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Best TV Series
A list by sufferwithme
The Wire
The most realistic series ever, whose writer worked as a journalist in the area where the series was filmed for ten years, real-life criminals acted in the series; it has an epic narrative, a philosophical direction, systemic criticism and aphorisms. The Wire is taught as a course in schools today.
Breaking Bad
This series, which offers very new techniques on television, does the best character analysis, and the main character delivers a great performance, is a magnificent example of artistry. A work of art.
The Sopranos
This series, which has television's best antihero character, contains theories on psychology, has solid subtexts, and is more than a mafia series.
Oz
This series, which tells about prison and inmates in all their nakedness, has a philosophical direction as well as systemic criticism. Oz, which makes characters utter aphorisms, is a very good prison series.
Dekalog
I have never watched a more dramatic series. This series, which Kieślowski made for Polish television, fills the audience's heart with pain and takes them captive; it seeks the meaning of life. I recommend this series, which Kubrick especially praised, to everyone.
Six Feet Under
I'm sure you haven't watched a better series about death. This series, which has very beautiful aphorisms about death and life, makes the audience feel close to it. You will find something of yourself in it.
Chernobyl
This mini-series, which is quite striking, tells about the Chernobyl explosion in Pripyat and the aftermath. The atmosphere is so good that it's as if the events are happening again and we are watching them. Watch this series, which conveys the atmosphere of the accident and its aftermath very well.
Firefly
Firefly, which was cancelled after the first season, is the best science fiction series. This series, which caused reactions in the world because it was cancelled, is fluent and high-quality.
Battlestar Galactica
Battlestar Galactica, the best science fiction series after Firefly, is the address for those seeking a philosophical direction and those who want to watch deep science fiction.
Seinfeld
Despite not liking comedy series, this is my favorite comedy series. Some circles consider Seinfeld the best comedy series. This comedy series, filmed with the motto 'a show about nothing', has good jokes.
Sherlock
We watch how Sherlock, an overly intelligent detective, solves cases with his intelligence. If you like detective and mind game genres, this series is for you.
Black Mirror
A quite striking series that tells about the harms of technology. One of the best few British series I've watched. A quality series that I recommend only its first three seasons.
Game of Thrones
Game of Thrones, the best fantasy series, is a great series with its story. This series, which gives the audience very beautiful moments and stands out with its story, tells about the games played for the throne. Game of Thrones, where we also watch what happens to the characters, is the best fantasy series.
True Detective
True Detective, which I recommend only its first season, also stands out partly with its aphorisms. A good detective series.
Rome
If you like historical series and films, Rome is for you. The best historical series.
Boardwalk Empire
Set in the 1920s, Boardwalk Empire is a series that crime lovers will love. With its dark side, Boardwalk Empire is a series that fans of The Wire, The Sopranos and Oz will also love.
The Shield
A detective series where we watch what happens to a cop named Vic. With its dark side, The Shield is a series worth watching.
Sons of Anarchy
It tells about the criminal life of motorcycle gangsters. A series that those interested in gangsters and crime lovers will love.
House
This series, where we watch the operations of an intelligent doctor, is a series that Sherlock lovers will love, though not exactly.
Poirot
This 1989–2013 series, which tells about the cases of the eccentric but intelligent Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, is the right address for those looking for a Sherlock-like series. It is almost unknown in Turkey.
Luther
One of the best British series alongside series like Sherlock and Black Mirror. Idris Elba, whom we know from The Wire, won a Golden Globe for his role as Luther. It is a good detective series.
The Killing
One of the best detective series, The Killing, besides dealing with murders, deeply addresses the desperation of the families of the people who are victims of murder.
The West Wing
This series, which tells about the lives of fictional characters in the White House, is one of the lesser-known but best series that portray politics.
House of Cards
The series tells about what Frank Underwood, who is quite opportunistic and Machiavellian, does to become president. A good series.
Southland
This series, which is about the lives of police officers working in the Los Angeles Police Department, is a crime, drama and thriller series that is very little known in the world. Compared to the attention it received, it is undiscovered, does not have the flow of typical American series, and is a series that fans of The Wire will like.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Some say this series is better than the 2010 Sherlock series; it is a lesser-known Sherlock production. It is a very good series.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
This is also a lesser-known, good Sherlock series.
The Newsroom
This series, which deals with the power and responsibility of the media, was nominated for Emmy awards several times.
Le Bureau des Légendes
A detective, drama and thriller series that examines the French secret service's relations with Syria, America and Russia.
Hannibal
A beautiful psychological series.
Avatar: The Last Airbender
Don't mind that it's a cartoon; it's a partly philosophical series with very beautiful messages. A quality animated series that not only children but people of all ages can watch. The messages in it are very good; it's also an enjoyable series.
Batman: The Animated Series
This series, which tells the story of Batman, is an animated series that Batman fans must watch.
