# The best Rai series to watch on RaiPlay

From Inspector Montalbano and My Brilliant Friend to La piovra, Exterior Night, Rocco Schiavone and Don Matteo: the great Rai drama classics recommended by Taxidrivers.

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- Oct 5, 2026 · Laura Caruso
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## Top 14

1. **Inspector Montalbano (1999)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Luca Zingaretti as the inspector of Vigàta, from Andrea Camilleri's novels.
2. **My Brilliant Friend (2018)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Saverio Costanzo. Lila and Lenù in Naples, from Elena Ferrante's novels; co-produced with HBO.
3. **La piovra (1984)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Michele Placido as Inspector Cattani against the Mafia.
4. **Exterior Night (2022)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marco Bellocchio. The kidnapping of Aldo Moro.
5. **Rocco Schiavone (2016)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Marco Giallini as a Roman deputy police chief exiled to Aosta, from Antonio Manzini's novels.
6. **The Bastards of Pizzofalcone (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A squad of rejected cops in Naples, from Maurizio de Giovanni's novels.
7. **Commissario Ricciardi (2021)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lino Guanciale as a 1930s inspector who sees the dead's last moments.
8. **Imma Tataranni: Deputy Prosecutor (2019)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vanessa Scalera as a prosecutor in Matera.
9. **Inspector Coliandro (2006)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Manetti Bros. and a Bologna cop as cocky as he is unlucky.
10. **The Red Door (2017)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A murdered inspector stays among the living as a ghost to investigate his death.
11. **Don Matteo (2000)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Terence Hill as a priest who solves crimes in Umbria.
12. **Doc (2020)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Luca Argentero as a doctor who loses twelve years of memory.
13. **Un posto al sole (1996)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The daily soap set in Naples, on air for thirty years.
14. **Il paradiso delle signore (2015)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — A Milan department store in the 1950s and 60s.

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