Best TV Shows of 2021
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Best TV Shows of 2021
TOP TV Shows: Mare of Easttown (2021), Loki (2021), Time (2021), Arcane (2021), WandaVision (2021), Resident Alien (2021), Invincible (2021), The White Lotus (2021), Maid (2021), The Serpent (2021), Hawkeye (2021), Shadow and Bone (2021), The Chestnut Man (2021), Squid Game (2021), Foundation (2021), Nine Perfect Strangers (2021), Superman and Lois (2021), Behind Her Eyes (2021), Lupin (2021), Yellowjackets (2021).
List of Best TV Shows
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
Style:
suspense, captivating, deep, twisted, thrilling ...
Plot:
small town, murder investigation, small town life, homicide detective, murder mystery, female detective, murder, female police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, crime investigation, mother daughter relationship, therapist ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania
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466K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief following the events of "Avengers: Endgame".
Style:
enigmatic, surreal, spectacular, saga, psychotronic ...
Plot:
time travel, multiverse, super villain, supernatural power, good versus evil, norse mythology, fantasy world, time traveler, sorcerer, god, magician, alien ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Is relevant?
32K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
A prisoner consumed by guilt, an officer with an impossible choice. What does it take to survive? A tense story of punishment and principles, starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, crying
Plot:
prison, redemption, prison guard, prisoner, guilty conscience, jail, blackmail, suicide, mental illness, guilt, forgiveness, maximum security prison ...
Place:
england
Is relevant?
434K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.
Style:
3d animation, futuristic, adult animation, anime, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
battles, power, steampunk, fight, legend, lgbt, gang, warrior, magic, sapphic, magical, lesbian interest ...
Time:
future
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412K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
Style:
sitcom, exciting, saga, funny, epic ...
Plot:
superhero, witch, superheroine, suburbs, magic, supernatural power, supernatural, magical power, multiverse, suburban life, grief, comic book ...
Time:
1950s, 2020s, 90s, 2010s, 60s ...
Place:
new jersey, north america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, light, dark comedy ...
Plot:
alien race, extraterrestrial, alien disguised as human, human alien, alien, alien on earth, alien space craft, alien contact, ufo, fish out of water, body horror, moral dilemma ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
colorado, usa
Is relevant?
302K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Adaptation of the American Comic Book of the same name by Robert Kirkman
Style:
adult animation, captivating, tense, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
teen superhero, heroes, superhero, super villain, teenager, violence, blood, society, secret identity, courage, heroism, vengeance ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic ...
Style:
dark comedy, anthology, captivating, funny, psychological ...
Plot:
resort, satire, tropical island, vacation, social commentary, social satire, beach resort, gay lead character, exotic island, toxic relationship, female nudity, coworker ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, sicily, thailand, italy, oceania
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
TV series centering on Marvel Cinematic Universe characters Falcon and The Winter Soldier.
Style:
exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
superhero, warrior, heroes, friends, save the world, superhero team, multiverse, buddy, tough guy, violence, comic book, spy ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
118K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by the powerful New York Times best-selling memoir Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive by Stephanie Land, Maid will chronicle a single mother who turns to housekeeping to - barely - make ends meet as she battles ...
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, deep, political ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
homelessness, single mother, children, memories, life, poor family, custody, sexualized violence, sexual abuse, job, life is a bitch, domestic violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The remarkable story of how murderer Charles Sobhraj was captured. As the chief suspect in unsolved murders of young Western travellers across India, Thailand and Nepal’s ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1975 and 1976, Sobhraj had repeatedly slipped from the ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, psychological, independent film, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, tourist, private investigation, danger, murder investigation, incompetent police, police investigation, murder, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, incompetent official, criminal, medicine ...
Time:
70s
Place:
bangkok thailand, thailand, india, nepal, paris france ...
Is relevant?
241K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Clint Barton trains Kate Bishop to become a "superhero without superpowers."
Style:
anime, epic, christmas special, disturbing, funny ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
superhero, archer, archery, dog, bow and arrow, holiday, villain, mafia, mission, mentor, multiverse, heroes ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york, north america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A teenage orphan who grows up in the land of Ravka. Her entire life changes after unexpectedly harnessing a power she never knew she had to save her best friend.
Style:
unusual plot structure, disturbing, suspense, mysterious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
power, magic, black magic, supernatural, magical, fantasy world, gay, showdown, rivalry, supernatural power, conspiracy, good versus evil ...
Time:
future, middle ages, 19th century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A young woman is found brutally murdered in a Copenhagen playground. Above her hangs a small doll made of chestnuts. Adapted from the acclaimed novel.
Style:
brutal, enigmatic, tense, detective, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, murder investigation, serial murder, murderer, unsolved crime, missing person, forest, police protagonist, female detective ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
copenhagen
Is relevant?
