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Cliffhanger-driven

Cliffhanger-driven TV Series

Engineered for the 'one more episode' effect.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 185 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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185 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Prison Break

★ 8.3
672K 90 2005–2017
Cliffhanger-driven · Serialized
10/10

24

★ 8.4
207K 192 2001–2010
Cliffhanger-driven · Fast-paced
10/10

Lost

★ 8.3
676K 121 2004–2010
Mystery box · Cliffhanger-driven
9/10

Money Heist

★ 8.2
612K 41 2017–2021
Heists & cons · Cliffhanger-driven
9/10

Pretty Little Liars

★ 7.3
189K 160 2010–2017
Mystery box · Secrets & lies
9/10

How to Get Away with Murder

★ 8.1
179K 90 2014–2020
Cliffhanger-driven · Mystery box
9/10

Scandal

★ 7.7
85K 124 2012–2018
Cliffhanger-driven
9/10

Line of Duty

★ 8.7
81K 42 2012–present
Tense · Cliffhanger-driven
9/10

24: Live Another Day

★ 8.3
48K 12 2014–2014
Fast-paced · Tense
9/10

24: Legacy

★ 6.3
12K 13 2016–2017
Cliffhanger-driven · Fast-paced
9/10

24: India

★ 8.0
4K 48 2013–2016
Cliffhanger-driven · Fast-paced
9/10

Game of Thrones

★ 9.2
2.6M 74 2011–2019
Sprawling saga · High fantasy
8/10

Squid Game

★ 7.9
766K 22 2021–2025
Survival · Class divide · Tense
8/10

Attack on Titan

★ 9.1
728K 98 2013–2023
Deep worldbuilding · Gut punch
8/10

Death Note

★ 8.9
487K 37 2006–2007
Anime · Intellectual challenge
8/10

Severance

★ 8.6
395K 25 2022–present
Mystery box · Workplace
8/10

Homeland

★ 8.3
386K 96 2011–2020
Espionage · Serialized · Tense
8/10

The Vampire Diaries

★ 7.7
385K 171 2009–2017
Supernatural · Love story
8/10

You

★ 7.6
371K 50 2018–2025
Antihero lead
8/10

Heroes

★ 7.5
261K 78 2006–2010
Mystery box · Serialized
8/10

From

★ 7.8
195K 41 2022–present
Mystery box · Unsettling · Tense
8/10

Bodyguard

★ 8.0
171K 6 2018–2018
Tense · Political intrigue
8/10

The Night Agent

★ 7.4
162K 31 2023–2026
Built to binge · Espionage
8/10

Revenge

★ 7.8
130K 90 2011–2015
Revenge · Elites & privilege
8/10