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- CreatorAkiva GoldsmanTodd GraffStarsTom HollandAmanda SeyfriedSasha LaneIn Manhattan in the summer of 1979, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime, and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it before the true criminal strikes again.
- CreatorGreg BarkerAvi IssacharoffLior RazStarsDina ShihabiNavid NegahbanSarah Oliver-WattsFollows the hunt for Imad Mughniyeh, a Lebanese terrorist who evaded his adversaries in the Mossad and the CIA for more than two decades.
- CreatorAlex GregoryPeter HuyckStarsWoody HarrelsonJustin TherouxLena HeadeyA five-part series that tells the true story of how Nixon's own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy, accidentally toppled the presidency they were trying to protect.
- CreatorDrew DowdleJohn Erick DowdleStarsMichael ShannonGiovanni RibisiKeean JohnsonFive-part drama series portraying the searing aftermath of the disastrous Waco standoff at the Branch Davidian compound - an event that galvanized American militia movements and helped radicalize Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsElizabeth OlsenJesse PlemonsLily RabeTwo churchgoing couples enjoy small town family life in Texas - until somebody picks up an axe.
- CreatorDaniel HendlerAnna WingerStarsGillian JacobsLucas EnglanderCory Michael SmithAn American journalist who spent 13 months in France 1940-41 managed to arrange safe passage to the US for over 2,000 refugees; who were in danger of losing their lives.
- CreatorTony PhelanJoan RaterStarsBel PowleyJoe ColeAmira CasarFollows the remarkable story of Miep Gies, a Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank's family from the Nazis for more than two years during World War II.
- CreatorNeil ForsythStarsHugh BonnevilleJack LowdenEmun ElliottDrama series inspired by true events surrounding the 1983 Brink's-Mat robbery, and the remarkable story that followed.
- StarsMatthew MacfadyenSimon GreenallKevin McNallyA British politician fakes his own death.
- StarsMark BonnarMargarita LevievaRichard PepperDetermined detectives work to prove who was responsible for the death of Alexander Litvinenko, in one of the most complex and dangerous investigations in the history of the Metropolitan Police.
- CreatorAbe SylviaStarsJessica ChastainMichael ShannonSteve ZahnA look at the romance between famed country musicians George Jones and Tammy Wynette.
- CreatorRobert SiegelStarsKumail NanjianiMurray BartlettAnnaleigh AshfordThe origin story of Somen "Steve" Banerjee, the Indian-American entrepreneur who started the stripper troupe Chippendales.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsConnor SwindellsJack O'ConnellAlfie AllenSAS: Rogue Heroes charts the creation of the famed Special Forces unit. Based on the book by Ben Macintyre.
- CreatorIan BrennanRyan MurphyStarsNaomi WattsBobby CannavaleMia FarrowA married couple moving into their dream home are threatened by terrifying letters from a stalker, signed - "The Watcher."
- CreatorNick AntoscaStarsJake LacyColin HanksLio TiptonThe harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years in the 1970s by a charismatic, obsessed family "friend."
- CreatorRyan MurphyIan BrennanStarsEvan PetersRichard JenkinsMolly RingwaldThe story of a cannibalistic serial killer named Jeffrey Dahmer, a.k.a. the Milwaukee Monster.
- StarsKenneth BranaghSimon Paisley DayOphelia LovibondDrama following the events surrounding Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government in the face of the first wave of COVID-19.
- CreatorSteven RogersStarsTrevante RhodesRussell HornsbyOlunike AdeliyiThe wild, tragic, and controversial life and career behind one of the most polarizing figures in sports culture, heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.
- CreatorCarlton CuseJohn RidleyStarsVera FarmigaCherry JonesCornelius Smith Jr.Doctors and nurses at the intensive care unit of a New Orleans hospital struggle with treating patients during Hurricane Katrina when the facility is without power for 5 days.
- CreatorDennis LehaneStarsTaron EgertonPaul Walter HauserGreg KinnearJimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.
- CreatorAnya ReissStarsAlicia von RittbergJohn HeffernanOliver ZetterströmElizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who becomes embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court on her journey to secure the crown.
- CreatorCraig PearceStarsToby WallaceAnson BoonSydney ChandlerBased on the memoir of Steve Jones, the legendary Sex Pistols guitarist who helped usher in a punk revolution in Britain.
- CreatorAllison MillerNancy OliverStarsEmmy RossumAlex KarpovskyHamish LinklaterFame, identity, billboards, Corvettes, women teasing men, men obsessed with women, West Hollywood, crystals, UFOs, and the self-proclaimed Rorschach test in pink, glow-in-the-dark queen of the universe, Angelyne.
- CreatorNick AntoscaRobin VeithStarsJessica BielMelanie LynskeyPablo SchreiberCandy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right. When the pressure of conformity builds within, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom--until someone tells her to shush--with deadly results.
