To watch the tv series is kind of a big deal, and what sucks is to find that the one you spent a long time upon, was unworthy of the time. So, in this article, we cover the best tv shows of the 2010s for you to easily select what to watch next from the list of fresh and interesting series to watch.
Here’s a list of the best series to binge-watch of this decade:
1. Game Of Thrones
- Directors: David Benioff, David Nutter, Alan Taylor, Alex Graves, Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa
- Writers: George R. R. Martin, David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Vanessa Taylor, Bryan Cogman, Jane Espe, Dave Hill
- Cast: Emilia Clarke, Kit Harington, Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Peter Dinklage
- IMDb Rating: 9.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
- Where to Watch: Disney+Hotstar
Based partially on a fantasy book series, A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin, Game of Thrones is a fantasy drama series which tells the story of conflicts and battle for acquiring the throne of seven kingdoms of Westeros, and for some noble families, the liberation from them. This game of thrones progresses when the last member of an exiled family, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) rises and builds an army to fight for the throne. In the final part, an armed unit guards a widely spread wall protecting the continent and the people from the giant creatures that are believed to dwell on the other side of the wall.
First premiered on the HBO United States on April 17, 2011, with its last episode of 8th Season on May 19, 2019, Game of Thrones gained popularity as one of the best tv shows of the decade around the world.
2. Breaking Bad
- Director: Rian Johnson, Vince Gilligan, Terry McDonough, Johan Renck, Michelle MacLaren, Colin Bucksey, Michael Slovis
- Writer: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz, Moira Walley-Beckett
- Cast: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris
- IMDb Rating: 9.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
What happens when a 50-year-old high school chemistry teacher (who has never even crossed a red light) finds out he is suffering from cancer and has at most 2 years to live? Nope, none of your guesses are right. Prepare to be excited, surprised, and many more adjectives.
Breaking Bad is considered to be one of the best shows to be ever made in the history of the entertainment industry. It is filled with drama, twists, turns, thrills, humor, and everything you need. Breaking Bad lasts for 5 seasons, each filled with next-level thrill.
Breaking Bad has its fan following as wide as that of Game of Thrones.
3. Bojack Horseman
- Director: Amy Winfrey, J.C. Gonzalez, Mike Hollingsworth, Aaron Long
- Writer: Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Mehar Sethi
- Cast: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Aaron Paul, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Bojack Horseman is an animated adventure that is set in a parallel universe where humans and animals co-exist. Set in Hollywood, the show is a dark-comedy drama that follows the life of a faded sitcom star (Bojack Horseman) who is struggling to feel fulfillment in his life, seeking happiness, or maybe seeking something to make him feel enough. This wacky comedy is one of the best shows of the decade that boldly confront the issues of depression, loneliness, and impostor syndrome.
Through his journey, Bojack is joined by his companions, who are all going through their own messed-up lives. Bojack Horseman is a show that is a realistic presentation that touches the heart of viewers worldwide, making it one of the best tv shows of the decade.
4. The Leftovers
- Director: Mimi Leder
- Writer: Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta
- Cast: Justin Theroux, Amy Brenneman, Christopher Eccleston
- IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
- Where to Watch: Disney+Hotstar
After a sudden disappearance of few people from a small community of New York, the leftovers are compelled to figure out their lives, living with the questions of their disappearance, and dealing with the complexities that lie over the place.
The Leftovers is a suspense drama series with an interesting storyline. And is a must-watch mystery series.
5. Schitt’s Creek
- Director: Daniel Levy, Kevin White, Catherine O’Hara
- Writer:Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy, Michael Short, Kevin White
- Cast: Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Daniel Levy
- IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Schitt’s Creek is a satire-comedy series, following the life of Johny Rose- the owner of the successful Rose Video Store, his wife Moira Rose – former daytime soap opera actress, and their two adults yet dependent offspring – David and Alexis. After going broke and losing the filthy rich lifestyle, they are forced to live in a town called ‘Schitt’ s Creek’ which they once bought as a joke.
