The 15 Best Vampire TV Shows of All Time

The 2018-2022 Sky/AMC adaptation of Deborah Harkness's fantasy trilogy following a witch historian who discovers an enchanted manuscript hunted by vampires, witches, and daemons.

HBO's 2008-2014 southern gothic series set in a world where vampires have revealed their existence to humans and fight for equal rights in Louisiana bayou country.

Netflix's 2017-2021 adult animated series loosely based on the video game franchise, featuring Dracula's war on humanity and Trevor Belmont's quest to stop him.

Showtime's 2022 American adaptation of the Swedish novel and film, following a 12-year-old vampire who befriends a bullied boy in 1980s New York City.

The 2009-2017 supernatural drama following Elena Gilbert caught in the centuries-old love triangle between vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore.

The 2013-2018 Vampire Diaries spinoff following the Mikaelson family — the world's first vampires — in a centuries-old power struggle in New Orleans.

BBC Three's 2008-2013 British fantasy drama following a vampire, a werewolf, and a ghost sharing a house in Bristol while struggling to live normal human lives.

Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's 2020 three-part miniseries reinventing Count Dracula as a terrifyingly witty predator hunting across centuries from Transylvania to modern London.

The 1992-1996 Canadian cult classic following Nick Knight, an 800-year-old vampire working as a Toronto homicide detective while seeking to become human again.

AMC's acclaimed 2022-present adaptation of Anne Rice's novel, following Louis de Pointe du Lac recounting his centuries of vampire life to a journalist.

Mike Flanagan's 2021 Netflix limited series about a charismatic priest who arrives on an isolated island community carrying a terrifying ancient entity disguised as a miracle.

CBS's 2007-2008 cult-favorite series following Mick St. John, a Los Angeles vampire private investigator who falls for a human journalist, cancelled after one season.