- StarsDavid TennantDaniel MaysJason WatkinsIn 1983, Scottish serial killer Dennis Nilsen was arrested after the discovery of human remains which had blocked a drain near his London home.
- CreatorAntonio CamposStarsColin FirthToni ColletteMichael StuhlbargTells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.
- CreatorLeslie GreifMichael TolkinStarsMiles TellerMatthew GoodeDan FoglerOscar-winning producer Albert S. Ruddy's never-before-revealed experiences of making The Godfather (1972).
- CreatorDustin Lance BlackStarsAndrew GarfieldSam WorthingtonDaisy Edgar-JonesA devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.
- CreatorJustin HaytheStarsSamantha MortonRaza JaffreyAmrita AchariaSeries based on Leonie Frieda's book "Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France."
- CreatorRobbie PickeringStarsJulia RobertsSean PennDan StevensA modern take on the 1970s political Watergate scandal centering on untold stories and forgotten characters of the time.
- CreatorAaron CooleyStarsViola DavisMichelle PfeifferGillian AndersonIn the East Wing of the White House, many of history's most impactful and world-changing decisions have been hidden from view, made by America's charismatic, complex and dynamic first ladies.
- CreatorLiz HannahPatrick MacmanusStarsElle FanningChloë SevignyCara BuonoInspired by the true story of Michelle Carter's unprecedented "texting-suicide" case. Explores Carter's relationship with Conrad Roy III and the events that led to his death and, later, her conviction of involuntary manslaughter.
- CreatorDrew CrevelloLee EisenbergStarsJared LetoAnne HathawayKyle MarvinThe greed-filled rise and inevitable fall of WeWork, one of the world's most valuable startups, and the narcissists whose chaotic love made it all possible.
- StarsRenée ZellwegerJosh DuhamelJudy GreerBased on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in the conviction of her husband, Russ, but he insisted he did not kill her. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
- CreatorMax BorensteinJim HechtStarsJohn C. ReillyQuincy IsaiahJason ClarkeThe professional and personal lives of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, one of sports' most revered and dominant dynasties - a team that defined an era, both on and off the court.
- CreatorEtan FrankelStarsKate McKinnonJohn Cameron MitchellBrian Van HoltCarole Baskin, a big-cat rescuer, sets out to end roadside zoo operator Joe Exotic's animal shows and cub-breeding business, inciting a bitter 10-year feud that threatens both of their livelihoods.
- CreatorElizabeth MeriwetherStarsAmanda SeyfriedNaveen AndrewsMichel GillTV series that chronicles Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' attempt to revolutionize the healthcare industry after dropping out of college and starting a technology company.
- CreatorBrian KoppelmanDavid LevienStarsJoseph Gordon-LevittKyle ChandlerKerry BishéThe roller-coaster ride of the upstart transportation company, embodying the highs and lows of Silicon Valley.
- CreatorShonda RhimesStarsAnna ChlumskyJulia GarnerArian MoayedA journalist with a lot to prove investigates the case of Anna Delvey, the Instagram-legendary German heiress who stole the hearts of New York's social scene - and stole their money as well.
- CreatorRobert SiegelStarsLily JamesSebastian StanSeth RogenFollows the story of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's relationship, going back to their whirlwind romance that started with them marrying after only knowing each other for 96 hours in 1995.
- CreatorMarissa Jo CerarStarsAdrienne WarrenCedric JoeCarter JenkinsAn anthology series that chronicles the civil rights movement as told by the women behind it.
- CreatorSarah PhelpsStarsClaire FoyPaul BettanyOlwen MayThe story of events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.
- CreatorEd SinclairStarsOlivia ColmanDavid ThewlisKate O'FlynnA devoted and mild-mannered British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in England.
- CreatorGeorgia PritchettStarsWill FerrellPaul RuddKathryn HahnThe story of Marty and the therapist who turned his life around - then took it over. When he meets Dr. Ike, Marty just wants to get better at boundaries. Over 30 years, he'll learn all about them - and what happens when they get crossed.
- CreatorDanny StrongStarsMichael KeatonPeter SarsgaardMichael StuhlbargThe series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
- CreatorRandy HugginsStarsDa'VinchiMichole Briana WhiteDemetrius 'Lil Meech' FlenoryTwo brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.
- StarsSharlene WhyteSteve CooganHugh QuarshieFollows the Lawrences and their quest for justice 18 years after the death of Stephen Lawrence.
- StarsThuso MbeduChase DillonJoel EdgertonA young woman named Cora makes an amazing discovery during her attempt to break free from slavery in the deep south.
- CreatorMark LaffertyStarsPatrick J. AdamsJake McDormanColin O'DonoghueU.S. fighter pilots are recruited to test experimental aircraft and rockets to become first Mercury astronauts. TV adaptation of Tom Wolfe's book, 'The Right Stuff'.