In this 6 season series, the family comes together and each of them adjusts to the town in their own way, finding their path to leading a fulfilled life.
6. Westworld
- Director: Jonathan Nolan
- Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy, Halley Gross, Kath Lingenfelter
- Cast:
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87%
- Where to Watch: Disney+Hotstar
Westworld is a futuristic western-themed amusement park, where visitors can interact with Robots. But, things start to go wrong when the robots begin malfunctioning. It’s like a Jurassic Park but with Robots. This show is created by Jonathan Nolan (brother of Christopher Nolan) and you’ll love this. With its interesting and spooky storyline, this is among the best television shows of the decade produced by HBO.
7. Chernobyl
- Director: Johan Renck
- Writer: Johan Renck, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson
- Cast: Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård
- IMDb Rating: 9.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
- Where to Watch: Disney+Hotstar, Amazon Prime
In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union had to suffer one of the most dangerous nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. This series tells the story of the people who caused the disaster and those who responded to it. It also shows some of the uglier sides of this incident.
This show is tough to watch because it is very real. This show is very necessary to watch because it’s real. This historical drama television miniseries has only 5 episodes and is one of the highest-rated TV shows on IMDB.
8. Rick and Morty
- Director: Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon
- Writer: Justin Roiland, Dan Harmon, Ryan Ridley
- Cast: Justin Roiland, Chris Parnell
- IMDb Rating: 9.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
This animated sci-fi adventure series is about the wacky adventures of Rick, who is a mad scientist, and after being disappeared for 20 years, and now lives at her daughter’s place, and always drags his grandson, Morty with himself into his odd science adventure time.
9. Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Director: Dan Goor, Michael Schur, Andy Samberg, Eva Longoria
- Writer:Dan Goor, Norm Hiscock, Luke Del Tredici
- Cast: Andy Samberg, Stephanie Beatriz, Terry Crews, Melissa Fumero
- IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Hulu, Comedy Central
This television series is a sitcom that revolves around the detectives of the 99th Precinct of NYPD. Captain Raymond Holt, an eccentric and righteous captain, with his quirky and peculiar team of talented yet odd detectives who solve crimes in Brooklyn, NY.
This series is fun to watch. You’ll love it and each of its characters. It has 7 seasons and is due for the eighth season. This is a perfect sitcom if you want to binge-watch a light-hearted and funny one.
10. True Detective
- Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
- Writer: Nic Pizzolatto, Alessandra Dimona, David Milch, Graham Gordy, Scott Lasser
- Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Mahershala Ali, Rachel McAdams, Colin Farrell
- IMDb Rating: 9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 78%
- Where to Watch: Disney+Hotstar
True Detective is an anthology series that follows different police officers and detectives in their pursuit of investigating the homicide in which they have to face their own dark secrets and demons.
This anthology series has 3 seasons and all the seasons are structured as self-contained narratives. The first season stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
11. Black Mirror
- Director: Jon Hamm, David Slade, Toby Haynes, Daniel Lapaine, Owen Harris
- Writer: Charlie Brooker, Jesse Armstrong, William Bridges, Rashida Jones
- Cast: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel, Anthony Mackie, Miley Cyrus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Topher Grace, Damson Idris
- IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Black Mirror is a science fiction series created by Charlie Brooker. The show portrays the consequences of new technologies in a very peculiar way. It has standalone episodes and each episode discovers different near-future technologies and how they could turn out to be threatening rather than useful. Consider it as an extended version of the Terminator movies except the sky net is a new technology every time.
It has 5 seasons and also has an interactive movie based on it: Bandersnatch.
12. Stranger Things
- Director: Duffer Brothers
- Writer: Matt Duffer, Ross Duffer, Jessie Nickson-Lopez
- Cast: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Stranger things is an American horror thriller teen series set in the 1980s in a small town named Hawkins. In the first season, a young boy disappears and is trapped in the Upside down, an alternate dimension. His friends, in an attempt of finding him, find out about the upside-down and the Demogorgons.
Eleven, who has telepathic and psychokinetic powers, runs away from the Hawkins Laboratory and befriends the boys and helps close the portal to upside-down and rescuing Will.
