The Name of The Rose
CREATOR: Andrea Porporati
CAST: John Turturro, Damian Hardung & Rupert Everett
Umberto Eco's famous mystery novel gets a TV Adaptation. It's not for the first time that is brought to tv or cinema, but this looks very promising. In The Name of The Rose is about a detective who gets called in to solve a series of murders that have taken place at an abbey.

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The New Pope
CREATOR: Paolo Sorrentino
CAST: Jude Law, Stefano Accorsi, Javier Cámara, Cécile de France
The legendary filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino (Grande Belezza) is coming back with the follow-up series to The Young Pope. The New Pope is once again starring Jude Law as a young and ambitious pope in the conspiratory city of The Vatican.

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The Reaping
CREATOR: Roberto D'Antona
CAST: Roberto D'Antona, Annamaria Lorusso & Michael Segal
The paths of nine people cross when they are brought together by weird, violent events taking place in a little town.

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RATING: 91/100

RELEASE DATE: January 17th, 2017

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Romanzo Famigliare
CREATOR: N/A
CAST: Claudio Marmugi, Annalisa Arena & Marius Bizau
A drama about a young 16- year old girl, a clarinetist, who gets pregnant by her teacher. A story that is intertwined with the story of her own mother, who also got pregnant very young. It's a...

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RELEASE DATE: April 18th, 2019

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Il Miracolo
CREATOR: Niccolò Ammaniti
CAST: Guido Caprino, Elena Lietti & Lorenza Indovina
The Italian police finds a sculpture of Virgin Mary that weeps blood. A real miracle that can be explained by logic, and the mystery makes people go crazy. The series is created by the Director...

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RELEASE DATE: April 18th, 2019

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L’amica geniale
CREATOR: Saverio Costanzo
CAST: Elisa del Genio, Ludovica Nasti & Anna Rita Vitolo
L'amica geniale aka My Brilliant Friend is a new Italian drama series on Netflix. It is based on the books by Elena Ferrante. It's about a woman who recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in 1950's Naples.

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RELEASE DATE: April 18th, 2019

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Gomorra
CREATOR: Leonardo Fasoli, Stefano Bises, Ludovica Rampoldi
CAST: Fortunato Cerlino, Salvatore Esposito & Maria Pia Calzone
The famous series about a power struggle within an Italian maffia organisation.

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RATING: 87/100

RELEASE DATE: May 6th, 2014

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Romanzo criminale
CREATOR: Giancarlo De Cataldo
CAST: Vinicio Marchioni, Mauro Meconi & Marco Bocci
A criminal named Lebanese has one dream and one dream only: conquer the underworld of Rome.

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RATING: 86/100

RELEASE DATE: November 10th, 2008

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Boris
CREATOR: Luca Manzi, Carlo Mazzotta
CAST: Francesco Pannofino, Caterina Guzzanti & Alessandro Tiberi
The crazy misadventures of a crew filming a low budget television series.

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RATING: 85/100

RELEASE DATE: April 16th, 2007

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The Young Pope
CREATOR: Paolo Sorrentino
CAST: Jude Law, Diane Keaton & Silvio Orlando
Jude law is magnificent as the handsome yet dangerously conservative young pope who wants to bring back the Catholic Church as the mysterious exclusive and strict entity it once was. In the meanwhile we can enjoy all the gossip and politics at the Vatican. This HBO production was created by no other than Paolo Sorrentino, the hottest current Italian film director (La Grande Bellezza)

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RATING: 84/100

RELEASE DATE: January 17th, 2017

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Il giovane Montalbano
CREATOR: Francesco Bruni, Andrea Camilleri
CAST: Michele Riondino, Andrea Tidona & Alessio Vassallo
A young detective solves mysterious crimes in Sicilia

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RATING: 80/100

RELEASE DATE: February 23rd, 2012

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Elisa di Rivombrosa
CREATOR: Marco Alessi, Piero Bodrato
CAST: Vittoria Puccini, Antonino Juorio & Cesare Bocci
A historical drama about the love between a poor woman and a rich man, which is being threatened by a jealous rival.

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RATING: 78/100

RELEASE DATE: December 12th, 2003

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There probably won’t be an Italian series that gained as momentum as Gomorra (2015) in the near future, but Italians know their drama. Here you’ll find a list with the best shows from Italy.