744K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
"Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, saga, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, game of death, cruelty, prize, brutality, game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, graphic violence, violence, violent man, most dangerous game ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
Style:
futuristic, tense, captivating, realistic, novela ...
Plot:
prophecy, human clone, star wars, space travel, female nudity, empire, genetic engineering, supernatural ability, strong female lead, a vision, civilization, spacecraft ...
Time:
distant future, future
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
At a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation, nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
resort, magic mushroom, secret, drug, uncover truth, manipulation, group of strangers, secrets, social relations, self discovery, psychological manipulation, gay couple ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Follows the world's most famous super hero and comic books' most famous journalist as they deal with all the stress, pressures, and complexities that come with being working parents in today's society.
Style:
light, captivating, inspirational, entertaining, interesting
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
superhero, super powers, superman, alien superhero, flying superhero, heroes, superpower, multiverse, family relations, female journalist, couples, family life ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife.
Style:
enigmatic, twist ending, mystical, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
lucid dream, friendship, sociopath, psychopath, mental illness, twists and turns, mental disorder, soul transference, supernatural, body swapping, love affair, affair ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
156K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
Style:
exciting, psychological, suspense, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
investigation, father son relationship, revenge, heist, police, black, prisoner, father, father figure, missing person, escapades, unsolved crime ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france, europe
Is relevant?
113K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
cannibalism, near death experience, wilderness, plane crash, life is a bitch, psychological trauma, survival, airplane, lesbian, air disaster, cannibal, women ...
Time:
90s, 2020s, 20th century
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
TV show
Story:
Angsty and awkward fifteen year old Ginny Miller often feels more mature than her thirty year old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller. After years on the run, Georgia desperately wants to put down roots in picturesque New England and ...
Style:
funny, captivating, humorous, light, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
daughter, teenager, family relations, new life, mother daughter relationship, coming of age, drastic change of life, abuse, mother and daughter, self harm, neighbor, woman ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
For employees of the Deep State, conspiracies aren't just theories — they're fact. And keeping them a secret is a full-time job.
Style:
adult animation, intellectual, funny, adult cartoon, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
conspiracy, satire, artificial intelligence, secret government organization, robot, conspiracy theory, female protagonist, political satire, workplace, adult humor, alcoholic, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow Moiraine, a member of the shadowy and influential all-female organization called the “Aes Sedai” as she embarks on a dangerous, world-spanning journey with five young men and women. Moiraine believes one of them might be the reincarnation ...
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
magic, reincarnation, quest, lesbian, magician, medieval, heroes, supernatural, power, supernatural ability, wizard, master villain ...
Is relevant?
159K
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 32 min.
TV show
Story:
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode explores a pivotal moment from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and turns it on its head, leading the audience into uncharted territory.
Style:
anime, adult animation, exciting, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
multiverse, superhero, villain, twists and turns, power, female martial artist, fight, battles, agent, superheroine, strong female lead, fight scenes ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, 20th century, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
12-year-old Griffin Campbell and his family move to the small town of Sulphur Springs and take ownership of an abandoned hotel rumored to be haunted by the ghost of a girl who disappeared decades ago. Griffin befriends Harper, a bright-eyed, ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, tense, mystical, spooky
Audience:
kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
secret passageway, secret past, sent to the past, investigation, time travel, mysticism, family secret, supernatural, dark past, teenager, crime solving, little boy ...
Time:
2020s, 60s, 20th century, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1990s Berlin, an artist and a hacker invented a new way to see the world. Years later, they reunite to sue Google for patent infringement on it.
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, captivating, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
computer, investor, technology, courtroom, legal action, lawsuit, corporation, court, politics, psychology, business, entrepreneur ...
Time:
90s
Place:
berlin germany
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The head of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Butovo region, Makarov, is completely replaced by the personnel as a result of a conflict with the leadership. Instead of experienced male cops, four young students are singled out.
Style:
humorous, feel good, sitcom, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
mentor, policewoman, workplace situations, friends, friendship, workplace, partner, law enforcement, sarcasm, nothing goes right, police procedural, investigation ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
Henry Drax is a harpooner and brutish killer whose amorality has been shaped to fit the harshness of his world, who will set sail on a whaling expedition to the Arctic with Patrick Sumner, a disgraced ex-army surgeon who signs up as the ship’s ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
arctic, expedition, north pole, struggle for survival, whaling, sea, scientific expedition, psycho killer, sailor, ship, irishman, murder ...
Time:
19th century, 1850s, victorian era
Is relevant?
91K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. Look into the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA, and to the ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological, spectacular ...
Plot:
addiction, medical, sick, crime investigation, drug, crisis, health, drug addiction, lawyer, opium, investigation, corporation ...
Time:
2020s, 20th century, 80s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place:
america, virginia, usa
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