TV Series of the Current Century
by a_z_a_r_y_a | created - 08 Feb 2020 | updated - 2 weeks ago | PublicHere's an overview of my favourite TV series that started since 2001. Remind me to change the title in 2101.
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1. The Bridge (2011–2018)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Martin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have to share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
Stars: Sofia Helin, Rafael Pettersson, Sarah Boberg, Candice van Litsenborgh
Votes: 76,861
2. Borgen (2010–2022)
TV-14 | 58 min | Drama
A political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.
Stars: Sidse Babett Knudsen, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Søren Malling, Lisbeth Wulff
Votes: 29,933
3. Homeland (2011–2020)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.
Stars: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis, Rupert Friend
Votes: 361,064
4. The Good Wife (2009–2016)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Alicia Florrick has been a good wife to her husband, a former state's attorney. After a very humiliating sex and corruption scandal, he is behind bars. She must now provide for her family and returns to work as a litigator in a law firm.
Stars: Julianna Margulies, Chris Noth, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry
Votes: 82,804
5. Bedrag (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A big Danish sustainable energy company has had an enormous, suspect growth. Problems start, when an employee's body is found and cop detective Justesen starts investigating Energreen.
Stars: Esben Smed, Thomas Hwan, Natalie Madueño, Thomas Bo Larsen
Votes: 4,884
6. Killing Eve (2018–2022)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.
Stars: Jodie Comer, Sandra Oh, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia
Votes: 135,450
7. Pretty Little Liars (2010–2017)
TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.
Stars: Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell
Votes: 178,435
8. Gata salvaje (2002–2003)
Drama, Romance
Stars: Marlene Favela, Mario Cimarro, Frances Ondiviela, Mara Croatto
Votes: 439
9. Rookie Blue (2010–2015)
TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Andy McNally and her friends are out of the academy and must adjust to the challenging life of a police officer at the 15th Division in Toronto.
Stars: Missy Peregrym, Gregory Smith, Enuka Okuma, Travis Milne
Votes: 18,549
10. Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Revolves around a family of New York cops.
Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou
Votes: 47,704
11. Forbrydelsen (2007–2012)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police detective Sarah Lund investigates difficult cases with personal and political consequences.
Stars: Sofie Gråbøl, Morten Suurballe, Lars Mikkelsen, Bjarne Henriksen
Votes: 30,213
12. Not Going Out (2006– )
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The mishaps of slacker Lee and the love of his life, Lucy along with their friends & family.
Stars: Lee Mack, Sally Bretton, Katy Wix, Hugh Dennis
Votes: 7,914
13. Black Mirror (2011– )
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.
Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Monica Dolan, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen
Votes: 640,590
14. Okkupert (2015–2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Thriller
In the near future, Norway is occupied by Russia on behalf of the European Union because the newly-elected environmentally-friendly Norwegian government has stopped the all important oil- and gas-production in the North Sea.
Stars: Henrik Mestad, Ane Dahl Torp, Eldar Skar, Ingeborga Dapkunaite
Votes: 9,832
15. Fleabag (2016–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Series adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.
Stars: Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Sian Clifford, Olivia Colman, Jenny Rainsford
Votes: 201,817
16. De Ridder (2013–2016)
50 min | Crime
Helena is a public prosecutor in Gent.
Stars: Clara Cleymans, Dahlia Pessemiers, Michael Pas, Michael Vergauwen
Votes: 785
17. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (2012–2015)
TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, History
A female sleuth sashays through the back lanes and jazz clubs of Melbourne in the late 1920s, fighting injustice with her pearl-handled pistol and her dagger-sharp wit.
Stars: Essie Davis, Nathan Page, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Ashleigh Cummings
Votes: 17,731
18. Witse (2004–2012)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After his wife cheats on him with his superior, police commissioner Witse leaves Brussels for Halle to start a new life. His idiosyncratic character and ways of solving cases often clashes with his new colleagues.
