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People who added this item 2867 Average listal rating (1969 ratings) 8.8 IMDB Rating 9.5
(2008-)
Informed he has terminal cancer, an underachieving chemistry genius turned high school chemistry teacher turns to using his expertise in chemistry to provide a legacy for his family... by producing the world's highest quality crystal meth.


People who added this item 707 Average listal rating (428 ratings) 8.7 IMDB Rating 9.4
(2006)
People who added this item 1635 Average listal rating (1063 ratings) 8.6 IMDB Rating 9.4
(2001)-miniseries
The story of Easy Company of the US Army 101st Airborne division and their mission in WWII Europe from Operation Overlord through V-J Day.
People who added this item 1180 Average listal rating (671 ratings) 8.7 IMDB Rating 9.3
(2002-2008)
Baltimore drug scene, seen through the eyes of drug dealers, and law enforcement.
People who added this item 1558 Average listal rating (1110 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 9.3
(2005-2008)
In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar.
People who added this item 3453 Average listal rating (2324 ratings) 8.7 IMDB Rating 9.2
(2011-)
Kings, queens, knights and renegades use schemes and swords to battle for the throne.
People who added this item 1904 Average listal rating (1237 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 9.2
The Sopranos (1999)
(1999-2007)
Modern day morality tale about New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano, as he deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life.
People who added this item 1019 Average listal rating (713 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 9.1
(1959-1964)
Rod Serling's seminal anthology series focused on ordinary folks who suddenly found themselves in extraordinary, usually supernatural, situations. The stories would typically end with an ironic twist that would see the guilty punished.
People who added this item 2112 Average listal rating (1445 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 9.1
Sherlock (2010)
(2010-)
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
People who added this item 320 Average listal rating (141 ratings) 8.9 IMDB Rating 9
The Decalogue (2010)
(1989)-miniseries
Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.
People who added this item 1478 Average listal rating (1102 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 9
(1992-1995)
The Dark Knight battles crime in Gotham City with occasional help from Robin and Batgirl.


People who added this item 2003 Average listal rating (1419 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 9
Death Note (2006)
(2006-2007)
Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues...
People who added this item 2678 Average listal rating (1972 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 9
The Office (2005)
(2005-)
A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium. Based on the hit BBC series.
People who added this item 1870 Average listal rating (1246 ratings) 8.5 IMDB Rating 9
(2002-2003)
Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small, spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
People who added this item 515 Average listal rating (347 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8.9
The West Wing (1999)
(1999-2006)
Inside the lives of staffers in the west wing of the White House.
People who added this item 5595 Average listal rating (4279 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.9
Friends (1994)
(1994-2004)
The lives, loves, and laughs of six young friends living in Manhattan.
People who added this item 241 Average listal rating (185 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.9
(1981-2003)
Classic comedy following the misadventures of two Wheeler Dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.
People who added this item 727 Average listal rating (475 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.9
(1995)-miniseries
Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart.
People who added this item 2557 Average listal rating (2036 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 8.9
(1990-1998)
The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York friends.
People who added this item 1300 Average listal rating (888 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.9
Cowboy Bebop (1998)
(1998)
The futuristic adventures of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.
People who added this item 714 Average listal rating (465 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 8.8
(2000-)
He's got it all: a loving wife, good friends, a successful career, a great home..what could possibly go wrong for Larry David? Seinfeld co-creator Larry David stars as himself in this hilarious, off-kilter comedy series that presents an unflinching, self-depreciating depiction of his life.
People who added this item 1077 Average listal rating (665 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.8
(1999-2000)
A television show about two unique groups of teenagers dealing with life in high school during the 80's.
People who added this item 1809 Average listal rating (1207 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.8
Twin Peaks (1990)
(1990-1991)
An idiosyncratic FBI Agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.
People who added this item 823 Average listal rating (610 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.8
Fawlty Towers (1975)
(1975-1979)
Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
(1989-2003)
Earth's defender Goku learns that he is from another planet. Now Goku and his allies must defend the planet from an onslaught of new extraterrestrial enemies.
People who added this item 1138 Average listal rating (802 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.8
(1969-1974)
The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
(2005-)
Four young friends with big egos and slightly arrogant attitudes are the proprietors of an Irish bar in Philadelphia.
People who added this item 508 Average listal rating (342 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.8
(1989-)
In this final series, Blackadder is a World War I army captain trying to survive at the front lines at the Western Front.
People who added this item 497 Average listal rating (369 ratings) 7.5 IMDB Rating 8.8
(2003-2006)
Comedian Dave Chappelle hosts this sketch-comedy show that parodies many of the nuances of race and culture.
(2003-2006)
Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.

