Psychological television series

1.

The Sopranos

American television series 1999–2007

Overview: The Sopranos is an American crime drama television series created by David Chase. The series revolves around Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini), a New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster who struggles to ...

Release date: 10 January 1999

Director: Timothy Van Patten, John Patterson

Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Steven Van Zandt, Robert Iler, Tony Sirico

Producer: Martin Bruestle, David Chase

Writer: David Chase, Terence Winter

New Jersey mob boss, Tony Soprano, deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life.

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Existentialist television series 6T

Television series by Home Box Office 10T

Works about the American Mafia 21T

2.

Bates Motel

American drama thriller television series

Overview: Bates Motel is an American psychological horror drama television series based on characters from the 1959 novel Psycho by Robert Bloch that aired from March 18, 2013, to April 24, 2017. It was developed ...

Director: Tucker Gates, Ed Bianchi

Cast: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell, Kenny Johnson

Producer: Cory Bird, Carlton Cuse

Writer: Robert Bloch, Anthony Cipriano

A contemporary prequel to Psycho, giving a portrayal of how Norman Bates' psyche unravels through his teenage years, and how deeply intricate his ...

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Child abuse in television 8T

Works set in motels 2T

Live action television shows based on films 287T

3.

Necessary Roughness

American drama television series

Overview: Necessary Roughness is an American drama television series starring Callie Thorne and Scott Cohen that aired from June 29, 2011 to August 21, 2013. The second season premiered on June 6, 2012. The one-hour ...

Genre: Drama

Director: Kevin Dowling, John Fortenberry

Cast: Callie Thorne, Scott Cohen, Mehcad Brooks, Marc Blucas, Hannah Marks, Patrick Johnson

Producer: Donna Dannenfelser, Kevin Dowling

Writer: Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro

A Long Island psychotherapist's personal life unravels when she finds her husband cheating. Diving fully into her work...

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Television series by Universal Content Productions 70T

2010s American drama television series 834T

English-language television shows 16,878T

4.

Lie to Me

American crime drama television series

Overview: Lie to Me (stylized as Lie to me*) is an American crime drama television series created by Samuel Baum that aired on Fox from January 21, 2009, to January 31, 2011. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) ...

Release date: 21 January 2009

Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Daniel Sackheim, Michael Zinberg

Cast: Tim Roth, Kelli Williams, Brendan Hines, Monica Raymund, Hayley McFarland, Mekhi Phifer

Producer: Brian Grazer, Vahan Moosekian

Writer: Samuel Baum, Rasheed Newson

About Cal Lightman, the world's leading deception expert who studies facial expressions and involuntary body language to expose the truth behind the ...

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Television series by Imagine Entertainment 47T

American police procedural television series 45T

2010s American crime drama television series 233T

5.

The Affair

American television drama series

Overview: The Affair is an American drama television series created by Sarah Treem and Hagai Levi. The series premiered on Showtime on October 12, 2014. It ran for five seasons, concluding with its final episode ...

Genre: Drama

Director: Jeffrey Reiner, John Dahl

Cast: Dominic West, Maura Tierney, Julia Goldani Telles, Jadon Sand, Joshua Jackson, Ruth Wilson

Producer: Sarah Treem, Hagai Levi

Writer: Hagai Levi, Sarah Treem

A struggling novelist and a young waitress strike up an extramarital relationship that promises to forever change the course of their lives.

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2019 American television series endings 296T

2010s American drama television series 826T

Television series shot in Los Angeles 185T

6.

Perception

US crime drama television series

Overview: Perception is an American crime drama television series created by Kenneth Biller and Mike Sussman. The series stars Eric McCormack as Daniel Pierce, a neuropsychiatrist with schizophrenia who assists ...

Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Director: Christopher Misiano, Kenneth Biller

Cast: Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith, LeVar Burton, Scott Wolf

Producer: Mike Sussman, Amanda Green

Writer: Kenneth Biller, Mike Sussman

Dr. Daniel Pierce is an eccentric neuropsychiatrist who uses his unique outlook to help the federal government solve complex criminal cases.