This tv show has 3 seasons and the 4th one is in the making.
13. Mr. Robot
- Director: Sam Esmail
- Writer: Michael Cristofer, Bobby Cannavale, Carly Chaikin, Sam Esmail
- Cast: Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Carly Chaikin, Grace Gummer
- IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Featuring Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson, Mr. Robot tells the story of Elliot, a cybersecurity engineer and a hacker who has social anxiety disorder and depression, who is recruited by, a mysterious cryptic anarchist, Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) to take down the Evil corporation Elliot works for. This television series won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series.
14. The Haunting of Hill House
- Director: Mike Flanagan
- Writer: Mike Flanagan, Elizabeth Ann Phang, Shirley Jackson,
- Cast:Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth Reaser, Henry Thomas
- IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
The Haunting of Hill House follows the story of the Crain family. It alternates between two timelines- one tells the story of the family and the incidents that happened to each one of them after moving to Hill’s house. The other timeline tells the story of their presence after they’re all grown up and are somehow still haunted by the house. Each episode tells the story of a family member and how they were all haunted, in some way or other, by the Hill house.
The Haunting of Hill House has 10 episodes. And is followed by a sequel, The Haunting of Bly Manor, with a different story and characters.
15. Suits
- Director: Aaron Korsh
- Writer: Aaron Korsh
- Cast: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan, Sarah Rafferty
- IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, Netflix
Mike Ross, who has a photographic memory is a fraud who attempts tests on behalf of others, crosses paths with Harvey Specter, one the best corporate lawyer and closer in New York City. Harvey is very impressed by Mike and instantly hires him at the firm Pearson Hardman as his personal associate but they have to keep the secret that Mike has never has attended law school. Harvey and Mike’s approaches to dealing with cases are very different, it’s entertaining to watch them work together as a team. Mike also gets romantically involved with a paralegal at the firm, Rachel Zane who later finds out about his fraud. The show consists of 9 seasons and is created by Aaron Korsh.
16.DARK
- Director: Baran bo Odar,
- Writer: Ronny Schalk, Jantje Friese
- Cast: Louis Hofmann, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne, Oliver Masucci
- IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
- Where to Watch:Netflix
‘Dark’ is a German Sci-Fi mystery drama based on the unusual events taking place in a small town in Germany, where two boys went missing, which gives rise to a web of unimaginable events that shook anyone who came to know about the truth. All the events going on in the current time has to do with the past, and they affect the cycle of lives going on, in the same town.
Filled with mind-bending twists and exploring different theories of science, this German series upgraded the level of shows released on Netflix. This Sci-fi thriller drama is the first German original series for Netflix. This series with its 3 seasons released is a must-watch for all the science enthusiasts and mystery lovers, to take their curiosity to next level.
17. Key and Peele
- Director: Peter Atencio
- Writer: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele
- Cast: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele
- IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
- Where to Watch: Comedy Central, Voot
Two actors, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele develop the script and act themselves, making engaging and fun content to entertain the audience.
This is a hilarious comedy series with superb acting performances by both the actors, “Key” and “Peele”.
18. Peaky Blinders
- Director: Steven Knight, Tim Mielants, David Caffrey
- Writer: Steven Knight
- Cast: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Tom Harper
- IMDb Rating: 8.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Set in 20th century England, the plot revolves around a fierce gang in Birmingham, led by their boss, Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), and his journey through the world of gangsters, his loss, his sins, and his deepest fear and regrets.
With its stunning visual representation of post-war England, Peaky Blinders is one of the best thriller crime drama.
19. Orange Is the New Black
- Director: Jodie Foster
- Writer: Jenji Kohan, Lauren Morelli, Tara Herrmann, Nick Jones, Sara Hess
- Cast: Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon, Michael Harney
- IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Orange Is the New Black follows the story of a woman named Piper Chapman (Taylor Schilling) who is put into jail because of her involvement in drug dealing with a dealer, Alex Vause (Laura Prepon) a few years back. Through his time behind bars, she has many encounters that eventually change a lot of something insider her.
