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500 series (top 500 shown)

Bitten

★ 6.9
20K 33 2014–2016
Supernatural · Urban fantasy

Better Things

★ 7.9
20K 52 2016–2022
Female perspective

Ascension

★ 7.1
20K 3 2014–2014
Space & sci-fi · Mystery box

Tree of Life

★ 8.3
20K 13 2014–2014
Drama

Brave and Beautiful

★ 8.0
20K 32 2016–2017
Turkish drama · Love story

Rookie Blue

★ 7.7
20K 74 2010–2015
Procedural · Ensemble cast

Gypsy

★ 6.7
20K 10 2017–2017
Secrets & lies

One Day at a Time

★ 8.1
20K 46 2017–2020
Sitcom · Immigrant experience

Pennyworth

★ 7.8
20K 30 2019–2022
Period piece · Stylized direction

My Mad Fat Diary

★ 8.4
20K 16 2013–2015
Mental health · Coming of age

My Love from Another Star

★ 8.1
20K 22 2013–2014
K-drama · Love story

The Lying Game

★ 7.3
20K 30 2011–2013
Young adult · Secrets & lies

Reply 1988

★ 9.0
20K 20 2015–2016
K-drama · Nostalgic · Family saga

The Bureau

★ 8.7
20K 50 2015–2020
Espionage · Slow burn · Serialized

Outcast

★ 7.3
19K 20 2016–2017
Dark tone · Slow burn · Bleak

Giri/Haji

★ 7.8
19K 8 2019–2019
Stylized direction

The Looming Tower

★ 8.0
19K 10 2018–2018
Real history · Espionage

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

★ 8.2
19K 34 2012–2015
Detective mystery

Britannia

★ 6.9
19K 27 2017–2021
Stylized direction · Period piece

Charmed

★ 4.8
19K 72 2018–2022
Supernatural · Urban fantasy

Slasher

★ 6.8
19K 40 2016–2023
Monster horror · Graphic violence

Smash

★ 7.8
19K 32 2012–2013
Music scene · Soap & telenovela

Boss

★ 8.1
19K 18 2011–2012
Political intrigue · Antihero lead

Bonding

★ 7.1
19K 15 2018–2021
Friendship · Sexually explicit
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