The 18 Best Limited Series of the 2010s

From nerve-shredding true-crime reconstructions to intimate character studies and prestige period dramas, the decade's self-contained stories packed a full arc into just a handful of episodes. Which one still haunts you?

1. 1
   Chernobyl

   HBO's 2019 dramatization of the 1986 nuclear disaster, praised as one of the greatest limited series ever made.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Feud: Bette and Joan

   Ryan Murphy's 2017 series dramatizing the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
   756pts
3. 3
   The People v. O.J. Simpson

   The 2016 American Crime Story season chronicling the 1995 murder trial that gripped the nation.
   665pts
4. 4
   Genius

   National Geographic's 2017 first season dramatizing the life of Albert Einstein.
   596pts
5. 5
   The Assassination of Gianni Versace

   The 2018 American Crime Story season tracing Andrew Cunanan's killing spree.
   596pts
6. 6
   Big Little Lies

   HBO's 2017 mystery drama about wealthy Monterey mothers whose secrets unravel around a death.
   596pts
7. 7
   Alias Grace

   The 2017 Netflix/CBC adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel about a notorious 19th-century murderess.
   596pts
8. 8
   Unbelievable

   Netflix's 2019 drama following detectives and a survivor across a string of sexual assaults.
   517pts
9. 9
   When They See Us

   Ava DuVernay's 2019 Netflix series about the wrongfully convicted Central Park Five.
   517pts
10. 10
    Fosse/Verdon

    FX's 2019 series about the creative partnership of Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon.
    517pts
11. 11
    Patrick Melrose

    The 2018 Showtime series starring Benedict Cumberbatch as an addict confronting his past.
    517pts
12. 12
    The Night Of

    HBO's 2016 crime drama following a Pakistani-American man accused of a murder he can't remember.
    310pts
13. 13
    Escape at Dannemora

    Ben Stiller's 2018 Showtime dramatization of the real 2015 Clinton prison break.
    310pts
14. 14
    Show Me a Hero

    David Simon's 2015 HBO series about a housing desegregation fight in Yonkers.
    310pts
15. 15
    Top of the Lake

    Jane Campion's 2013 detective mystery set in a remote New Zealand town.
    310pts
16. 16
    Olive Kitteridge

    HBO's 2014 four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Strout's novel, winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series.
    310pts
17. 17
    Sharp Objects

    The 2018 HBO adaptation of Gillian Flynn's novel starring Amy Adams as a reporter probing hometown murders.
    172pts
18. 18
    Godless

    Netflix's 2017 Western miniseries set in a frontier town run mostly by women.
    172pts