X

Best TV Shows This Year

Discover your next binge-worthy TV show. Filter by streaming service, genres, or release year.

74 results

74 results

1. Fantasmas

Jun 7, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

While searching for a gold oyster earring, Julio (Julio Torres) meets a variety of characters in an alternative New York City in this comedy series created and directed by Torres.

2. Baby Reindeer

Apr 11, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Struggling comedian Donny Dunn (Richard Gadd) doesn't report his stalker Martha (Jessica Gunning) right away in the dramedy series based on Gadd's one-man play about his own experience with a stalker.

3. Shogun (2024)

Feb 27, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

In feudal Japan, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada), British captain John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) and translator Toda Mariko (Anna Sawai) are brought together as a civil war looms in this limited series adaptation from Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks of James Clavell's novel of the same name (that was also made into a 1980 miniseries).

4. Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show

Mar 29, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Comedian Jerrod Carmichael seeks "love, sex, and truth" in the comedic documentary series.

5. X-Men '97

Mar 20, 2024 • Rated TV-14

The mutant heroes must carry on after the death of Professor X in the animated series that begins after where X-Men: The Animated Series ended in 1997.

6. In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon

Directed by Alex Gibney, the two-part documentary features footage of Paul Simon making 2023's Seven Psalms during the COVID-19 pandemic as well as archival footage encompassing both his time in Simon & Garfunkel and solo artist.

7. Boarders

Five black inner-city teenagers earn a scholarship to attend a prestigious boarding school in the British coming-of-age dramedy. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC Three on 20 Feb 2024 and in the US on Tubi on 8 Mar 2024]

8. Mr Bates vs the Post Office

Alan Bates (Toby Jones) was one of the 700+ sub-postmasters who were accused of stealing money from the British Post Office. In a 20-years long fight, he and his allies seek to prove faulty software was the real cause in this four-part miniseries. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 1 Jan 2024 and in the US on Masterpiece on PBS on 7 Apr 2024]

9. The Sympathizer

Apr 14, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

North Vietnam spy The Captain (Hoa Xuande) ends up living in a South Vietnamese refugee community in Los Angeles and finds his loyalty tested in the limited series based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel of the same name.

10. We Were the Lucky Ones

Mar 28, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

A Jewish family's journey to be reunited after World War II separates them from each other is at the center of the adaptation of Georgia Hunter's novel that itself was inspired by the real history of her own relatives.

11. Diarra From Detroit

Diarra (Diarra Kilpatrick) searches for her date when he doesn't show up for their second date in the dark comedy series executive produced by Kilpatrick and Kenya Barris.

12. Ren Faire

Jun 2, 2024 • Rated TV-14

The general manager, a former elephant trainer and a kettle-corn vendor are some of the people aiming to take over the Texas Renaissance Festival from its 86-year-old founder when he retires in the three-part documentary series from director Lance Oppenheim.

13. The Long Shadow

Mar 21, 2024 • Rated TV-PG

The seven-part series dramatizes the five-year manhunt for the Yorkshire Ripper, serial killer Peter Sutcliffe. [Premiered originally in the UK on ITV on 25 Sep 2023 and in the US on Sundance Now/AMC+ on 21 Mar 2024]

14. The Vince Staples Show

Feb 15, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Rapper Vince Staples plays a fictional version of himself in the comedy series set in his hometown of Long Beach, California.

15. One Day (2024)

Feb 8, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Emma Morley (Ambika Mod) and Dexter Mayhew (Leo Woodall) first met on their graduation day in 1988 and each year they meet up on the same day in this adaptation of David Nicholls' novel (which was previously made into the 2011 film of the same name).

16. American Nightmare

Jan 17, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

The three-part documentary from Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins centers on the 2015 kidnapping and sexual assault of Denise Huskins. The police accuse Denise and her boyfriend Aaron Quinn of a hoax when she reappears until a home invasion robbery turns up evidence of the kidnapping.

17. Ripley

Apr 4, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Set in the 1960s, con man Tom Ripley (Andrew Scott) is hired to go to Italy to bring the wealthy man's son home to New York in Steve Zaillian's eight-part limited series based on Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley novels.

18. Mr. & Mrs. Smith

Feb 2, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Two strangers (Maya Erskine and Donald Glover) are paired as a married couple named Jane and John Smith by an espionage agency in this reimagining of the 2005 film of the same name.

19. A Gentleman in Moscow

Mar 29, 2024 • Rated TV-14

After the Russian revolution, Count Alexander Rostov (Ewan McGregor) builds a new life while under house arrest in the Hotel Metropol in this adaptation of the novel of the same name by Amor Towles.

20. Criminal Record

Jan 10, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Detective Sergeant June Lenker (Cush Jumbo) investigates an anonymous phone call that puts a confession from a case Chief Inspector Daniel Hegarty (Peter Capaldi) worked on in doubt in this thriller series from Paul Rutman.

21. Fallout

Apr 10, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Lucy (Ella Purnell) surfaces from the underground bunker her forebears took shelter in 200 years ago to find a hostile, post-apocalyptic Los Angeles in the TV adaptation of the video game series of the same name.

22. Queenie

25-year-old British-Jamaican Queenie Jenkins (Dionne Brown) struggles to make a new start after a breakup with her boyfriend in this adaptation of the book of the same name by Candice Carty-Williams. [Premiered originally in the UK on Channel 4 on 4 Jun 2024 and in the US on Hulu on 7 Jun 2024]

23. The Woman in the Wall

Jan 19, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

Lorna Brady (Ruth Wilson), who is plagued by bouts of sleepwalking, discovers a dead woman in her house and Detective Colman Akande's (Daryl McCormack) investigation of a murdered priest leads him to Lorna in this series created by Joe Murtagh. [Premiered originally in the UK on BBC One on 27 Aug 2024; in the US on Paramount+ with Showtime on 19 Jan 2024 and Showtime on 21 Jan 2014]

24. Expats

Jan 26, 2024 • Rated TV-MA

The six-episode adaptation of Janice Y. K. Lee's novel The Expatriates centers on three American women living in Hong Kong - Margaret (Nicole Kidman), Hilary (Sarayu Blue), and Mercy (Ji-young Yoo) - whose lives are connected and changed after a tragedy.

1 2 3 4

Titles with fewer than 7 critic reviews are excluded.