This comedy prison drama Netflix series wonderfully portrays the conspiracies and stories that mostly go missing from our TV landscape screens. The first episode premiered on Netflix on July 11, 2013, and its final episode on July 26, 2019.
20. Better Call Saul
- Director: Vince Gilligan
- Writer: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Thomas Schnauz, Gennifer Hutchison
- Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Michael McKean, Giancarlo Esposito, Tony Dalton
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
- Where to Watch: Netflix, AMC
Better Call Saul (AMC) is regarded as a prequel to the very famous “Breaking Bad”. It follows the journey of a small-time attorney Jimmy McGill as he goes through different phases dealing with uncertainties and unusual situations, through which he is evolved into a strong and daring lawyer, Saul Goodman.
Better Call Saul is a crime-drama series that is one among the best shows of the decade, with 5 seasons already made. Although the work for next season is in progress, the show has already made it to Emmy.
21. One Day at a Time
- Writer & Director: Gloria Calderon Kellett, Mike Royce
- Cast: Justina Machado, Todd Grinnell, Isabella Gomez, Marcel Ruiz
- IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%
- Where to Watch: Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max
One Day at a time is an American sitcom and is the remake of the original version, recreated by Sony Pictures Television.
One Day at a time portrays the daily life of the Cuban-American family members and how they deal with everyday problems and situations. it is a fine light-hearted sitcom with a good amount of everything.
22. Unbelievable
- Director: Susannah Grant, Michael Diner, Hal Hartley
- Writer:Susannah Grant, Ayelet Waldman, Michael Chabon, Lisa Cholodenko
- Cast: Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, Kaitlyn Dever
- IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Unbelievable is an American drama television drama miniseries that is based on a true-life incident of a girl named Marie. It is the dramatization of the serial rape cases happening around Washington and Colorado during 2008-2011. It follows the story of Marie who was accused of lying about having being raped and how her life turned upside down because of that one accusation. At the same time, it tells the story of two women detectives who are trying their best to find the culprit who they believe could be a serial rapist.
This is a miniseries with 8 episodes but is one of the most thought-provoking ones.
23. Mindhunter
- Director: David Fincher, Carl Franklin, Andrew Dominik
- Writer:Joe Penhall, John E. Douglas, Elizabeth Hannah, Joshua Donen, Alex Metcalf
- Cast: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Cameron Britton, Hannah Gross
- IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
In the late 1970s, two FBI agents, Holden and Bill begin operating FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit within the Training Division at the FBI academy in Quantico, Virginia. They started interviewing serial killers and criminals and tried to understand their behavior and some patterns with the hope of applying this knowledge to solve ongoing cases.
This series is based on the true-crime book, Mindhunter: Inside the FBI’s serial crime unit, and has two seasons and for now, the series is on infinite hold by Netflix.
24. Designated Survivor
- Director: Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Gordon, Chris Grismer
- Writer: David Guggenheim, Simon Kinberg, Rob Morrow, Michael Gaston
- Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Italia Ricci, Maggie Q, Adan Canto, Kal Penn
- IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 71%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Thomas Kirkman, who was the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, is ascended to the position of President of the United States after everyone ahead of him in the Presidential line of succession dies in an explosive attack. Kirkman, a Designated survivor, tries to rule the state with his inexperience and at the same time, tries to uncover the truth behind the explosion.
It has three seasons and is a good watch if you’re a fan of a political thriller.
25. American Crime Story
- Director: Ryan Murphy, Anthony Hemingway
- Writer: Scott Alexander, Jeffrey Toobin, Larry Karaszewski
- Cast: Darren Criss, Sarah Paulson, Cuba Gooding Jr., Édgar Ramírez
- IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Disney+Hotsar, Netflix, HBO Max
American Crime Story is a true crime television series, both its seasons based on famous crime cases, the first season named “The Run of His Life: The People v. O. J. Simpson”, follows the murder trial of O. J. Simpson. And the second season subtitled “The Assassination of Gianni Versace”, explores the murder of very famous designer Gianni Versace.
