Series everyone should watch. Russion serials. Series about the war 1941-1945. The most interesting series

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Television series are so firmly established in the lives of modern people that they began to be divided into various genres. If, since the thirties of the twentieth century, soap operas have been successful with viewers and listeners on the radio, now you will not surprise anyone with a sitcom, procedural drama, mini-series, TV movie and even a web series.

TV series genres

What are the series that everyone should watch, in particular, a soap opera? The term was first used by American journalists when the radio began to broadcast serially dramatic programs interrupted by soap commercials. All these programs were broadcast during the day and were listened to mainly by housewives. Soap operas appeared on television in 1946 and again in America.

The most interesting series of this type could last for months and years, a record in this sense was broken by actress Helen Wagner, who played in the soap opera As the World Turns,released on screen in 1954. Until her death (she died in 2010 at the age of 91) she played Nancy Hughes in this series and rightfully got into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest performance of the role.

The next genre of series is the sitcom (situational comedy). Its characteristic feature is brevity. On the air, sitcoms take about thirty minutes, the characters, as a rule, do not change, events unfold in the process of filming. Previously, comedies of this kind were filmed in studios in the presence of the audience, and therefore they are characterized by off-screen laughter. The plot of the series is loosely connected to each other. Series that every person should watch are Mary Kay and Joni, Goldbergs. A prominent representative of the sitcom is the series "Friends" (1994 - 2004), several times nominated for the "Golden Globe" and "Emmy".

Among Russian sitcoms, the television series “My Fair Nanny”, adapted to the American “Nanny”, gained popularity, then for the first time the STS channel released independent sitcoms “Daddy’s Daughters”, “Voronins”, “Kitchen”, “Traffic Light” and so on. The rating of the series largely depends on the reviews of film critics and viewers.

A new round in the history of serials

The concept of "procedural drama" includes those television series where each episode is built independently, the plot is built around one episode, so if you skip one episode, you can watch another one without harming yourself. Procedural dramas such as Colombo, The X-Files, Murder She Wrote, and the list is endless.

Web series is a new art form aimed at broadcasting a series over the Internet. So far, most of the web series are amateur, but already in 2015, director Arseniy Gonchukov created his own independent Internet series, with a plot and real actors, graduates of VGIK. Each episode lasts no more than ten minutes, and the plot is a drama with elements of a horror film.

It is not surprising that a modern viewer can get confused in a huge selection of TV shows, so it is advisable to read the reviews of viewers and film critics before watching. However, there are series that everyone should watch.

Political series

In 2013, on Channel One, four days after the premiere in the United States, they began to show a series on a political theme. The film was directed and produced by David Fincher and Kevin Spacey. Starring actor and director Kevin Spacey. The series is called House of Cards. From the very first minute, the protagonist of the picture, Congressman from the Democratic Party Francis Andrerwood (Kevin Spacey), accidentally ran into a dog, kills it so that it does not suffer, while expressing the idea that sometimes you have to get your hands dirty in life. In the evening, Francis will have to congratulate the newly-made President of the United States on his victory, while tasting the sweetness of the fact that he will get the post of Secretary of State. However, the president deceives a friend, the post goes to another, and Underwood decides to get his hands dirty again - this time in a sophisticated way.

The series has been on the air for five seasons, which suggests that the political routine in the film does not seem boring and monotonous, on the contrary, the plot is twisted more fascinatingly than any detective, besides, the intensity of passions is such that the audience does not breaking away from the box. Not the last role in this is played by twice Oscar-winner Kevin Spacey, who has already played a wolf in sheep's clothing in the movie Persons Suspect. Wife Claire Underwood (Robin Wright) matches him.

The series demonstrates all the far from attractive ins and outs of American politics. The Russian audience liked House of Cards, and the first and second seasons looked with interest. In the third season, the authors added another hero - the President of Russia. The American actor clearly outplayed him, biting and sniffing vodka with his sleeve, while demonstrating an animal disposition. If in the second season Underwood became vice-president, in the fourth - president, then in the fifth season … It's better to see once.