Stars: Hubert Damen, Daan Hugaert, Mark Stroobants, Dirk Tuypens
Votes: 720
19. Chez Maupassant (2007–2011)
Comedy, Drama
Stars: Marie-Anne Chazel, Françoise Gillard, Thomas Chabrol, Sophie Artur
Votes: 277
20. The Legacy (2014–2017)
55 min | Drama
The death of a matriarch brings forgotten secrets out into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the family inheritance.
Stars: Trine Dyrholm, Marie Bach Hansen, Carsten Bjørnlund, Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
Votes: 3,280
21. The Sketch Show (2001–2003)
30 min | Comedy
Sketch comedy series featuring a range of different humour styles.
Stars: Lee Mack, Jim Tavaré, Tim Vine, Karen Taylor
Votes: 651
22. Herrens veje (2017–2018)
60 min | Drama
The story centers on a family of priests: Johannes, Elisabeth, and their sons August and Christian. Johannes is God-like to his sons--he gives, loves, and punishes. His favoritism for ... See full summary »
Stars: Lars Mikkelsen, Ann Eleonora Jørgensen, Simon Sears, Fanny Louise Bernth
Votes: 1,709
23. Gossip Girl (2007–2012)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Romance
Privileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching.
Stars: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Ed Westwick
Votes: 193,521
24. Call the Midwife (2012– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Drama, History
Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Laura Main, Jenny Agutter, Stephen McGann
Votes: 31,535
25. Coupling (2000–2004)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Romance
Six best friends talk about all aspects of sex and relationships on their never-ending quest to find true love.
Stars: Jack Davenport, Gina Bellman, Sarah Alexander, Kate Isitt
Votes: 47,721
26. Springfloden (2016–2018)
44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A student at the Police Academy is tasked to study a cold case: the murder of a pregnant woman on a Swedish beach 25 years ago.
Stars: Julia Ragnarsson, Kjell Bergqvist, Cecilia Nilsson, Dar Salim
Votes: 4,725
27. The Forsyte Saga (2002–2003)
TV-PG | 276 min | Drama, History, Romance
Chronicles the lives of three generations of the upper-middle-class British family, the Forsytes, from the 1870s to 1920.
Stars: Damian Lewis, Rupert Graves, Gina McKee, Amanda Root
Votes: 6,550
28. Big Little Lies (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The apparently-perfect lives of upper-class mothers of students at a prestigious elementary school unravel to the point of murder when a single mother moves to their quaint California beach town.
Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Zoë Kravitz
Votes: 224,441
29. The Twelve (2019–2023)
TV-MA | 50 min | Drama, Thriller
Twelve ordinary people are called for jury duty for a murder case as traumatizing as it is controversial in which a woman stands trial for killing her own blood.
Stars: Luc De Ruelle, Maaike Neuville, Tom Vermeir, Peter Gorissen
Votes: 6,420
30. Van Vlees en Bloed (2009)
337 min | Drama
A tragicomedy about the everyday life of a butchers family Vangenechten.
Stars: Reinhilde Decleir, Sien Eggers, Lucas Van den Eynde, Mieke De Groote
Votes: 2,507
31. The Neighbors (2014–2019)
42 min | Drama
Peter and Eva, expecting their first child, buy a house in a suburb. Before moving into their new home, they lose the child. Eva finds it difficult to assimilate the loss. Peter has mixed feelings. For one thing, the baby was not his.
Stars: Bracha van Doesburgh, Anneke Blok, Daan Schuurmans, Tibor Lukács
Votes: 1,108
32. Kingdom (2007–2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama
Solicitor Peter Kingdom runs a small Norfolk legal practice with apprentice Lyle and secretary Gloria, assisting eccentric locals. Peter lives with unstable sister Beatrice and recently lost half-brother Simon mysteriously.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Karl Davies, Celia Imrie, Tony Slattery
Votes: 2,964
33. Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2009– )
Romance
Stars: Sylviane Goudal, Mathilda May, Samuel Le Bihan, Julie Depardieu
Votes: 198
34. My Family (2000–2011)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy
Ben Harper, a misanthropic dentist, has little time for most people, including his wife Susan, and their children Nick, Janey, and Michael.
