Must-Watch: The 11 Greatest TV Shows Ever

Breaking Bad is an American crime drama television series created by Vince Gilligan. The show follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), a high school chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with Stage III lung cancer. To secure his family's financial future, White starts a career in manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with his former student, Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul).

Streaming on: Netflix

Genre: Crime drama

Created by: Vince Gilligan

Starring: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte

Number of seasons: 5

Number of episodes: 62

Awards: 16 Primetime Emmy Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, 1 Peabody Award

The Wire is an American crime drama television series created and principally written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The series is set and filmed in Baltimore, Maryland, and examines the city's inner-city drug trade and the workings of an American city's police department.

Streaming on: Jio Cinema

Genre: Crime drama, police procedural

Created by: David Simon

Starring: Dominic West, John Doman, Idris Elba, Wendell Pierce, Sonja Sohn, Michael K. Williams

Number of seasons: 5

Number of episodes: 60

Awards: 23 Primetime Emmy Award nominations, 2 Peabody Awards

The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The show is set in New Jersey and follows the life of Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a mobster who is struggling to balance his family life with his criminal activities.

Streaming on: Jio Cinema

Genre: Crime drama, black comedy

Created by: David Chase

Starring: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese, Steven Van Zandt

Number of seasons: 6

Number of episodes: 86

Awards: 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, 3 Golden Globe Awards, 2 Peabody Awards

Succession is an American satirical black comedy-drama television series created by Jesse Armstrong. The show follows the Roy family, who control Waystar RoyCo, a global media and entertainment conglomerate. The series explores the dynamics of power, wealth, and family in the world of media and entertainment. 

It has won numerous awards, including 9 Primetime Emmy Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, and 2 Peabody Awards. Succession is widely considered to be one of the best television shows of the 2010s.

Streaming on: Jio Cinema

Genre: Comedy-drama

Created by: Jesse Armstrong

Starring: Brian Cox, Jeremy Strong, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun

Number of seasons: 4

Number of episodes: 34

Awards: 9 Primetime Emmy Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards

The show is set in Birmingham, England, in the aftermath of World War I. It follows the exploits of the Peaky Blinders, a gang of criminals led by Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy). 

Streaming on: Netflix 

Genre: Crime drama

Created by: Steven Knight

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Finn Cole, Kate Dickie

Number of seasons: 6

Number of episodes: 36

The show is set in New York City in the 1960s and follows the lives of the employees of Sterling Cooper, a fictional advertising agency.

Streaming on: Prime Video

Genre: Drama

Created by: Matthew Weiner

Starring: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery

Number of seasons: 7

Number of episodes: 92

It is a prequel to the critically acclaimed series Breaking Bad, and follows the transformation of Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) into the morally compromised lawyer Saul Goodman.

The show has been praised for its acting, writing, directing, and cinematography. It has won numerous awards, including 4 Primetime Emmy Awards, 2 Golden Globe Awards, and 2 Critics' Choice Television Awards. Better Call Saul is widely considered to be one of the best television shows of the 2010s.

Streaming on: Netflix

Created by: Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould

Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Jonathan Banks, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando, Giancarlo Esposito

Number of seasons: 6

Number of episodes: 63

The show is set in a fictional theme park called Westworld, which is populated by androids (called "hosts") that are programmed to entertain the guests. However, the hosts begin to develop their own sentience and consciousness, and the park becomes a place of danger and violence.

Streaming on: Jio Cinema

Created by: Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy

Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Ed Harris, James Marsden, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson

Number of seasons: 4

Number of episodes: 30

The show is based on the book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. The show follows the Behavioral Science Unit of the FBI, which was founded in the late 1970s by Douglas and Robert Ressler. The unit's mission is to study serial killers and develop profiling techniques to help catch them.

Streaming on: Netflix 

Created by: Joe Penhall

Starring: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross, Cameron Britton, Cotter Smith

Number of seasons: 2

Number of episodes: 20

The show Dark is set in the fictional town of Winden, Germany, and follows the investigation into the disappearance of two children. The investigation uncovers a web of secrets and lies that spans multiple generations and timelines.

Streaming on: Netflix 

Created by: Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese

Starring: Louis Hofmann, Oliver Masucci, Jördis Triebel, Lisa Vicari, Maja Schöne, Andreas Pietschmann

Number of seasons: 3

Number of episodes: 26

This Netflix sci-fi drama is set in the 1980s and follows the story of a group of friends who investigate the disappearance of one of their friends. Stranger Things is praised for its suspenseful plot, likable characters, and 80s nostalgia.

Streaming on: Netflix

Genre: Science fiction, horror, drama

Created by: The Duffer Brothers

Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke, Priah Ferguson

Number of seasons: 4

Number of episodes: 34