Best Cynical Movies & TV Series

3eyedraven's 70 top-rated cynical movies and TV series — ordered by how strongly audiences rate them and how many actually voted, so the ranking reflects real consensus. Full details on each.

The Wire 2002 ★ 8.6

FROM 2022 ★ 8.5

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 2026 ★ 8.4

My Dearest Assassin 2026 ★ 8.6

Taxi Driver 1976 ★ 8.1

The Boondocks 2005 ★ 8.3

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 ★ 8.1

House of Cards 2013 ★ 8.0

Community 2009 ★ 8.0

Gone Girl 2014 ★ 7.9

Bob's Burgers 2011 ★ 7.8

Resident Alien 2021 ★ 7.8

Tokyo Vice 2022 ★ 7.9

The Color Purple 1985 ★ 7.7

The Heiress 1949 ★ 7.8

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 ★ 7.6

The Good Wife 2009 ★ 7.6

Midnight Cowboy 1969 ★ 7.5

An Elephant Sitting Still 2018 ★ 7.7

The Conversation 1974 ★ 7.5

The Reader 2008 ★ 7.5

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 1982 ★ 7.4

Falling Down 1993 ★ 7.4

Watchmen 2009 ★ 7.4