- CreatorBilly RayStarsJeff DanielsHolly HunterMichael KellyJeff Daniels and Brendan Gleeson star as former FBI Dir. James Comey and President Donald J. Trump in this limited series of the story of two powerful men, whose strikingly different ethics and loyalties put them on a collision course.
- StarsNaomi AckieGary BeadleKhali BestSmall Axe is based on the real-life experiences of London's West Indian community between 1969 and 1982.
- StarsRafe SpallAnne-Marie DuffAnnabel ScholeyThree episode, fact based drama from the BBC, about the 2018 Novichok poisoning crisis in the city of Salisbury.
- CreatorElwood ReidStarsDavid ThewlisMarcia Gay HardenAneurin BarnardBased on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx, BARKSKINS follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization- late 1600s New France.
- CreatorTony McNamaraStarsElle FanningPhoebe FoxGwilym LeeA royal woman living in rural Russia during the 18th century is forced to choose between her own personal happiness and the future of Russia, when she marries an Emperor.
- CreatorDahvi WallerStarsCate BlanchettRose ByrneElizabeth BanksConservative activist Phyllis Schlafly leads an unexpected fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s.
- StarsMatthew MacfadyenSian CliffordMark Bonnar'Quiz' tells the story of Charles Ingram, a former British army major who caused a major scandal after being caught cheating his way to winning £1 million on the game show 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'
- CreatorJulian FellowesStarsEdward HolcroftKevin GuthrieCharlotte HopeThe story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the world's most popular game by crossing class divides.
- StarsOctavia SpencerTiffany HaddishCarmen EjogoThe inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America's first female self-made millionaire.
- CreatorTony AyresCate BlanchettElise McCredieStarsYvonne StrahovskiJai CourtneyAsher KeddieInspired by true events; a woman escaping a cult, a refugee fleeing with his family, a father trapped in a dead-end job and a bureaucrat on the verge of a national scandal find their lives intertwined in an immigration detention center.
- CreatorLee EisenbergEmily V. GordonKumail NanjianiStarsPeggy LuMélanie LaurentSuraj SharmaInspired by the true stories featured by Epic Magazine, "Little America" goes beyond the headlines to look at the funny, romantic, heartfelt, inspiring, surprising stories of immigrants in America, more relevant now than ever.
- StarsFreddie FoxAlexa DaviesMark AddyRevolves around the true story of a fateful night in August 1985 when five members of the same family are murdered at an Essex farmhouse, and the ensuing police investigation and court case that follows.
- CreatorHank SteinbergStarsNicholas PinnockIndira VarmaJoy BryantA prisoner becomes a lawyer and fights to overturn his life sentence for a crime he didn't commit.
- StarsHelen MirrenJason ClarkeGina McKeeThe life and times of the woman who reformed the Russian empire.
- CreatorGideon RaffStarsSacha Baron CohenNoah EmmerichHadar Ratzon RotemBased on the life of Israeli spy Eli Cohen.
- StarsMartin FreemanSiobhan FinneranImelda StauntonDSU Stephen Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
- CreatorTom McCarthyAlex MetcalfStarsRussell CroweSienna MillerSeth MacFarlaneThe past decade on the life of Roger Ailes, the founder of Fox News, in which Ailes arguably became the Republican party's de facto leader and was accused of sexual harassment, which brought his Fox News reign to an end.
- CreatorAva DuVernayStarsAsante BlackkCaleel HarrisEthan HerisseFive teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.
- CreatorBrian PetersonKelly SoudersJeff VintarStarsJulianna MarguliesTony GoldwynNoah EmmerichThe frightening spread of the Ebolavirus (season 1) and anthrax (season 2).
- CreatorEmma FrostMatthew GrahamStarsLaura CarmichaelAaron CobhamCharlotte HopeSpanish princess Catherine of Aragon navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
- CreatorSally WainwrightStarsSuranne JonesSophie RundleGemma WhelanA dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.
- CreatorThomas KailSteven LevensonStarsSam RockwellMichelle WilliamsNorbert Leo ButzAn inside look at the romantic and creative partnership between influential choreographer/director, Bob Fosse, and Gwen Verdon, one of the greatest Broadway dancers of all time.
- CreatorNick AntoscaMichelle DeanStarsPatricia ArquetteJoey KingAnnaSophia RobbDee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother. Gypsy's quest for independence opens up a Pandora's box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder.
- CreatorSam SheridanStarsChris PineIndia EisleyJefferson MaysIn early 1960s, a teenage girl looking for her real father and a disgraced journalist seeking closure find themselves drawn into a web of secrets revolving around L.A.'s most infamous cold case, the Black Dahlia (Elizabeth Short) murder.