People who added this item 323 Average listal rating (239 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.7
Father Ted (1995)
(1995-1998)
Crazy sitcom about 3 priests and their housekeeper who live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland it seems!
People who added this item 1640 Average listal rating (1104 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.7
(2004-2009)
After losing the war against the Cylon robots, the Battlestar Galactica crew speed toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth. Galactica Commander Adama and President Laura Roslin face waning supplies, crushed morale, ... and the credible threat Cylons aboard the ship.
People who added this item 6046 Average listal rating (4753 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.7
(1989-)
The Simpsons is an animated Sitcom about the antics of a dysfunctional family called the simpsons (surprise surprise). Homer is the oafish unhealthy beer loving father, Marge is the hardworking homemaker wife, Bart is the ten year old underachiever (and proud of it), Lisa is the unappreciated eight year old genius, and Maggie is the cute, pacifier loving silent infant.
People who added this item 584 Average listal rating (397 ratings) 7.7 IMDB Rating 8.7
The Shield (2002)
(2002-2008)
The Shield is an American television drama series which aired on FX Networks in the United States and other networks internationally. Known for its controversial portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as "Rampart" in reference to the true life Rampart Division police scandal, which the show's Strike Team was loosely based upon. The first season gained the most Emmy nominations for a basic cable drama.
People who added this item 4626 Average listal rating (3457 ratings) 8 IMDB Rating 8.7
(2004-)
An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits.
People who added this item 917 Average listal rating (572 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.7
Oz (1997)
(1997-2003)
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.


People who added this item 664 Average listal rating (410 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.7
(2010-)
Beginning in the years leading up to World War I, the drama centers on the Crawley family and their servants.
People who added this item 4282 Average listal rating (3445 ratings) 7.4 IMDB Rating 8.7
South Park (1997)
(1997-)
Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
People who added this item 208 Average listal rating (149 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.7
Top Gear (2002)
(2002-)
Jeremy, Richard and James talk about everything car-related. From new cars to how they're fueled, this show has it all.
People who added this item 1795 Average listal rating (1158 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.7
(2001-2005)
A drama series that takes a darkly comical look at members of a dysfunctional California family that runs an independent funeral home.
People who added this item 1283 Average listal rating (750 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.7
Rome (2005)
(2005-2007)
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
People who added this item 798 Average listal rating (585 ratings) 7.2 IMDB Rating 8.6
(2001-2006)
Seven of the most formidable heroes form arguably the most powerful team ever.
People who added this item 430 Average listal rating (259 ratings) 8.3 IMDB Rating 8.6
Justified (2010)
(2010-)
Old-school U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal-mining towns in Eastern Kentucky.
People who added this item 350 Average listal rating (242 ratings) 7.9 IMDB Rating 8.6
Poirot (1989)
(1989-)
The cases of an eccentrically refined Belgian detective.
People who added this item 514 Average listal rating (309 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.6
Spaced (1999)
(1999-2001)
Friends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford.
People who added this item 2166 Average listal rating (1419 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.6
(2005-)
The further adventures of the time traveling alien adventurer and his companions.
People who added this item 170 Average listal rating (118 ratings) 7.6 IMDB Rating 8.6
(2001-2008)
Two petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park.
People who added this item 776 Average listal rating (501 ratings) 8.1 IMDB Rating 8.6
(2009-)
The absurd antics of an Indiana town's public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.
People who added this item 906 Average listal rating (532 ratings) 8.2 IMDB Rating 8.6
(2008-)
A man in his early 30s struggles to find a balance in his life between being a new dad and his involvement in a motorcycle club.
People who added this item 305 Average listal rating (193 ratings) 7.8 IMDB Rating 8.6
Peep Show (2003)
(2003-)
Mark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem ensues as the pair strive to cope with day-to-day life.
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