From Dopesick to Chernobyl, these 10 TV shows are based on true stories to varying degrees of accuracy and are the best on IMDb.
When you think about visual media based on true stories, chances are you likely think about movies. However, over the course of television's history, it has proved to be every bit as strong a means to tell dramatized versions of true events, with different and powerful ways of conveying interesting themes and stories.
One of the best miniseries of the 2020s thus far, The Offer is endlessly charming and engaging even for those who haven't seen The Godfather. On IMDb, reviewers commend how the miniseries condensed so much interesting material into a consistently fascinating show.Created by Joe Penhall and run by David Fincher, Mindhunteris a masterful psychological thriller series about two FBI agents investigating the psychology behind murder during the 1970s to broaden the realm of criminal science.
Starring actors of the magnitude of Derek Jacobi and John Hurt, I, Claudius is a brilliant interpretation of history full of riveting melodrama, tragedy, wit, and twists. It's marvelously crafted, but its main power comes from the pristine performances and the engaging story.Narcos has one of the best pilot episodes in crime television history, and it only gets better from there.
What makes the story of the miniseries all the more outraging is the fact that it truly happened. Drawing parallelisms to modern times and diving deep into the lives and personalities of the Harlem Five, the show is impeccably made on a technical level and absolutely flooring in every other sense.