10 cult TV series that you want to watch endlessly - Lifehacker
Recreation Cinema Club / / December 31, 2020
1. Friends
Friends
- USA, 1994 - 2004.
- Comedy.
- Duration: 10 seasons.
- IMDb: 8.9.
An amazing series, which is equally funny to watch the first time, and the fifth, and even the hundredth. Ross, Monica, Rachel, Joey, Chandler and Phoebe are six friends who live in New York, constantly spend time together and find themselves in crazy, but very life situations. The main characters are different both in character and outlook, while they are very real: you can easily recognize yourself or your friends in them. It is for this vitality that the fans love the sitcom so much.
Since 2004, fans of the series have dreamed of a sequel: rumors of a restart, a new season or a movie were constantly circulating, even a fan trailer appearedFRIENDS (2020) Movie Teaser Trailer Concept . And finally, the news about the reunion of "Friends" was true. In the winter, HBO announced the filming of a special edition of the sitcom, in which all the main characters will meet again. The episode was supposed to be released in May, but due to the pandemic it hasn't even been filmed yet. When we see the new "Friends", it is not yet clear, we can only wait and watch our favorite episodes.
2. How I Met your mother
How I Met Your Mother
- USA, 2005 - 2014.
- Comedy.
- Duration: 9 seasons.
- IMDb: 8.3.
This sitcom can be summed up in one word: Legend… wait, wait… Darno! The main character, Ted Mosby, is an architect and a hopeless romantic who has long been looking for his one and only. And I found it. How it happened, Ted tells his children - this is the plot of the series. The story begins from afar and includes a lot of funny situations in which the main character found himself with friends: Lily, Marshall, Barney and Robin. Funny, ridiculous and crazy adventures have accumulated for as many as nine seasons.
3. True detective
True detective
- United States, 2014 - present.
- Detective, drama, crime.
- Duration: 3 seasons.
- IMDb: 9.0.
"True Detective" is an anthology series. Gloomy, intriguing, stylish.
Each season is dedicated to one crime and the detectives who investigate it. In the first, two Louisiana police officers are trying to find the culprit behind the brutal murder of a woman. In the second, an interagency team from California uncovers the death of an official. In the third, police officers from Arkansas are looking for a missing girl.
The seasons of the series are united by theme, as well as complex plot structure with many leaps in time and dark philosophy.
4. Twin Peaks
Twin peaks
- USA, 1990 - 2017.
- Thriller, drama, crime.
- Duration: 3 seasons.
- IMDb: 8.8.
A young FBI agent Dale Cooper arrives in the small American town of Twin Peaks. There he will have to solve the murder of the young and beautiful Laura Palmer. Determining the identity of the offender will be a daunting task.
The author of the series "Twin Peaks" is the legendary American director and master of surrealism David Lynch. Therefore, it is not surprising that the plot unfolds in a wonderful and strange way, and in each episode there are a dozen (or maybe two) riddles and questions. To understand what's what, the series can and should be watched several times.
5. Gravity Falls
Gravity falls
- USA, 2012 - 2016.
- Cartoon, comedy, adventure, detective.
- Duration: 2 seasons.
- IMDb: 8.9.
The only animated series in our collection tells about the adventures of 12-year-old twins Dipper and Mabel in a town called Gravity Falls. The main characters came there to spend their summer holidays with Stan's great-uncle. At first, Gravity Falls seems to the twins to be a quiet and dull place. But everything changes when Dipper finds a mysterious diary in the forest, which tells about the anomalies happening in the town and its surroundings.
This tube series is a great option for a cozy evening alone, with friends or family.
6. Wiretapping
The wire
- USA, 2002 - 2008.
- Thriller, drama, crime.
- Duration: 5 seasons.
- IMDb: 9.3.
A group of police officers from Baltimore are trying to bring a drug trafficking case to court. Members of the local mafia are guilty of the crime. To solve the case, detectives use wiretapping and covert video filming. In the process, they face corruption and political games.
The main beauty of this series is its believability. There is a realistic atmosphere, lively dialogues, and even real public figures of Baltimore and Maryland. This is largely due to the creator and main writer of the show, David Simon, a former journalist for the Baltimore crime chronicle.
7. Vice President
Veep
- USA, 2012 - 2019.
- Comedy.
- Duration: 7 seasons.
- IMDb: 8.3.
Provocative and funny satire about Senator Celina Meyer, who becomes the Vice President of the United States. The work is, in principle, not an easy one, but it is also complicated by a team of assistants who only do what they screw up and spoil Celine's life.
The sitcom is cool and the awards prove it. The Vice President has three Best Comedy Emmy Awards, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, the lead actor, has six Best Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy.
8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
- USSR, 1979 - 1986.
- Detective, crime.
- Duration: 11 films.
- IMDb: 8.9.
The Soviet film adaptation of the works of Arthur Conan Doyle is not a serial in the literal sense of the word, but a cycle of five television films, each of which consists of two or three parts. In them, the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, together with Dr. Watson, uncovers unusual crimes.
This film adaptation is considered excellent not only in Russia and the CIS countries, but also, for example, in England: there Vasily Livanov, the performer of the role of Sherlock, was even awarded the Order of the British Empire.
9. Liquidation
- Russia, 2007.
- Detective, crime, thriller.
- Duration: 1 season.
- IMDb: 8.3.
Odessa. 1946 year. Lieutenant Colonel David Markovich Gotsman is trying to catch a gang robbing military warehouses. The criminals are led by Academician, whose identity has remained a mystery for a very long time.
"Liquidation" is an atmospheric series with a cool detective line and excellent acting. And it also has a trademark Odessa humor.
10. American family
Modern family
- USA, 2009 - 2020.
- Comedy.
- Duration: 11 seasons.
- IMDb: 8.4.
A comedy about the life of the Pritchett family, which includes three very different families. The first is Jay Pritchett, his young wife Gloria and her son Manny. The second is Jay's daughter Claire, her husband Phil Dunphy and their children Hayley, Alex and Luke. The third is the son of Jay Mitchell, his partner Cam and Lily, their adopted daughter from Vietnam.
The situations the heroes find themselves in, from problems at work to difficulties in organizing family holidays, are familiar to every modern person. Therefore, in the original, the series is called Modern Family ("Modern family"). This is a charming, kind and funny sitcom that has not lost its advantages over 11 years of its existence.
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