This is an intense true-event-based crime series and is one of the top crime drama series of the decade.
26. Money Heist
- Director: Alex Rodrigo
- Writer: Álex Pina
- Cast:Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Pedro Alonso
- IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Money Heist is a Spanish robbery crime drama series, which portrays the intelligently planned heist, led by the Professor, in such a way that the gang steal the fortune one can’t imagine, and simultaneously gained the trust of the entire nation for their deeds.
It is a super entertaining heist drama of the decade.
27. Nathan For You
- Director: Nathan Fielder
- Writer: Nathan Fielder, Michael Koman, Carrie Kemper, Eric Notarnicola
- Cast: Nathan Fielder
- IMDb Rating: 8.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 97%
- Where to Watch: Comedy Central
Nathan Fielder is a business consultant, whose methods of working are quite different than the formal and systematic ones. With his real-life experiences and his knowledge, he tries to help small businesses make some good profit, and give his clients all the knowledge and information needed, as well as some information that wasn’t needed, which results in people often having some extraordinary and unusual experience.
28. The Umbrella Academy
- Director: Jeff F. King, Jason Bryden
- Writer: Steve Blackman, Gerard Way, Jeremy Slater, Ken Hall
- Cast: Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, David Castañeda, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher
- IMDb Rating: 8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 82%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
43 children are randomly born to women that weren’t even pregnant and seven of them are adopted by a man Reginald Hargreeves who creates the Umbrella Academy where he trains them to save the world. 6 of them have special powers except for Seven/Vanya. Their family falls apart after their father dies, but is reunited when five return from the future and intimates them of an apocalypse occurring soon, and Vanya is going to be the reason for it after she realizes her powers.
The Umbrella Academy has 2 seasons and is confirmed for a third one. It is one of the most popular series on Netflix.
29. House of Cards
- Director: John David Coles, Gerald McRaney, David Fincher, Robin Wright
- Writer: Michael Dobbs, Michael Kelly, Kevin Spacey, Beau Willimon, Kate Mara
- Cast: Kevin Spacey, Michael Kelly, Robin Wright
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
House of Cards is a political thriller series that tells the story of a man named Frank Underwood who is a Democrat and his wife. Frank is appointed as the secretary of state. With his growth and prosperity, he seeks revenge on all the people who betrayed him.
It is an adaptation of the BBC miniseries of the same name and is based on the novel of the same name, and is Netflix’s first originals.
30. When They See Us
- Director: Ava DuVernay
- Writer: Ava DuVernay, Julian Breece, Robin Swicord, Attica Locke, Michael Starbury
- Cast: Asante Black, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse, Jharrel Jerome, Marquis Rodriguez
- IMDb Rating: 8.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Five BLACK teenagers from Harlem are taken in custody by cops and are falsely accused of assaulting and raping a woman jogger in New York’s Central Park.
This American crime drama television miniseries is based on a horrible true story that shook the entire nation. It is one of the most impactful real-life based tv show when it comes to racism and color discrimination. This show was nominated for PrimetimeEmmy Award for Outstanding Limited series.
31. The End of the F***ing World
- Director: Entwistle, Lucy Tcherniak
- Writer: Charlie Covell
- Cast: Alex Lawther, Jessica Barden, Gemma Whelan, Steve Oram
- IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
The End of the Fucking World is a British black comedy show based on the award-winning comic book series by Charles Forsman. It follows the story of two teenagers, James (Alex Lawther), who is convinced that he is a psychopath, and Alyssa (Jessica Barden) who feels like an outcast. Both of them start dating and have a passive-aggressive relationship, where James actually wants to kill Alyssa, but then they get caught in a whole whirlwind of violent events and also end up falling for each other.
32. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Director: Lee Toland Krieger
- Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Cast: Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis, Chance Perdomo, Michelle Gomez
- IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is an American horror series, based on the comic of the same name. The show revolves around the teenage girl who is half human and half witch, and how she keeps spinning within the world of mortals living as a young girl, as well as her adventures in the underworld, the dark world, the darkness of which captivates her. Involving a fine shock and horror factor, this show is a must-watch horror series of the decade.
