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Gut punch

Gut punch TV Series

Willing to devastate you, and remembered for it.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 198 series

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When They See Us

★ 8.8
160K 4 2019–2019
Gut punch · Social commentary
10/10

Devilman: Crybaby

★ 7.6
36K 10 2018–2018
Gut punch · Anime
10/10

Takopi's Original Sin

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

Chernobyl

★ 9.3
1M 5 2019–2019
Event miniseries · Real history
9/10

Squid Game

★ 7.9
766K 22 2021–2025
Survival · Class divide · Tense
9/10

Attack on Titan

★ 9.1
728K 98 2013–2023
Deep worldbuilding · Gut punch
9/10

1883

★ 8.6
168K 10 2021–2022
Rural & frontier · Survival
9/10

Dexter: New Blood

★ 8.0
158K 10 2021–2022
Antihero lead · Gut punch
9/10

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

★ 8.3
130K 20 2022–present
Adult animation · Gut punch
9/10

One Day

★ 8.0
67K 14 2024–2024
Bittersweet · Romantic yearning
9/10

Blackadder Goes Forth

★ 8.8
65K 6 1989–1989
British TV · War & military
9/10

Your Lie in April

★ 8.6
52K 23 2014–2015
Music scene · Tearjerker
9/10

It's a Sin

★ 8.6
41K 5 2021–2021
Queer stories · Tearjerker
9/10

Leaving Neverland

★ 7.0
33K 2 2019–2019
Disturbing · Emotionally heavy
9/10

Made in Abyss

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

Roots

★ 8.4
20K 8 1977–1977
Event miniseries · Real history
9/10

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

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

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

★ 8.2
14K 12 2011–2011
Gut punch · Anime · Dark tone
9/10

Banana Fish

★ 8.1
12K 24 2018–2018
Gut punch · Criminal underworld
9/10

Holocaust

★ 8.0
6K 5 1978–1978
Bleak · Real history
9/10

9/11: One Day in America

★ 9.2
6K 6 2021–2021
Docuseries · Emotionally heavy
9/10

Re: ZERO - Starting Life in Another World (Re-Edit)

★ 8.7
6K 15 2016–2020
Gut punch · Anime · Mounting dread
9/10

Breaking Bad

★ 9.5
2.6M 62 2008–2013
Antihero lead
8/10

Game of Thrones

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