100 Most Popular Made for TV Mini-Series of All Time

Candice
Ok, so this list isn't what I would consider my favorites by any means, but based on the Internet Movie Data Base,(my favorite go-to site for any movie trivia and information), these are the 100 most popular made for TV Mini-Series Titles of all time. Who knows what people will choose? I wonder who really voted for these? Now, granted, I've not watched all of the 100 listed, but of the titles I did see, many were not even up for consideration in popularity...I guess everyone is different and has different tastes. Plus, I've never really been one in the "popular" group anyway, so no big deal.
Find out where your favorite landed!

Before we get into it, I just couldn't help myself,I HAD to throw in my list! Where do they stack up against your faves?
MY top 10 favorite TV mini-series:

Angels in America (2003 TV mini-series)

Jesus of Nazareth (1977 TV mini-series)

The Thorn Birds (1983 TV mini-series)

Dekalog (1989 TV mini-series)

Roots (1977 TV mini-series)

Shogun (1980 TV mini-series)

Band of Brothers (2001 TV mini-series)

North and South (1985 TV mini-series)

Neverwhere (1996 TV mini-series)

Merlin (1998 TV mini-series)

And......Here it is!
The 100 Most Popular Made for TV Mini-Series of All Time!

1 Band of Brothers (2001 TV mini-series)-The story of Easy Company of the US Army 101st Airborne division and their mission in WWII Europe from Operation Overlord through V-J Day. Received a 9.6/10 with 76,445 votes

2 Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV mini-series)Jane Austen's classic novel about the prejudice that occurred between the 19th century classes and the pride which would keep lovers apart. Received: 9.2/10 with 21,526 votes

3 Battlestar Galactica (2003 TV mini-series)A re-imagining of the original series in which a "rag-tag fugitive fleet" of the last remnants of mankind flees pursuing robots while simultaneously searching for their true home, Earth. Received 8.3/10 with 16,473 votes.

4 The Stand (1994 TV mini-series)After the world is decimated by a man-made plague, a battle of literally Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.Received 7.2/10 with12,644 votes.

5 Angels in America (2003 TV mini-series)Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected individuals. Received 8.2/10 with 12,579 votes

6 The Pacific (2010 TV mini-series)A 10-part mini-series from the creators of "Band of Brothers" telling the intertwined stories of three Marines during America's battle with the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II.Received8.4/10 with 11,661 votes

7 Generation Kill (2008 TV mini-series)A Rolling Stone reporter, embedded with The 1st Recon Marines chronicles his experiences during the first wave of the American-led assault on Baghdad in 2003.8.8/10 10,886

8 The Lost Room (2006 TV mini-series)A detective investigates a mysterious motel room, which acts as a portal to alternate universe.8.4/10 9,290

9 Rose Red (2002 TV mini-series)A group of people with psychic powers are invited to spend the night in a haunted house .Received 6.4/10 with 8,906 votes

10 Merlin (1998 TV mini-series)The legendary wizard tells his story of his war against Queen Mab of the Sidhe and his creation of Camelot. Received6.9/10 8,885 votes

