During the period of the coronavirus epidemic and the subsequent self-isolation, cinema has become one of the most important arts for Russians. For example, the growth of the audience of Amediateka, where the best TV series from all over the world are collected, amounted to 46% in March.
To keep you on top of the latest cinematic trends, here's a selection of the most notable and original TV shows of 2020.
The list is based on the current Fresh TV Fiction rating compiled by the Swiss research company The WIT. Unfortunately, not all of these series have Russian language trailers.
10. Epidemic (2019-2020)
Genre: drama, fantasy, thriller
Kinopoisk rating: 7.2
IMDb rating: no
Country: Russia
Producer: Pavel Kostomarov
Music: Alexander Sokolov
The popularity and relevance of films about epidemics are now greater than ever. And it is not surprising that the Russian project was included in the list of the best TV series of 2020 according to The WIT.
The events at the beginning of the "Epidemic" unfold in our capital, whose inhabitants were struck by a previously unknown to science virus similar to the flu, only with devastating consequences. Moscow is closed for quarantine, without electricity and food supplies from outside, healthy people begin to fight for food and gasoline.
And the main character Sergei, who lives outside the city with his beloved woman and her autistic son, must take his ex-wife and child out of the infected city. On the way, he is joined by Sergei's father and several people who in a normal situation would never be next to each other.
This whole motley company sets off on a path full of dangers, away from infection.
9. Fear by the lake (2020)
Genre: thriller, drama, crime
Kinopoisk rating: no
IMDb rating: 6.5
Country: France
Producer: Jerome Cornuo
Music: Armand Amar
In a quiet and calm French province, an Ebola outbreak is taking place, turning Annecy into a ghost town. And while people are dying like flies, the main characters will have not only a race against time, but also a search for answers to questions about whether this is an accident, a crime or a terrorist attack.
8. Epidemie (2020)
Genre: thriller
Kinopoisk rating: no
IMDb rating: 7.5
Country: Canada
Producer: Jan Lanuette Thurgeon
Music: DJ Ram
The events of this series take place in Montreal, where an unknown and deadly virus begins to spread among people very quickly. And in this difficult time, the main infectious disease specialist of the city, she is also the main character, is forced to fight not only with the epidemic, but also with problems in her personal life.
Unlike the Russian Epidemic, the Canadian TV series brings to the fore not ordinary people, but doctors, showing the full severity of their work. He became the leader in TV ratings in French-speaking Canada in 2020.
7. Fence (2020)
Genre: thriller, fantasy
Kinopoisk rating: no
IMDb rating: 6.2
Country: Spain
Producer: Daniel Eciha
Music: Daniel Sanchez de la Era
One of the most trending TV series of the year, according to The WIT, will take viewers to Spain in 2045. Cataclysms and climate change have led to serious social stratification.
As a result, Madrid was divided into two parts by a high wall.In one part of the city, the upper strata of society settled, the other was left for ordinary people who experience all the "delights" of the dictatorship and lack of resources. The main character is faced with an almost impossible task - to penetrate the wall, into the "zone of the rich" and find his kidnapped daughter.
6. Transplant (2020)
Genre: drama
Kinopoisk rating: no
IMDb rating: 7.3
Country: Canada
Producer: Eric Canuelle, Holly Dale, Alain Desrocher
Music: Christian Clermont
Nowadays, increased attention is riveted to the work of doctors. And current TV shows have picked up this trend. So in the Canadian TV series, the main character is the transplant doctor Bashir, who works in Syria in a military hospital.
Tired of the incessant war and hard work for a pittance, the Syrian doctor decides to become a refugee, going to a calm and well-fed Canada. Now his main task is to become his own among strangers, in a new linguistic environment and social conditions.
The audience noted the realistic acting of the actors, the good dynamics of the film storytelling, the action-packed and dramatic action, as well as the excellent camera work. So even if you are not very attracted to the medical series, Transplant can change that.
5. Nursing staff (2019 - present)
Genre: drama
Kinopoisk rating: no
IMDb rating: 5.4
Country: Canada
Producer: Ken Girotti, Grant Harvey, Kelly Makin
Music: Ian Lefebvre, Benjamin Pinkerton
The topics of health care and epidemics really excite Canadian viewers, it's not for nothing that there are many representatives of Canada in the selection of the brightest and most notable series from the top Fresh TV Fiction.
This time it's not a story about an experienced transplantologist or a heroic epidemiologist, but about yesterday's students who are hired by St. Jude's Hospital. Newly minted doctors must show what they are capable of, they go through personal and work dramas, establish friendships and not only connections with patients. In general, the life of the young "Medical staff" is in full swing.
4. Murder at Whitehouse Farm (2020)
Genre: crime, detective
Kinopoisk rating: 6.7
IMDb rating: 7.3
Country: United Kingdom
Producer: Paul Whittington
Music: Niall Byrne
Reality remains a source of inspiration for the writers of popular TV series. On their basis, 8.9% of the total number of serial projects of this season were created. And Murder at Whitehouse Farm is no exception. His script is based on a variety of materials, interviews and research.
This is the story of a family, all of whose members, with the exception of their son, were brutally murdered. At first, the daughter was accused of this terrible crime, who during her lifetime was not completely healthy "on the head". After the massacre of her family, she committed suicide.
However, one of the detectives who participated in the investigation had doubts about her guilt.
3. GR5 (2020)
Genre: drama, thriller
Kinopoisk rating: no
IMDb rating: 6.9
Country: Belgium
Producer: Ian Mattis
Music: Jeroen swinnen
At the epicenter of the # 1 series in Belgium, there are four young men who take the Grande randonnée 5 trekking route. They do it in honor of their friend Lisa, who disappeared along the way five years ago. Was it an accident? Or was she killed, or maybe kidnapped and is still being held somewhere?
Each participant in this trip has his own reasons for traveling, but they all share one common goal - to find out the truth about Lisa. The journey will change them forever: heavy physical effort and mutual tension will lead to confrontation and the search for the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the girl.
2. Backstrom (2020)
Genre: drama, crime
Kinopoisk rating: no
IMDb rating: 6.9
Country: Belgium
Producer: Amanda Adolfsson, Jonathan Sjoberg
Music: Eric Ross
Literature remains the main provider of stories for television, and 15% of new TV series seen by The WIT are based on books. As an example, we will give "Backstrom", which is based on a series of novels by the writer Leif G.V. Persson.
In this series, the unkind and arrogant Police Commissioner Evert Backstrom will face the most difficult case in his practice when a skull with bullet holes is found on a desert island.
1. Teacher (2020)
Genre: drama, crime, thriller
Kinopoisk rating: no
IMDb rating: 8.4
Country: Turkey
Producer: Koray Kerimoglu
Music: Sertach Ozgumush
Topping the list of the most notable and trending TV series of 2020 is the Turkish film adaptation of the Japanese project Mr. Hiragi's Homeroom. Its main character, a young physics teacher Akif Erdem, takes a whole class of high school students hostage.
But not because he has lost his mind and is eager to punish students for not striving for learning. Akif wants to instill in them the values that are almost lost in the modern world, and also to find out who is behind the suicide of one of the students.