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Band of Brothers

★9.4Ended

#1Score 9.39610.2k IMDb votes

The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.

Avatar - The Last Airbender

★9.3Ended

#2Score 9.29458.9k IMDb votes

In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

Game of Thrones

★9.2Ended

#3Score 9.202.7M IMDb votes

Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

Attack on Titan

★9.1Ended

#4Score 9.10754.7k IMDb votes

After his hometown is destroyed and his mother is killed, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

★9.1Ended

#5Score 9.09260.3k IMDb votes

Two brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.

Arcane

★9.0Ended

#6Score 8.99459.8k IMDb votes

Set in utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, the story follows the origins of two iconic League champions-and the power that will tear them apart.

One_Piece

★9.0(1999– )

#7Score 8.99370.7k IMDb votes

Follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew in order to find the greatest treasure ever left by the legendary Pirate, Gold Roger. The famous mystery treasure named "One Piece".

Batman The Animated Series

★9.0Ended

#8Score 8.98140.8k IMDb votes

The Dark Knight battles crime in Gotham City with occasional help from Robin and Batgirl.

Hunter x Hunter 2011

★9.0Ended

#9Score 8.98207.4k IMDb votes

Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.

Vinland Saga

★8.9Ended

#10Score 8.88153.7k IMDb votes

A team of mutant superheroes fight for justice and human acceptance in the Marvel Comics universe.

Gravity Falls

★8.9Ended

#11Score 8.88186.6k IMDb votes

Twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.

Cowboy Bebop 1998

★8.9Ended

#12Score 8.88174.6k IMDb votes

The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.

Berserk

★8.8Ended

#13Score 8.7684.3k IMDb votes

Guts is a skilled swordsman who joins forces with a mercenary group named 'The Band of the Hawk', lead by the charismatic Griffith, and fights with them as they battle their way into the royal court.

Invincible 2021

★8.7Ongoing

#14Score 8.69355.2k IMDb votes

An adult animated series based on the Skybound/Image comic about a teenager whose father is the most powerful superhero on the planet.

Naruto Shippuden

★8.7Ended

#15Score 8.69233.3k IMDb votes

Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village.

Rome

★8.7Ended(2005–2007)

#16Score 8.69208k IMDb votes

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

Narcos

★8.7Ended

#17Score 8.69538.4k IMDb votes

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Adventure Time

★8.7Ended

#18Score 8.68137.2k IMDb votes

A twelve-year-old boy and his best friend, a wise twenty-eight-year-old dog with magical powers, go on a series of surreal adventures in a remote future.

Star Trek - The Next Generation

★8.7Ended

#19Score 8.68152.1k IMDb votes

Set almost 100 years after Captain Kirk's 5-year mission, a new generation of Starfleet officers set off in the U.S.S. Enterprise-D on its own mission to go where no one has gone before.

Battlestar Galactica

★8.7Ended(2004–2009)

#20Score 8.68189k IMDb votes

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.

Code Geass

★8.7Ended

#21Score 8.67110.6k IMDb votes

After being given a mysterious power to control others, an outcast prince becomes the masked leader of the rebellion against an all-powerful empire.

Blue Eye Samurai

★8.7Ongoing

#22Score 8.67108.1k IMDb votes

Driven by a dream of revenge against those who made her an outcast in Edo-period Japan, a young warrior cuts a bloody path toward her destiny.

X-Men 97

★8.7Ongoing

#23Score 8.6560.8k IMDb votes

A band of mutants use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them; they're challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.

The Mandalorian

★8.6Ended

#24Score 8.60668.4k IMDb votes

The travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.

One Punch Man

★8.6Ongoing

#25Score 8.59231.8k IMDb votes

The story of Saitama, a hero that does it just for fun & can defeat his enemies with a single punch.

The Penguin

★8.6Ended

#26Score 8.59252.4k IMDb votes

Following the events of The Batman (2022), Oz Cobb, a.k.a. the Penguin, makes a play to seize the reins of the crime world in Gotham.

Marvels Daredevil

★8.6Ended

#27Score 8.59544.5k IMDb votes

A blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.

