Series about pioneers

List of the best TV series about pioneers selected by visitors of our site: Why Women Kill, Paper Girls, Y: The Last Man, Heroes Reborn, The Knick, Baywatch Nights, Gypsy, 50 States of Fright, Lovecraft Country, Warrior.

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

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration00:46

Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
CountryUSA

Four young friends' paper routes are disrupted on Hell Day 1988, when they unknowingly time travel to 2019. While searching for a way home, they come face-to-face with their adult selves and learn how to work together to save the world.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
CountryUSA

Traverse a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. Follow the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA

The supernatural phenomenon begins again with a fresh crop of inspiring heroes who take on the ultimate struggle between those with extraordinary abilities and those with nefarious motives to hunt and harness their powers. Epic adventures await these newly empowered allies as they cross paths with some of the original characters, unlocking the mysterious fate of the universe and their place within it.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genredrama, history
CountryUSA
Duration00:45

    Set in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff who work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. John Thackery is a brilliant surgeon pioneering new methods in the field, despite his secret addiction to cocaine. He leads a team of doctors including his protégé Dr. Everett Gallinger; the young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr. and Dr. Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon who's been recently thrust upon him. The lively cast of characters at the hospital also includes Cornelia Robertson, the daughter of its benefactor, Captain August Robertson; surly ambulance driver Tom Cleary; Lucy Elkins; a fresh-faced nurse from the country; the crooked hospital administrator Herman Barrow; and Sister Harriet, a nun who isn't afraid to speak her mind.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Baywatch Nights is an American police and science fiction drama series that aired in syndication from 1995 to 1997. Created by Douglas Schwartz, David Hasselhoff, and Gregory J. Bonann, the series is a spin-off from the popular television series, Baywatch.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:00

    The journey of Jean Holloway – a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror
    CountryUSA

    A horror anthology series based on urban legends that takes viewers deeper into the horrors that lurk just beneath the surface of America.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to embark on a road trip across 1950s Jim Crow America to find his missing father. They must survive and overcome both the racist terrors of white America and the malevolent spirits that could be ripped from a Lovecraft paperback.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genreaction, drama, crime, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:58

    A gritty, action-packed crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco’s Chinatown in the second half of the 19th century. The series follows Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstances, and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown’s most powerful tongs.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecomedy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    While traveling across the country in a run-down RV, drag queen Ruby Red discovers an unlikely sidekick in AJ: a tough-talking 10-year-old stowaway.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography, history
    CountryFrance, Canada
    Duration00:49

    The story of a young Louis XIV on his journey to become the most powerful monarch in Europe, from his battles with the fronde through his development into the Sun King. Historical and fictional characters guide us in a world of betrayal and political maneuvering, revealing Versailles in all its glory and brutality.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, family, detective, military
    Duration00:30

    Taking place between the events of Halo 4 and Halo 5: Guardians, Halo: Nightfall follows the origin story of legendary manhunter Jameson Locke (Mike Colter) and his team as they are caught in a horrific terrorist attack while investigating terrorist activity on the distant colony world of Sedra.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:00

    A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of highly specialized scientists is assembled to find a cure and stop the spread of the alien pathogen, code-named Andromeda.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:41

    In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, comedy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    After a fortuitous drug bender saves his life, addict Jake ventures out into the quiet streets… unaware that most of the world already died in their beds. Now, battling sleepless fatigue and encroaching delirium, Jake teams with a scrappy teenager, overnight doctor and red-eye pilot to search for answers… and just maybe find a way to sleep again.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    The harrowing true story of the 1993 standoff between the FBI, ATF and the Branch Davidians, a spiritual sect led by David Koresh in Waco, TX that resulted in a deadly shootout and fire.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Mick St. John is a captivating, charming and immortal private investigator from Los Angeles, who defies the traditional blood-sucking norms of his vampire tendencies by using his wit and powerful supernatural abilities to help the living.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:01

    Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration04:17

    Storm of the Century, alternatively known as Stephen King's Storm of the Century, is a 1999 horror TV miniseries written by Stephen King and directed by Craig R. Baxley. Unlike many other King mini-series, Storm of the Century was not based upon a Stephen King novel—King wrote it as a screenplay from the beginning. The screenplay was published in February 1999.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:55

