EDIT: THIS POST IS OUTDATED. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE UPDATED LIST HERE Full quality image here because Reddit compresses the image in the app. (edit: I just updated the image because The Last Kingdom's country was wrong on the original image. It is correct now.) I just added Ratingraph ratings as you suggested. So this is the updated ranking. I finished 43 shows from this list. I'd like to hear how many shows you've finished and which ones you recommend. This list only includes shows from 1997-2024 (edit: but the top 3 best old shows are Dekalog (1989) with 8.93 overall rating, Mr Bean (1990) with 8.90 and The Twilight Zone (1959) with 8.82). This list does not include ongoing shows (edit: the best ongoing show is Heartstopper with 8.86 overall rating. My Brilliant Friend with 8.71 is the best ongoing show that is already renewed to its final season). Honorable mentions: This Is Us, Legion and Dopesick tied with Penny Dreadful at 100th. Honorable mentions 2: Crash Landing on You has a 9.12 overall rating and it would be good enough to be 3rd on this list. Young Royals has a 8.94 overall rating, that would be good enough to get 9th place. Detectorists has a 8.86 overall rating and Utopia UK has a 8.84 overall rating (both good enough to be 11th on this list). But these shows do not have a page on Metacritic, so their score is based only on IMDb, Rottentomatoes, TMDB and Ratingraph ratings. There are many highly rated foreign shows that could be on this list, but unfortunately most of them do not have critic ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. That's why this list is mostly American-British. Edit: I missed This Is Going to Hurt. It is a British miniseries with 8.50 overall rating, so it should be in the Top 100. Answer from sergiocamposnt on reddit.com
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[UPDATED] Top 100 Best TV Shows according to IMDb, RottenTomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB. How many shows from this list have you watched and which do you recommend the most?
EDIT: THIS POST IS OUTDATED. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE UPDATED LIST HERE Full quality image here because Reddit compresses the image in the app. (edit: I just updated the image because The Last Kingdom's country was wrong on the original image. It is correct now.) I just added Ratingraph ratings as you suggested. So this is the updated ranking. I finished 43 shows from this list. I'd like to hear how many shows you've finished and which ones you recommend. This list only includes shows from 1997-2024 (edit: but the top 3 best old shows are Dekalog (1989) with 8.93 overall rating, Mr Bean (1990) with 8.90 and The Twilight Zone (1959) with 8.82). This list does not include ongoing shows (edit: the best ongoing show is Heartstopper with 8.86 overall rating. My Brilliant Friend with 8.71 is the best ongoing show that is already renewed to its final season). Honorable mentions: This Is Us, Legion and Dopesick tied with Penny Dreadful at 100th. Honorable mentions 2: Crash Landing on You has a 9.12 overall rating and it would be good enough to be 3rd on this list. Young Royals has a 8.94 overall rating, that would be good enough to get 9th place. Detectorists has a 8.86 overall rating and Utopia UK has a 8.84 overall rating (both good enough to be 11th on this list). But these shows do not have a page on Metacritic, so their score is based only on IMDb, Rottentomatoes, TMDB and Ratingraph ratings. There are many highly rated foreign shows that could be on this list, but unfortunately most of them do not have critic ratings on Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic. That's why this list is mostly American-British. Edit: I missed This Is Going to Hurt. It is a British miniseries with 8.50 overall rating, so it should be in the Top 100. More on reddit.com
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Probably the show that deserves the least to be in this list is Sherlock More on reddit.com
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Hi, The official lists of IMDb Top 250 movies and TV only have 25 items each, instead of the full 250. I know IMDb has the worst possible support for APIs etc, so I reckon these lists are semi-hacked together via some scraping or 3rd party sites/tools, but since these lists are used on the ... More on forums.trakt.tv
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3 weeks ago - The top rated TV Shows list only includes TV series and TV mini series.
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r/televisionsuggestions on Reddit: [UPDATED] Top 100 Best TV Shows according to IMDb, RottenTomatoes, Metacritic and TMDB. How many shows from this list have you watched and which do you recommend the most?
July 17, 2024 - The Kingdom (Korean Tv Show) is another one I'd say deserved to be on the list. ... I don't see Attack on Titan on this list, if I remember correctly it has a 9.1 on IMDB overall.
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It's no surprise that “The Last of Us” is the second most popular series among IMDb users in 2025. After taking IMDb's top series spot in 2023, and with expectations through the roof, the second season saw viewership climb over Season 1. ...
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List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. ... Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.CreatorsDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit Harington ... In 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.CreatorsMatt DufferRoss DufferStarsMillie Bobby BrownFinn WolfhardWinona Ryder
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r/television on Reddit: Top 25 highest rated TV series ( IMDB )
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*(1) Breaking Bad : 9.5 (2.4 M)
*(2) Band of Brothers : 9.4 (571K)
*(3) Planet Earth : 9.4 (230K)
*(4) Planet Earth II : 9.4 ( 170K)
*(5) Chernobyl : 9.3 (972K)
*(6) Avatar: The Last Airbender: 9.3 (415K)
*(7) The Wire : 9.3 (411k)
*(8) Game of Thrones : 9.2 ( 2.5M)
*(9) The sopranos : 9.2 (541K)
*(10) Scam 1992 : 9.2 (167K)
*(11) Cosmos: A spacetime Odyssey: 9.2 (136K)
*(12) Attack on Titan : 9.1 ( 642K)
*(13) Aspirants : 9.1 (316K)
*(14) Fullmetal Alchemist : BH : 9.1(230K)
*(15) Sherlock : 9.0. ( 1.1M)
*(16) The Office : 9.0 (792K)
*(17) Better call Saul : 9.0 ( 760K)
*(18) Rick and Morty : 9.0 (666K)
*(19) Arcane : 9.0 ( 411K)
*(20) One piece : 9.0 ( 320K)
*(21) Hunter X Hunter : 9.0 (173K)
*(22) The Last Dance : 9.0 (171K)
*(23) Batman : The animated series : 9.0 ( 130K)
*(24) Panchayat : 9.0 (110K)
*(25) The Twilight Zone : 9.0 (103K)
*(26) Leyla and Mecnun : 9.0 (100K)
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Do TV shows have a higher IMDB rating than movies because of the fact that the pilot is shown to restricted audiences who rate the series before they choose to start to (or not to) developing the first season? - Quora
Answer (1 of 2): I like the answer of the previous blogger: I don’t think that’s the reason. In a similar fashion most movies are also shown to test audiences before being finalized. I think the reason is that movies are much more swing-and-miss in nature.
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40 Best TV Seasons of All Time, Ranked According IMDb
August 26, 2025 - IMDb highlights the best seasons of television to watch, from the first season of True Detective to the final installment of Breaking Bad.
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Why does IMDb rate all Netflix shows so highly? Mostly 8+ stars. I found most shows boring, depressing, and not deserving more than 5. Am I only one? - Quora
Answer: In IMDB,rating of a tv show is completely different than a movie.If you observe the ratings,you will see that a very few tv shows are under 7.5 and allmost 60% of shows have 8+ rating.Also many series had great first seasons,but failed to maintain the same level throughout. In that case,t...