Best drama, western, animation, comedy, & horror shows on Max, ranked.

In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.

The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.

Larry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.

With the aid of a wealthy erratic tippler, a dewy-eyed tramp who has fallen in love with a blind flower girl accumulates money to be able to help her medically.

During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.

Several people try to talk 27-year-old Noriko into marrying, but all she wants is to keep on caring for her widowed father.

Billionaire Bruce Wayne secretly operates as Batman, a vigilante who battles a rouges' gallery of criminals and supervillains in Gotham City with the aid of various sidekicks and allies.

A cynical expatriate American cafe owner struggles to decide whether or not to help his former lover and her fugitive husband escape the Nazis in French Morocco.

Former Daily Show host and correspondent John Oliver brings his persona to this weekly news satire program.

A family chooses a match for their daughter Noriko, but she, surprisingly, has her own plans.

The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.

The fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious grandson are further complicated by their inter-dimensional misadventures.

Kaguya is a beautiful young woman coveted by five nobles. To try to avoid marrying a stranger she doesn't love, she sends her suitors on seemingly impossible tasks. But she will have to face her fate and punishment for her choices.

Two young Swedish children in the 1900s experience the many comedies and tragedies of their lively and affectionate theatrical family, the Ekdahls.

The Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.

The Flash finds himself in a war torn alternate timeline and teams up with alternate versions of his fellow heroes to return home and restore the timeline.

The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.

Two teenagers share a profound, magical connection upon discovering they are swapping bodies. Things manage to become even more complicated when the boy and girl decide to meet in person.

Following the death of her adoptive parents, a successful young black optometrist establishes contact with her biological mother -- a lonely white factory worker living in poverty in East London.

A truck driver stops at a small family-run noodle shop and decides to help its fledgling business. The story is intertwined with various vignettes about the relationship of love and food.

A 12-year-old boy and his best friend, a wise 28-year-old dog with magical powers, go on a series of surreal adventures in a remote future.

During the German occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

A bureaucrat tries to find meaning in his life after he discovers he has terminal cancer.

A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.

In the midst of the Russian Revolution of 1905, the crew of the battleship Potemkin mutiny against the brutal, tyrannical regime of the vessel's officers. The resulting street demonstration in Odessa brings on a police massacre.

The daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital as they juggle personal crises, workplace politics, and the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients, revealing the resilience required in their noble ...

A twenty-seven-year-old office worker travels to the countryside while reminiscing about her childhood in Tokyo.

Follows US president Josiah Bartlet and his administration as they tackle various political issues in order to maintain peace and harmony in the nation.

A fiercely independent teenager tries to make her own way in the world while wanting to get out of her hometown of Sacramento, California, and to get away from her complicated mother and recently-unemployed father.

Follows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.

After being a victim of fraud, Johnny Rose and his family go from extremely wealthy to penniless overnight. The only asset left to them is a small, unsophisticated town: Schitt's Creek. They relocate there. Culture shock ensues.

When two girls move to the country to be near their ailing mother, they have adventures with the wondrous forest spirits who live nearby.

The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.

A red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris.

Bret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.

A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls that are ravaging the Northeast of the United States.

As a reserved young graduate vacations in a seaside town, he hopes his girlfriend will join him. But he ends up bonding with a local young woman whose female friend is also smitten with him.

Q, Sal, Joe and Murr are real-life best friends who love challenging each other to the most outrageous dares and stunts ever caught on hidden camera.

A continuation of the Justice League animated series finds the original members of the team joined in their battle against crime and evil by dozens of other heroes from the DC comics universe.

Henry IV usurps the English throne, sets in motion the factious War of the Roses and now faces a rebellion led by Northumberland scion Hotspur. Henry's heir, Prince Hal, is a ne'er-do-well carouser who drinks and causes mischief with his low-class friends, especially his rotund father figure, John Falstaff. To redeem his title, Hal may have to choose between allegiance to his real father and loyalty to his friend.

An elderly man and his dog struggle to survive on his government pension in Rome.

A Sequel to Justice League Dark (2017) involving Jack Kirby's New Gods.