11 Dune (2000 TV mini-series) Received 6.9/10 with 8,059 votes

12 Storm of the Century (1999 TV mini-series) Received 7.1/10 7,852votes

13 John Adams (2008 TV mini-series) Received 8.8/10 7,808votes

14 The 10th Kingdom (2000 TV mini-series) Received 8.1/10 7,664votes

15 Riget (1994 TV mini-series) Received 8.6/10 6,967votes

16 Lonesome Dove (1989 TV mini-series) Received 8.9/10 6,893votes

17 Tin Man (2007 TV mini-series) Received 7.1/10 6,467votes

18 The Shining (1997 TV mini-series) Received 6.0/10 6,082votes

19 The Andromeda Strain (2008 TV mini-series) Received 6.1/10 5,347votes

20 V (1983 TV movie) Received 7.9/10 5,305votes

21 Dekalog (1989 TV mini-series) Received 9.2/10 5,288votes

22 Children of Dune (2003 TV mini-series) Received 7.6/10 5,266votes

23 Afro Samurai (2007 TV mini-series)Received 7.7/10 4,928votes

24 I, Claudius (1976 TV mini-series) Received 9.3/10 4,825votes

25 Dead Set (2008 TV mini-series) Received 8.1/10 4,793votes

26 Jesus of Nazareth (1977 TV mini-series) Received 8.5/10 4,764votes

27 North & South (2004 TV mini-series)Received 9.0/10 4,583votes

28 From the Earth to the Moon (1998 TV mini-series) Received 8.9/10 4,390votes

29 Jane Eyre (2006 TV mini-series) Received 8.6/10 4,374votes

30 The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (1981 TV mini-series) Received 8.0/10 4,096votes

31 The Triangle (2005 TV mini-series) Received 6.5/10 4,034votes

32 Roots (1977 TV mini-series) Received 8.7/10 4,000votes

33 Shogun (1980 TV mini-series) Received 8.3/10 3,614votes

34 Riget II (1997 TV mini-series) Received 3,583votes

35 Long Way Round (2004 TV mini-series documentary) Received 9.2/10 3,427votes

36 Elizabeth I (2005 TV mini-series) Received 8.1/10 3,169votes

37 Into the West (2005 TV mini-series) 8.0/10 3,149votes

38 North and South (1985 TV mini-series) Received 3,043votes

39 XIII (2008 TV mini-series) Received 6.5/10 2,972votes

40 Das Boot (1985 TV mini-series) Received 9.3/10 2,735votes

41 The Thorn Birds (1983 TV mini-series) Received 7.9/10 2,668votes

42 Nuremberg (2000 TV mini-series) Received 7.2/10 2,590votes

43 Cosmos (1980 TV mini-series documentary)Received 9.5/10 2,577votes

44 State of Play (2003 TV mini-series) Received 8.7/10 2,555votes

45 Brideshead Revisited (1981 TV mini-series) 8.9/10 2,495votes

46 When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006 TV mini-series documentary) Received 8.6/10 2,467votes

47 Le comte de Monte Cristo (1998 TV mini-series) Received 7.9/10 2,424votes

48 Bleak House (2005 TV mini-series) Received 8.8/10 2,365votes

49 The Civil War (1990 TV mini-series documentary) Received 9.5/10 2,364votes

50 V: The Final Battle (1984 TV mini-series) Received 7.6/10 2,311votes

51 Broken Trail (2006 TV mini-series) Received 7.7/10 2,284votes

52 The Singing Detective (1986 TV mini-series)Received 8.9/10 2,251votes

53 Dinotopia (2002 TV mini-series) Received 6.2/10 2,240votes

54 The Pillars of the Earth (2010 TV mini-series)Received 8.6/10 2,210votes

55 Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001 TV mini-series)Received 7.9/10 2,207votes

56 Lost in Austen (2008 TV mini-series)Received 7.8/10 2,187votes

57 Alice (2009 TV mini-series) Received 7.0/10

58 Bangkok Hilton (1989 TV mini-series) Received 8.0/10 2,100votes

59 The Beatles Anthology (1995 TV mini-series documentary) Received 9.4/10 2,094votes

60 Cranford (2007 TV mini-series) Received 8.6/10 1,993votes

61 The Company (2007 TV mini-series) Received 7.8/10 1,924votes

62 Casanova (2005 TV mini-series) Received 8.0/10 1,922votes

63 Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006 TV mini-series)Received 7.0/10 1,904votes

64 Sense & Sensibility (2008 TV mini-series) Received 8.2/10 1,886votes

65 Wives and Daughters (1999 TV mini-series)Received 8.5/10 1,874votes

66 Moby Dick (1998 TV mini-series) Received 6.5/10 1,856votes

67 Napoléon (2002 TV mini-series) Received 7.1/10 1,814votes

68 Cleopatra (1999 TV mini-series) Received 6.3/10 1,804votes

69 Gormenghast (2000 TV mini-series) Received 7.5/10 1,786votes

70 Les misérables (2000 TV mini-series) Received 7.7/10 1,619votes

71 Edge of Darkness (1985 TV mini-series) Received 8.8/10 1,561votes

72 Holocaust (1978 TV mini-series) Received 8.4/10 1,544votes

73 Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980 TV mini-series) Received 8.8/10 1,529votes

