Best TV shows on Apple TV+ (États-Unis) : our Top 20

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

2017 · Bruce Miller · 6 seasons

In a bleak, authoritarian future ruled by a zealous theocracy, a woman is compelled to live as a concubine to a powerful official. Stripped of autonomy and watched at every turn, she navigates daily humiliation and moral compromise while quietly plotting ways to reclaim her life and expose the regime’s brutality.

With Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, Madeline Brewer, Max Minghella, O.T. Fagbenle and Samira Wiley

2022 · David DiGilio · 1 season

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With Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Jared Shaw

2008 · Bruno Heller · 7 seasons

Patrick Jane, a once-celebrated mentalist, works as a civilian consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation, using extraordinary powers of observation and keen psychological insight to expose deceit, read people, and unravel complex, often violent crimes.

With Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman, Amanda Righetti, Joe Adler and Rockmond Dunbar

2012 · Alex Hirsch · 2 seasons

Twins Dipper and Mabel Pines spend a summer in the enigmatic town of Gravity Falls, Oregon, helping their great-uncle Stan run his quirky roadside curiosity shop—and quickly find themselves swept up in a series of strange, unforeseen adventures.

With Alex Hirsch, Jason Ritter, Kristen Schaal, Linda Cardellini, Matt Chapman, Kevin Michael Richardson and Niki Yang

2017 · David Shore · 7 seasons

After leaving a quiet rural life, Shaun Murphy—a young surgeon on the autism spectrum with savant abilities—joins the surgical team at a leading hospital. Socially distant and awkward in personal interactions, he relies on remarkable diagnostic insight and surgical skill to save patients and slowly challenge his colleagues' doubts.

With Freddie Highmore, Richard Schiff, Hill Harper, Christina Chang, Paige Spara, Fiona Gubelmann and Will Yun Lee

2023 · Taylor Sheridan · 2 seasons

A hard-edged, fiercely driven young Marine, Cruz Manuelos is tapped to infiltrate a terrorist network by joining the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team, where she must operate undercover to dismantle the organization from within. Overseeing the program, station chief Joe is responsible for shaping, directing, and supporting a unit of female operatives as they navigate dangerous assignments and blurred lines between duty and identity.

With Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan and Austin Hébert

1992 · Bruce Timm, Eric Radomski · 4 seasons

Haunted by the murder of his parents, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to dismantling Gotham City's criminal underworld, operating covertly as the masked vigilante called Batman.

With Kevin Conroy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Bob Hastings, Loren Lester, Mari Devon, Robert Costanzo and Mark Hamill

2022 · Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet · 4 seasons

Set in the years before Captain James T. Kirk's command, Captain Christopher Pike leads a disciplined command team—Spock, his logical science officer, and Number One, the steady second-in-command—piloting the U.S.S. Enterprise into uncharted regions of space where they encounter strange civilizations, scientific mysteries, and challenges that test their principles and leadership.

With Anson Mount, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Christina Chong, Celia Rose Gooding, Melissa Navia and Babs Olusanmokun

1999 · Dick Wolf · 27 seasons

The criminal justice system treats sexual offenses with exceptional seriousness. In New York City, a committed team of detectives focuses on investigating these traumatic, often violent crimes—this series follows the officers who pursue justice and the survivors whose lives are forever changed.

With Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Christopher Meloni, Kelli Giddish and BD Wong

2022 · Jessica Gao · 27 seasons

Laila, a committed lawyer in Port Said, wakes one morning to find her husband gone. Her desperate search uncovers that he has fled, leaving her and their two children after ten years of marriage. Driven to uncover the truth behind his disappearance, she confronts hidden secrets that threaten to undo the deep love that once held their family together.

With Tatiana Maslany, Ginger Gonzaga, Jameela Jamil, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Josh Segarra, Maliah Arrayah and Steve Coulter

1999 · Aaron Sorkin · 7 seasons

Set in the heart of Washington, D.C., the series follows the personal and professional lives of the team around a fictional president as they tackle daily crises and shape national policy. A spirited ensemble brings warmth and wit to high-stakes debates, showing how decisions made behind closed doors affect ordinary people’s lives.

With Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill and Janel Moloney

2024 · Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Scott M. Gimple · 1 season

Torn into an unfamiliar world forged by a relentless fight against reanimated corpses — a conflict that soon fractures into brutal wars between the living — Rick and Michonne must navigate a reality that erases the rules they once knew. Can they reunite and reclaim the people they were amid circumstances that test every moral and emotional limit? Will they end up as enemies or allies, lovers or casualties, survivors or conquerors? And if they’re separated, do they remain truly alive, or will they discover they’ve become indistinguishable from the very things they’ve been fighting?

With Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Pollyanna McIntosh, Terry O'Quinn, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Robert O'Hara and Craig Tate

2023 · David Zabel · 3 seasons

Washed up on a French shore, Daryl (Norman Reedus) must make his way across a shattered, walker-ridden landscape in a desperate bid to return home. This fifth entry in the franchise centers on his uneasy guardianship of a young boy named Laurent, who is increasingly regarded by others as a prophetic figure. As they travel, the pair confront evolving, more lethal walker mutations and the ruthless paramilitary force known as the Power of the Living.

With Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Anne Charrier, Romain Levi and Melissa McBride

2020 · Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day, Megan Ganz · 4 seasons

Behind the studio powering the globe’s most-played multiplayer phenomenon, a tight-knit crew of designers, engineers and storytellers shape sprawling worlds and iconic heroes — but the fiercest clashes don’t erupt on-screen; they break out in meeting rooms, around desks and in the corridors where ambition, ego and deadlines collide.

With Rob McElhenney, Charlotte Nicdao, Ashly Burch, Jessie Ennis, Imani Hakim, Danny Pudi and David Hornsby

1990 · Dick Wolf · 25 seasons

When headline-making crimes strike, New York detectives launch intensive investigations—collecting forensic evidence, following leads and interviewing suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney’s office then prepares a thorough prosecution, meeting the required burden of proof to secure a conviction. Together, these seasoned investigators and prosecutors navigate the complexities of the criminal justice system to hold offenders accountable and protect the city.

With Sam Waterston, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill, Jesse L. Martin, Leslie Hendrix and Fred Thompson

2024 · Dave Filoni · 1 season

Two warriors, bound for very different fates, venture into the brutal heart of a merciless Galactic Empire, each witnessing its terror from a unique vantage.

2017 · Lisa Rubin · 1 season

Jean Holloway, a therapist whose professional boundaries unravel as she becomes entangled in intimate, dangerous relationships with people connected to her clients.

With Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson, Karl Glusman, Lucy Boynton, Poorna Jagannathan and Melanie Liburd

2024 · José Caltagirone, Valentine Milville · 1 season

In the glittering ateliers of a renowned Parisian haute couture house, ambition and secrecy simmer just beneath the surface. After a scandal topples the dynasty that built the brand, the family must reshape their legacy and tactics to survive—or see relentless rivals pick their empire apart.

With Lambert Wilson, Amira Casar, Carole Bouquet, Zita Hanrot, Pierre Deladonchamps, Antoine Reinartz and Anne Consigny

2026 · Spencer Hudnut · 1 season

Putting the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton signs on with an elite U.S. Marshals unit, where his ranch-honed instincts and Navy SEAL training are forged into a force for frontier justice across Montana. Together with his squad he must juggle family ties and the obligations of the badge while confronting the mounting psychological price of serving as the region’s last line against rising violence.

With Luke Grimes, Logan Marshall-Green, Gil Birmingham, Brecken Merrill, Ash Santos, Arielle Kebbel and Brett Cullen