When death is your business, what is your life? Laced with irony and dark situational humor, the show approaches the subject of death through the eyes of the Fisher family, who owns and operates a funeral home in Los Angeles.

In post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.

A phonetics and diction expert makes a bet that he can teach a cockney flower girl to speak proper English and pass as a lady in high society.

Guido seeks peace after his success but faces pressure from past collaborators. As he struggles with creativity, he reflects on his life and past romances.

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

Film star, Vince Chase, navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.

An orphaned young man in India pursues his dream of becoming a writer while navigating life's challenges and personal growth.

A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

The crew of a damaged deep space freighter are stranded on a beautiful but dangerous planet.

Following the suspicious death of the Bongomian king, his disregarded prince assumes the throne, initiating an intricate tale.

A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.

Former Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.

A suave but cynical man supports his family by marrying and murdering rich women for their money, but the job has some occupational hazards.

The exploits of various guests and employees of a luxury resort over the span of a week.

Ashitaka, a prince of the disappearing Emishi people, is cursed by a demonized boar god and must journey to the west to find a cure. Along the way, he encounters San, a young human woman fighting to protect the forest, and Lady Eboshi, who is trying to destroy it. Ashitaka must find a way to bring balance to this conflict.

Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.

A young boy named Kubo must locate a magical suit of armour worn by his late father in order to defeat a vengeful spirit from the past.

The personal and professional lives of six friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City.

Pazu's life changes when he meets Sheeta, a girl whom pirates are chasing for her crystal amulet, which has the potential to locate Laputa, a legendary castle floating in the sky.

Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set.

Cleo, a singer and hypochondriac, becomes increasingly worried that she might have cancer while awaiting test results from her doctor.

A hotshot Hollywood studio executive starts receiving death threats from a rejected writer.

Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

A devout Catholic man's rigid principles are challenged during a one-night stay with Maud, a divorced woman with an outsize personality.

Features Jerrod Carmichael in a standup comedy show at the legendary Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City.

Seven of the most formidable heroes form arguably the most powerful team ever.

In 1930s Italy, a veteran World War I pilot is cursed to look like an anthropomorphic pig.

A comedic behind the scenes look at a late night talk show.

Brothers Huey and Riley Freeman experience a culture clash when they leave Chicago to move in with their grandfather in the suburbs.

In a colorful yet bizarre world, the employees at a small firm dedicated to making its customers smile discover that their jobs are rarely as simple as they seem.

Vandal Savage steals confidential files Batman has compiled on the members of the Justice League, and learns all their weaknesses.

Two sisters find out the existence of their long-lost mother, but the younger cannot take the truth of being abandoned as a child.

Explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.

Meeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

Fionna, her best friend Cake and the former Ice King, Simon Petrikov, embark on an adventure through the multiverse, dodging new threats and making self-discoveries along the way.

After his wife divorces him, a Polish immigrant plots to get even with her.

A care-free girl is sold to a traveling entertainer, consequently enduring physical and emotional pain along the way.

Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.

Following his father's death, a boy leaves home to study in Calcutta, while his mother must face a life alone.

Two former classmates uncover a sinister conspiracy to destroy a mushroom that can cure all the world's diseases.

After living a life marked by coldness, an aging professor is forced to confront the emptiness of his existence.

Four hour-long specials that explore the unseen corners of the world of Adventure Time with both familiar and exciting brand-new characters.

An aging widower arranges a marriage for his only daughter.

A woman struggles to find a way to live her life after the death of her husband and child.

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

When an unconfident young woman is cursed with an old body by a spiteful witch, her only chance of breaking the spell lies with a self-indulgent yet insecure young wizard and his companions in his legged, walking castle.

After a tragic event, a woman finds herself alone while everyone else continues with their lives as if nothing had happened.

A knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague.

Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.

In Charles Dickens' classic tale, an orphan wends his way from cruel apprenticeship to den of thieves in search of a true home.

Sam is a true Kansan on the surface, but, beneath it all, struggles to fit the hometown mold. Grappling with loss and acceptance, she discovers herself and a community of outsiders who don't fit in but don't give up.

Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.

Decades of a love triangle concerning two friends and an impulsive woman.

A chronicle of five friends during a decade in which everything changed, including the rise of AIDS.

Dr. Jekyll faces horrible consequences when he lets his dark side run wild with a potion that transforms him into the animalistic Mr. Hyde.

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic, and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.

A wife suspecting infidelity starts divorce proceedings, so the husband pretends to be insane in order to delay the divorce and clear up the misunderstanding.

A little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.

Dave Chappelle returns to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more.

A war-hardened general, egged on by his ambitious wife, works to fulfill a prophecy that he would become lord of Spider's Web Castle.

A fading comedian and a suicidally despondent ballet dancer must look to each other to find purpose and hope in their lives.

Many years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach Physical Education at his old middle school.

Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places.

A drifter obsessed with the supernatural stumbles upon an inn where a severely ill adolescent girl is slowly becoming a vampire.

A workplace comedy centered on a group of dedicated teachers - and an oblivious principal - in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life.

Two old friends meet for dinner; as one tells anecdotes detailing his experiences, the other notices their differing worldviews.

A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.

A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.

Depicts the end days of a decadent zamindar (landlord) in Bengal, and his efforts to uphold his family prestige even when faced with economic adversity.

A love story between a girl who loves reading books and a boy who has previously checked out all of the library books she chooses.

Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.

A five-year-old boy develops a relationship with Ponyo, a young goldfish princess who longs to become a human after falling in love with him.

Comedian and podcaster Marc Maron offers up his perspective on our increasingly uncertain world.

The Clock family consists of three four-inch-tall people who live incognito among humans, borrowing only what they need to survive. Their quiet life changes when their teenage daughter, Arrietty, is discovered.

Three best friends living in San Francisco share the nuances and complexities of contemporary gay relationships as they explore a variety of options, both in love and in life.

Two neighbors form a strong bond after both suspect extramarital activities of their spouses. However, they agree to keep their bond platonic so as not to commit similar wrongs.

Set in Japan, Isle of Dogs follows a boy's odyssey in search of his lost dog.

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, a young girl discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life that seems too good to be true.

A tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.

A directionless man is swept off his feet when an enigmatic, impossibly handsome biker takes him on as his submissive.

The series focuses on a single Harley Quinn, who sets off to make it on her own in Gotham City.

The lives of four socially awkward scientists take a wild turn when a beautiful and free-spirited girl moves in next door.

Two couples spend an interesting day together.

The family of an older man who runs a small sake brewery become concerned with his finances and his health after they discover him visiting an old mistress from his youth.

A poet in love with Death follows his unhappy wife into the underworld.

Follows a world-famous televangelist family with a long tradition of deviance, greed, and charitable work.

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal waitress at a late-night restaurant he frequents.

This is a sketch-comedy show. The twist here is that all of the sketches (even the monologue) are connected in some strange way.

A nerdy college student will do anything to become popular on campus.

A nurse is put in charge of a mute actress and finds that their personae are melding together.

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.

When an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in de...

Life at home changes when a house-wife from a middle-class, conservative family in Calcutta gets a job as a saleswoman.

The head of a Japanese theatre troupe returns to a small coastal town where he left a son who thinks he is his uncle, and tries to make up for the lost time, but his current mistress grows jealous.

In the late '50s, young Ingemar learns a lot about life and himself when he is sent away from his sick mother to live with his aunt and uncle in a town full of eccentrics.

After a deadly encounter with two yakuza, a loser with a crush on his childhood girlfriend goes to heaven and back, embarking on a psychedelic self-discovery experience with her and his friends.

A young German boy faces the problems of the tough life in the immediate post-WWII Berlin.

Widower Henry Hobson refuses to let his three daughters get married because he doesn't want to pay settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.

Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.

An angel meets Peter Falk, and loves a French trapeze artist in Berlin.

Set in New York in 1900, The Knick centers around the groundbreaking Knickerbocker Hospital.

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town.

During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.

During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.

Cassavetes' jazz-scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in Beat-Era (1950s) New York City.