Best Drama TV Shows of 2008
The 48 highest rated drama TV shows released in 2008, ranked by viewer ratings on TMDB. Only titles with enough votes to count are included, so one-off five-star ratings can't skew the list.
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Breaking Bad (2008)
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…
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The Mentalist (2008)
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Sons of Anarchy (2008)
The Sons of Anarchy (SOA) are an outlaw motorcycle club with many charters in the United States and overseas. The show focused on the original and founding charter, Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original, often referred to by the…
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Wakfu (2008)
Follow Yugo and his friends Amalia, Evangelyne, Tristepin, Ruel and Az as they try to rescue the world of Wakfu from destruction.
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Física o química (2008)
It tells the stories of a group of teachers and students from a central fictional school in Madrid. Under the gaze of some new teachers, newcomers to the center, we will know the passions, interests, aspirations and dreams of a group of…
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6
Romanzo Criminale: The Series (2008)
Love, business, anxieties, friendships, feuds, and resentments paint the picture of the main story, that of a group of criminals who for nearly fifteen years, from 1977 to 1992, cherished an illusion: that of conquering Rome. The Lebanese,…
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Vampire Knight (2008)
At Cross Academy, two student disciplinary committee members are tasked with keeping the peace between a human class and a night class of vampires.
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Toradora! (2008)
Menacing in appearance but gentle at heart, second year high school student Ryuuji forms an unlikely friendship with classmate Taiga, a tiny girl with a sharp tongue and a tough attitude.
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9
The Simulators (2008)
A remake of the Argentine series of the same name about a group of four partners who solve common problems through advanced simulation operations.
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Capadocia (2008)
Capadocia is a Mexican HBO Latin America television series. It started on March 2, 2008 and its second season was planned for 2010.
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Fringe (2008)
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a…
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12
Generation Kill (2008)
The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them…
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Doña Bárbara (2008)
Doña Bárbara is a Spanish-language telenovela produced by the United States-based television network Telemundo, Sony Pictures Television International and RTI Colombia. Edith González and Christian Meier star in this adaptation of the 1929…
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14
Merlin (2008)
The unlikely friendship between Merlin, a young man gifted with extraordinary magical powers, and Prince Arthur, heir to the crown of Camelot.
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Black Butler (2008)
In Victorian London, 12-year-old business magnate Ciel Phantomhive thwarts dangers to the queen as he's watched over by his demon butler, Sebastian.
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Murdoch Mysteries (2008)
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
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John Adams (2008)
Adapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an ambassador in Europe,…
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Oye Bonita (2008)
The story revolves mainly around the love between two people who at first are totally different were exiled from their lands in the past due to the ambition of powerful families in the region, the Isazas and a close associate, Antoine…
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Sky of Love: Someone I love is there (2008)
An ordinary senior high school girl named Mika meets Hiro, a showy boy with dyed hair and pierced ears. It is a "pure love" story of the two going through many unimaginably sad incidents while nurturing their love single-mindedly. It not…
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Ashes to Ashes (2008)
Crime drama series featuring Life On Mars' DCI Gene Hunt. After being shot in 2008, DI Alex Drake lands in 1981, where she finds herself in familiar company.
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In Treatment (2008)
The intimate confines of psychotherapy sessions are seen from the perspective of a therapist and individual patients.
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Killer Women (2008)
Mujeres Asesinas is a series that shows the dark side of women who have been mistreated or abused and become cruel murderers. The series shows how violence and death can overcome the feminine mind.
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Without Breasts There Is No Paradise (2008)
The tragic story of Catalina Santana, whose ambition is so strong that she will risk her life due to her obsession with having bigger breasts to attract drug lords and have all the luxuries in the world.
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24
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008)
Aspiring super-villain Dr. Horrible wants to join the Evil League of Evil and win the girl of his dreams, but his nemesis, Captain Hammer, stops him at every turn.