33. Bob’s Burgers
- Director: Loren Bouchard
- Writer: Loren Bouchard, Wendy Molyneux, Katie Crown, Lizzie Molyneux, Jim Dauterive, Jon Schroeder, Rich Rinaldi, Dan Fybel
- IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
- Where to Watch: Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO Max
Bob’s Burgers is an animated sitcom that revolves around the Belcher family — which consists of Bob, his wife Linda, and their children Tina, Gene, and Louise. The family runs a burger restaurant in an unnamed town. Despite the danger of going out of business by their rival, Bob’s family keep trying to make their burgers stand out and offer unique varieties of a burger.
Bob’s Burgers is a delightful and hilarious, animated tv show, with its 6 seasons released so far.
34. Jane The Virgin
- Director: Melanie Mayron, Brad Silberling
- Writer: Jennie Snyder Urman
- Cast:Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo, Yael Grobglas
- IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Jane is a young woman and a daughter of a mother for whom seeing her daughter pregnant before her 30s would be the last thing in the world. Jane is aware of this and religiously keeps this thing in mind, but her life turns upside down when one day, during her routine checkup, she was mistakenly inseminated by her doctor artificially. While her mother is against whatever happened, her grandmother supports Jane with whichever path she wants to choose.
The first episode of this American comedy-drama aired on October 13, 2014. Jane The Virgin is entertaining throughout with satirical punches and a hilarious storyline.
35. Undone
- Director: Hisko Hulsing
- Writer: Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Kate Purdy
- Cast: Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, Siddharth Dhananjay
- IMDb Rating: 8.2
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, Vudu, HBO Max
A schizophrenic or a time-traveler?
Alma had a near-to-death car accident and has now realized that she can bend the rules of space and time. With the help of her dead father, who only she can see, she now tries to find out the truth about her father’s death. Alma is special in her dead father’s eyes while on the other hand, she’s considered crazy or schizophrenic by all her loved ones.
It is Amazon’s first original animated series and its first series to use rotoscoping. It only has one season and is due for another season.
36. The Good Place
- Director:Michael Schur, Megan Amram, Stephen Merchant, Adam Scott
- Writer: Michael Schur, Josh Siegal, Megan Amram, Joe Mande, Demi Adejuyigbe
- Cast: Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, William Jackson, D’Arcy Carden
- IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score:97%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
The Good Place is a fictional heaven-like place that is designed by afterlife the architect, Michael. The mortals are sent to the Good Place for the moral righteousness of the lives they have spent back on earth. Eleanor (Kristen Bell) has arrived at the Good Place, but she soon realizes that her entry to this place is a mistake, and thus she now keeps hiding the truth of the life she has lived, and rather try to become a more humble and moral person, with other residents there.
This show is an interesting fantasy drama, with brilliant involvement of philosophy and imagination. It has four seasons with a good twist at each season’s end.
37. Killing Eve
- Director: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Vicky Jones, Fiona Shaw
- Writer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Luke Jennings, Suzanne Heathcote
- Cast: Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia
- IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max
Killing eve is a dark comedy-thriller show with 3 seasons starring Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh as the leads and it’s based on the Villanelle novel series by Luke Jennings. When a British agent(Eve) develops a mutual obsession towards a psychopath serial killer(Villanelle) and gets distracted from her initial job of catching her and the crazy encounters they have, packed with the dilemma of Eve’s job and the sexual tension between the two. This show has a twist to the conventional spy-killer stories and is universally acclaimed.
This show is created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge who has also written some of the great shows like Fleabag and Crashing.
38. Lucifer
- Director: Len Wiseman
- Writer: Tom Kapinos
- Cast: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, Lesley-Ann Brandt
- IMDb Rating: 8.2/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Ever heard of Satan on earth? Lucifer is a show where the devil himself comes and lives lavishly on earth in Los Angels, the city of Angels of course, and even owns a high-end club, where he has an encounter with an LAPD detective (Chloe Decker) who is his weakness (literally), and using his devil charm he becomes a consultant to the LAPD. Lucifer uses his devil voodoo and the detective uses her skills to solve murders assisted by some friends.