Shogun 2024

★8.6Ongoing

#28Score 8.59254.3k IMDb votes

When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.

Andor

★8.6Ended

#29Score 8.59288.9k IMDb votes

Prequel series to Star Wars' 'Rogue One'. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a Rebel hero.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

★8.6TV-MAOngoing2026-

#30Score 8.59291k IMDb votes

A century before the events of "Game of Thrones", Ser Duncan the Tall, and his squire, Egg, wander through Westeros while the Targaryen dynasty rule the Iron Throne. Great destinies and enemies await the incomparable friends.

Gintama

★8.7(2005– )

#31Score 8.5822.5k IMDb votes

In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.

Justified

★8.6Ended(2010–2015)

#32Score 8.58133.2k IMDb votes

U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal mining towns of eastern Kentucky.

Archer

★8.6Ended

#33Score 8.58177.2k IMDb votes

Covert black ops and espionage take a back seat to zany personalities and relationships between secret agents and drones.

The Family Man

★8.6Ongoing

#34Score 8.58114.6k IMDb votes

A working man from the National Investigation Agency tries to protect the nation from terrorism, but he also needs to keep his family safe from his secret job.

Regular Show

★8.6Ended

#35Score 8.5777.3k IMDb votes

The daily surreal adventures of a blue jay and raccoon duo that attempt to deal with their mundane jobs as groundskeepers at the local park.

Young Justice

★8.6Ended

#36Score 8.5552.1k IMDb votes

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

Primal

★8.6Ended

#37Score 8.5231.3k IMDb votes

A caveman and a dinosaur bond over shared tragedy and work together to survive in a perilous prehistoric world.

The Venture Bros

★8.6Ended

#38Score 8.5230.5k IMDb votes

The bizarre escapades of pseudo-heroic scientist Dr. Rusty Venture, his competent, high-strung bodyguard, and his two overenthusiastic sons.

The Boys

★8.5Ended

#39Score 8.501M IMDb votes

A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.

The Owl House

★8.6Ended

#40Score 8.5026.9k IMDb votes

Accidentally sent to the world of the Boiling Isles before a trip to summer camp, a teenage human named Luz longs to become a witch and is aided by rebellious Eda and pint-sized demon King.

Vikings

★8.5Ended(2013– )

#41Score 8.50652.2k IMDb votes

Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean.

Jujutsu Kaisen

★8.5Ongoing

#42Score 8.49224.5k IMDb votes

A boy swallows a cursed talisman - the finger of a demon - and becomes cursed himself. He enters a shaman's school to be able to locate the demon's other body parts and thus exorcise himself.

The Last Kingdom

★8.5Ended(2015– )

#43Score 8.49193.9k IMDb votes

As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.

Person of Interest

★8.5Ended(2011–2016)

#44Score 8.49217.9k IMDb votes

An ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mys...

Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba

★8.5Ended

#45Score 8.49239.7k IMDb votes

A family is attacked by demons and only two members survive - Tanjiro and his sister Nezuko, who is turning into a demon slowly. Tanjiro sets out to become a demon slayer to avenge his family and cure his sister.

Star Wars The Clone Wars

★8.5(2008–2020)

#46Score 8.48149.2k IMDb votes

Jedi Knights lead the Grand Army of the Republic against the droid army of the Separatists.

Sacred Games

★8.5Ended(2018– )

#47Score 8.4799.3k IMDb votes

A link in their pasts leads an honest cop to a fugitive gang boss, whose cryptic warning spurs the officer on a quest to save Mumbai from cataclysm.

Fullmetal Alchemist

★8.5Ended

#48Score 8.4787.5k IMDb votes

When a failed alchemical ritual leaves brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric with severely damaged bodies, they begin searching for the one thing that can save them: the fabled philosopher's stone.

Samurai Champloo

★8.5(2004–2005)

#49Score 8.4665.3k IMDb votes

Fuu, a waitress who works in a teahouse, rescues two master swordsmen, Mugen and Jin, from their execution to help her find the "samurai who smells of sunflowers."

Justice League

★8.5Ended

#50Score 8.4658.3k IMDb votes

Seven of the most formidable heroes form arguably the most powerful team ever.

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