The BEST Apple TV shows of all time
Every Apple TV show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every Apple TV show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - Earthsounds
This landmark series uses cutting-edge audio technology and filming techniques to reveal our planet in a stunning new way through breathtaking, never-before-heard sounds from the natural world.
View Episode Rankings#2 - Tiny World
Taking a unique perspective on the natural world, the series explores the ingenuity and resilience of the smallest animals on the planet. Brand new camera technology allows us, for the very first time, to see the world through the eyes of the tiniest creatures and witness the extraordinary things they do to survive.
View Episode Rankings#3 - Prehistoric Planet
Experience the wonders of our world like never before in this epic docuseries from Jon Favreau and the producers of Planet Earth. Travel back 66 million years to when majestic dinosaurs and extraordinary creatures roamed the lands, seas, and skies.
View Episode Rankings#4 - Dickinson
Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world’s greatest poet.
View Episode Rankings#5 - Black Bird
Inspired by actual events. As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
View Episode Rankings#6 - Mr. Scorsese
The portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family and creative collaborators.
View Episode Rankings#7 - Pachinko
This sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
View Episode Rankings#8 - Bad Sisters
The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for each other. When their brother-in-law winds up dead, his life insurers launch an investigation to prove malicious intent — and set their sights on the sisters, all of whom had ample reason to kill him.
View Episode Rankings#9 - Earth at Night in Color
Narrated by Tom Hiddleston and filmed across six continents, this docuseries uses cutting-edge camera technology to capture animals' nocturnal lives, revealing new behaviors filmed in full color like never before.
View Episode Rankings#10 - Trying
All Nikki and Jason want is a baby — the one thing they can’t have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they’re ready to be parents?
View Episode Rankings#11 - Defending Jacob
The series follows Massachusetts lawyer Andy Barber in the aftermath of his 14-year-old son, Jacob, being accused of murder. The allegations have a major impact on Andy’s family, and he must reevaluate what he thinks he knows about his child.
View Episode Rankings#12 - Long Way Up
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman journey to glorious landscapes across South and Central America on the backs of prototype electric Harley-Davidsons in the third series of the epic motorcycle adventure saga.
View Episode Rankings#13 - The Secret Lives of Animals
Discover the clever and creative ways animals navigate life’s most extraordinary challenges, from leaving home to finding a partner.
View Episode Rankings#14 - Real Madrid: Until The End
Step onto the field and go behind the scenes with the iconic football team for a look at their astonishing 2021-2022 season. Fueled by their fervent fans, they defy the odds and silence the skeptics.
View Episode Rankings#15 - See
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.
View Episode Rankings#16 - Long Way Home
Ewan and Charley as they ride lovingly refurbished vintage motorbikes from Ewan’s home in Scotland to Charley’s in England — but rather than take the shortest route, they go the long way! They head across the North Sea to Scandinavia, all the way up to the Arctic Circle and then down to the Baltics and through continental Europe, before eventually hopping back over the English Channel two months later.
View Episode Rankings#17 - The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
Suddenly left without his trusted caretaker, Ptolemy Grey is assigned to the care of orphaned teenager Robyn. When they learn about a treatment that will restore Ptolemy's dementia-addled memories, it begins a journey toward shocking truths.
View Episode Rankings#18 - Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson
Award–winning producer and artist Mark Ronson explores the intersection of technology and musical innovation with his heroes and fellow hitmakers.
View Episode Rankings#19 - The Dynasty: New England Patriots
Go inside the franchise’s 20-year journey, from the unique chemistry that fueled six Super Bowl wins to the internal strife that sparked a turf war. Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft and key players reveal the road to — and cost of — greatness.
View Episode Rankings#20 - Murderbot
In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet… even though it just wants to binge soap operas.
View Episode Rankings#21 - Acapulco (2021)
A young Mexican man's dream comes true when he gets the job of a lifetime at the hottest resort in Acapulco. But he soon realizes the job is far more complicated than he ever imagined as all of his beliefs and morals start to be questioned.
View Episode Rankings#22 - The Crowded Room
A psychological thriller set in Manhattan in the summer of 1979, when a young man is arrested for a shocking crime, and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
View Episode Rankings#23 - Mythic Quest
Meet the team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time. But in a workplace focused on building worlds, molding heroes, and creating legends, the most hard-fought battles don’t occur in the game—they happen in the office.
View Episode Rankings#24 - WondLa
Forced to flee her underground sanctuary for Earth’s surface, Eva discovers a world unlike anything she expected. As she journeys across perilous terrain and unknown civilizations, Eva searches to answer the ultimate question: Is she the last human?
View Episode Rankings#25 - Servant
The series follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
View Episode Rankings#26 - Swagger
Explore the world of AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) basketball in the nation's capital, and the players, their families and coaches who walk the fine line between dreams and ambition, and opportunism and corruption.
View Episode Rankings#27 - Shining Girls
Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with veteran reporter Dan Velazquez to understand her ever-changing present-and confront her past.
View Episode Rankings#28 - Wolfboy and the Everything Factory
William Wolfe is no ordinary human boy. Down in the magical spryte realm of the Everything Factory, he’s Wolfboy. And with his new spryte friends, he learns his vivid imagination and limitless creativity have the power to change the world.
View Episode Rankings#29 - 1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
An immersive, deep-dive docuseries rich with archival footage and interviews that explores the musicians and soundtracks that shaped the culture and politics of 1971.
