Top 10 English Web Series Based On True Events

There are numerous web series and shows available to the audience in small screens like never before. Some of these web series are often taken from an event that has occurred in the past or is happening right now i.e true events based. Audiences have always preferred to know the truth no matter what it may be and that is the sole reason for launching these sorts of content, to let people know the truth.

We have taken the liberty of shortlisting some of the best shows that we consider depicted the real-life events with the most accuracy, they are:

Web series	IMDb Rating	Rotten Tomatoes
1. Narcos	8.8	89%
2. 30 for 30	8.8	70%
3. The Americans	8.4	96%
4. American Crime Story	8.4	93%
5. Genius	8.4	77%
6. 24 Hours in Police Custody	8.2	68%
7. Trump: an American Dream	7.7	NA
8. Criminal Confessions	7.7	NA
9. The Long Road Home	7.5	NA
10. Madoff	7.5	NA

Web Series Based On True Events

1. Narcos

Narcos Trailer

This series ventures out to early Columbia to take a recounted look at the activities of the criminal drug lord and mafia, Pablo Escobar. The series even shoes many other gangsters who somewhat held a plague over the country

Actors: Pedro Pascal, Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook
Creators: Carlo Bernard, Chris Brancato, Doug Miro
Year of Release: 2015
Seasons & Episodes: 3 Season, 30 Episodes
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama | Thriller

2. 30 for 30

This is a show hosted by ESPN which tells us the stories of the sports world and features some of the best storytellers from around the globe. This started as a celebration for the 30th anniversary of ESPN but has become a separate class on its own.

Year of Release: 2009
No. of Episodes: 157
Genres: Documentary | Biography | History | Sport

3. The Americans

Set in the period when the cold war within the Americas, the series shows the life of two Russian agents who travel to the country disguised as an average American couple with a full family.

Actors: Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Keidrich Sellati
Creators: Joseph Weisberg
Year of Release: 2013
Seasons & Episodes: 6 Season, 75 Episodes
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

4. American Crime Story

This is an anthology series that takes the audience through a journey to relive the most notorious crimes and criminals who did them.

Actors: Sarah Paulson, Annaleigh Ashford, Sterling K. Brown
Creators: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Tom Rob Smith
Year of Release: 2016
Seasons & Episodes: 3 Season, 27 Episodes
Genres: Biography | Crime | Drama

5. Genius

This unique series shows us the life stories of the brilliant minds in history, showing their young lives and transitions slowly to their final years where we see discoveries being made, flaws to arise, relationships to fail and many other events surrounding the genius.

Actors: Samantha Colley, Seth Gabel, Antonio Banderas
Creators: Kenneth Biller, Noah Pink, Suzan-Lori Parks
Year of Release: 2017
Seasons & Episodes: 3 Season, 30 Episodes
Genres: Biography | Drama | History

6. 24 Hours in Police Custody

The show features the Bedfordshire Police for twenty-four hours where they are followed by more than 80 cameras and are recorded as they examine wrongdoings, arrest suspects and respond to crises.

Actors: Zawe Ashton, Attiq Malik, Brett Jones
Year of Release: 2014
Seasons & Episodes: 9 Season, 54 Episodes
Genres: Documentary

7. Trump: an American Dream

This is a documentary series from the British which features the current president of the United States of America, Donald Trump and sketches through his journey through five decades.

Actors: Colin Tierney, Nikki Haskell, Rona Barrett
Year of Release: 2017
Seasons & Episodes: 1 Season, 4 Episodes
Genres: Documentary | Biography

8. Criminal Confessions

This series shows the severity of mental breakdowns that occur in police investigation rooms and gives an idea as to what the police have to do in order to yield a confession.

Actors: Tyler Hayse, Brian Kramer, Noah Staggs
Creators: Adam Kassen
Year of Release: 2017
Seasons & Episodes: 3 Season, 38 Episodes
Genres: Documentary | Crime | Drama

9. The Long Road Home

The series is about the American forces trying to occupy Iraq, when they are unexpectedly ambushed by a Baghdad neighbourhood and how they deal with it.

Actors: Michael Kelly, Jason Ritter, Kate Bosworth
Creators: Mikko Alanne
Year of Release: 2017
Seasons & Episodes: 1 Season, 8 Episodes
Genres: Action | Biography | Drama | History | War

10. Madoff

This is the story of Bernie Madoff, who designed a Ponzi scheme and bagged $65 billion from unknown victims who didn’t have a clue. This was accredited as the biggest fraud in US history.