Foyle's War
A British crime and detective series that started in 2002 and ended in 2015, with a total of 28 episodes. Set during World War II, this series is almost unknown in Turkey.
The Knick
A little-known period drama. Directed by Soderbergh and starring Clive Owen, The Knick is a fine drama and historical series. A look at the professional and personal lives of the staff at Knickerbocker Hospital in New York at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Hagane no Renkinjutsushi 2
With a beautiful plot, a certain depth, and very fluid, this anime series is one of the best anime series.
The Twilight Zone
A five-season series with different actors and different subjects in each episode; featuring science fiction, horror, and suspense elements, it pioneered series of this kind.
Bluey
A realistic and highly enjoyable Australian animated series made for preschool children.
Death Note
A good anime series.
The Office
A good comedy series. An office that seems ordinary but is extraordinary and funny: a power-hungry boss, employees each with a different character, work that must be done between 9 and 5, and office life, the most indispensable element of the modern world.
Better Call Saul
A series for those who love Breaking Bad. It tells the story of the character Saul from Breaking Bad.
Fargo
Fargo, which tells what happens to Lester, belittled by those around him, after he kills his wife, is a good crime series.
Friends
It is a sincere, warm, and beautiful comedy series. It tells the funny adventures of six friends in their twenties dealing with the difficulties of work life, love, and daily life in 1990s Manhattan.
The Last of Us
A beautiful series with a very beautiful story. It is based on the game The Last of Us.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
A good comedy series. Five friends with big egos and small brains own an Irish bar in Philadelphia.
Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter
A good series about World War II that beautifully depicts the psychology of war, the situation of women and families, and friendship.
Das Boot
An impressive and realistic mini-series about what mostly novice soldiers experience in war on a German submarine during World War II.
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm, which is about the events that happen to a man who has everything, is a good comedy series.
Pride and Prejudice
The six-part series adaptation of Jane Austen's unforgettable work Pride and Prejudice, made for BBC television in 1995.
Freaks and Geeks
Freaks and Geeks, which is about the adventurous high school life of a handful of troubled students, is a good comedy series.
Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks, which is very good at theory and mystery, is a David Lynch series. It is a beautiful series. It is about the events that develop after the murder of a young girl named Laura Palmer.
Over the Garden Wall
A good animated series with a very good fairy-tale atmosphere. It tells the story of two brothers, Wirt and Greg, getting lost in the Unknown, a strange forest adrift in time.
Fleabag
A series for those who want to watch the miserable dimensions and reasons of a miserable life. Fleabag is about the story of a woman trying to stand on her own feet alone in London. The series deals with the daily events in the life of a woman in her thirties in love, family, and work life.
The X-Files
A series that has won 16 Emmy awards. FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate strange and unexplained phenomena despite all the obstacles of hidden forces.
Dopesick
A good series. Dopesick takes viewers from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma to a troubled Virginia mining community and the corridors of the DEA, to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction.
Sa-rang-eui Bul-shi-chak (Crash Landing on You)
A beautiful series that shows North Korean details by consulting defectors from North Korea. One of the highest-rated series in Korean series history.
The Haunting of Hill House
A good series. A fractured family, moving between past and present, confronts unforgettable memories of their old house and the terrifying events that drove them from it. It is a drama, horror, and mystery series.
Endeavour
A good detective series. Set from 1965 to 1971, the series follows the early years of Endeavour Morse as a police officer. Working with his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse conducts a series of investigations around Oxford. Endeavour is a British detective drama series.
North & South
A romantic drama series that romance lovers will enjoy; watch the 2004 version. Adapted from the book, the series is about what happens to Margaret Hale, who has to move from the calm and peaceful southern English town of Helstone to the northern industrial city of Milton, and experiences a clash of values between these two different places and what they represent.
Mr Inbetween
A gripping crime series about a man involved in dark dealings, a hitman-like figure, who shows occasional compassion, sentimentality, and the dilemma he experiences.
Umbre
A good drama, action, and suspense series.
The Night Of
A good crime, drama, and mystery series. It deals with the investigation and trial process of a young Pakistani man named Nasir Khan (Riz Ahmed), accused of murdering a girl. Mini-series.
The Offer
Bonus · Those who love The Godfather can watch this series, which tells the production process of The Godfather.
Planet Earth II
(nature documentary)
Planet Earth
(nature documentary)
Blue Planet II
(nature documentary)
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
(universe and space documentary)
Cosmos
(universe and space documentary)
Our Planet
(nature documentary)
Life
(nature documentary)
The Vietnam War
(Vietnam War documentary)
The Blue Planet
(nature documentary)
Human Planet
(nature documentary)
Frozen Planet
(nature documentary)
Africa
(documentary about the nature of Africa)
Through the Wormhole
(wormhole documentary)
The Last Dance
(sports documentary, Michael Jordan)