161 Best Non Animated TV And Streaming Shows Of All Time [Alphabetical]

For several decades, the major form of entertainment was TV, and massive audiences were truly loyal to the small screen. This phenomenon was so huge that TV shows even had his own "golden age", a point that starts at the end of the last millennium.

In recent years, another story was told, streaming services have been taking the hegemony and several high quality shows went premiered exclusively in those platforms, and thats the reason behind me making this list, the need to organize and recognize the most amazing shows, no matter if they were premiered on TV, just on streaming services, or even if they were cancelled or missing, cuz', al least here, they will never be forgotten.

A shot of one of the most acclaimed TV shows: "The Sopranos".

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A Gentleman In Moscow

After Life

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Ricky Gervais

Genre: Comedy, drama

Year: 2019 - 2022

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Country: United States

Creator: Alfred Hitchcock

Genre: Anthology, mystery, horror

Year: 1955 - 1961

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Country: United States

Creator: Alfred Hitchcock

Genre: Anthology, mystery, horror

Year: 1962 - 1965

Alien: Earth

Anne With An E

Country: Canada

Creator: Moira Walley-Beckett

Genre: Period drama, coming-of-age

Year: 2017 - 2019

Atlanta

Country: United States

Creator: Donald Glover

Genre: Comedy drama, satire

Year: 2016 - 2022

Baby Reindeer

Babylon Berlin

Country: Germany

Creator: Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries & Henk Handloegten

Genre: Neo-noir, period drama

Year: 2017 -

Band Of Brothers

Country: United States

Creator: Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks

Genre: War drama

Year: 2001

Barry

Country: United States

Creator: Alec Berg & Bill Hader

Genre: Black comedy, crime drama

Year: 2018 - 2023

Big Little Lies

Black Mirror

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Charlie Brooker

Genre: Speculative fiction, dystopia

Year: 2011 - 2023

Black Sails

Country: United States

Creator: Jonathan E. Steinberg & Robert Levine

Genre: Historical drama, action, adventure

Year: 2014 - 2017

Blackadder

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Richard Curtis & Rowan Atkinson

Genre: Period sitcom

Year: 1983 - 1989

Boardwalk Empire

Country: United States

Creator: Terence Winter

Genre: Period drama, crime drama

Year: 2010 - 2014

Borgen

Country: Denmark

Creator: Adam Price

Genre: Political drama

Year: 2010 - 2022

Breaking Bad

Country: United States

Creator: Vince Gilligan

Genre: Crime drama

Year: 2008 - 2013

Better Call Saul

Country: United States

Creator: Vince Gilligan & Peter Gould

Genre: Legal crime drama

Year: 2015 - 2022

Broen

Country: Sweden & Denmark

Creator: Hans Rosenfeldt

Genre: Serial crime thriller

Year: 2011 - 2018

Carnivàle

Country: United States

Creator: Daniel Knauf

Genre: Dark fantasy, period drama

Year: 2003 - 2005

Casa De Angelis

Country: Chile

Creator: Valeria Sarmiento & Miriam Heard

Genre: Period drama

Year: 2018

Chernobyl

Country: United States & United Kingdom

Creator: Craig Mazin

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 2019

Chief Of War

Connect

Country: South Korea

Creator: Takashi Miike (?)