74 Emma (2009 TV mini-series)Received 8.6/10 1,525votes

75 NileCity 105.6 (1995 TV mini-series) Received 8.7/10 1,478votes

76 North and South, Book II (1986 TV mini-series)Received 7.9/10 1,436votes

77 Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny (1973 TV mini-series)Received 8.8/10 1,410votes

78 The Forsyte Saga (2002 TV mini-series) Received 8.4/10 1,378votes

79 The Corner (2000 TV mini-series) Received 8.8/10 1,366votes

80 Impact (2008 TV mini-series) Received 5.5/10

81 The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977 TV mini-series)Received 9.3/10 1,360votes

82 Around the World in 80 Days (1989 TV mini-series) Received 6.9/10 1,351votes

83 The Last Don (1997 TV mini-series) Received 1,315votes

84 Baseball (1994 TV mini-series documentary)Received 9.1/10 1,277votes

85 Heimat - Eine deutsche Chronik (1984 TV mini-series) Received 8.9/10 1,273votes

86 Tales of the City (1993 TV mini-series)Received 8.6/10 1,268votes

87 The Starter Wife (2007 TV mini-series) Received 7.0/10 1,267votes

88 Scarlett (1994 TV mini-series) Received 6.2/10 1,265votes

89 The Winds of War (1983 TV mini-series) Received 8.4/10 1,264votes

90 Master i Margarita (2005 TV mini-series) Received 7.1/10 1,263votes

91 Jane Eyre (1983 TV mini-series) Received 8.2/10 1,211votes

92 Mesto vstrechi izmenit nelzya (1979 TV mini-series)Received 9.0/10 1,198votes

93 Neverwhere (1996 TV mini-series) Received 7.1/10 1,183votes

94 Comanche Moon (2008 TV mini-series) Received 7.3/10 1,181votes

95 Centennial (1978 TV mini-series) Received 8.5/10 1,167 votes

96 Lexx: The Dark Zone (1997 TV mini-series) Received 7.5/10 1,142 votes

97 RoboCop: Prime Directives (2000 TV mini-series) Received 4.8/10 1,128 votes

98 Mary Bryant (2005 TV mini-series) Received 7.6/10 1,066 votes

99 Wild Palms (1993 TV mini-series) Received 7.1/10 1,050 votes

100 Revelations (2005 TV mini-series) Received 6.2/10 1,018 votes

1-100 of 5,993 titles
for more information on any of these titles, just go to imdb.com or click on the resource link.

Which ones are YOUR favorite?

Resources:
IMDB.com; http://www.imdb.com/keyword/tv-mini-series/

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  • Dottie Cummings4/3/2011

    I really enjoyed the mini-series "Captains and the Kings" back in the 80's I believe. I would like to find it in a DVD.

  • Linda M. McCloud11/6/2010

    I love the Thorn Birds

  • Tracie Walker11/5/2010

    Most I've never seen. I did enjoy Pride and Prejudice, Bleak House and Jane Eyre.

  • Gabrielle Rice11/5/2010

    I watched Alice last year. It was pretty good, but like Anne I haven't heard of most mini series on the IMDb list. By the way, loved your personal favorites. I loved the Thorn Birds.

  • Anne Wright11/4/2010

    Angels in America I liked but never heard of most of these, I would watch I Claudius all over again

  • leroy coffie11/4/2010

    I watched Band of Brothers many times

  • Sheryl Young11/4/2010

    All of my faves are on here!

  • Sandy James11/3/2010

    North & South and the Thorn Birds are two of may favorites. Rich Man, Poor Man is another. Great list.

  • Mae Wong11/3/2010

    Great list!

  • Davida Chazan11/3/2010

    I'm a bit surprised that John Adams didn't score higher.

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