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25
True Blood (2008)
Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And while humans have been safely removed from the menu, many remain apprehensive about these…
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En nombre del amor (2008)
En Nombre Del Amor is a Mexican telenovela produced by Televisa. It is a remake of Cadenas de Amargura. En Nombre Del Amor was produced by Carlos Moreno, and filming began on August 4, 2008. It premiered in the United States July 7, 2009 on…
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The Cartel (2008)
The Cartel follows ten friends, all of them members of a dangerous drug cartel, whose ambition for power and money will cause them to eventually kill each other. For it is an undeniable truth that, in this business, you always lose.
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Leverage (2008)
A five-person team comprised of a thief, a grifter, a hacker, and a retrieval specialist, led by former insurance investigator Nathan Ford, use their skills to fight corporate and governmental injustices inflicted on ordinary citizens.
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Sense and Sensibility (2008)
Sense and Sensibility is a 2008 British television drama, based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies, who said that the aim of the series was to make viewers forget Ang Lee's 1995 film…
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30
Burning for Revenge (2008)
Fuego en la sangre is a telenovela that began transmissions on January 21, 2008, through Mexico's Canal de las Estrellas network. Starring Adela Noriega, Eduardo Yáñez, Diana Bracho, and Guillermo García Cantú. It is the Mexican remake of…
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Spice and Wolf (2008)
Lawrence, a traveling merchant searching for profit, finds a naked girl with the ears and tail of a wolf asleep in his cart. Her name is Holo – a harvest goddess with an untamed beast lurking inside who longs to return to her beloved…
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Don't Mess with the Angel (2008)
When Marichuy was born, her mother—believing she was on the verge of death—handed her over to a priest, who took her to an orphanage. At the age of fourteen, Marichuy ran away from the institution and began wandering from place to place,…
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Knight Rider (2008)
On the heels of NBC's hit movie, the iconic 1980s television classic comes roaring back to life as a reinvented, updated and super-charged action series showcasing the new KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand). Absolutely the coolest…
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34
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008)
The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing…
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Legend of the Seeker (2008)
The adventures of woodsman Richard Cypher, who discovers that he was born to fulfill a prophecy of becoming a guardian hero to oppressed people. With the help of a mysterious woman named Kahlan and a wise old wizard named Zedd, he must stop…
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Tomorrow is forever (2008)
Fernanda is the youngest daughter of the landowner Gonzalo Elizalde, owner of a large dairy company, and Eduardo is the son of Soledad, the Elizalde family's housekeeper. The two children have grown up together, united by an innocent and…
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Wallander (2008)
This drama follows Inspector Kurt Wallander – a middle-aged everyman – as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in the apparently sleepy backwaters in and around Ystad in Skane, southern Sweden. Based on the international…
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Flashpoint (2008)
The Strategic Response Unit (SRU) is an elite team of cops who specialize in high-risk critical incidents. Trained in tactics and psychology, they deal with extreme situations, where split-second decisions could save a life...or cost one.
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Dead Set (2008)
Zombies are rampaging throughout Britain. Blissfully unaware of gory events outside, the Big Brother housemates are in for the ultimate eviction night...
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40
La rosa de Guadalupe (2008)
Stories about people who get into problems who use the help of Virgin Mary and where a rose appears and their problems are solved.
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Survivors (2008)
When a deadly virus wipes out most of the world's population, a handful of survivors struggle to stay alive.
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42
In Plain Sight (2008)
U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.
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43
The Colour of Magic (2008)
As Rincewind involuntarily becomes a guide to the naive tourist Twoflower, they find themselves forced to flee the city of Ankh-Morpork to escape a terrible fire, and begin on a journey across the Disc. Unknown to them, their journey and…
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44
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
Amy and her friends at Grant High learn to define themselves while they navigate the perilous waters of contemporary adolescence. Between their love triangles, secrets, drama, accusations, gossip, confusion, and scandalous rumors, there's…
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Fear Itself (2008)
A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.
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Life on Mars (2008)
After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
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The Andromeda Strain (2008)
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…
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90210 (2008)
90210 revolves around several students at the fictional West Beverly Hills High School, including new Beverly Hills residents Annie Wilson and Dixon Wilson. Their father, Harry Wilson, has returned from Kansas to his Beverly Hills childhood…