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2010s American police procedural television series 82T

2010s American crime drama television series 235T

2010s American crime television series 190T

7.

Euphoria

American teen drama television series

Overview: Euphoria is an American teen drama television series created and principally written by Sam Levinson for HBO. It is based on the Israeli miniseries of the same name created by Ron Leshem and Daphna Levin ...

Director: Sam Levinson, Pippa Bianco

Cast: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Angus Cloud, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow, Alexa Demie

Producer: Harrison Kreiss, Sam Levinson

Writer: Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin

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Euphoria (TV series) 6T

Television series by A24 13T

Obscenity controversies in television 63T

8.

BoJack Horseman

American animated sitcom

Overview: BoJack Horseman is an American adult animated comedy-drama television series created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg. It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul ...

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Director: Amy Winfrey, JC Gonzalez

Cast: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Aaron Paul, Paul F. Tompkins, Adam Conover

Producer: Will Arnett, Rafael Bob-Waksberg

Writer: Rafael Bob-Waksberg, Alison Tafel

BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around" in the 90's, now he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining ...

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American adult animated drama television series 20T

Animated adult television sitcoms 11T

English-language Netflix original programming 334T

9.

Yellowjackets

American drama television series

Overview: Yellowjackets is an American thriller drama television series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. The story follows a group of teenagers involved in a 1996 plane crash, and follows the consequences ...

Director: Eva Sørhaug, Daisy von Scherler Mayer

Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty

Producer: Jonathan Lisco, Ashley Lyle

Writer: Ashley Lyle, Bart Nickerson

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American television series about teenagers 592T

Television shows affected by the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike 85T

Television shows filmed in Burnaby 30T

10.

Mindhunter

American crime thriller television series

Overview: Mindhunter is an American psychological crime thriller television series created by Joe Penhall, based on the 1995 true-crime book Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas ...

Director: David Fincher, Andrew Dominik

Cast: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Stacey Roca, Hannah Gross, Anna Torv, Sonny Valicenti

Producer: William Doyle, Jennifer Orme Erwin

Writer: Joe Penhall, John Douglas

In the late 1970s two FBI agents expand criminal science by delving into the psychology of murder and getting uneasily close to all-too-real monsters.

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Television shows based on non-fiction books 26T

Television shows filmed in Pittsburgh 10T

Television shows filmed in Pennsylvania 9T

11.

Barry

American television comedy series

Overview: Barry is an American black comedy crime drama television series created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader that premiered on HBO on March 25, 2018, and concluded on May 28, 2023, after four seasons and 32 ep ...

Director: Bill Hader, Alec Berg

Cast: Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan, Henry Winkler, D'Arcy Carden

Producer: Alec Berg, Bill Hader

Writer: Alec Berg, Bill Hader

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American English-language television shows 9,831T

Barry (TV series) 1T

2023 American television series endings 264T

12.

The Kingdom

Danish television series

Overview: Riget (English title: The Kingdom) is a Danish absurdist supernatural horror miniseries trilogy created by Lars von Trier and Tómas Gislason. Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet ...

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Horror, Fantasy, Comedy

Director: Lars von Trier, Morten Arnfred

Cast: Søren Pilmark, Ghita Nørby, Birgitte Raaberg, Peter Mygind, Udo Kier, Laura Christensen

Producer: Svend Abrahamsen, Mark Denessen

Writer: Tómas Gislason, Niels Vørsel

The Kingdom is the most technologically advanced hospital in Denmark, a gleaming bastion of medical science...

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Works by Lars von Trier 6T

Danish-language television shows 69T

Healthcare in Denmark 3T

13.

Brilliant Minds

Television series

Overview: Brilliant Minds is an American medical drama television series created and written by Michael Grassi for NBC that is inspired by the Oliver Sacks books The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and An An ...

