We can almost call 2022 an audiovisual year. platforms streaming they did not slow down their ingenuity and managed to reap one success after another. The overproduction of series and movies has tightened the ropes on platforms like Netflix or Warner (HBO Max) looking for a solution in their famous ads, but for now we have a wide menu to pick from the 10 highest rated shows. 2022.
American series take the gold by being the most watched of the year, but little by little Japan is starting to gain ground. FROM Independent We’ve rounded up the essentials:
1.Gap
We’re facing one of the most disturbing sci-fi series this year. Ben Stiller pulls off a gripping thriller in the workplace with exquisite precision.
The series tells the story of Mark Scout (Adam Scott), who leads a team at Lumon Industries whose employees undergo a surgical operation that separates their memories between their work environment and their personal lives. This bold experiment in “work-life balance” is put into question when Mark finds himself at the center of a mystery that will force him to confront the true nature of his work…and himself.
Available in AppleTV+.
2. House of the Dragon
A magnificent 10-episode series, rich and accurate, completely immerses us in the intrigues of House Targaryen.
The story takes place 172 years “before Daenerys Targaryen” and in the ninth year of the reign of Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine), a king whose line of succession is under threat. His wife Emma (Sian Brooke) is pregnant, although there is no guarantee that she will give birth to a male heir. If he doesn’t, the Iron Throne will either go to Viserys’ brother Damon, a short-tempered and potentially tyrannical ruler (Matt Smith); or, breaking with tradition of male preference, Viserys’ teenage daughter, Rainier (Millie Alcock), whose claim to the throne is bound to face strong opposition.
Available in HBO Max.
3 Win Time: Lakers Dynasty
A series not to be missed if you are a basketball fan and have 80s NBA nostalgia. Win Time: Lakers Dynasty is fiction inspired by the bestseller show time writer Jeff Perlman. It chronicles the creation of one of the greatest teams of all time, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s Lakers, and their legendary rivalry with Larry Bird’s Celtics.
Available in HBO Max.
4 Stranger Things 4
Fourth season weird things it proved that the series still had a lot to offer. One of the best Netflix series of 2022 and also one of the best Netflix original series ever. stranger Things continues to surprise us episode after episode. In this new part, with a much more terrifying and gloomy look.
The story takes place six months after the battle at the Starcourt mall that brought horror and destruction to Hawkins. While dealing with the aftermath, our group of friends are separated for the first time and have to deal with the complexities of high school, which doesn’t make life easy for them. At this most vulnerable moment, a terrifying new supernatural threat emerges, presenting a terrifying new mystery that, if only they can be unraveled, could end the horrors of the Upside Down.
Available in Netflix.
5. Locked up with the devil
Inspired by real events, it all begins when high school star football player, son of decorated cop and convicted drug dealer Jimmy Keane (Taron Egerton) is sentenced to 10 years in prison and given two options: go to a maximum security prison and befriend a suspect. serial killer Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser), or stay put and serve a full sentence without the possibility of parole. Keane soon realizes that his only recourse is to get a confession and find out where the bodies of several girls are buried before Hall’s appeal is upheld. But is this alleged killer telling the truth? Or is it just the story of a serial liar?
Available in AppleTV+.
6 Gypsy Bride
When a famous novel is adapted into an audiovisual format, there is always a certain amount of hype due to the anticipation it generates. Here’s what happened when VIS, Paramount’s international studio, and Diagonal (Banijay Iberia) announced their project to turn into a TV series gypsy brideThe first part of the Carmen Mola detective trilogy.
Actress Nerea Barros is the main character gypsy bride. She plays Elena Blanco, a veteran homicide inspector from the BAC (Case Analysis Team), a woman obsessed with work and tormented by a dark event from her past. He tries to scare away his ghosts with alcohol, sex, and music as he searches for the culprit in the murder of Susana Makaia, a young gypsy who disappeared after a bachelorette party and was subjected to a macabre ritual that recreates death. his seven-year-old sister, years ago. The big unknown is that Lara’s killer has since been serving a sentence, so either he has a copycat… or an innocent person is in jail.
Available in Atresplayer Premium.
7. Afterparty
Probably one of the most inventive comedies that we have seen in this 2022. Shifting between different genres, we find a hilarious murder investigation in a series that has great mainstream movie and TV comedians.
The story comically tells of a mysterious murder that takes place at a high school reunion. In each of the eight episodes, we are presented with the story from the point of view of different characters, each with their own unique visual style and starting from different film genres depending on the personality of the narrator in each episode.
Available in AppleTV+.
8. Tokyo Weiss
Late 90s Jake Adelstein, a young American journalist working for a major Tokyo newspaper, begins investigating the dark world of the yakuza under the supervision of a veteran city police detective. There they encounter dangerous Japanese magic controlled by some of the country’s most powerful criminals.
Available in HBO Max.
9. File 81
This series 8 episodes tells the story of Dan Turner, an archivist who accepts a commission to restore a 1994 videotape collection owned by documentary filmmaker Melody Pendras. While restoring it, he plunges into the investigation it was conducting into a dangerous cult in the Visser apartment building. Thus the series is discussed in two time lines between the obsession with finding out what happened to Melody and the progress of the investigation until a mysterious connection is established between the two characters.
Available in Netflix.
10. Marginal 5
Voted “Best Drama Series” at the Condor de Plata Awards, this Argentinian series is now in its fifth season of success. In it, Pastor and Diosito, separated after a failed escape, face new dangers and challenges in order to survive. One was locked up, the other was looking for a place outside the walls; both will have to face the consequences of their actions and make amends for the past. Meanwhile, power disputes intensify inside Puente Viejo. Borges, James and Bardot, against Cesar and Sub21, go for brutal retribution. All under the watchful eye of the “renewed” director Sergio Antin.
Best Drama Series Silver Condor Awards 2022
Pachinko could not be excluded from the list. A gripping and ambitious drama that takes us through a family epic spanning decades. One of the most elaborate productions of the year, triumphant in every way: the spectacular cast, the precise balance of tone, and the impeccable design of the production.
Source: El Independiente