The BEST STARZ shows of all time
Every STARZ show, ranked
We've compiled the average episode rating for every STARZ show to compile this list of best shows!
#1 - Spartacus
Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome.
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#2 - Outlander
An English combat nurse from 1945 is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743.
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#3 - Power
James St. Patrick, a ruthless, intelligent drug dealer under the street name "Ghost," wishes to leave the criminal world to pursue legitimate business interests as a nightclub owner.
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#4 - Power Book IV: Force
Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city.
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#5 - Party Down
"Party Down" follows a Los Angeles catering team - a sextet of Hollywood wannabes stuck working for tips while hoping for their "big break." Each episode of this half-hour comedy finds the hapless catering team working a new event - and inevitably getting tangled up with the colorful guests and their absurd lives.
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#6 - Black Sails
“They’re not animals, they’re men starved of hope.” Its 1715, the apex of the Golden Age of Piracy in the Caribbean. Its lawless territory, controlled by dozens of the most notorious pirates in history, the most feared of which is Captain Flint. The British Navy returns to shore, and as their threats loom, the real Flint emerges; a man driven by deep, complex, and even romantic motives. Its now war in the West Indies, and the waters of Nassau have never been bloodier. He allies with the daughter of a local smuggling kingpin Eleanor Guthrie, smooth talking rebellious lone wolf John Silver, tragically damaged turned vicious outlaw Charles Vane, legacy seeker Jack Rackham, silent assassin Anne Bonny, and a retired legend… Blackbeard. In desperation, they fight back. Blood, rebellion, war, love, honor, freedom. This dark, gritty drama shows the reality and cost of fighting for true freedom from the losers of history that were painted in the stories as monsters of their time.
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#7 - Survivor's Remorse
Cam Calloway is a basketball phenom in his early 20’s who is suddenly thrust into the limelight after signing a multi-million dollar contract with a professional basketball team in Atlanta. Cam, along with his cousin, and confidant Reggie Vaughn move to Georgia to start Cam’s journey to success. The two confront the challenges of carrying opportunistic family members and their strong ties to the impoverished community that they come from. Cam, Reggie, and an unforgettable group of characters wrestle with the rewards and pitfalls of stardom, love, and loyalty.
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#8 - Boss (2011)
Mayor Tom Kane, diagnosed with a dementia disorder, struggles to keep his grip on power in Chicago.
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#9 - Power Book II: Ghost
The journey of some of Power's most controversial characters.
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#10 - Ash vs Evil Dead
Ash has spent the last thirty years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind and Ash becomes mankind's only hope.
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#11 - Step Up
Welcome to Atlanta, home of High Water, the city’s most cutthroat performing arts school. When twins Tal and Janelle relocate from Ohio, they find themselves thrust into a world where every move is a test. As they attempt to navigate their new world — on and off the dance floor — they’ll discover just how deep they’re willing to dig to realize their dreams and seize their moment.
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#12 - Spartacus: Blood and Sand - The Motion Comic
The story of legendary hero Spartacus comes alive through a motion comic and companion piece for the TV series.
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#13 - The Pillars of the Earth
In the Middle Ages, love and death intersect in a story whose center is the construction of a Gothic cathedral.
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#14 - BMF
Late 1980s. The journey of two brothers, Demetrius "Big Meech" Flenory and Terry "Southwest T" Flenory, having grown up with the street codes of Detroit. They gave birth to one of the most influential criminal families in the United States thanks to the drug trade.
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#15 - Insomnia (2018)
Insomnia is an illegal game, a costly entertainment, that is held once a year in an exclusive casino where only rich and powerful play. Bets have been placed - the game has begun. Remake of the Russian series Бессонница / Insomnia (2014)
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#16 - Power Book III: Raising Kanan
Set in the 1990s, the series chronicles the early years of Kanan Stark and how he got into the drug game.
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#17 - Counterpart
After discovering that the spy agency he works for is hiding a gateway to a parallel dimension, a low-level UN bureaucrat in Berlin is thrust into a shadow world of intrigue and danger and must determine if he can trust his near-identical counterpart in the other world.
