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Disturbing

Disturbing TV Series

Content that lingers uncomfortably after the credits.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 229 series

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

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

Monster

★ 7.7
224K 30 2022–present
True crime · Disturbing
10/10

Elfen Lied

★ 7.8
42K 14 2004–2004
Disturbing · Graphic violence
10/10

Them

★ 7.5
33K 18 2021–2024
Disturbing · Bleak · Unsettling
10/10

Leaving Neverland

★ 7.0
33K 2 2019–2019
Disturbing · Emotionally heavy
10/10

Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story

★ 6.7
10K 2 2022–2022
Disturbing · Docuseries
10/10

Kite

★ 6.6
6K 2 1998–1998
Disturbing · Sexually explicit
10/10

Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story

★ 6.6
6K 3 2025–2025
True crime · Disturbing · Bleak
10/10

School Days

★ 5.9
4K 12 2007–2007
Disturbing · Anime
10/10

Hannibal

★ 8.5
311K 39 2013–2015
Stylized direction
9/10

Baby Reindeer

★ 7.7
193K 7 2024–2024
Mental health · Disturbing
9/10

Oz

★ 8.7
117K 56 1997–2003
Graphic violence · Bleak
9/10

Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer

★ 8.0
70K 3 2019–2019
True crime · Disturbing
9/10

Utopia

★ 8.4
56K 12 2013–2014
Distinctive score
9/10

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

★ 7.1
35K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries
9/10

Takopi's Original Sin

★ 8.7
28K 6 2025–2025
Gut punch · Disturbing · Anime
9/10

The Keepers

★ 8.0
28K 7 2017–2017
True crime · Docuseries
9/10

Brand New Cherry Flavor

★ 7.1
22K 8 2021–2021
Disturbing · Unsettling
9/10

Made in Abyss

★ 8.3
22K 27 2017–2022
Anime · Child's perspective
9/10

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

★ 8.1
16K 6 2020–2020
True crime · Gut punch
9/10

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes

★ 7.1
15K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Disturbing
9/10

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV

★ 7.5
13K 5 2024–2024
Disturbing · Docuseries
9/10

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

★ 7.3
12K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Disturbing
9/10

Grotesquerie

★ 6.1
12K 10 2024–2024
Disturbing · Unreliable narrator
9/10

Mr. Pickles

★ 7.3
11K 32 2013–2019
Adult animation · Dark comedy
9/10