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  • The Sopranos Television · 1990s

    A New Jersey mob boss in therapy. The show that invented prestige television.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • Lost Television · 2000s

    Plane crash survivors on a mysterious island. The show that made appointment TV return.

    PowerMigrationSurveillance
  • Oz Television · 1990s

    Life inside a maximum-security prison. The show that proved HBO could do prestige drama.

    PowerSurveillanceUrban isolation
  • The Kingdom Television · 1990s

    Riget is a Danish absurdist supernatural horror miniseries trilogy created by Lars von Trier and Tómas Gislason. Set in the neurosurgical ward of Copenhagen's Rigshospitalet, each episode of the show follows the hospital's eccentric staff and patients as they encounter bizarre and sometimes supernatural phenomena. T...

    FolklorePowerSurveillance
  • The Truman Show Film · 1990s

    A man discovers his entire life is a television show. Reality, freedom, and media critique.

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