist living there. The series explores the ins and outs of London living.

87

8.7

/298985/

84

/13252/

86

/5231/

99

/151/

92