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#18 - Magic City
As Frank Sinatra rings in a new year in the grand ballroom of Miami Beach's most luxurious dream palace – the Miramar Hotel – its visionary leader, Ike Evans, must deal with the Mob, his complicated family and a city in the midst of dramatic change as Fidel Castro takes control of Cuba, just 200 miles offshore. By day the hotel at the center of "Magic City" is all diving clown acts and cha-cha lessons by the pool, but at night Miami Beach reveals a darker truth. Dopers, dealers, strippers, gangsters and those who arrest them drift together to hear the top nightclub acts perform. Just beneath the surface, racial tensions stir. Ike must deal with all of this, even while global intrigue is brewing right under his roof.
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#19 - Da Vinci's Demons
A chronicle of the life of Leonardo da Vinci begins with the Italian artist-inventor in his mid-20s in Renaissance Florence.
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#20 - P-Valley
The series tells the story of a little-strip-club-that-could and the characters who come through its doors—the hopeful, the lost, the broken, the ballers, the beautiful, and the damned.
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#21 - The Serpent Queen
Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she is unable to concieve. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years.
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#22 - Men in Kilts: A Roadtrip with Sam and Graham
A celebration of Scottish history and culture, with Outlander stars Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish discovering the heritage of their native country, meeting local artisans and experts and experiencing genuine moments of awe and fascination as they share their travels with the audience.
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#23 - The White Princess
Charts one of the most tumultuous times in British history uniquely from the viewpoint of the women waging the battle for power.
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#24 - Gravity
“Gravity” is an offbeat series about a support group for people who have attempted suicide. Unlikely relationships are forged when the colorful cast faces the challenges and opportunities that come along with a second shot at life. Robert and Lily, two star-crossed lovers from very different worlds, are particularly tested when the mysterious Detective Miller takes an unusual interest in them. The couple joins the likes of an aging supermodel, construction worker, hormonal teenager and picture-perfect housewife as the group learns to live and love again in New York City.
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#25 - Heels
Two brothers and rivals — one a villain, or “heel,” in the ring; the other a hero, or “face” — war over their late father’s wrestling promotion, vying for national attention in small-town Georgia.
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#26 - American Gods
A recently released ex-convict named Shadow meets a mysterious man who calls himself "Wednesday" and who knows more than he first seems to about Shadow's life and past.
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#27 - Minx
In 1970s Los Angeles, Joyce, an earnest young feminist, joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.
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#28 - The Spanish Princess
The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.
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#29 - Flesh and Bone
“Flesh and Bone” follows a young ballet dancer, Claire, who has a distinctly troubled past, as she joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. The dark, gritty, complex series unflinchingly explores the dysfunction and glamour of the ballet world and New York’s inherent drama. Claire is emotionally wounded, sexually damaged, and possesses self-destructive tendencies amid her vaulting ambitions. She is a transcendent ballerina, but her inner torment and aspirations drive her in compelling, unforeseeable ways, especially when confronted with the machinations of the company’s mercurial Artistic Director, and an unwelcome visitor from her past.
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#30 - Vida
Emma and Lyn, two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles, couldn’t be more different or distanced from each other. When circumstances force them to return to their old neighborhood, they are confronted by the past and surprising truth about their mother’s identity.
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#31 - Seduced: Inside The NXIVM Cult
This four-part documentary series follows the story of India Oxenberg’s perilous journey through the dark and criminal world of the notorious self-help-group-turned-sex-slave-cult NXIVM.
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#32 - The Girlfriend Experience
Explore the relationships of the most exclusive courtesans who provide their clients with far more than just sex. These purveyors – or GFEs (Girlfriend Experience) – share intimacies more common to romantic partners or husbands and wives, becoming quasi-lovers and confidants who are richly paid for their time.
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#33 - Shining Vale
A dysfunctional family moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Patricia “Pat” Phelps, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed — turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same.
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#34 - Camelot
"Camelot" is the timeless and powerful tale of legendary King Arthur, and he is the focus of this romantic adventure series. "Camelot" features a stunning cast of talented young actors weaving authenticity into a fresh approach to the most classic medieval tale of all time.
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#35 - Gaslit
A modern take on Watergate that focuses on the untold stories and forgotten characters of the scandal – from Nixon’s bumbling and opportunistic subordinates to the deranged zealots aiding and abetting their crimes to the tragic whistleblowers who would eventually bring the whole rotten enterprise crashing down. The story will center on Martha Mitchell, A big personality with an even bigger mouth. Martha is a celebrity Arkansan socialite and wife to Nixon’s loyal Attorney General, John Mitchell. Despite her party affiliation, she’s the first person to publicly sound the alarm on Nixon’s involvement in Watergate, causing both the Presidency and her personal life to unravel.
