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15 Best Character-driven Shows To Watch

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Find the best character-driven movies to watch, from our mood category. Like everything on agoodmovietowatch, these character-driven movies are highly-rated by both viewers and critics.

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8.4

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Hustle culture is examined in exciting and excruciating detail in this workplace drama

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The Act

8.0

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A miniseries based on the horrifying true story of an unusual mother-daughter duo

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Halt and Catch Fire

8.9

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A period drama tracking the cutthroat rise of the tech era

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Under the Banner of Heaven

7.6

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A gripping drama that explores the dangers of blind faith and fundamentalism

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Upload

7.9

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A sci-fi satire that asks: what if you can choose and buy your afterlife experience?

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The Dropout

7.7

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A compelling docudrama about notorious scammer Elizabeth Holmes

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Better Things

8.0

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A biting slice-of-life look at single motherhood

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We Own This City

7.8

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A smart and biting takedown of police politics and institutional corruption

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Work in Progress

8.1

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An poignant comedy about mental health and the LGBT experience

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Pachinko

8.5

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A sprawling, cinematic, and heartbreaking tale of intergenerational love and loss

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Move to Heaven

8.0

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Shining the spotlight on the sidelined

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Borgen: Power & Glory

8.5

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A gripping political thriller that imagines a Danish woman in top power

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