View Episode Rankings#30 - They Call Me Magic
Earvin "Magic" Johnson is an icon for the ages-from humble beginnings to the Dream Team to business titan. Featuring candid interviews with teammates, rivals, family, friends, and more, this docuseries charts the life and career of a legend.
View Episode Rankings#31 - STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces
Steve Martin is one of the most beloved and enigmatic figures in entertainment. Dive into his extraordinary story from two distinct points of view—past and present—as Martin reflects on how his beginnings led to his unexpectedly fulfilling life today.
View Episode Rankings#32 - Disclaimer
When an intriguing novel appears at the bedside of a journalist whose career has been built on revealing transgressions, she is horrified to realize she's a key character in a long-buried story. One that exposes her darkest secret.
View Episode Rankings#33 - Snoopy in Space
Blast off with Snoopy as he fulfills his dream to become a NASA astronaut. Joined by Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang, Snoopy takes command of the International Space Station and explores the moon and beyond.
View Episode Rankings#34 - Home (2020)
A never-before-seen look inside the world’s most innovative homes, unveiling the boundary-pushing imagination of the visionaries who dared to dream and build them.
View Episode Rankings#35 - The Last Frontier (2025)
When a prison transport plane crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness - freeing dozens of violent inmates - the region's lone marshal must protect the town he's vowed to keep safe.
View Episode Rankings#36 - The Afterparty
In this murder-mystery comedy set at a high school reunion afterparty, every episode features a chronicle of the same night told through a different character’s perspective, each with its own unique visual format and film genre to match the teller’s personality.
View Episode Rankings#37 - WeCrashed
Inspired by actual events, and the love story at the centre of it all. WeWork grew from a single coworking space into a global brand worth $47 billion in under a decade. Then, in less than a year, its value plummeted. What happened?
View Episode Rankings#38 - Criminal Record
In the heart of contemporary London, an anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives into a confrontation over an old murder case, one a young woman in the early stages of her career; the other a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy.
View Episode Rankings#39 - Schmigadoon!
In this parody of 1940s musicals, backpacking couple Melissa and Josh get trapped in Schmigadoon, a magical town filled with singing and dancing townspeople, and learn they can’t leave without finding true love, which they thought they already had.
View Episode Rankings#40 - Peanuts
Charles Schulz's classic comic strip Peanuts started in 1950. Fifteen years later, A Charlie Brown Christmas debuted. When The Little Christmas Special that Could proved to be an unexpected success, the stage was set for successive television specials. To date, over forty have been made. The Charlie Brown specials focus on one round-headed kid, his goofy but intelligent beagle, and their vast array of friends. Each has distinctive qualities: Lucy, the crabby, self-proclaimed psychiatrist; Linus, the blanket-toting theologian; Schroeder, the Beethoven worshiper whose black piano keys are only painted on; Peppermint Patty, the tomboy whose affections toward "Chuck" are only outweighed by her sports abilities; and so on. The wit, the charm, the pleasantness of these specials make them appropriate not just for children, but for the whole family.
View Episode Rankings#41 - The Wild Ones (2025)
How can we help critically endangered animals? Follow a team of wildlife filmmakers as they journey to the world's remotest corners trying to capture groundbreaking footage of the planet's most elusive species using cutting-edge technology.
View Episode Rankings#42 - Shantaram
Fugitive Lin Ford looking to get lost in vibrant and chaotic 1980s Bombay. Alone in an unfamiliar city, Lin struggles to avoid the trouble he’s running from in this new place. After falling for an enigmatic and intriguing woman named Karla, Lin must choose between freedom or love and the complications that come with it.
View Episode Rankings#43 - Midnight Family
Marigaby is a medical student by day — and by night, she saves lives with her family in Mexico City's high-stakes business of private ambulances. As pressure from both worlds threatens to drag her down, Marigaby will do whatever it takes to stay afloat.
View Episode Rankings#44 - Big Beasts
Travel from freezing poles to tropical rainforests to meet nature’s most captivating giants, who prove being big comes with enormous challenges.
View Episode Rankings#45 - The Problem With Jon Stewart
It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the world’s problems. It’s harder to pinpoint the systems responsible for creating them. In this series, Jon Stewart brings together people affected by different parts of a problem to discuss how we come up with change.
View Episode Rankings#46 - Ghostwriter (2019)
When a ghost haunts a neighborhood bookstore and starts releasing fictional characters into the real world, four kids must team up to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business. Armed with secret messages only they can see, the young heroes chase down the truth — and become friends in the process.
View Episode Rankings#47 - The Line
In covert modern warfare, the line between right and wrong has blurred. This docuseries examines the moral ambiguities of war as embodied by the 2018 case in which a U.S. Navy SEAL platoon accused its chief, Eddie Gallagher, of war crimes.
View Episode Rankings#48 - Little Voice
A love letter to the diverse musicality of New York and an exploration of the universal journey of finding your authentic voice in your early 20s.
View Episode Rankings#49 - Make or Break (2022)
A documentary series that delivers behind-the-scenes access to the world’s best surfers as they battle for the World Title at the World Surf League (WSL) Championship Tour (CT).
View Episode Rankings#50 - Manhunt (2024)
A conspiracy thriller about one of the best known but least understood crimes in history. This is the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination — as the fate of the country hangs in the balance.
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