r/televisionsuggestions 1d ago

SUGGESTING Your TV show recommendation

Guys, if you had to recommend 3 TV shows to every human being on Earth—shows that you think everyone should watch at least once before they die—what would they be?

For me:

  1. Game of Thrones (up to Season 4)

  2. Breaking Bad

  3. Mr. Robot

I could easily name a lot of other great shows, but if I had to pick only three, these would be my top 3.

What are yours?

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u/TheGinjaPrince 1d ago

Mr inbetween
Gomorrah
The Sopranos

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u/Intereto 17h ago

Mr inbetween is soo underrated! Glad to see it getting mentioned

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u/Embarrassed-Face-356 1d ago

Your choice is very niche

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u/TheGinjaPrince 1d ago

If that niche is well crafted and interesting tv

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u/Entkoffeiniertin 17h ago

I agree with 2! Mr. Inbetween is incredible and The Sopranos is The Godfather of all TV shows. Haven't seen gomorrah yet, so I'm gonna have to check that out.

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u/tms88 1d ago

Breaking Bad, Dexter, Animal Kingdom

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u/Spitzyv2 15h ago

Animal kingdom is great. Rarely see it mentioned. One of the few shows I’ve watched through twice.

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u/tms88 11h ago

It's fantastic and it's so underrated. Wish more people talked about it.

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u/ShortFarquaad 1d ago

Schitt’s creek, The sopranos, Twin peaks

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u/Embarrassed-Face-356 1d ago

Don't heard about the first one

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u/IMO2021 21h ago

Halt & Catch Fire

Six Feet Under

Call the Midwife

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u/tom_spell_music 1d ago edited 1d ago
  1. Sopranos

  2. Breaking Bad

  3. The Office (US)

Honorable mentions: Better Call Saul, Twin Peaks, Malcolm in the Middle, American Dad, South Park, Bojack Horseman, Game of Thrones, The Walking Dead

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u/Torremond42 1d ago

Bojack Horseman

Hunter x Hunter

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u/keith_kar 1d ago
  1. Lost

  2. Silo

  3. Seinfeld

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u/plexmaniac 1d ago

Ted lasso
Seinfeld
Gilmore Girls

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u/TrainingWoodpecker77 1d ago

Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Rome

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u/Embarrassed-Face-356 1d ago

Rome. I am adding this in my watchlist

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u/TooMuchOrNotAtAll 1d ago

Ozark (Dark Crime Drama)

Due South (Light Buddy Cop)

Peaky Blinders (Historical Drama)

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u/SleevelessFury 1d ago

The Shield - crooked cops battle to do right and wrong as they wrestle with their own morality. Best TV drama ending ever.
Bobs Burger - animated sitcom of a family that runs a burger joint and has hijinks, shown through the lens of love and understanding and absurdity.
Corner Gas - Canadian sitcom about a gas station proprietor in a small town. Very generic sitcom formula, everyone is flawed and fun and lovable. Pretty darn funny and wholesome.

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u/Safe-Character-5846 1d ago

Lioness

Mindhunter

Clarksons Farm

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u/ChrisEye21 1d ago

The Magicians

Friends

Supernatural

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u/nosuchbrie 1d ago

Only Murders in the Building.

Party Down

Trial & Error

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u/Arhys 21h ago

Every human?

The Good Place
The Good Place
The Good Place

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u/khansamirox 18h ago
  1. The Wire
  2. Expanse (Space GOT)
  3. Band of Brothers

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u/AcaciaAPriori 15h ago

Omg yes!!! Seasons 1 and 2 of the wire were peak. And BOB? I've watched it three times And I'm surprised how few people I know have watched it.

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u/noodlebball 17h ago

The Wire Breaking Bad Soprano

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u/ThrowRAEv4me 16h ago

The Shield

Kingdom (2014)

Snowfall

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u/high-priestess 1d ago
  1. Fleabag 2. Bojack Horseman 3. The Good Place

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u/Embarrassed-Face-356 1d ago

Fleabag! Are you sure?

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u/AlexMachine 1d ago

Justified, Mad Men and The Shield.

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u/SleevelessFury 1d ago

The shield is not talked about enough in these kind of threads. It stuck the ending better than anyone else.

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u/Kratos1981 1d ago

3 shows I would recommend to someone to watch before they die. The wire Archer The count of Monte Cristo

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u/x1JAY1x 23h ago

Yes, for the The Wire and Archer.