Stars: Robert Lindsay, Zoë Wanamaker, Gabriel Thomson, Daniela Denby-Ashe
Votes: 10,549
35. De Rodenburgs (2009–2011)
50 min | Drama, Romance
The Rodenburgs are an influential, very wealthy family, which lives in a small castle near the Flemish city Kortrijk. As in "Dallas", the fortune patriarch Karel gathered doesn't bring them... See full summary »
Stars: Mathias Sercu, Wim Danckaert, Pieter Embrechts, Gilda De Bal
Votes: 132
36. Blue Eyes (2014–2015)
TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Politics, extremism and violence in Sweden.
Stars: Louise Peterhoff, Sven Nordin, Karin Franz Körlof, Linnéa Lindström
Votes: 1,631
37. State of Happiness (2018–2022)
TV-MA | 45 min | Drama, History
The night before Christmas 1969, the gas flare at the Ocean Viking is lit. Phillips has found the largest sub sea oil basin in history. And everything is about to change.
Stars: Anne Regine Ellingsæter, Malene Wadel, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Pia Tjelta
Votes: 3,258
38. God, the Devil and Bob (2000)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Animation
God has made a bet with the Devil: if one human of the Devil's choosing can't prove that humanity is decent, God will scrap all of creation and start over. The Devil chooses Detroit car ... See full summary »
Stars: Alan Cumming, James Garner, French Stewart, Laurie Metcalf
Votes: 1,002
39. H2O: Just Add Water (2006–2010)
TV-PG | 23 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Three girls become mermaids after a mysterious island transforms them and gives them special powers.
Stars: Cariba Heine, Phoebe Tonkin, Angus McLaren, Burgess Abernethy
Votes: 18,300
40. Oogappels (2019– )
50 min | Drama
About adolescent stress and parental suffering: Four completely different families struggle with the education of their children.
Stars: Bracha van Doesburgh, Ramsey Nasr, Malou Gorter, Jeroen Spitzenberger
Votes: 1,045
41. Boston Public (2000–2006)
60 min | Comedy, Drama
The lives of 10 faculty members at a high school in Boston weave in and out of dealing with trouble-makers, having a personal life, and keeping sanity.
Stars: Loretta Devine, Anthony Heald, Fyvush Finkel, Chi McBride
Votes: 6,303
42. S1ngle (2008–2010)
35 min | Romance
Three bachelor girls, Fatima, Nienke and Stella, are co-workers in a local hospital.
Stars: Bracha van Doesburgh, Eva van der Gucht, Katja Schuurman, Myranda Jongeling
Votes: 154
43. Veronica Mars (2004–2019)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
After her best friend is murdered, and her father is removed as county Sheriff, Veronica Mars dedicates her life to cracking the toughest mysteries in the affluent town of Neptune.
Stars: Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Percy Daggs III
Votes: 78,115
44. Top of the Lake (2013–2017)
TV-MA | 750 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Obsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.
Stars: Elisabeth Moss, David Wenham, Peter Mullan, Thomas M. Wright
Votes: 37,734
45. The Borgias (2011–2013)
TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, History
In the fifteenth century, Pope Alexander VI tries to control all power in Italy with the help of his several sons, through murder, intrigue, war, and marriage alliances.
Stars: Jeremy Irons, François Arnaud, Holliday Grainger, Peter Sullivan
Votes: 53,964
46. Nikita (2010–2013)
TV-14 | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A rogue assassin returns to take down the secret organization that trained her.
Stars: Maggie Q, Shane West, Lyndsy Fonseca, Aaron Stanford
Votes: 53,909
47. Clan (2012)
50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Four sisters conspire to kill their obnoxious brother-in-law but murder isn't easy especially when they have to contend with bad luck, the victim's senile mother and a pair of bumbling insurance investigators who can't afford to pay out.
Stars: Barbara Sarafian, Kristine Van Pellicom, Ruth Becquart, Maaike Neuville
Votes: 1,176
48. VTC (2021– )
90 min | Thriller
Nora (Golshifteh Farahani) is a night driver for a ride sharing app whose life is falling apart: drowning in debt, divorced, and sleeping in her car to save money to rent an apartment and obtain joint custody of her daughter.
