Despite the past few years of merger, rebranding, re-rebrendancing and everything else that Warner Bros., David Zaslav's discovery, has made his reputation as a definitive home for high quality television. The network has essentially created what we now know as "prestige TV" more than 25 years ago, and as many competitors entered the space, especially in the streaming era, the modern series like "The Last of Us", "Succia" and "White Lotos" retained HBO at the top.

During these two and a half decades, there has been a wide range of popular HBO shows, but no genre has defined the network of the crime-genuine drama on which it built its early reputation with the classics of the "Sopranos" and "Theat". It should not be the secret that they plays tend to find the most ranking of The largest HBO shows ever. In fact, when it comes to crime plays, it's hard to find a very cheating room within the upper echelon, because the network puts so much material so long that there are a lot of absolute classics that you really can't turn off.

However, there is always the possibility of something new to impose over the desired emissions of the past and to establish itself in the upper degree. HBO has never slowed down in his series of crime avalanches. Today, however, we see only the five best HBO crime plays.

Many different shows were in quarrel about this place in fifth place, and because it was such a close call, I want to call some of them. If your crime inclinations rely on more neo-info, and if the North American setting of most crime tickets HBO is worn, I recommend logging out "Tokyo Vice", led by the unspeakable Ken Watanabe. For one -season minisions, and "Kobili of Easttown" and "Night" delivered fantastic, challenging stories in recent years, largely thanks to Titanic's performances by Kate Winslet and Reese Ahmed, respectively,

But in the end, "we own this city" felt like the right choice. Many are seen as a successor to the "Wiraica" because it is set in Baltimore and created by David Simon, this series with a limited series of six parts is very its own, dark, sobering. Unlike the "Wiraica", this is a true story, with the main characters who bear the names of their real -world colleagues. In short, the show follows the Baltimore (GTTF) gun working group and its numerous cases of corruption, brutality and abuse, led by SGT. Wayne Enenkins (Jonon Bertal). It is a crime drama that turns the focus of crime into the police force itself, and the recession on her topic makes a frightening watch if she is far from shocking.

Bertal turns into one of the best performances in his career through the six episodes, with excellent turns coming from the likes of Wunii Mosaku and McKinley Belcher III. This is not a very encouraging story, but it is necessary, and one that feels particularly relevant to involvement in modern discussions about the crime genre.

I tried to figure out a way to have something more unique in the fourth place on this list, but it's hard to argue with the Boardwalk Empire. Often overshadowed by Game of Thrones, which was completely dominated by HBO, television and pop culture in the 2010s, this periodic crowd of saga would have been the main draw in many other HBO epochs, and will be well held for years after leaving the air.

Steve Bushemi, Kelly McDonald and Michael Shannon are running the way, but the extended team is massive and filled with talent, by Steven Graham (like Al Capon) and Bobby Cannavale to Paz de la Huerta, Charlie Cox and Effeefry Wright. However, it is the setting that really takes up the central phase and separates this series from other HBO crime plays. The costume, dressing and the historic background for different stories, everyone gives the "Boardwalk Empire" uniquely attractive aesthetic, merging crime in the early 20th century of "Peaky Blinders" with the epic format of HBO Prestige television.

Despite his recognition during his rock, the "Boardwalk Empire" is not talked about as much as these contemporaries these days. However, the aspect of a period of action makes it a great choice for the first time no matter when you decide to check it.

Just as Sorre changed television in 1999, "Real Detective" changed the 2014 crime drama genre. Of course, his influence may have been on a much smaller scale, but more than a decade later, look at all the series of crime that emerged in her awakening: "Dark Winds", "Mare from Easttown", "Mindhunter" ... The list continues. Yes, there were previously a series of prestige crime The first season of "real detective" It focused on single cases, dark themes and complicated performance. (AMC's "murder" "killing" jumps in mind.) But the "real detective" turned that formula into gold TV.

Different seasons have been slightly affected or missed over the years, hence the bronze medal. But although none of the flawless inaugural season has hit the same brand, each of them has strong performances, interesting stories, great design and unique aesthetics, none of them are easy to pull. Wishing one season of this series does not guarantee that you will love others, and that's fine.

But to make it clear, the reason why this show ranks so high due to the first season, led by two appearances that define in the career of Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey. Many have called it a perfect season on television, and while its focus is incredibly specific, it is difficult to find a problem in its execution. It is dark, thematic, literary and incredibly well recorded, and if you have never given it, consider this another approval.

What is left to say about "soprano" at this point? For most people, it is the most clear, most explicit starting point of the modern television era. Of course, you can talk about several other shows in the 1990s, and even the late 1980s, which did similar things about comprehensive stories and kinematic sensibility, but "Sopranos" was clearly leveling that concept -the beginning of what we now call, for better or worse.

And, yes, it is still climbing. The Jameses Gandolfini as Tony Soprano is a leading performance that has been approaching the crime drama genre several times, as Brian Cranston and Kilian Murphy's likes are never at the top. The show also has one of all time great roles, from Eddie Falco and Lauren Bruco to Michael Impurs, Vincent Pastore and Tony Syrico. There are certain elements of early seasons that may feel something dated now, but writing, acting and the whole craft remains pointless.

One thing is to create a show with wide, cinematic aspirations and themes, but it is quite another thing to do it, and at the same time catch a larger culture. "Sopranos", at bestelevated television at the same time as it became the next big show for cooling water. And when it comes to real TV mobile phones, there will still be no show that carries the crown of David Chase. But in the big pantheon of the HBO crime series, the second place is as far as "soprano" goes.

"Theica" Well, in every measurable way, the ultimate drama of crime. It is a show that not only uses organized crime as an ambience or background for a literary decline. It is a story about the very idea of ​​crime - what is it, how we decide who to criminalize and the effects of it on communities and families. Consider crime from every angle: police, local politics, organized labor and press, but primarily people born in the landscape of "crime" and referred to criminals from birth.

Through the Baltimore lens, David Simon paints what various critics have called a modern EP, a series of definitive crime and the biggest TV show ever done. There is not enough room here to turn over something, and I'm not sure you would like. At this point, the "Wiraica" is an institution of television, and its continuous relevance tells just as much about her own skill and intelligence, as well as our failure to deal with great issues of police work, criminalization and inequality in the real world.

I didn't even mention any actor here, which may be because it is difficult to mention one without naming them all. It is the entire ecosystem of the show - the "crime" ecosystem, as it is dictated by politics and financial circumstances - what it does. Every script and performance are important because it clicks on it. So yes, the "wire" is the best crime drama that HBO has ever produced, and remains The biggest TV shows for crime of all time.