Sherlock

To the category of "series that everyone should watch", without a doubt, the project of the company Hartswood Films. The painting "Sherlock" or "Sherlock Holmes", as the name suggests, is based on the famous work of Arthur Conan Doyle. The only feature is that the action of the picture takes place in our days. The authors of the project were the British Mark Gettis and Stephen Moffat. Benedict Cumberbatch, a British theater, film and television actor, laureate of the Laurence Olivier Award, nominee for the Oscar and Golden Globe, starred as Sherlock Holmes. And the role of Dr. John Watson went to Martin Freeman, alsoBritish actor, Emmy Award winner and Golden Globe nominee.

Many viewers are asking how many seasons are there in Sherlock? The series has gone through four seasons so far. During the first three seasons, the project received awards and positive reviews. The authors showed Sherlock as a genius with a deductive form of thinking, he loves riddles, puzzles, murders and other crimes. But, according to the idea of Conan Doyle, Sherlock is quarrelsome, prickly, others stumble on his sharp corners. In a sense, he himself is a maniac, as he can not sleep and not eat during the day until he solves the crime. The London police respect him, and the whole of Great Britain loves him.

Doctor Watson is Holmes' best friend, a very kind, retired doctor who gently sets off the main character and prevents him from committing extravagant acts. Mrs Hudson (Oona Stubss) is shown as a merry widow in the series, defusing situations with typical British humour.

So, in order to specifically answer the question of how many seasons there are in Sherlock, you need to know that there are only four seasons - three episodes each and an average hour and a half duration. Only in the fourth season there is a zero series, which is made antique and is a bonus for the New Year. You can skip it if you wish.

Breaking Bad - series

In 2008, American television began to broadcast a series that will enter the Guinness Book of Records as “The Most RatedTV serial . Lead actor Bryan Cranston, who won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for three consecutive years, will receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And the house where the main characters lived will become a place of pilgrimage for fans of the series. It's about the TV drama Breaking Bad.

This original AMC series, which initially caused bewilderment, has become one of the rating projects of American television. He owns rave reviews from viewers and critics, the crazy cost of advertising time, the highest awards of the television community, but most importantly, the authors brought out a new anti-hero, like Tony Montana from Scarface and Vito Corleone from The Godfather.

Series plot

The plot in brief is as follows: a fifty-year-old school chemistry teacher is forced to work part-time at a car wash to support his family: his second-time pregnant wife and disabled son. Upon learning that he is mortally ill, W alter White rethinks his own life and indulges in all serious. You need to understand that "Breaking Bad" - the series is not at all about the tragedy of a sick person with cancer and not about drug trafficking - it is something more. About a man of genius who faced a choice, like Rodion Raskolnikov: am I a trembling creature or do I have the right? And if he does not now step over himself, his life, it will turn out that all his genius will perish, and it will turn out that life has been lived in vain.

With each episode, the drama heats up, not without reason Anthony Hopkins wrote that by the intensity of passions andThe dramaturgy of the series is comparable to the works of Shakespeare. The protagonist, who lives his whole life according to the rules, steps over himself, but this is the drama, since he can realize himself only by criminal means. The rating of series of this type rolls over, Breaking Bad has it 10 out of 10.

The way the series is made can be summed up in one word - impeccable. The work of the writers, cameramen and actors is perfect, the authors have thought through every detail, each episode is complete and deceptively simple. And it's also a movie about love.

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones is based on George Martin's novel A Song of Ice and Fire. The release date for Game of Thrones is April 17, 2011. The action of the picture takes place in a fictional world, where each month is equal to several years of our years. The authors show several storylines and many characters at once. Either several families are fighting for the throne of the kingdom, or they show the journey of a princess expelled from her homeland and in the countries of the East looking for allies to return to her homeland and conquer the Iron Throne. It's a fantasy with creatures like dragons and undead, the characters can't be clearly defined as positive or negative.