- CreatorDavid O'LearyStarsAidan GillenMichael MalarkeyLaura MennellA tough US Air Force officer and a skeptical scientist investigate UFO and alien conspiracies as Cold War paranoia spreads.
- StarsSophie CooksonJames NortonEllie BamberStory of Christine Keeler, who found herself at the heart of a political sex scandal that rocked British government in the 1960s.
- StarsRuth WilsonIain GlenFiona ShawA grieving widow discovers that her seemingly ideal husband lived many secret lives.
- CreatorAlexandra CunninghamStarsConnie BrittonChristian SlaterEric BanaAnthology series in which each season is based on a true crime story featuring an epic tale of love gone wrong.
- CreatorCarlo BernardChris BrancatoDoug MiroStarsScoot McNairyJosé María YazpikAlejandro EddaThe rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico.
- CreatorBrett JohnsonMichael TolkinStarsBenicio Del ToroPatricia ArquettePaul DanoA female prison employee in upstate New York becomes romantically involved with a pair of inmates and helps them escape.
- StarsHugh GrantBen WhishawAlex JenningsBritish Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe is accused of conspiracy to murder his gay ex-lover and forced to stand trial in 1979.
- CreatorSimon BeaufoyStarsHarris DickinsonDonald SutherlandHilary SwankIn 1973 Rome, John Paul Getty III, the heir and younger member of an oil tycoons' clan, is kidnapped by the Italian Mafia in order to get a ransom.
- CreatorKyle LongStarsJosh DuhamelBokeem WoodbineWavyy JonezA scripted true crime series based on the murder investigations of Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls.
- CreatorDan FuttermanAlex GibneyLawrence WrightStarsJeff DanielsTahar RahimWrenn SchmidtA look at how the rivalry between the CIA and FBI inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.
- CreatorDrew DowdleJohn Erick DowdleStarsMichael ShannonTaylor KitschAndrea RiseboroughThe FBI and ATF seize religious leader David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993.
- CreatorMikko AlanneStarsMichael KellyJason RitterKate BosworthAmerican forces occupying Iraq are ambushed in a Baghdad neighborhood.
- CreatorRonan BennettKit HaringtonDaniel WestStarsKit HaringtonLiv TylerEdward HolcroftRobert Catesby leads Guy Fawkes a group of English Catholic traitors plan to blow up the Palace Of Westminster and kill King James I in the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
- CreatorJoe PenhallStarsJonathan GroffHolt McCallanyAnna TorvIn the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
- CreatorRene BalcerStarsEdie FalcoGus HalperMiles Gaston VillanuevaBehind the murders of a Hollywood movie executive and his former beauty queen wife by their sons.
- CreatorMichael KonyvesSimon BarryStarsKim CoatesLouis FerreiraSharon TaylorA dramatization of the life and death of Montreal mob boss Vito Rizzuto.
- StarsSarah GadonEdward HolcroftRebecca LiddiardGrace, an Irish immigrant in 19th-century Canada, is convicted of the murder of her employer. However, things take a different turn when a psychiatrist arrives to analyze her mental state.
- CreatorAndrew SodroskiJim ClementeTony GittelsonStarsGethin AnthonyArliss HowardKelly JenretteAn in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
- CreatorLiz FlahiveCarly MenschStarsAlison BrieMarc MaronBetty GilpinA look at the personal and professional lives of a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s.
- CreatorKenneth BillerNoah PinkSuzan-Lori ParksStarsSamantha ColleySeth GabelAntonio BanderasThe life stories of history's greatest minds, from their days as young adults to their final years: their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws, and genius.
- StarsJodie ComerRebecca BensonJacob Collins-LevyBased on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name, the story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII.
- StarsKatie HolmesMatthew PerryDiana HardcastlePortrays the life of the former First Lady of the United States, Jacqueline Kennedy in the aftermath of the assassination of her husband, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, as she becomes Jackie O. in life after Camelot.
- StarsLaurence FishburneOrlando JonesDavid HarewoodA landmark six-part miniseries on the life of Nelson Mandela.
- CreatorWilliam Broyles Jr.David BroylesStarsBarry SloaneKyle SchmidJuan Pablo RabaNavy SEAL Team Six attempt to eliminate a Taliban leader in Afghanistan when they discover an American citizen working with the enemy.
- CreatorJaffe CohenRyan MurphyMichael ZamStarsJessica LangeAlison WrightNaomi WattsAn anthology series centering on famous feuds, including Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, and Truman Capote and the New York elite.
- StarsTim RothNico MirallegroSamantha MortonA three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.
- CreatorRob BlackiePeter BlackieStarsJason MomoaLandon LiboironZoe BoyleFollows Declan Harp, a half-Irish/half Cree Native-Canadian outlaw who is campaigning to breach the Hudson's Bay Company's monopoly on the fur trade in Canada.