    Robyn, the sharp and witty publicity maven, is an expert at her craft but a complete self-saboteur when it comes to her personal life. Robyn’s work as a crisis PR strategist is fast-paced and unpredictable, as she counsels high-profile personalities in entertainment, fashion and sports.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy

    The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration08:48

    The Hollow Crown is a series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays. The first Season is an adaptation of Shakespeare's second historical tetralogy, the Henriad: Richard II, Henry IV, Part I and Henry IV, Part II (treated as one film in two parts in the series) and Henry V. The Second Season is subtitled "The Wars of the Roses" as a reference to its scope. It is based on Shakespeare's first tetralogy: Henry VI: Part I, Henry VI: Part II, Henry VI: Part III (treated as two films in the series) and Richard III.

    Markimdb: 8.9
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration00:53

    A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:59

    The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality and time as he begins to not only see the future, but invent it.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    Siberia is an American mockumentary series about a reality television show where 16 contestants must survive in the Siberian territory of Tunguska. The show was filmed in Birds Hill Provincial Park just north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It premiered on NBC on July 1, 2013. The first season was met with generally favorable reviews from critics and viewers, with average viewership per episode coming in around 2.03 million viewers. Metacritic scored the show with a 63 out of 100. The series concluded its first season on September 16, 2013.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective, military, history
    CountryRussia

    Russia, 1959. A KGB major investigates the mysterious deaths of a group of nine student hikers in the Ural Mountains. Troubled by his past as a WWII veteran, he has a sixth sense and death seems to follow him around as he digs deeper into the mysterious incident. The more he learns, the more it becomes clear: the reason the students died will never see the light of day.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:59

    CDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but she soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior was a short-lived American police procedural drama that aired on CBS. The show debuted in 2011 as a spin-off from the successful Criminal Minds, which had premiered in 2005. This edition's profiling team also worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Behavioral Analysis Unit in Quantico, Virginia. In an April 2010 episode of Criminal Minds, during the show's fifth season, the original team met the new team and worked with them to find a San Francisco serial killer. This episode served as the new series' backdoor pilot. Just like the parent series, CBS owned the underlying North American rights, while ABC owned the international rights. The series premiered on February 16, 2011, and filled the Wednesday 10 pm time slot, airing immediately after the original Criminal Minds. CBS cancelled the series on May 17, 2011. The series ends with a cliffhanger. On September 6, 2011 CBS DVD released the complete series as a 4 disc-set. It is packaged as "The DVD Edition". There are numerous special features and two episode commentaries with the cast and crew. The set includes the backdoor pilot from season five of the original show.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryItaly, USA, United Kingdom, France, Spain

    A fresh look at the life and legacy of the iconic artist Leonardo da Vinci, positing that he was a gay outsider who used his work as a way of hiding his true self. Each episode will examine one of da Vinci’s artworks for hidden clues about a tortured artist struggling for perfection.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrefantastic, drama, adventure, detective
    CountrySpain
    Duration01:16

    A global cataclysm, caused by a fatal accident in Geneva (Switzerland) during the implementation of the particle accelerator will lead to the crew and students of the school-ship Polar Star to live the greatest adventure of their lives. Isolated and aware that we only have each other, the ship will become their only home.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:00

    Following the fact-based historical book of the same name, this drama follows the rise of Cromwell as he becomes Henry the VIII's closest advisor. England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the King dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The Pope and most of Europe oppose him. Into this impasse steps Thomas Cromwell: a wholly original man, a charmer, and a bully, both idealist and opportunist, astute in reading people, and implacable in his ambition. But Henry is volatile: one day tender, one day murderous. Cromwell helps him break the opposition, but what will be the price of his triumph?

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military, history
    CountryGermany, Canada, United Kingdom, Hungary

    Two hundred years after the construction of the great cathedral, the medieval town of Kingsbridge is taken under siege by Queen Isabella. Caris, a visionary young woman, inspires her people to stand up for their rights and revolt against to the most powerful forces of her time, the Church and the Crown.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, history
    CountryUSA

    A disparate group of outcasts and dreamers battle to escape their pasts while navigating the brutal frontier hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization: the New World. Based on the novel by Pulitzer-winner Annie Proulx.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryBelgium

    When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

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