15 Overlooked Mini-Series You Can Binge in a Weekend

1. 11.22.63 (2016)

Ever wanted to time travel and fix history's mistakes? That's what English teacher Jake Epping does when he goes back to 1960, tasked with stopping JFK's assassination. He sets up a new life, falling in love and spying on Lee Harvey Oswald. Sounds straightforward, but meddling with the past creates a ripple effect, throwing curveballs his way.

2. The Lost Room (2006)

Imagine losing your daughter in a hotel room that suddenly doesn't exist. Detective Joe Miller finds himself entangled in this sci-fi thriller when he comes across a mysterious key. This key can open a door to an otherworldly room that's seemingly disconnected from time and space. But here's the catch—various objects from the room grant the holder supernatural powers, and everyone wants a piece. Joe has to outwit thieves, zealots, and even the room itself to find his daughter.

3. The Night Of (2016)

A young guy, Naz, takes his dad's taxi for a night out. He meets Andrea, they hit it off, drugs are involved, and they end up at her place. Morning comes, and he finds her stabbed to death. Naz freaks out, grabs the knife (bad idea), and flees—only to get caught by the police. Enter John Stone, a down-and-out lawyer with a soft spot for lost causes. They go through the intense criminal system, where every choice Naz makes seems to dig him into a deeper hole.

4. Dead Set (2008)

Reality TV meets zombies; what could go wrong? When a zombie outbreak occurs, the contestants on a Big Brother type show are blissfully unaware. That is until a runner-up, evicted from the house, is attacked. The producer and the remaining contestants slowly grasp the gravity of the situation. They barricade themselves inside the studio while our main guy, Patrick, tries to manipulate the chaos to his favor.

5. Ascension (2014)

Ascension is a spaceship launched in the 1960s to colonize a new world. Fast forward to 50 years into the journey, and they're halfway there. When a woman is mysteriously murdered, it shakes the isolated community. In the ship, there are rigid class structures and people born who've never known Earth. The Executive Officer, Aaron Gault, has to solve the murder while keeping a lid on growing social unrest.

6. Harper's Island (2009)

Wedding bells ring, but so does death, in this murder mystery set on a secluded island. Childhood friends Abby and Henry are reuniting for Henry's wedding, but hey, it's not all hugs and Champagne. Someone starts offing the wedding party one by one, in increasingly creative and gruesome ways. Abby, still haunted by her mother's murder years ago on the same island, takes it upon herself to uncover the killer. Could it be one of their own?

7. Parade's End (2012)

Christopher Tietjens, a conservative statistician, is trapped in a loveless marriage with Sylvia, a socialite with a penchant for affairs. He meets Valentine Wannop, a young suffragette, and feels an irresistible pull. Christopher is then shipped off to the trenches, leaving the women to a complicated love triangle to untangle.

8. The Terror (2018-2019)

Based on a true story and a novel, this series kicks off with two Royal Navy ships, the Erebus and the Terror, venturing into uncharted Arctic waters. They're seeking the Northwest Passage but find themselves stuck in ice. As the crew fights off cold, starvation, and despair, they encounter a mysterious and deadly creature stalking them.

9. Jekyll (2007)

The good ole' tale of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde gets a modern twist. Meet Tom Jackman, a scientist who starts to experience blackouts and discovers that he's got a darker, violent alternate personality. He locks himself in a high-tech basement to keep Hyde in check. But Hyde isn't just chaotic; he's also crafty, bypassing all security measures Tom puts in place.

10. The Slap (2011)

One slap at a suburban barbecue in Australia sets off a chain reaction of events that unearths secrets, lies, and social taboos. When Hector's cousin Harry slaps a misbehaving child who's not his own, everyone takes sides. Parents, friends, and even children are dragged into a moral quagmire, leading to court battles and fractured friendships.

11. Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (2015)

Set in 19th-century England where magic is accepted but rarely practiced, two magicians emerge: the scholarly Mr. Norrell and the more adventurous Jonathan Strange. Initially, they team up to bring back English magic, but philosophical differences set them at odds. From raising a woman from the dead to meddling in the Napoleonic Wars, their magical exploits create ripples throughout society.

12. Thirteen (2016)

Ivy Moxam escapes from a cellar where she's been held captive for 13 years and returns to her family. Reunited but not quite reconnected, she helps the police track down her kidnapper. But Ivy is not the innocent victim everyone thinks she is, and her increasingly erratic behavior starts to raise eyebrows. What really happened down there?

13. Utopia (2013-2014)

A group of online friends bond over a mysterious graphic novel that seems to predict real-world pandemics. When they obtain the sequel, suddenly everyone's out to get them, including a clandestine organization. As they dig deeper, they uncover a conspiracy that threatens humanity itself.

14. Generation Kill (2008)

Based on true events, this mini-series follows the early stages of the Iraq war through the eyes of a Rolling Stone journalist embedded with the U.S. Marines' First Recon Battalion. Forget the glorified war scenes; here, you see the raw, unfiltered complexities of combat life. And yeah, the dialogue's as salty as you'd expect.

15. The Honourable Woman (2014)

Nessa Stein inherits her father's arms business but pivots to laying high-speed data cables between Israel and the West Bank. Sounds like a walk in the park, right? Wrong. She's soon embroiled in political conspiracies, kidnapping plots, and intelligence warfare. As she tries to promote peace in the Middle East, Nessa learns that even good intentions can spawn deadly consequences.