2020 Has Given Us Some of the Best Miniseries in Recent Memory

Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal in "Normal People"

Binge-watching new TV shows was our favorite pastime in 2020, and these five mini-series certainly kept us on our toes and made us wish they had more episodes.

The Queen’s Gambit

Netflix gave us many amazing new shows that found enormous success in 2020, but it doesn’t get any better than this epic tale of a young chess prodigy who tries to become the most formidable player in the world.

Normal People               

This Irish drama is one of the most realistic depictions of modern romance in recent memory, and that’s exactly the reason why so many people tuned in to watch Marianne and Connell fall in and out of love.

Mrs. America

This historical drama about Phyllis Schlafly’s fight against the Equal Rights Amendment movement during the 1970s had one of the most star-studded casts of 2020, and that alone makes it worth the watch.

Unorthodox

Based on Deborah Feldman’s autobiography, Netflix’s first series in Yiddish tracks the journey of a young ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who decides to flee her arranged marriage and start a new life in Germany.

Little Fires Everywhere

At a time when we all needed an addictive new show to be excited about, this intertwined tale of two families set in the opulent neighborhood of Shaker Heights gave us just that.