Genre: Psychological thriller, mystery

Year: 2022

Connections

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: James Burke

Genre: Science education

Year: 1978

Cosmos: A Personal Voyage

Country: United States

Creator: Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan & Steven Soter

Genre: Science education

Year: 1980

Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey

Country: United States

Creator: Ann Druyan & Steven Soter

Genre: Science education

Year: 2014

Cosmos: Possible Worlds

Country: United States

Creator: Ann Druyan & Brannon Braga

Genre: Science education

Year: 2020

Criminal Justice

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Peter Moffat

Genre: Thriller, legal drama

Year: 2008 - 2009

Dark

Country: Germany

Creator: Baran bo Odar & Jantje Friese

Genre: Science fiction, thriller

Year: 2017 - 2020

Deadwood

Country: United States

Creator: David Milch

Genre: Western, period drama

Year: 2004 - 2006

Dekalog

Country: Poland

Creator: Krzysztof Kieślowski & Krzysztof Piesiewicz

Genre: Drama

Year: 1989

Derry Girls

Devs

Diggin' In The Carts: Japanese Video Game Music History

Dogs Of Berlin

Downton Abbey

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Julian Fellowes

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 2010 - 2015

El Eternauta

El Marginal

Country: Argentina

Creator: Sebastián Ortega & Adrián Caetano

Genre: Drama

Year: 2016 - 2022

El Reemplazante

Country: Chile

Creator: Javier Bertossi, Nimrod Amitai & Ignacio Arnold

Genre: Drama

Year: 2012 - 2014

Euphoria

Country: United States

Creator: Sam Levinson

Genre: Teen drama

Year: 2019 - 2022

Extras

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant

Genre: British Sitcom

Year: 2005 - 2007

Fallout

Fargo

Country: United States

Creator: Noah Hawley

Genre: Black comedy, crime drama

Year: 2014 - 2020

Father Ted

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Graham Linehan & Arthur Mathews

Genre: Sitcom

Year: 1995 - 1998

Fawlty Towers

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: John Cleese & Connie Booth

Genre: Sitcom

Year: 1975 - 1979

Firefly

Fleabag

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Genre: Black comedy, comedy drama

Year: 2016 - 2019

Forbrydelsen

Country: Denmark

Creator: Søren Sveistrup

Genre: Crime drama, psychological thriller

Year: 2007 - 2012

Game Of Thrones

Country: United States

Creator: David Benioff & D. B. Weiss

Genre: Fantasy drama

Year: 2011 - 2019

House Of The Dragon

Country: United States

Creator: Ryan Condal & George R. R. Martin

Genre: Fantasy drama

Year: 2022 -

A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms

Good Omens

Hannibal

Country: United States

Creator: Bryan Fuller

Genre: Psychological horror-thriller

Year: 2013 -2015

Happy Valley

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Sally Wainwright

Genre: Crime drama

Year: 2014 -2023

Helga Y Flora

Country: Chile

Creator: Omar Saavedra Santis

Genre: Police procedural, mystery

Year: 2020

House Of Cards (UK)

Country: United Kingdom

Creator:

Genre: Political thriller

Year: 1990

House Of Cards (US)

Country: United States

Creator: Beau Willimon

Genre: Political thriller

Year: 2013 - 2018

How Art Made The World

Country: United Kingdom

Creator:

Genre: Documentary

Year: 2005

I, Claudius

Country: United Kingdom

Creator:

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 1976

Jane Eyre

Jazz

Country: United States

Creator: Ken Burns

Genre: Documentary

Year: 2001

Kafka

Kingdom

Country: South Korea

Creator: Kim Eun-hee

Genre: Historical drama, horror, thriller

Year: 2019 - 2021

La Recta Provincia

Country: Chile

Creator: Raúl Ruiz

Genre: Drama, fantasy

Year: 2007

La Vida Simplemente

Country: Chile

Creator:

Genre: Drama

Year: 2019

Little Britain

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: David Walliams & Matt Lucas

Genre: Sketch comedy

Year: 2003

Love/Hate

Country: Ireland

Creator: Stuart Carolan

Genre: Crime drama, gangster

Year: 2010 - 2014

M*A*S*H

Country: United States

Creator: Larry Gelbart

Genre: War comedy, medical drama

Year: 1972 -1983

Mad Men

Country: United States

Creator: Matthew Weiner

Genre: Period drama

Year: 2007 -2015

Malcolm In The Middle

Country: United States

Creator: Linwood Boomer

Genre: Sitcom

Year: 2000 -2006

Marco Polo

Country: United States & Italy

Creator:

Genre: Drama, history

Year: 1982

Masters Of Horror

Country: United States & Canada

Creator: Mick Garris

Genre: Horror, thriller

Year: 2005 -2006

Midnight Dinner: Tokyo Stories

Country: Japan

Creator:

Genre: Comedy, slice of life

Year: 2016 -2019

Mindhunter

Country: United States

Creator: Joe Penhall

Genre: Crime drama, psychological thriller

Year: 2017 -2019

Monster

Monthy Python's Flying Circus

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin & Terry Gilliam

Genre: Sketch comedy

Year: 1969 -1974

Mr. Robot

Country: United States

Creator: Sam Esmail

Genre: Drama, techno-thriller

Year: 2015 -2019

Murderbot

Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet

Country: United States

Creator: Charlie Day, Megan Ganz & Rob McElhenney

Genre: Comedy

Year: 2020 -

Olive Kitteridge

Country: United States

Creator:

Genre: Drama, tragedy

Year: 2014

Ozark

Country: United States

Creator: Bill Dubuque & Mark Williams

Genre: Crime drama, thriller

Year: 2017 - 2022

Parks And Recreation

Patrick Melrose

Country: United Kingdom & United States

Creator:

Genre: Drama

Year: 2018

Peaky Blinders

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Steven Knight

Genre: Period crime drama

Year: 2013 - 2022

Peep Show

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Andrew O'Connor, Jesse Armstrong & Sam Bain

Genre: Sitcom, black comedy

Year: 2003 - 2015

Peter Gunn

Planet Earth

Country: United Kingdom

Creator:

Genre: Nature documentary

Year: 2006

Planet Earth II

Country: United Kingdom

Creator:

Genre: Nature documentary

Year: 2016

Pluribus

Poker Face

Country: United States

Creator: Rian Johnson

Genre: Crime drama, comedy

Year: 2023

Rake

Country: Australia

Creator: Peter Duncan, Richard Roxburgh & Charles Waterstreet

Genre: Comedy drama

Year: 2010 - 2018

Riget

Country: Denmark

Creator: Lars von Trier & Tómas Gislason

Genre: Absurdist supernatural horror

Year: 1994 - 2002

Rome

Country: Italy, United Kingdom & United States

Creator: John Milius, William J. MacDonald & Bruno Heller

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 2005 - 2007

Roots

Country: United States

Creator: Alex Haley

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 1977

Russian Doll

Schitt's Creek

Country: Canada

Creator: Eugene Levy & Daniel Levy

Genre: Sitcom, satire

Year: 2015 - 2020

Seinfield

Country: United States

Creator: Larry David & Jerry Seinfeld

Genre: Sitcom, black comedy

Year: 1989 - 1998

Severance

Shaka Zulu

Sherlock

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Mark Gatiss & Steven Moffat

Genre: Mystery crime drama

Year: 2010 - 2017

Silo

Shōgun

Country: United States

Creator:

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 1980

Silicon Valley

Country: United States

Creator: Mike Judge, John Altschuler & Dave Krinsky

Genre: Comedy

Year: 2014 - 2019

Six Feet Under

Country: United States

Creator: Allan Ball

Genre: Black comedy, tragicomedy

Year: 2001 - 2005

Small Axe

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Steve McQueen

Genre: Drama

Year: 2020

Spartacus

Country: United States, New Zealand & Australia

Creator: Steven S. DeKnight

Genre: Historical drama, sword-and-sandal

Year: 2010 - 2013

Stargate SG-1

Country: Canada & United States

Creator: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

Genre: Action, adventure, science fiction

Year: 1997 - 2007

Stranger Things

Country: United States

Creator: The Duffer Brothers

Genre: Science fiction, mystery, horror, drama

Year: 2016 -

Succession

Country: United States

Creator: Jesse Armstrong

Genre: Comedy drama

Year: 2018 - 2023

Summer Heights High

Country: Australia

Creator: Chris Lilley

Genre: Mockumentary, sitcom

Year: 2007

Sweet Tooth

Ted Lasso

The Addams Family

The Art Of Joy

The Bear

The Beatles: Get Back

The Borgias

Country: Canada, Ireland & Hungary

Creator: Neil Jordan

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 2011 - 2013

The Boys

The Bureau

Country: France

Creator: Éric Rochant

Genre: Spy fiction, drama

Year: 2015 - 2020

The Crown

Country: United Kingdom & United States

Creator: Peter Morgan

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 2016 -

The Diplomat

The Expanse

Country: United States

Creator: Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby

Genre: Science fiction, drama

Year: 2015 - 2022

The Gentlemen

The Handmaid's Tale

Country: United States

Creator: Bruce Miller

Genre: Tragedy, dystopia

Year: 2017 -

The Haunting Of Hill House

The IT Crowd

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Graham Linehan

Genre: Sitcom

Year: 2006 - 2013

The Knick

Country: United States

Creator: Jack Amiel & Michael Begler

Genre: Period drama, medical drama

Year: 2014 - 2015

The Last Of Us

Country: United States

Creator: Craig Mazin & Neil Druckmann

Genre: Post-apocalyptic, drama, thriller

Year: 2023 -

The Leftovers

The Lowdown

Country: United States

Creator: Sterlin Harjo

Genre: Mystery-comedy, neo-noir

Year: 2025 -

Status: Ongoing

The Mandalorian

Country: United States

Creator: Jon Favreau

Genre: Action-adventure, space western

Year: 2019 -

Status: Ongoing

The Book Of Bobba Fett

Andor

Ahsoka

The Munsters

The Naked Director

The Office (UK)

