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What is the best HBO drama series of all time?

By YPB Team

Crime sagas, fantasy epics, and intimate family dramas — HBO set the gold standard for prestige television across every subgenre. Pick your champion!

  1. The Sopranos — ranked #11
    The Sopranos
    The groundbreaking mob drama following New Jersey crime boss Tony Soprano as he balances family life with running a criminal empire.
  2. The Wire — ranked #22
    The Wire
    A gritty, layered crime drama exploring the Baltimore drug trade, law enforcement, and institutions from the street to the classroom.
  3. Game of Thrones — ranked #33
    Game of Thrones
    The epic fantasy saga of warring noble houses fighting for control of the Iron Throne across the fictional continent of Westeros.
  4. Succession — ranked #44
    Succession
    A darkly comedic drama about the ultra-wealthy Roy family fighting over control of their global media empire.
  5. The Leftovers — ranked #55
    The Leftovers
    A haunting drama set in the aftermath of a mysterious global event where 2% of the world's population suddenly vanished.
  6. Band of Brothers — ranked #66
    Band of Brothers
    The acclaimed WWII miniseries following Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment from D-Day through the fall of Nazi Germany.
  7. Deadwood — ranked #77
    Deadwood
    A richly detailed Western drama set in the lawless 1870s gold-rush town of Deadwood, South Dakota.
  8. Oz — ranked #88
    Oz
    HBO's pioneering prison drama set inside the experimental Emerald City unit of Oswald State Correctional Facility.
  9. True Detective — ranked #99
    True Detective
    An anthology crime drama series, with Season 1 following two detectives hunting a serial killer across Louisiana over 17 years.
  10. Chernobyl — ranked #1010
    Chernobyl
    The gripping miniseries dramatizing the 1986 Soviet nuclear disaster and the human cost of the cover-up that followed.
  11. The White Lotus — ranked #1111
    The White Lotus
    A satirical anthology series set at luxury resorts, exploring class, privilege, and dysfunction among wealthy guests and hotel staff.
  12. Euphoria — ranked #1212
    Euphoria
    A raw and visually bold drama following a group of high school students navigating addiction, trauma, identity, and social media.
  13. Rome — ranked #1313
    Rome
    A lavish historical drama following the rise and fall of the Roman Republic through the lives of both historical figures and fictional soldiers.
  14. Six Feet Under — ranked #1414
    Six Feet Under
    A darkly comedic family drama set in a Los Angeles funeral home following the Fisher family after their patriarch's sudden death.
  15. The Night Of — ranked #1515
    The Night Of
    A taut crime miniseries following a Pakistani-American college student entangled in a New York City murder investigation.
  16. Boardwalk Empire — ranked #1616
    Boardwalk Empire
    A sprawling Prohibition-era crime drama set in Atlantic City, following the rise and fall of corrupt political boss Nucky Thompson.

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Comments

This list of sixteen has no room for Breaking Bad, which AMC made. The Wire, Succession, Deadwood and Oz are the real competition: https://youpick.best/articles/breaking-bad-vs-the-sopranos-ranked

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