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Miniseries you can finish, streaming now
Right now the best miniseries in the United States are Chernobyl (2019), Teach You a Lesson (2026) and Band of Brothers (2001). This is the top 30 streaming there today, ranked by how well rated each one is, how many people have rated it, and what people are watching now.
Limited series with a beginning, a middle and an end: one season and done, a weekend or a week of evenings.
Updated November 12, 2026 · streaming in the United States
1. Chernobyl2019
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 8.7
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
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HBO Max2. Teach You a Lesson2026
Series · 1 seasonAction & Adventure, Drama, Comedy★ 9.4
An inspector from the Educational Rights Protection Bureau (ERPB) who is authorized by the government to use physical intervention and unconventional methods to discipline delinquent students and reform the educational system.
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Netflix3. Band of Brothers2001
Series · 1 seasonDrama, War & Politics★ 8.6
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war.
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HBO Max4. The Queen's Gambit2020
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 8.4
In a 1950s orphanage, a young girl reveals an astonishing talent for chess and begins an unlikely journey to stardom while grappling with addiction.
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Netflix5. WandaVision2021
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama★ 8.2
Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.
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6. Over the Garden Wall2014
Series · 1 seasonMystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation★ 8.6
Two brothers, Wirt and Greg, find themselves lost in the Unknown; a strange forest adrift in time. With the help of a wise old Woodsman and a foul-tempered bluebird named Beatrice, Wirt and Greg must travel across this strange land, in…
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Prime VideoHulu7. The Penguin2024
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime★ 8.4
With the city in peril following the seawall's collapse, Oswald "Oz" Cobb seeks to fill the power vacuum left by the death of Carmine Falcone and finally give his mother Francis the life he's always promised.
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Spectrum On Demand8. VisionQuest2026
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama★ 8.6
With a bounty on his head, Vision must confront his nature and resist Ultron's influence to survive.
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Disney+9. DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story2022
Series · 1 seasonCrime, Drama★ 8.0
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
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Netflix10. I Will Find You2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery, Crime★ 8.2
Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
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Netflix11. Hawkeye2021
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Comedy, Action & Adventure★ 7.8
Former Avenger Clint Barton has a seemingly simple mission: get back to his family for Christmas. Possible? Maybe with the help of Kate Bishop, a 22-year-old archer with dreams of becoming a superhero.
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Disney+12. Veneno2020
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 8.4
Adored for her charisma and her free, explicit and fun way of expressing herself, La Veneno gained popularity thanks to her television appearances in the 90s. However, her life and especially her death remain an enigma.
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HBO Max13. Moon Knight2022
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery, Action & Adventure★ 7.6
When Steven Grant, a mild-mannered gift-shop employee, becomes plagued with blackouts and memories of another life, he discovers he has dissociative identity disorder and shares a body with mercenary Marc Spector.
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Disney+14. Death's Game2023
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.4
At the brink of going to hell, Yee-jae must cycle through twelve separate lives and twelve separate deaths in this reincarnation drama.
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Prime Video15. The WONDERfools2026
Series · 1 seasonAction & Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.7
A goofy group of townies stumbles into superpowers and fights rising evil as doomsday panic grows in this wild, turn-of-the-century action comedy.
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Netflix16. The Girlfriend2025
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery★ 7.2
Laura has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her precious son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry, a girlfriend who changes everything.
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Amazon MX Player (free)17. Agatha All Along2024
Series · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery★ 7.4
Agatha Harkness gathers a coven of witches and sets off down, down, down The Witches' Road.
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Disney+18. Agent Kim Reactivated2026
Series · 1 seasonAction & Adventure, Crime, Drama★ 8.4
When an unassuming dad's daughter goes missing, he dusts off his old black-ops skills to track her down — only to attract the wrong kind of attention.
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Netflix19. East of Eden2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 7.8
In the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations.
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Netflix20. Tear Along the Dotted Line2021
Series · 1 seasonAnimation, Comedy, Drama★ 8.4
A cartoonist in Rome with his armadillo-for-a-conscience reflects on his path in life and a would-be love as he and his friends travel outside the city.
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Netflix21. Bon Appétit, Your Majesty2025
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.6
After time traveling to the Joseon era, a talented chef meets a tyrant king. Her modern dishes captivate his palate, but royal challenges await her.
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Netflix22. Rooster Fighter2026
Series · 1 seasonAnimation, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.8
Keiji is more than just an ordinary rooster—he's humanity's greatest defender! His opponents may be ten stories tall, but nothing is bigger than his stout heart and his fearsome battle cry—Kokekokko!
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Adult Swim23. Our Sticky Love2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Comedy★ 8.7
An ambitious prosecutor loses her memory and moves in with a boxing coach who claims to be her boyfriend. Can this sticky situation turn into real love?
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Netflix24. KPop Demon Hunters Lyric Videos2025
Series · 1 seasonAnimation★ 9.2
Some of the smash film's hottest hits come to life as lyric videos in a line-up featuring "How It's Done," "Golden," "Soda Pop," "Takedown" and "Free."
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Netflix25. Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Crime★ 7.1
Trapped in a cruel Victorian-era household, Lizzie Borden kills her parents in a gory ax murder that shocks the nation.
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Netflix26. Below2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Mystery★ 7.1
When a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a small Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman and his family fight to protect their close-knit community.
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Netflix27. Fellow Travelers2023
Series · 1 seasonDrama★ 8.4
A chronicle of a decades-long volatile romance between two men — from their first meeting during the height of the 1950s Lavender Scare to the AIDS crises of the 1980s.
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fuboTV
Paramount+Spectrum On Demand28. Light Shop2024
Series · 1 seasonMystery, Drama★ 8.4
In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.
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Disney+Hulu29. My Royal Nemesis2026
Series · 1 seasonDrama, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy★ 8.7
A Joseon-era villain doomed to die opens her eyes in modern-day Seoul — where a ruthless chaebol heir may be her last chance to rewrite her fate.
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Netflix30. Cape Fear2026
Series · 1 seasonCrime, Drama★ 7.1
When convicted murderer Max Cady is released from prison, he begins infiltrating the family of the married attorneys who helped put him behind bars.
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Apple TV
Questions
- What are the best miniseries right now?
- In the United States, as of November 12, 2026: Chernobyl (2019), rated 8.7 out of 10 on TMDB, then Teach You a Lesson and Band of Brothers.
- How is this list made?
- Watchwalla asks TMDB for everything of this kind that streams in your country today, ranks it by rating (pulled toward the middle until enough people have rated a title), with a nudge for what's new and what people are watching now, and refreshes the list every day. Streaming availability comes from JustWatch, through TMDB.
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