HBO TV Network is
home to numerous original TV series that people have thoroughly enjoyed. Some
of them have also won awards and garnered positive responses from the fans and
critics. The platform offers an opportunity to choose between different genres from
crime dramas to period dramas to psychological thriller and so on.
Here is a list of HBO miniseries that you definitely should not
miss.
Band
of Brothers
Released on – 9th September 2001
Number of Episodes – 10
IMDb Rating – 9.4 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating – 94%
This
American war drama series is based on a book by Stephen E Ambrose of the same
name. This is the second partnership between Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks as
producers after the Second World War series, Saving Private Ryan. The series documents
the accounts of ‘Easy Company’, the second part of Battalion, 506th Parachute
Infantry Regiment, assigned to the United States army.
The series stars Damian Lewis, as Major Richard Dick Winters,
Ron Livingston as Lewis Nixon, Scott Grimes as a technical sergeant, Donald
Malarkey and Donnie Wahlberg as Second Lieutenant Carwood Lipton.
Catherine
The Great
Released on – 3rd October 2019
Number of Episodes – 4
IMDb Rating – 6.1 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating – 68%
Catherine
The Great is about the life of Russia’s Empress, Catherine II from the
time she started reigning 1764 till her death in 1796. Helen Mirren stars as
Catherine the Great along with Jason Clarke as Grigory Potemkin, a military
commander and Catherine’s lover. It also stars Rory Kinnear, Gina McKee
and Kevin R McNally.
Years
and Years
Released on – 14th May, 2019
Number of Episodes – 6
IMDb Rating – 8.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating – 89%
It is a British drama series about a Manchester-based Lyons
family and their conflicts. The series stars Russel Tovey as Daniel Lyons, Rory
Kinnear as Stephen Lyons, T’Nia Miller as Celeste Bisme Lyons who plays the
role of Stephen’s wife. The plot changes when Vivienne Rook, played by Emma
Thompson, becomes the Prime Minister of the UK.
Chernobyl
Released on – 6th May, 2019
Number of Episodes – 5
IMDb Rating – 9.4 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating – 96%
Chernobyl is a historical
drama series, written and created by Craig Mazin, which revolves around the
Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster that took place in April 1986 and the cleanup
efforts that followed. It stars Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgard, Paul Ritter
and Jessie Buckley.
The miniseries received high critical acclaim and won three
Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Limited Series, Outstanding Directing and
Outstanding Writing.
The
Plot Against America
Released on – 16th March 2020
Number of Episodes – 6
IMDb Rating – 7.3 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating – 86%
It is an American historical drama written and created by David
Simons and Ed Burns. The miniseries is based on a book by Philip Roth of the
same name which highlights the American history told through the eyes of a
Jewish working class family based in Newark, New Jersey. The series stars
Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan, Modern Spector, Michael Kostroff and
David Krumholtz.
John
Adams
Released on – 16th March 2008
Number of Episodes – 7
IMDb Rating – 8.5 / 10
Rotten Tomatoes Rating – 81%
The show chronicles most of the life of the US President John
Adams in the first 50 years which stars Paul Giamatti as the lead protagonist.
It was directed by Tom Hooper and it also stars Laura Linney, Stephen Dillane,
David Morse and Tom Wilkinson.
The show has received thirteen Primetime Emmy Awards and four
Golden Globe Awards making it the most number of awards won by any miniseries.
HBO has produced a number of outstanding shows and attracted a
vast fandom. Most of the originals have gained positive responses from the fans
and critics and have been the recipient of prestigious television awards.
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