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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.