Depressive series

Depressive series
List of the most depressing TV series selected by our site visitors: True Detective, Black Mirror, The Method, Kidding, The Sopranos, Olive Kitteridge, Unprincipled, Six Feet Under, The Affair, Les Misérables.

In the top there are new series of 2021, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

Markimdb: 8.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

Markimdb: 8.8
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:43

    A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.  Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryRussia
    Duration02:47

    The main character is an extraordinary and mysterious person, at the same time, he (Rodion Meglin) is an outstanding inspector. Rodion is used to work alone in order to keep the secrecy of his unusual method. Young graduate Esenya Steklova is eager to get the internship with the glorious investigator but she could hardly expect the challenges she would face while working with Rodion. Together they investigate the cruelest crimes that took place in the history of Russian criminality.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    Jeff, aka Mr. Pickles, is an icon of children's TV. But when his family begins to implode, Jeff finds no fairy tale or fable or puppet will guide him through this crisis, which advances faster than his means to cope. The result: a kind man in a cruel world faces a slow leak of sanity as hilarious as it is heartbreaking.

    Markimdb: 9.2
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:55

    The Sopranos is an American television drama created by David Chase. The series revolves around the New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:59

    A look at a seemingly placid New England town that is actually wrought with illicit affairs, crime and tragedy, all told through the lens of Olive, whose wicked wit and harsh demeanor mask a warm but troubled heart and staunch moral center. The story spans 25 years and focuses on Olive's relationships with her husband, Henry, the good-hearted and kindly town pharmacist; their son, Christopher, who resents his mother's approach to parenting; and other members of their community.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy
    CountryRussia

    Collection of satirical sketches, telling about the decent inhabitants of the Patriarchal Ponds and their obscene stories. The series includes touching, outrageous and full of love intimate stories that are not accepted to speak out loud.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:55

    A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business.  When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as--and far less predictable than--the one inside.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    The Affair explores the emotional effects of an extramarital relationship between Noah Solloway and Alison Lockhart after the two meet in the resort town of Montauk in Long Island. Noah is a New York City schoolteacher with one novel published (book entitled A Person who Visits a Place) and he is struggling to write a second book. He is happily married with four children, but resents his dependence on his wealthy father-in-law. Alison is a young waitress trying to piece her life and marriage back together in the wake of the tragic death of her child. The story of the affair is told separately, complete with distinct memory biases, from the male and female perspectives.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration00:59

    France, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law again on his trail. Ruthless Inspector Javert pursues him thorough years, driven by a twisted sense of justice, while Valjean reforms himself, thrives and dedicates his life to good deeds. In 1832, while the revolution ravages the streets of Paris, Valjean and Javert cross their paths for the last time.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    The parallel lives of identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness set against the backdrop of 20th century America.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, family
    CountryUSA

    Five brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents.

    Markimdb: 9.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:47

    When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live, he becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration00:47

    The body of Laura Palmer is washed up on a beach near the small Washington state town of Twin Peaks. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in to investigate her strange demise only to uncover a web of mystery that ultimately leads him deep into the heart of the surrounding woodland and his very own soul.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:42

    Plum Kettle, ghost-writer for the editor of one of New York’s hottest fashion magazines, struggles with self-image and sets out on a wildly complicated road to self-acceptance. At the same time, everyone is buzzing over news reports about men, accused of sexual abuse and assault, who are disappearing and meeting untimely, violent deaths.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:46

    The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

      Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrecrime, detective
      CountryUSA

      Set in 1932 Los Angeles, the series focuses on the origin story of famed defense lawyer Perry Mason. Living check-to-check as a low-rent private investigator, Mason is haunted by his wartime experiences in France and suffering the effects of a broken marriage. L.A. is booming while the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression — but a kidnapping gone very wrong leads to Mason exposing a fractured city as he uncovers the truth of the crime.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genredrama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:43

      Complex, offbeat Detective Charlie Crews returns to the force after serving time in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Crews’ new lease on life has provided him with a Zen-like outlook, peace of mind and no need for vengeance, an attitude which can be challenging to maintain when someone he cares about is threatened — or when he is investigating the mystery surrounding the murder he was falsely accused of.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genredrama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:43

      Low Winter Sun is an American television drama series developed by Chris Mundy, starring Mark Strong and Lennie James. The series premiered on August 11, 2013, on AMC, with the first season consisting of ten episodes. It is based upon the 2006 British two-part miniseries of the same name.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, USA
      Duration05:00

      A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

      Markimdb: 9.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrethriller, drama, detective, sport
      CountryUSA

      When an attack brings down the star student at an elite ballet school, her replacement enters a world of lies, betrayal -- and cutthroat competition.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:05

      A critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist’s harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:22

      Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog shows Ryan the man how to overcome his fears and joyfully embrace the unpredictability and insanity of the world around him.