It has 5 seasons and is up for one last season.
39. The Handmaid’s Tale
- Director: Kari Skogland
- Writer: Bruce Miller
- Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd
- IMDb Rating: 8.4/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88%
- Where to Watch: Hulu, Sony Liv, HBO Max
Based on a novel with the same name, The Handmaid’s Tale is a tragic science fiction drama series that tells the tale of the tragic future after the civil war, and the terrible effects of the war on the citizens, how they are confronted by the government at the time of dictatorship.
It is a brilliant dystopian tv series streaming on Hulu.
40. Sex Education
- Director: Ben Taylor
- Writer: Laurie Nunn
- Cast: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa
- IMDb Rating: 8.3/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Sex Education is a funny, witty, and cleverly written show about Otis Milburn, an insecure teenager, whose mother is a sex therapist. After helping a school bully with sexual performance anxiety, he sets up an underground sex advice business with Maeve – a classmate and helps his fellow students of Moordale High. Their relationship gets complicated when Otis falls in love with Maeve.
The series also has mini-storylines following Eric, Adam, and Lily. In the second season, they come to terms with many topical issues and realities of life.
41. This Is Us
- Director: Gerald McRaney, Ken Olin, Justin Hartley, Milo Ventimiglia
- Writer: Dan Fogelman
- Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime, HBO Max
Jack and Rebbeca Pearson had three children, out of which one was adopted. They call them Big Three (Kate, Kevin & Randall). The story keeps moving back and forth in a time span of 36 years and revolves around the lives of the “Big Three” and how they overcome the complexities of their past tragedies.
This is a sweet and delightful family drama series, streaming on HBO and Amazon Prime.
42. Bates Motel
- Director: Anthony Cipriano, Carlton Cuse, Kerry Ehrin
- Writer: Austin Nichols, Anthony Cipriano, Nestor Carbonell, Kerry Ehrin, Carlton Cuse
- Cast: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot
- IMDb Rating: 8.1/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
Inspired by the book, the story follows the Bates family, which consists of a young man called Norman, his mother, Norma, and his stepbrother Dylan. Norman and Norma are unusually close and protective of each other, out of which, one day Norman unintentionally murders his own father while trying to save Norma.
Norma decides to move to a new town, and start a new life. The family settles in their new home, starts their motel business, and makes new friends. But even then, dreadful events follow one after another. As the plot unfolds, Norman is diagnosed with a mental disorder, which both the mother and the son find hard to cope with. Although Norma tries to make everything better, Norman’s disorder ends up fatal for both of them.
43. You
- Director: Greg Berlanti
- Writer: Sera Gamble, Greg Berlanti
- Cast: Penn Badgley, Victoria Pedretti, Ambyr Childers, Elizabeth Lail
- IMDb Rating: 7.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Joe Goldberg, a bookstore manager in New York, meets Guinevere Beck, an aspiring writer, and gets obsesses with her. He tracks her constantly and eliminates any obstacles that may come between them- often illegal means. This results in devastating outcomes and consequences. In season two, Joe escapes from his past and moves to Los Angeles, but will he leave his old patterns of violence and obsession or finally find his match? That remains to be seen.
44. Riverdale
- Director: Jason Moore
- Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Cast: K.J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse
- IMDb Rating: 6.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
Riverdale is a teen show based on Archie comics. It revolves around the lives of 4 teenagers Archie, Jughead, Veronica, and Betty. The whole show is filled with mysteries, crimes, love triangles, and heartbreaks. As engaging as the show is, its playlist is as good, the whole show is filled with musical episodes and some amazing background music.
It also has its spinoffs, Katy Keene and The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. The show has 4 seasons currently and is due for another one, early next year.