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant

Genre: Mockumentary, sitcom

Year: 2001 - 2003

Stratus: Ended

The Office (US)

Country: United States

Creator: Greg Daniels

Genre: Mockumentary, sitcom

Year: 2005 - 2013

Status: Ended

The Orville

Country: United States

Creator: Seth MacFarlane

Genre: Sci-fi, comedy

Year: 2017 -

Status: Ongoing

The Penguin

The Pillars Of Earth

The Pitt

The Queen's Gambit

Country: United States

Creator: Scott Frank, Allan Scott

Genre: Coming-of-age, period drama

Year: 2020

The Ray Bradbury Theater

The Red Riding Trilogy: 74, 80, 83

The Sandman

Country: United States

Creator: Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer & Allan Heinberg

Genre: Fantasy drama, supernatural horror

Year: 2022 -

The Sopranos

Country: United States

Creator: David Chase

Genre: Crime drama

Year: 1999 - 2007

The Story Of Film: An Odyssey

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Mark Cousins

Genre: Documentary

Year: 2011

The Strain

The Studio

The Terror

Country: United States

Creator: David Kajganich, Max Borenstein & Alexander Woo

Genre: Drama, supernatural horror, psychological thriller

Year: 2018 - 2019

The Twilight Zone

Country: United States

Creator: Rod Serling

Genre: Horror, science-fiction

Year: 1954 - 1969

The Wire

Country: United States

Creator: David Simon

Genre: Crime, serial drama

Year: 2002 - 2008

The X-Files

The Young Pope

Country: Italy, France, Spain

Creator: Paolo Sorrentino

Genre: Drama

Year: 2016

The New Pope

Country: Italy, France, Spain

Creator: Paolo Sorrentino

Genre: Drama

Year: 2020

Through The Wormhole

Country: United States

Creator:

Genre: Science documentary

Year: 2010 - 2017

Too Old To Die Young

Country: United States

Creator: Nicolas Winding Refn & Ed Brubaker

Genre: Neo-noir, neo-western, surrealism

Year: 2019

Top Of The Lake

True Detective

Country: United States

Creator: Nic Pizzolatto

Genre: Crime drama, mystery, neo-noir

Year: 2014 -

Twin Peaks

Country: United States

Creator: Mark Frost & David Lynch

Genre: Serial drama, surrealism, mystery

Year: 1990 - 2017

Unorthodox

Country: Germany

Creator: Maria Schrader

Genre: Drama

Year: 2020

Upstairs, Downstairs

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Jean Marsh, Eileen Atkins, John Hawkesworth & John Whitney

Genre: Drama

Year: 1971 - 1975

Utopia (UK)

Country: United Kingdom

Creator: Dennis Kelly

Genre: Thriller drama

Year: 2013 - 2014

Vikings

Country: Canada & Ireland

Creator: Michael Hirst

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 2013 - 2020

Vikings: Valhalla

Country: Canada, Ireland & United States

Creator: Jeb Stuart

Genre: Historical drama

Year: 2013 - 2020

Vinyl

Country: United States

Creator: Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger, Rich Cohen, and Terence Winter

Genre: Period drama

Year: 2016

Status: Canceled

Wentworth

Country: Australia

Creator: Lara Radulovich, David Hannam & Reg Watson

Genre: Drama

Year: 2013 - 2021

Westworld

Country: United States

Creator: Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy

Genre: Dystopian, science fiction, western

Year: 2016 - 2022

Status: Canceled

What We Do In The Shadows

Country: United States

Creator: Jemaine Clement

Genre: Mockumentary, comedy, fantasy

Year: 2019 -

Wormwood

Country: United States

Creator: Erroll Morris

Genre: Docudrama, psychological drama

Year: 2017

Years And Years

Country: United Kingdom & United States

Creator: Russell T. Davies

Genre: Drama, dystopian fiction, political thriller

Year: 2019