Stars: Golshifteh Farahani, Vincent Heneine, Rachid Guellaz, Eddy Suiveng
Votes: 449
49. The Fall (I) (2013–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A seemingly cold but very passionate policewoman goes head to head with a seemingly passionate father who is in fact a cold serial killer in this procedural out of Belfast. The only thing they share is their common complexity.
Stars: Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan, John Lynch, Aisling Franciosi
Votes: 119,742
50. Suits (2011–2019)
TV-14 | 44 min | Comedy, Drama
On the run from a drug deal gone bad, brilliant college dropout Mike Ross finds himself working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City's best lawyers.
Stars: Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty
Votes: 479,371
51. Hierro (2019–2022)
48 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Investigating magistrate Candela is transferred to El Hierro, the most remote of the Canary Islands. There, she discovers a suspicious community and is confronted by the death of a young local boy, murdered the day before his wedding.
Stars: Candela Peña, Darío Grandinetti, Kimberley Tell, Luifer Rodríguez
Votes: 2,765
52. This England (2022)
52 min | Biography, Drama, History
Drama following the events surrounding Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of COVID-19.
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Simon Paisley Day, Ophelia Lovibond, Andrew Buchan
Votes: 1,739
53. The Indian Doctor (2010–2013)
Not Rated | Drama, History
In a comedy-drama set in the 1960s, a South Wales coal mining community is changed forever following the death of the local doctor, whose replacement comes as quite a shock to the villagers.
Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Ayesha Dharker, Jacob Oakley, Mali Harries
Votes: 1,591
54. The Newsroom (2012–2014)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama
A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.
Stars: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill
Votes: 124,761
55. Marple (2004–2013)
TV-14 | 2,090 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An elderly spinster living in the village of St. Mary Mead helps her friends and relatives solve mysterious murders.
Stars: Geraldine McEwan, Julia McKenzie, Stephen Churchett, Isabella Parriss
Votes: 10,698
56. The Night Manager (2016–2024)
TV-14 | 346 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The night manager of a Cairo hotel is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's inner circle.
Stars: Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman
Votes: 103,260
57. Riverdale (2017–2023)
TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While navigating the troubled waters of romance, school and family, Archie and his gang become entangled in dark Riverdale mysteries.
Stars: Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, K.J. Apa
Votes: 155,249
58. Witch Hunt (2020)
45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Law firm working Ida Waage has to sign a bill for 450 000 Euros, but hesitates. She doesn't know the firm. Can she trust the people she works for? Is it a scam? Should she blow the whistle?
Stars: Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Christian Skolmen, Axel Bøyum, Charlotte Spakmo Boe
Votes: 1,829
59. 30 Rock (2006–2013)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy
Liz Lemon, head writer of the sketch-comedy show "TGS with Tracy Jordan", must deal with an arrogant new boss and a crazy new star while trying to run a successful television show without losing her mind.
Stars: Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, Tracy Morgan, Jack McBrayer
Votes: 132,034
60. Manifest (2018–2023)
TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
When a commercial airliner suddenly reappears after being missing for five years, those aboard must reintegrate into society.
Stars: Melissa Roxburgh, Josh Dallas, J.R. Ramirez, Luna Blaise
Votes: 91,482
61. Ófærð (2015– )
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In a remote town in Iceland, police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town.
Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Guðjón Pedersen
Votes: 24,934
62. Stella Blómkvist (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Stella Blómkvist is a young, cute, libertine, tough, confident, intelligent, Icelandic lawyer with a flexible moral compass. A friend at the police calls her when there's a criminal in need of a lawyer.
Stars: Heida Reed, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Þorsteinn Guðmundsson
Votes: 1,272
63. Les rois maudits (2005)
500 min | Drama, History
Based on the novel of the same name by Maurice Druon, Les Rois maudits (The Cursed Kings) is the second television adaptation of this seven-volume book which is widely agreed to be an ... See full summary »
Stars: Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Torreton, Claude Rich, Line Renaud
Votes: 569
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