45. Big Little Lies
- Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
- Writer: David E. Kelley
- Cast: Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley
- IMDb Rating: 8.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
- Where to Watch: Disney+Hotstar, HBO
Based on the novel by the same name, written by Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies is a story about three women who are messed up morally and emotionally, and to add even more trouble, they are involved in a murder case investigation. The show displays the adverse effect of little everyday lies on society and families. This dark comedy-drama, set in a town in California, is a good watch with strong acting performances.
46. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
- Director: Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna
- Writer: Rachel Bloom, Adam Schlesinger, Dan Gregor,
- Cast: Rachel Bloom, Vincent Rodriguez III, Santino Fontana, Donna Lynne Champlin
- IMDb Rating: 7.8/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
A successful young woman who is a lawyer graduated from Harvard and is working in one of the biggest law firms in New York City, abruptly moves out of New York to go back to her hometown, as she came to know about her ex-boyfriend’s plan.
This musical rom-com series is an entertaining one with an interesting storyline. There are 4 seasons released of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
47. The Boys
- Director: Philip Sgriccia, Stefan Schwartz
- Writer: Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Garth Ennis, Jack Quaid
- Cast: Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Antony Starr
- IMDb Rating: 8.7/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
- Where to Watch: Amazon Prime
What happens when Superheroes turn bad and start abusing their powers? Scary, right?
It’s Superheroes against The Boys. This show is FUN! It is based on the comic series of the same name and in its second season is renewed by Amazon Studios in 2019, and the work for the third season is in progress. This anti-superhero television series is super hilarious, and fun to watch the so-called superheroes turning into something opposite.
48. Impractical Jokers
- Director: Peter Fowkes, P.J. Morrison
- Writer: Joe Gatto, James Murray, Sal Vulcano, Marek Larwood, Joel Dommett
- Cast: Joe Gatto, James Murray, Brian Quinn, Sal Vulcano
- IMDb Rating: 8.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 35%
- Where to Watch: Netflix, YouTube
This reality show contains scenes of graphic stupidity among four lifelong friends who compete to embarrass each other. In this reality prank show, 4 jokers: Joe, Sal, Q, and Murr challenge each other by giving them pranks and dares which are to be done with/in front of the real people and not actors.
This show is hilarious with its content full of absurdity and stupidity. It has 8 seasons and is still due for another season.
49. Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D
- Director: Vincent Misiano
- Writer: Maurissa Tancharoen, Jed Whedon, Joss Whedon, Paul Zbyszewski
- Cast: Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet
- IMDb Rating: 7.5/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
- Where to Watch: Disney+Hotstar
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D is a sci-fi, action-adventure show based on the Marvel comics and is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Agent Phil Coulson who was killed by Loki in the Avengers movie is resurrected and made the Director of SHIELD by Nick Fury. Coulson puts together a team of agents Melinda May, Grant Ward, Skye, Leo Fitz, and Jemma Simmons initially. MacKenzie, Deke Shaw, and Elena join later to handle and fight the unnatural incidents occurring on earth. They add Inhumans to their team to get a better chance in fighting against the Hydra, Kree, Chronicoms, and many alien enemies trying to infiltrate earth.
The show has 7 seasons and is a perk for the die-hard MCU fans
50. 13 Reasons Why
- Director: Tom McCarthy
- Writer: Brain Yorkey, Tom McCarthy, Steven Weber, Gary Perez
- Cast: Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Navarro, Alisha Boe, Brandon Flynn, Justin Prentice, Miles Heizer, Ross butler
- IMDb Rating: 7.6/10
- Rotten Tomatoes Score: 35%
- Where to Watch: Netflix
A young girl, Hannah Baker takes her own life and leaves behind 13 tapes confronting each person mentioned in those tapes who were the reason for her suicide. Clay Jensen who loved Hannah listens to the recording and finds out how he was one of the reasons too. The first season is a dual narration by Hannah and Clay and revolves around the tapes and how Hannah’s death has affected other peoples’ lives.
The show acknowledges many social issues throughout that include sexual assault, homophobia, bullying, school shooting, and more. Selena Gomez is one of its executive producers and the show has received many positive reviews.
The above-mentioned list sorts out the top-most tv series of the decade, for you to help in selecting which one to watch next.