Director: DeMane Davis, Lee Toland Krieger

Cast: Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II

Producer: Melissa Aouate, Henrik Bastin

Writer: Alex Berger, Aisha Bhoori

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2020s American medical drama television series 13T

American English-language television shows 10,134T

NBC television dramas 587T

14.

The Irrational

American drama TV series (2023–)

Overview: The Irrational is an American crime drama television series created by Arika Mittman. It is loosely based on the life of Dan Ariely, a behavioral economist and professor at Duke University, and his 2008 ...

Director: Jesse Warn, Ernest R. Dickerson

Cast: Jesse L. Martin, Molly Kunz, Arash DeMaxi, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Karen David

Producer: Samuel Baum, David Frankel

Writer: Dan Ariely, Arika Lisanne Mittman

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NBC crime dramas 14T

American English-language television shows 10,181T

NBC television dramas 587T

15.

The Bear

2022 American comedy-drama television series

Overview: The Bear is an American psychological comedy-drama television series created by Christopher Storer for FX on Hulu. Jeremy Allen White stars as Carmy Berzatto, an award-winning chef who returns to his ...

Director: Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo

Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce, Abby Elliott

Producer: Tyson Bidner, Joanna Calo

Writer: Christopher Storer, Catherine Schetina

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The Bear (TV series) 5T

American English-language television shows 10,181T

Television series about grief 16T

16.

Undone

American animated television series

Overview: Undone is an American adult animated psychological comedy drama television series created by Kate Purdy and Raphael Bob-Waksberg with Rosa Salazar in the starring role. It premiered on September 13, 2019 ...

Director: Hisko Hulsing

Cast: Rosa Salazar, Angelique Cabral, Constance Marie, Siddharth Dhananjay, Daveed Diggs, Bob Odenkirk

Producer: Elijah Aron, Rafael Bob-Waksberg

Writer: Rafael Bob-Waksberg, Lauren Otero

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Animated television series by Amazon Studios 18T

American adult animated drama television series 21T

American adult animated comedy television series 225T

17.

Saint X

American TV series

Overview: Saint X is an American psychological drama television series developed by Leila Gerstein, based on the novel of the same name by Alexis Schaitkin. The series premiered on Hulu on April 26, 2023.

Director: Darren Grant, Patricia Riggen

Cast: Alycia Debnam-Carey, Josh Bonzie, Madelaine West Duchovny, Jayden Jean Paul-Denis, Betsy Brandt, Bre Francis

Producer: Jeff Augustin, Kathleen DeRose

Writer: Cynthia Adarkwa, Leila Gerstein

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2023 American television series debuts 267T

Television shows filmed in the Dominican Republic 42T

2020s American drama television series 365T

18.

Arcane

2021 animated fantasy series

Overview: Arcane (titled onscreen as Arcane: League of Legends) is an adult animated steampunk action-adventure television series created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. It was produced by the French animation ...

Director: Pascal Charrue, Arnaud Delord

Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Kevin Alejandro, Jason Spisak, Harry Lloyd, Toks Olagundoye, JB Blanc

Producer: Mollie Bickley, Melinda Rediger

Writer: Mollie Bickley, Ash Brannon

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Animated television series by Netflix 53T

2021 American television series debuts 185T

2020s French animated television series 13T

19.

Criminal

Netflix police procedural anthology series

Overview: Criminal is a series of four Netflix police procedural anthology TV series set in four countries. The four series are Criminal: France, Criminal: Germany, Criminal: Spain, and Criminal: UK. The series ...

Director: Jim Field Smith

Producer: José Luis Escolar, Jim Field Smith

Writer: George Kay

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English-language Netflix original programming 418T

2019 French television series debuts 17T

2010s anthology television series 8T

20.

The Cry

2018 drama series

Overview: The Cry is a 2018 mystery psychological drama television series written by Jacquelin Perske and adapted from the 2013 novel of the same name by Helen FitzGerald, which was broadcast on the ABC in Australia ...