224 Best Character-driven Shows To Watch - A Good Movie To Watch

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If you're less about adventurous plots, and more about the emotional journey and relationship arcs, we've got you covered. Here are the best character-driven movies and shows to stream right now.

Big Boys

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8.3

Two best friends navigate college, grief, ideas of masculinity, and adulthood in this poignant British dramedy

A Thousand Blows

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8.0

From the creator of Peaky Blinders comes a brutal but beautifully handled series about London’s Victorian underworld

Interior Chinatown

7.5

A novel and daring action comedy that challenges Asian American stereotypes

RIPLEY

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9.0

A psychological thriller rich in tension and pristine camera work

Like Water for Chocolate

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8.1

Magical food shifts a family’s fate, as well as their country’s, in this passionate rendition of the classic forbidden romance

Baby Reindeer

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8.5

Comedian Richard Gadd gets deeply personal in this deeply troubling, but incredibly honest miniseries

Monster

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9.2

The classic psychological thriller anime that’s simply one-of-a-kind

Shōgun

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9.2

Faith, sacrifice, and ambition battle in this epic reimagining of the classic samurai series

Castle Rock

7.6

Strange things happen in Stephen King’s spooky town in this eerie mystery horror series

The Gentlemen

7.7

British aristocracy deal in organized crime in Guy Ritchie’s fun though familiar small screen debut

Bodies

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8.3

An exceptional, multi-faceted British crime thriller adaptation centered on one body and four separate time periods

Veneno

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8.0

A defiant portrait of an outstanding trans icon that reckons with Spain’s trans representation

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