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The best miniseries of all time

The top 3 according to 29 votes from people: Lonesome Dove (1989) · Roots (1977) · Band of Brothers (2001). (Updated Aug 5, 2021.)

From Band of Brothers to Chernobyl: the miniseries rated highest by FilmAffinity and IMDb users and by critics (FilmAffinity, Jot Down, IMDb).

abril torres · · 16 items · 29 votes · 1 comment

Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original

Top 15

  1. 1

    Lonesome Dove (1989)

    Two former Rangers drive cattle from Texas to Montana.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 0

    3
  2. 2

    Roots (1977)

    Kunta Kinte and generations of an enslaved family.

    ▲ 3 ▼ 1

    2
  3. 3

    Band of Brothers (2001)

    Easy Company of the 101st Airborne in the Second World War.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  4. 4

    I, Claudius (1976)

    Derek Jacobi and the Rome of the Julio-Claudians.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  5. 5

    Fanny and Alexander (1983)

    Bergman's long television version.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  6. 6

    The Night Of (2016)

    A Pakistani-American student accused of murder.

    ▲ 2 ▼ 0

    2
  7. 7

    Chernobyl (2019)

    The 1986 nuclear disaster and the official lie.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  8. 8

    Jesus of Nazareth (1977)

    Franco Zeffirelli and Robert Powell.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  9. 9

    The Queen's Gambit (2020)

    Beth Harmon, chess prodigy.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  10. 10

    Mare of Easttown (2021)

    Kate Winslet as a detective in a Pennsylvania town.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  11. 11

    Olive Kitteridge (2014)

    Frances McDormand as a prickly teacher in Maine.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 0

    1
  12. 12

    Okupas (2000)

    Four young men in a squatted house in Buenos Aires.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  13. 13

    North and South (1985)

    Two friends on opposite sides of the Civil War.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  14. 14

    The Pacific (2010)

    Three marines in the Pacific War.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0
  15. 15

    Angels in America (2003)

    Mike Nichols's adaptation of Tony Kushner's play.

    ▲ 1 ▼ 1

    0

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  1. 16

    Sharp Objects (2018)

    Amy Adams returns to her hometown to cover two murders.

    ▲ 0 ▼ 1

    -1

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frida_pixel · Español

Hermanos de sangre y Chernobyl arriba, de acuerdo. Pero falta Band of... ah no, está. Pues falta Generation Kill!

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