The 40 best TV show trailers of all time

List of the 40 best TV show trailers of all time as selected by visitors to our site
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Markimdb: 9.2
Genreaction, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration00:55

Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

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: 8.7
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration03:09

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

Markimdb: 9
Genrecomedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration00:22

The misadventures of a group of friends as they navigate the pitfalls of work, life and love in Manhattan.

Markimdb: 9.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:30

    A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

    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: 9.4
      Genredrama, history
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration00:56

      The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.

      Markimdb: 8.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, documentary, short, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:22

      The Big Bang Theory is centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.

      Markimdb: 8.6
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:55

      Dexter is an American television drama series. The series centers on Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for 'Miami Metro Police Department' who also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, short
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:22

      How I Met Your Mother is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 19, 2005, to March 31, 2014. The series follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his group of friends in Manhattan. As a framing device, Ted, in the year 2030, recounts to his son and daughter the events that led to his meeting their mother.

      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: 8.9
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:22

      The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.

      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: 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: 9.2
        Genrefantastic, comedy, adventure, cartoon
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:22

        Rick is a mentally-unbalanced but scientifically-gifted old man who has recently reconnected with his family. He spends most of his time involving his young grandson Morty in dangerous, outlandish adventures throughout space and alternate universes. Compounded with Morty's already unstable family life, these events cause Morty much distress at home and school.

        Markimdb: 8.5
        Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, military, history
        CountryRepublic of Ireland, Canada
        Duration00:45

        Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.

        Markimdb: 8.3
        Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration00:43

        Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

        Markimdb: 8.7
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:50

        Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C. House of Cards is an adaptation of a previous BBC miniseries of the same name, which is based on the novel by Michael Dobbs.

        Markimdb: 8.8
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:00

        A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

        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.

        Markimdb: 9.4
        Genreaction, drama, documentary, military, history
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration10:00

        Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

        Markimdb: 8.7
        Genredrama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:43

        Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

        Markimdb: 8.8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration00:54

          Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Erhmantraut. The series will track Jimmy's transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, adventure
          CountryUSA, Poland
          Duration00:60

          Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

          Markimdb: 8.3
          Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountrySpain
          Duration01:52

          To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.

          Markimdb: 8.8
          Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA

          Set after the fall of the Empire and before the emergence of the First Order, we follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic.

          Markimdb: 8.6
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:12

          Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.

          Markimdb: 8.8
          Genredrama, crime
          CountryUSA, Colombia, Mexico
          Duration02:13

          The true story of Colombia's infamously violent and powerful drug cartels.

          Markimdb: 8.6
          Genredrama, sport
          CountryUSA

          In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.

          Markimdb: 8.4
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration00:22

          The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

          Markimdb: 8.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration00:43

            When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

            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: 8.7
            Genrecomedy, cartoon, short
            CountryUSA
            Duration00:22

            Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

            Markimdb: 8.4
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration00:43

            While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory. Mike and Harvey are a winning team. Even though Mike is a genius, he still has a lot to learn about law. And while Harvey may seem like an emotionless, cold-blooded shark, Mike's sympathy and concern for their cases and clients will help remind Harvey why he went into law in the first place. Mike's other allies in the office include the firm's best paralegal Rachel and Harvey's no-nonsense assistant Donna to help him serve justice. Proving to be an irrepressible duo and invaluable to the practice, Mike and Harvey must keep their secret from everyone including managing partner Jessica and Harvey's arch nemesis Louis, who seems intent on making Mike's life as difficult as possible.

            Markimdb: 8
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountrySouth Korea

            Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games—with high stakes. But, a tempting prize awaits the victor.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration00:43

            Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

            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: 8.5
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

            A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.

            Markimdb: 8.8
            Genrefantasy, comedy, cartoon, short
            CountryUSA
            Duration00:22

            Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

            Markimdb: 8.7
            Genrefantastic, action, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:00

            A group of vigilantes known informally as “The Boys” set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.




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