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Best Limited Series 2021. With WandaVision winning the Best Series Golden Tomato, it’s no wonder it also tops this category and Best Superhero Series. The Disney+ Marvel series...
Jun 7, 2024 · Captivating characters, page-turning suspense, and endings that will linger long after – these limited series with a 100% RT score have it all.
- One Day
- Baby Reindeer
- Mary and George
- Fellow Travelers
- Maid
- Station Eleven
- Under The Banner of Heaven
- Mrs. America
- A Very English Scandal
- From Scratch
On their last day at the University of Edinburgh, aristocratic playboy Dexter Mayhew (Leo Woodall) and idealistic bookworm Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) unexpectedly spend the night together. Despite their being total opposites, the pair hit it off and eventually go their separate ways — as friends. But that’s not the end of their story. Based on the po...
Adapted from his one-man play of the same name, Richard Gadd's Baby Reindeeris one of most complex, bruising, and captivating watches of 2024. Gadd is Donny Dunn, a bartender and floundering comedian who feels compelled to show kindness to a customer, Martha. Right away, Donny can tell Martha (Jessica Gunning) is a pathological liar, but he soon co...
The horniest period drama of 2024 is Starz's Mary & George, a truly excellent, darkly comedic tale about a mother and son using every tool at their disposal (sex) to gain power. In 17th-century England, Mary Villiers has big plans for her second son, George. His good looks are undeniable, and guided by Mary's strategizing, can be used as a weapon t...
In the Lavender Scare of the 1950s, thousands of LGBTQ government employees were deemed "security risks" and unceremoniously fired. And it's against this backdrop of McCarthy-era paranoia and secrecy that Hawk Fuller, a World War II veteran, and Tim Laughlin, a Congressional staffer, meet and fall in love. A decades-long romance ensues; it's a high...
Created by Molly Smith Metzler and adapted from Stephanie Land’s bestselling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive, Maidis an absolute gut punch that will likely make you cry more than once. Margaret Qualley is excellent as Alex, a young woman struggling to leave an abusive relationship while continuing to care for toddler...
Whether or not you have read Emily St. John Mandel's celebrated novel of the same name, this lavish adaptation proved must-see TV. (Well, not TV — must-see HBO!) Station Eleven creator/showrunner Patrick Somerville thoughtfully reimagined the setting and some stirring specificsof Mandel's dystopian drama, making for a story familiar yet surprising....
Detective Jeb Pyre (a stirring Andrew Garfield) begins to question his faith and his church while investigating a brutal murder in his small Mormon community in Under the Banner of Heaven. The FX series is a haunting adaptation of Jon Krakauer's non-fiction book that investigates the very real murder of Brenda Wright and her baby in Utah in 1984. A...
This FX miniseries dramatizes the '70s feminist attempts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment and conservative spokeswoman Phyllis Schlafly's campaign to stop the ERA in its tracks. Cate Blanchett plays Schlafly, whose conservative values clashed with the idea that political, civil, and legal rights should be equally extended to American men and wo...
A fascinating dramatization of a trial that consumed British media cycles in the late '60s early '70s, when homosexuality was decriminalised in England but not legal. Russell T Davies' A Very English Scandal tells the story of Jeremy Thorpe, a liberal member of Parliament, and his secret former lover, Norman Josiffe, who publicly accused Thorpe of ...
Zoe Saldaña has spent much of the last few years in green makeup (for Guardians of the Galaxy) or in a motion capture suit (for Avatar). But in this beautiful, heart-wrenching adaptation of Tembi Locke’s memoir, Saldaña is just a human in love — and it is captivating. As Amy, Saldaña travels to Florence to study art against her father’s advice. The...
Best-Reviewed Miniseries & Limited Series 2020. Do these titles look familiar? They also appear scattered across our best-reviewed new series category, starting with the top series of both...
Best Miniseries 2022. In the awards realm, The Staircase, The Dropout, Under the Banner of Heaven, and their actors have dominated the conversation in the limited series categories.
Dec 15, 2020 · Here are the ten best "limited series" that have aired since 2010, according to the Tomatometer. Updated on December 14th, 2020 by Svetlana Sterlin: Limited series seem to be taking over traditional television as viewers prefer to watch something that doesn't require a long-term commitment.
Aug 25, 2024 · We rank the best Netflix miniseries viewers should check out based on their Rotten Tomatoes score, from Beef to Queen Charlotte.