Release Date: 1977-01-23

Overview: The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.

Rating: 7.397 (233 votes)

Release Date: 1998-03-15

Overview: The sole survivor of a lost whaling ship relates the tale of his captain's self-destructive obsession to hunt the white whale, Moby Dick.

Rating: 5.9 (58 votes)

Release Date: 2017-11-09

Overview: The history of military tanks unfolds in a documentary series that traces their role in history and geopolitics from World War I to the 21st century.

Rating: 5.8 (24 votes)

Release Date: 1968-09-14

Overview: Wacky Races is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera that originally aired in 1968. The show is a parody of traditional car races, featuring a variety of eccentric characters and their outlandish vehicles, all racing across different terrains in a madcap competition for first place. The series is centered around a group of 11 racers, each with their own unique vehicle and distinct personality. The main characters include Dick Dastardly and his dog Muttley, who are always trying to cheat and sabotage the other competitors, although they never succeed. Other notable racers include Penelope Pitstop, the glamorous but tough driver; the adventurous Red Max; and the lovable duo, the Slag Brothers, who drive a massive, rock-like car.

Rating: 7.299 (219 votes)

Release Date: 1972-10-14

Overview: The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in Kung Fu.

Rating: 7.7 (220 votes)

Release Date: 2020-07-12

Overview: Down deep in the Mississippi Delta, Trap music meets film noir in this kaleidoscopic story of a little-strip-club-that-could and the big characters who come through its doors—the hopeful, the lost, the broken, the ballers, the beautiful, and the damned.

Rating: 7.664 (232 votes)

Release Date: 2012-05-28

Overview: It’s the true American story of a legendary family feud—one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. The Hatfield-McCoy saga begins with Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy.. Close friends and comrades until near the end of the Civil War, they return to their neighboring homes—Hatfield in West Virginia, McCoy just across the Tug River border in Kentucky—to increasing tensions, misunderstandings and resentments that soon explode into all-out warfare between their families. As hostilities grow, friends, neighbors and outside forces join the fight, bringing the two states to the brink of another civil war.

Rating: 7.457 (336 votes)

Release Date: 1979-09-22

Overview: Everyone’s favorite mystery-solving Great Dane is here to find clues, along with a little help from his energetic nephew and four human companions.

Rating: 7.5 (317 votes)

Release Date: 2021-01-21

Overview: Cordell Walker, a widower and father of two with his own moral code, returns home to Austin after being undercover for two years, only to discover there's harder work to be done at home.

Rating: 7.132 (370 votes)

Release Date: 1990-11-18

Overview: In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight an evil demon who poses as a child-killing clown. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the demon once and for all when it returns to their hometown.

Rating: 6.926 (3121 votes)

Release Date: 2011-04-17

Overview: Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

Rating: 8.456 (25256 votes)

Release Date: 2021-11-06

Overview: Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.

Rating: 8.765 (5237 votes)

Release Date: 2019-05-06

Overview: The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

Rating: 8.688 (6981 votes)

Release Date: 2008-01-20

Overview: Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

Rating: 8.926 (15799 votes)

Release Date: 2020-12-25

Overview: Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.

Rating: 8.1 (2988 votes)

Release Date: 2011-12-04

Overview: Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

Rating: 8.3 (5582 votes)

Release Date: 2020-01-23

Overview: Set twenty years after the events of Star Trek Nemesis, we follow the now-retired Admiral Picard into the next chapter of his life.

Rating: 7.297 (1782 votes)

Release Date: 2021-09-17

Overview: Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes.

Rating: 7.9 (16364 votes)

Release Date: 2007-09-24

Overview: Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

Rating: 7.912 (11838 votes)

Release Date: 1989-04-26

Overview: Now happily married and with a son, martial arts champion Goku must defend Earth from a series of extraterrestrial invaders bent on destruction.

Rating: 8.3 (4618 votes)