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryDenmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany
      Duration00:55

      The Killing is a Danish police procedural set in the Copenhagen main police department and revolves around Detective Inspector Sarah Lund and her team, with each season series following a different murder case day-by-day and a one-hour episode covering twenty-four hours of the investigation. The series is noted for its plot twists, season-long storylines, dark tone and for giving equal emphasis to the story of the murdered victim's family alongside the police investigation. It has also been singled out for the photography of its Danish setting, and for the acting ability of its cast.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:50

      A couple goes through a long, drawn-out divorce.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrehorror, action, comedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:40

      Murphy is a flawed and irreverent woman who just happens to be blind and is the only “witness” to the murder of her drug-dealing friend, Tyson. When the police dismiss her story, she sets out with her dog, Pretzel, to find the killer while also managing her colorful dating life and the job she hates at Breaking Blind — the guide-dog school owned by her overprotective parents.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genredrama
      CountryGermany

      A Hasidic Jewish woman in Brooklyn flees to Berlin from an arranged marriage and is taken in by a group of musicians -- until her past comes calling.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:10

      Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.

      Markimdb: 6.6
      Genrecomedy
      CountryRussia

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      Markimdb: 8
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:42

      A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Enlightened follows the story of Amy, a self-destructive executive, who, after a very public breakdown and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, tries to get her life back together.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrefantastic, comedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:28

      Burned out on life, Miles undergoes a strange procedure at a strip mall spa -- and wakes to find he's been replaced by a better version of himself.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrecomedy, musical
      CountryUSA

      Rebecca Bunch is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything - her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan - in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: suburban West Covina, California.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

      After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:00

      In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.

      Markimdb: 8.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration00:47

      Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      A complex thriller revolving around three characters, each with troubling pasts clouding their intersecting motives: Emma is a young woman who once loved a dangerous killer, John is a former serial predator desperate for redemption, and a grieving mother Mary who is obsessed with finding her missing daughter.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration00:43

      Dead Like Me follows a group of undead grim reapers tasked with shepherding the recently departed into the afterlife.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Explore the secret life of a woman we all grew up watching: the sitcom wife. The series looks to break television convention and ask what the world looks like through her eyes. Alternating between single-camera realism and multi-camera zaniness, the formats will inform one another as we imagine what happens when the sitcom wife escapes her confines, and takes the lead in her own life.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:43

      Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryIceland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Germany, France, United Kingdom

      Icelandic crime drama featuring Chief of Police Andri.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryGermany, Austria
      Duration00:42

      When a gruesomely staged body is found, propped up on a mountain pass in the Alps close to the German-Austrian border, two detectives are sent to investigate. For German detective Ellie, this is the first real challenge of her career; her Austrian counterpart Gedeon though seems to have lost any ambitions in his job. Very soon, they discover more crime scenes with symbolically posed victims, reminiscent of pagan rituals. It all seems to be part of a bigger, sinister plan. Ellie finds herself under increasing pressure to understand the deranged killer's motives so she can stop him. The hunt leads them ever deeper in the dark valleys and archaic Alpine customs - and the paranoid world of the killer.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:43

      In Beacon Heights, a seemingly perfect town, a group of three college friends struggle with the stress of being overachievers. In the aftermath of the town’s first murder, each Perfectionist hides behind a secret, a lie and an alibi.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
      CountryRussia

      After faking his own death, notorious gangster Volkov (Wolf) retires overseas with a new identity. When his parents die in a car accident 20 years later, he secretly returns to his hometown and learns that the nephew of a local mobster is responsible for his parents’ death. After killing the man, a battle between the old-newcomer and local crime bosses unfolds.




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