Best TV shows on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

2019 · Craig Mazin · 1 season

A dramatized account of one of the gravest human-made disasters—the Chernobyl nuclear accident—and the aftermath that reshaped lives and nations. The series follows firefighters, plant workers, scientists and ordinary citizens whose courage, expertise and selflessness battled the invisible threat, exposed the truth and helped prevent a continent-wide catastrophe.

With Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adam Nagaitis and Sam Troughton

2010 · Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat · 4 seasons

Set in present-day London, a celebrated detective and his physician partner tackle contemporary crimes across the city, blending high-tech tools with razor-sharp observation to unravel baffling mysteries.

With Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Louise Brealey, Mark Gatiss and Andrew Scott

1994 · Marta Kauffman, David Crane · 10 seasons

Living independently in New York City, six young adults wrestle with the trials of adulthood and gradually learn that the friendship, comfort and mutual support they offer one another becomes a sanctuary from life's constant pressures.

With Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer and James Michael Tyler

2014 · Nic Pizzolatto · 4 seasons

A U.S.-set anthology of police procedurals that unfolds across interwoven timelines: each investigation peels back layers of the people connected to the case—suspects, witnesses and investigators alike—bringing hidden personal and professional truths to light and blurring the boundary between legal duty and moral compromise.

With Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, Mahershala Ali, Woody Harrelson, Vince Vaughn, Stephen Dorff and Michelle Monaghan

2013 · Steven Knight · 6 seasons

In the aftermath of the Great War in 1919 Birmingham, a ruthless family-run gang—infamous for sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps—uses intimidation and cunning to expand its reach. At its center, the hard-edged and calculating Tommy Shelby stops at nothing to lift his clan from the industrial streets into positions of wealth and influence.

With Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory, Finn Cole, Ned Dennehy and Joe Cole

2016 · 4 seasons

A seasoned detective launches a private cold‑case unit to reopen unsolved crimes—some of which are eerily tied to the investigators' own painful, mysterious histories.

With Chen Hanwei, Rebecca Lim, Desmond Tan and Yûsuke Fukuchi

2006 · James Manos, Jr. · 8 seasons

By day, Dexter Morgan examines blood-spatter patterns for the Miami Metro Police; by night, he hides a second life as a calculated serial killer who seeks out criminals who have slipped through the justice system.

With Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar, Luna Lauren Velez, C.S. Lee and Desmond Harrington

2013 · Dan Harmon, Justin Roiland · 8 seasons

A brilliant, morally untethered scientist drags his painfully shy grandson on chaotic, galaxy-spanning escapades that pit reckless invention against reluctant conscience and blur the line between genius and madness.

With Justin Roiland, Spencer Grammer, Chris Parnell, Sarah Chalke, Kari Wahlgren, Dan Harmon and Maurice LaMarche

2017 · Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese · 3 seasons

A child's disappearance plunges four families into a desperate search for answers, pulling back layers of a reality-shifting mystery that reaches across three generations.

With Louis Hofmann, Lisa Vicari, Andreas Pietschmann, Jördis Triebel, Maja Schöne, Stephan Kampwirth and Paul Lux

2020 · Scott Frank, Allan Scott · 1 season

Raised in a 1950s orphanage, a young girl uncovers an extraordinary aptitude for chess that propels her from anonymity into the competitive limelight. Her rapid rise to fame, however, is clouded by a growing addiction that threatens to derail everything she has fought to achieve.

With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Marcin Dorociński, Matthew Dennis Lewis, Russell Dennis Lewis, Dolores Carbonari and Janina Elkin

2016 · Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy · 4 seasons

A bleak odyssey tracing the emergence of sentient machines and the shifting landscape of human vice, where new forms of awareness force a reckoning with desire, guilt and responsibility. Set where a near-future reality collides with a reimagined past, it imagines a society in which technology makes every craving attainable—whether altruistic or corrupt—blurring the line between creator and creation and exposing the true price of indulgence.

With Evan Rachel Wood, Thandiwe Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Tessa Thompson, Ed Harris, Luke Hemsworth and James Marsden

2011 · Aaron Korsh · 9 seasons

Fleeing the fallout of a botched drug deal, Mike Ross — a brilliant college dropout — stumbles into an interview with Harvey Specter, one of New York's most formidable legal closers. Fed up with cookie‑cutter law grads, Harvey bets on Mike, hiring him immediately after spotting his raw talent and uncanny recall.

With Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Gina Torres and Amanda Schull

2014 · Noah Hawley · 5 seasons

Set in and around Minnesota, this intimate anthology peels back the calm surface of close communities to reveal simmering malice, sudden outbreaks of violence and the lasting fallout of murder. Each episode is a self-contained portrait of ordinary lives upended by suspicion, revenge and the haunting consequences of criminal acts.

With Allison Tolman, Chris Rock, Jessie Buckley, Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw, Jack Huston and Salvatore Esposito

2022 · Dan Erickson · 3 seasons

Mark heads a team of office employees who have undergone surgery to partition their recollections into separate professional and private selves. When a stranger from within their ranks turns up in the world beyond the office, it sets them on a perilous quest to uncover what their work actually entails and who’s been controlling their lives.

With Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman and Michael Chernus

2020 · Joe Kelly, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Bill Lawrence · 4 seasons

An upbeat American gridiron coach relocates to England after being unexpectedly appointed to lead a professional football club despite knowing little about the sport. Confronted by disillusioned players and a skeptical community, he leans on optimism, empathy, and unconventional leadership to try to win their trust and reshape the team.

With Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt

2004 · David Shore · 8 seasons

A darkly comic British anthology conceived by Graham Duff and co-written with Steve Coogan, the series lampoons mid‑century UK horror films. It skewers the trademarks of studios like Amicus, Hammer and Tigon and riffs on the structure of Amicus’s 1965 anthology Dr Terror’s House of Horrors. Steve Coogan appears throughout as the macabre host, Dr Terrible, who frames each episode and takes the lead role in every story.

With Hugh Laurie, Jesse Spencer, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Lisa Edelstein, Jennifer Morrison and Peter Jacobson

2004 · David Shore · 8 seasons

An abrasive, brilliant physician struggling with drug addiction heads a team of diagnostic specialists at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

With Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer, Lisa Edelstein, Bobbin Bergstrom and Jennifer Morrison

2009 · Christopher Lloyd, Steven Levitan · 11 seasons

In the lively Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker household, a sprawling blended family offers a candid—and often uproarious—look at the messy, affectionate, and sometimes off-kilter reality of modern family life.

With Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet and Sarah Hyland

2004 · Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber · 6 seasons

Left with nothing after a devastating plane crash, a disparate group of survivors must band together to endure the elements and each other. But the island conceals dark, dangerous secrets that threaten to unravel whatever chance they have to live.

With Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim

2004 · Damon Lindelof, J.J. Abrams, Jeffrey Lieber · 6 seasons

After their plane goes down, a disparate group of survivors are left with nothing and must forge fragile alliances to endure—only to discover the island itself conceals dark, dangerous secrets.

With Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Josh Holloway, Naveen Andrews, Jorge Garcia, Daniel Dae Kim and Yunjin Kim