Time to talk about HBO Max TV shows that will make you cry. They are hit shows with audiences and critics, with beautiful stories that move us in each episode.
10 – Chernobyl (2019)
Chernobyl dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident — one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history — and the sacrifices made to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
9 – Six Feet Under (2001)
A chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles. One of the best shows available.
8 – Girls (2012)
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
7 – Succession (2018)
A drama about a dysfunctional media family dynasty in the 21st century. The Roy family – Logan Roy and his four children – controls one of the biggest media and entertainment conglomerates in the world. “Succession” tracks their lives as they contemplate what the future will hold for them once their ageing father begins to step back from the company.
6 – Mare of Easttown (2021)
A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.
5 – Big Little Lies (2017)
Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling book, and featuring Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, and Shailene Woodley, this darkly comedic series tells the tale of three mothers whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
4 – Sharp Objects (2018)
A city journalist is burdened by her dark past when she returns to her hometown to cover the murder of two preteen girls.
3 – OZ (1997)
OZ is set deep inside the Oswald Maximum Security Prison, in an experimental unit known as Emerald City. Em City focuses on prisoner rehabilitation over public retribution. There’s one set of rules from the outside looking in, and another once you’re inside. Every group – Muslims, Latinos, Italians, Aryans – stick close to their mutual friends and terrorizes their mutual enemies.
2 – True Detective (2014)
An anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.
1 – Friends (1994)
Rachel Green, Ross Geller, Monica Geller, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay are six 20 something year-olds, living off one another in the heart of New York City. Over the course of ten years, this average group of buddies goes through massive mayhem, family trouble, past and future romances, fights, laughs, tears and surprises as they learn what it really means to be a friend.