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#36 - Becoming Elizabeth
Becoming Elizabeth focuses on young Elizabeth Tudor, an orphaned teenager who became involved in the political and sexual politics of the court of England during her journey to obtain the crown.
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#37 - Crash
In Los Angeles, the constant search for the inaccessible cuts through the destinies of characters with very different characters and careers.
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#38 - Run the World
The story of a group of Black, vibrant, fiercely loyal best friends who work, live and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. At its core, it's an unapologetically female show about enviable friendship and not only surviving – but thriving together.
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#39 - Sweetbitter
The story of 22-year-old Tess who, shortly after arriving in New York City, lands a job at a celebrated downtown restaurant. Swiftly introduced to the world of drugs, alcohol, love, lust, dive bars, and fine dining, she learns to navigate the chaotically alluring, yet punishing life she has stumbled upon.
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#40 - Hightown
Jackie Quiñones, a hard-partying National Marine Fisheries Service agent, has her free-wheeling life thrown into disarray when she discovers a body on the beach—another casualty of Cape Cod’s opioid epidemic. As a result of this trauma, Jackie takes the first steps toward becoming sober, until she becomes convinced that it’s up to her to solve the murder.
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#41 - Blunt Talk
The show follows British newscaster Walter Blunt who moves to Los Angeles with the intention of conquering American nightly cable news. His misguided decisions on and off the air prove that his ultimate ambitions will be difficult to achieve.
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#42 - Blindspotting
Ashley's partner of 12 years and father of their son, Miles, is suddenly incarcerated, leaving her to navigate a chaotic and humorous existential crisis when she's forced to move in with Miles' mother and half-sister.
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#43 - Wrong Man
A team of esteemed experts re-investigate the cases of three inmates who have been locked up for decades and claim they're innocent.
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#44 - The Rook
Myfanwy Thomas wakes up in the rain beside London’s Millennium Bridge with no memory of who she is and no way to explain the circle of latex-gloved dead bodies splayed around her. When Myfanwy discovers she is a high-ranking official in the Checquy, Britain’s last truly secret service for people with paranormal abilities, she will have to navigate the dangerous and complex world of the agency to uncover who wiped her memory—and why she is a target.
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#45 - Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
Dangerous Liaisons follows the Marquise de Merteuil and the Vicomte de Valmont, two narcissistic rivals and ex-lovers who use seduction to control and exploit others. It explores the world of the French aristocracy shortly before the French revolution. The series will tell the origin story of the early years of both characters when they meet as passionate young lovers in the slums of 18th century Paris.
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#46 - Now Apocalypse
While on various quests to pursue love, sex, and fame with his friends in Los Angeles, Ulysses is troubled by sinister, premonitory dreams and wonders if the end of the world as we know it is coming, or if he is simply suffering some kind of marijuana-fueled delusions.
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#47 - Take My Wife (2016)
Art imitates life when a young married couple use their home lives as inspiration for their stand-up comedy routines.
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#48 - Confronting a Serial Killer
The five-episode series tells the timely story of the unprecedented relationship between acclaimed author and journalist Jillian Lauren and the most prolific serial killer in American history, Sam Little, and her race against time to identify his victims before it’s too late (Little recently died in prison at the age of 80, after avoiding justice for his crimes for decades).
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#49 - The Chair (2014)
"The Chair,” created by Chris Moore, the Executive Producer of Emmy nominated “Project Greenlight,” is a STARZ original filmmaking experiment. The documentary series follows two first-time film directors, Shane Dawson and Anna Martemucci, who are given the opportunity to direct separate films adapted from the same original screenplay. “The Chair” will document the creation, marketing, and theatrical release of both films, and through multiplatform voting, the audience will ultimately determine which director will be awarded $250,000. Both directors will have creative leeway to develop their respective films using their own ingenuity and distinct experience. Actor Zachary Quinto and his producing partners Corey Moosa and Neal Dodson will join Moore and the script’s original producer, Josh Shader, to serve as mentors to Dawson and Martemucci.
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