Fantasy fans were looking forward to the show even at the stage of creating the project. Therefore, the release date of the series "Game of Thrones" was previously agreed by the media and scheduled for 2011. The series was filmed for six seasons, and each subsequent one became more successful than the previous one. Many actors were involved in the film,but Peter Dinklake won the most awards for his performance as Tyreen Lannister and won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.

Seven seasons have been filmed so far, but project creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss have announced that they will renew the show with a thirteen-episode season in 2017.

The most interesting series

”, “Twin Peaks” and others. From domestic paintings can be attributed the series "The Killer's Diary", "Mine".

I would especially like to say a few words about Kirill Serebryakov's series "The Killer's Diary". The action of the picture takes place at the beginning of the twentieth century, during the period of the Red Terror, and at the beginning of the twenty-first century, when a museum employee (actress Alexandra Kulikova) catches the eye of a 1917 diary kept by student Nikolai Voinov (Kirill Pirogov). It begins with terrible words: “I am a murderer. I killed five people." For a young student, Nikolai Voinov, fate brings a surprise similar to a curse: he must kill five people and for this he will be given life.

The film consists of two parts: modern and historical. The historical one looks much more interesting and deeper, although they are the same in timing. It is impossible not to mention the play of the actors Kirill Pirogov and Alexandra Kulikova, who reliably entered the tragic image of the heroes, and the roles of the one-eyed Chekist andCommissar Roses, although small, evoke ambiguous feelings: disgust and pity. The film uses the wonderful song of Metropolitan Joseph of Rostov "The Sea of Life".

Military series

Films and serials about the war of 1941-1945 have always been and will remain relevant for the creators and viewers, since this war is the most terrible for the Soviet people, especially for Russians. There is not a single Russian family that did not suffer from this monstrous massacre, in every house there is someone who gave his life for a friend, for the flourishing of the future and the life of descendants. The following pictures can be attributed to this category of television series:

• "Seventeen Moments of Spring"
• "Penal Battalion".
• "Isaev".
• Death to Spies.
• "Life and Fate".
• "Officers".
• "White Horse".
• On the razor's edge.
• "And there was a war."
• "Hunting the Gauleiter".
• Katya: Military History.
• “Attention, says Moscow.”
• Death Grip.
• "The dawns here are quiet…".
• "Goodbye boys."
• "Don't leave me."
• "Ash".
• White Night.

And many other works included in the category "serials about the war of 1941-1945". It is impossible to cover them all in one article.

Domestic series

Domestic series are also divided into several genres: dramas, comedies, procedural dramas, sitcoms, melodramas and so on. The recently released series "Method" with Konstantin Khabensky in the title role can be attributed to the category of forensic series. Russian series for teenagers, filmed recently, are "Closed School", "Molodezhka", "Cadets". Detectives about Masha Shevtsova as a prosecutor in the series "Secrets of the Investigation" will cause serious interest, also recommended by critics for viewing - this is the film series "Liquidation", a slightly comedy series "Freud's Method" and so on.

Series to watch together

From the category "series for the whole family" we can recommend watching the film "War and Peace" based on the novel by L. Tolstoy, which was created by authors from the UK and the USA, the series "Librarians", "Once Upon a Time in a Tale" is also easy to watch. Russian series of similar content are “Londongrad. Know ours!”, “Family business”, “Notes of a secret office forwarder”, and from the most famous paintings created in the Soviet era are “Midshipmen, forward!”, “Dagger”, “Elusive Avengers”, “In Search of a Captain Grant", "Big Break", "Guest from the Future" and many other television series.

New series, filmed by American authors, opens the seventh season of the film "Gold Rush", the second season of "Supermarket", and "Grey's Anatomy" - a series that is so loved by the audience that it has been filmed for the 13th season. The tragicomedy "This is Us" has opened the first season so far, probably there will be a sequel.

From Russian TV series, the melodramas "Three Queens", "Between Love and Hate", "Kissing Bridge", "Marry Pushkin" and other projects can be noted.