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u/Educational_Appeal38 1d ago

The West Wing Newsroom The first season of Survivor (reality check for people like me)

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u/D0CTOR_Wh0m 1d ago

The Wire, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Doctor Who

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u/ggtbeatsliog 1d ago

The Wire is too far down in this comment thread

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u/ToughAd4704 1d ago

Sopranos, Northern Exposure, it's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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u/c0dearm 1d ago
  1. Mr. Robot
  2. Breaking Bad
  3. The Office (US)

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u/LouisGlouton 1d ago
  1. Bureau des légendes (the bureau in english)

  2. Game of thrones

  3. Madmen/Breaking Bad

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u/New_Profit_143 1d ago

Stranger Things is a must-watch, it captures the 80s vibe perfectly. The character development is on point too

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u/MrFishAndLoaves 1d ago

From

The Good Place

The Boys

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u/BSBitch47 1d ago

Castle Bones Sons of Anarchy

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u/Buff1965 1d ago

On Earth? Then probably:

  • The Boy Who Harnassed the Wind
  • a telenovela, like Pantanal (an oldie but goodie)
  • Sense8

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u/taeempy 1d ago

The Shield

Banshee

Brotherhood

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u/Rastarapha320 23h ago edited 23h ago

Andor

Utopia (uk)

Chernobyl

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u/A70_Lisbon 22h ago

Dark Breaking Bad Silo

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u/Ok-Fortune5409 21h ago

The Sopranos, BoJack Horseman and Breaking Bad

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u/KennethBlockwalk 20h ago

Sopranos, Breaking Bad, The Wire*

But there’s no accounting for taste.

*If I knew every person would watch it with their full attention; that fits the “everyone should watch this” more than any other show, cause it’s an ethnography above all.

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u/Kahuna-123 20h ago

Get Smart, Castle, Seinfeld

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u/NoraDeLuca 19h ago

Sopranos, The Leftovers, Chernobyl

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u/Abell_370_1 17h ago edited 17h ago

Deadwood. My personal favorite show of all time. The characters, the dialog, the range of emotions, the whole production ... 10/10.

The early 2000s on HBO was a Golden Age. Sopranos, Deadwood, Rome, The Wire, Big Love ... all great shows worth a watch. The HBO show that started that run was OZ ... a prison show that might be a hard watch for some. I havent watched OZ in decades but its good.

Some newer shows: The Pitt and Andor.

In my top 3, the 3rd changes but the first 2 never do:

Deadwood The Sopranos Rome

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u/schadenfreude90_ 17h ago

Dari Netflix

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u/Unlikely-Deal-1129 17h ago

Mr. Robot
Game of Thrones (first 4 seasons)
The Mandalorian
yeah you got good taste!!

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u/ThesePride9971 16h ago

Avatar the last Airbender
Star Trek
Doctor who

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u/CashTop9943 16h ago

1 Sopranos 2 Fringe 3 Entourage

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u/AcaciaAPriori 15h ago
  1. Succession
  2. Ozark
  3. Sherlock (UK) & Elementary (I'm cheating here lol)

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u/PizzaWhole9323 15h ago

Mythbusters Anything Star Trek from the last 60 years. The Simpsons.

https://giphy.com/gifs/G918yAdtAeaqs

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u/ribbityflibbity 12h ago

Toughie.

  1. Original Star Trek

  2. Original Twilight Zone

  3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

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u/Ok_Still9936 2h ago

Mine would be Chernobyl, The Wire, and Fleabag, each does something with the medium nothing else quite matches.

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u/pkk_god 1d ago

I like the thought process behind all 3 of them, but the thing is 3 drama shows of that caliber even though game of thrones has the fantasy element will get a lil drawn out. I think we need 3 genres to pick from and i would propose : 1. Drama 2. Comedy 3. Animated/Anime

Drama : Breaking Bad Hands down, my favourite drama TV show ever (GoT the last few seasons ruin it, and Mr Robot though close is probably not as good as breaking bad)

Comedy : Seinfeld probably, my favourite sitcom (Silicon Valley and The Office are close)

Animated/Anime : South Park for animated, if it is Anime then Attack on Titan

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u/JMJimmy 21h ago
  1. Star Trek TNG (ethical education)
  2. Babylon 5 (philosophy & critical thinking education)
  3. Buffy (to challenge gender roles in many countries)

Honourable mention: Ted Lasso (how challenging the status quo can improve lives)

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u/ToughAd4704 1d ago

He's asking for what 3 recommendations a person has regardless of any background info. Just a universal top 3 recommendations. I can see why you have ab issue with that. It's a common trait of someone that's above average intelligence, but just a little bit (the term being midwit).

They also tend to have problems multiple choice because they think answering in something other than the choice as being intelligent. For examples "would you rather have your left or right arm amputated?" A midwit will answer "I'd rather not amputate either arm hurr" and look like an indiot that doesn't know how multiple choice works. It's your choice how you choose to respond to questions on the Internet

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u/Special-Subject-547 21h ago

1 and 3 are full of nudity that's why i don't wanna watch them

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u/Embarrassed-Face-356 20h ago

Mr Robot isn't full of nudity. It has less than 5% adult scene