The Wire

IMDb

9.3/10

Age

12+

Created by David Simon for HBO, this crime drama ran from 2002 to 2008 and is often called one of the greatest series ever made. Each season widens its view of Baltimore, from Detective Jimmy McNulty's wiretap on the Barksdale drug organisation led by Avon Barksdale and Stringer Bell to the docks, City Hall, the schools and the newspaper. Michael K. Williams's stick-up man Omar Little and Senator Clay Davis became cult figures.

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