The Best Mini-Series Ever Made?

[God of War]

What was the best mini-series ever made? For me, it was "Centennial." Pure epicness.

Below are some other good ones. Feel free to add more and what are your favs?

Centennial
Band of Brothers
Shaka Zulu
Roots
North & South
Masada
Shogun
Thornbirds
Lonesome Dove
Taken

[ToiletBug]

Band of Brothers no questions asked.

[hasselbrad]

Band of Brothers no questions asked.

Hands down.

[gayzilla]

Sci-Fi's Dune was enjoyable, though I wish they would do one more movie from God Emporer Dune to kind of close it off, but oh well. Dinotopia was OK, it was nice to see Dinosaurs, and there was a cool one in the 80's called AmeriKa, where Russia took over the united states. Been decades since I've seen it though.

And I love those Steven King mini's like Salem's Lot and The Stand.

[JJFlamingo]

The Stand

V

[outsyder]

Band of Brothers no questions asked.

Thirded.

Really captures the epic scope of the European Theatre.

[QUENTIN]

The Decalogue and Fanny and Alexander.

On American TV? Maybe The Corner

[Jamesadin]

Band of Brothers



Awww yeeeeah.

[athf1980]

Band of Brothers

Roots

I'm not sure this counts but Planet Earth

[Mr. Creasy]

Band of Brothers
Shaka Zulu
Lonesome Dove

[cinemalover]

My favorite will be: Band of Brothers ... Full Stop :)

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[jord2006]

Band of Brothers, no question.

The British zombie miniseries Dead Set is pretty Badass though

[FilmKing2000]

While I wouldn't really call it a miniseries since it was re-edited for cinemas and festival competition, The Best of Youth does it for me. It's one of the most absorbing film experiences I've ever had and one of, if not THE best film of the decade.

[Beard_of_Meat]

Well besides Band of Brothers I also enjoyed It,Dune,The Stand, and Shogun

[scottmushroom]

Band of Brothers
I also liked Generation Kill, The Kill Point, John Adams, I guess Afro Samurai was a miniseries?

Does a 2 part TV movie count as a miniseries.....seems like a fine line in definition but theres a couple of those that I could throw in as well like Covert One: The Hades Factor and XIII

[zzz179]

dresden files

[AspectRatio1986]

Band of Bromosexuals

[BlownCamaro]

Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones


Powers Boothe pwns you all! It was not a long mini series but it is officially a mini series so you all lose. Sorry to do this to you but this can not be beaten.

[HurricanesR1]

Band of Brothers is the greatest mini-series of all time.

Other great ones:

Centennial
Jesus of Nazareth
North and South
Roots

[Donnie_Darko]

Band of Brothers no questions asked.

QFT :cool:

[Requiem]

I'm going to have to assume you count mini-series that turn into actual shows, because: Battlestar Galactica.

[Monotreme]

No love for John Adams? FUCK if that wasn't the best period/history production I've ever seen. Comprehensive, accurate, fascinating, and with the top notch acting and technical stuff (costume/set design, cinematography, etc) to boot.

But even John Adams is just a close second to the indescribably phenomenal Band of Brothers.

[Reigh Kaufman]

Angels in America.

[poopontheshoes7]

Band of Brothers
V
Dune
Taken
North and South


All great.

[Tyler_Durden_208]

I'm going to have to assume you count mini-series that turn into actual shows, because: Battlestar Galactica.
Seconded.

The only things I can compare Ron Moore's BSG mini-series to is Blade Runner and Children of Men as those are the only other pieces of cinematic science fiction that with the opening shots so completely introduce their world and envelope you. Every actor is spot on, the script is tight, the drama is heart wrenching and, aside from setting up the greatest television series ever, it's the only mini-series I know of that viewership went up on night two instead of staying even or going down.

Great job, hun, now you made me want the complete series Blu-Ray even more. :p

[starcat]

V
V - The Final Battle
The Stand
IT
Lonesome Dove

[zombievictim]

Battlestar Galactica. Absolutely amazing.