The last twelve months have been hard, long, complicated and different. We have spent a lot of time at home and have been able to enjoy great releases. If 2019 left us on HBO series like Chernobyl or the end of Game of Thrones, 2020 has also brought a good dose of expected premieres and comebacks and today we collect what have been the greatest hits of 2020 on HBO if you want to catch up or see what that you have pending a year marked by the coronavirus.
Among the best series of 2020 on HBO stand out the miniseries, short miniseries to see in just a few hours and which have become essential in this 2020. Some of them not only the best series on the platform but from any streaming service … national and controversial, such as Homeland. And other returns of mythical characters in the form of new series, such as Perry Mason. Also new seasons and expected returns such as the characteristic humor of What we do in the shadows, more than necessary in a year marked by drama.
Although HBO does not allow marathons in the same way that we do with Netflix, due to the episode per week format, there are many of the best series of the year that we have come across on the platform. From the first to arrive this year, like The Visitor in January, to some of the last like 30 coins, the creation of Álex de la Iglesia that has been issued in the last quarter.
The conspiracy against America
The conspiracy against America is an adaptation of Philip Roth’s novel of the same name, which presents a different past than the historical one. In the alternate reality HBO series the 1940 US presidential election is won by Charles Lindbergh, a candidate close to Nazi Germany. With Europe at war and the Germans gaining ground, on the other side of the ocean, American society begins to experience a high level of anti-Semitism, which causes fear in the Levin family, protagonists of the series. Persecution, violence and politics intertwine in this great series that leaves a certain social criticism for the viewer to think if the horrible events of the past can be repeated again and in any country. One of HBO’s must-haves in 2020.
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Mrs. America
This HBO series, one of the highest rated of the year, recalls a historic moment of the 1970s in the United States. Conservative Phyllis Schlafly’s battle, played by Cate Blanchett, to prevent the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment for women, promoted by the feminist movements of the time. In the series, real characters of the time such as Gloria Steinem or Shirley Chisholm appear , who will fight against Schlafly in a series with a lot of political and social load in which the events, conventions and voting that took place in real life are chronologically reflected. A great performance by Blanchett, who is the visible face of a controversial and controversial production.
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Run
Run may not be at the level of other series on this list but it is a bet that we hope will go further. It is the light and pleasant production that we need in a 2020 of deaths, diseases and confinement. A seven-episode, half-hour romantic thriller that you can watch in a single afternoon or evening . Phoebe Waller-Bridge is behind this series where we meet Ruby and Billy. They were boyfriends during high school and they made a pact: if either of them sent a message with the word “Run” they had to run to the same train to make a trip. At the end of the trip they will decide if they continue with their lives or get back together. They don’t know anything about each other, they haven’t seen each other for years. But this train trip will reveal details about his life. Despite the fact that we want to know more, to know more about the characters that arrived on HBO in April and that we can see in full now.
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Lovecraft Territory
Horror and fantasy, Territory Lovecraft is one of the must-sees of 2020 on HBO. Inspired by the imaginary worlds of HP Lovecraft , this series is a tribute to the author but also a series with a strong racial charge. Based on the novel by Matt Ruff, Lovecraft Territory is set in the United States of the 1950s, with Jim Crow racial segregation laws in effect. And follow the adventure of Atticus Freeman in search of his missing father. Along the way, as well as against terrifying racism and the fight to survive, he will meet terrible monsters taken from the Lovecraft novels. This main line will be joined by several secondary stories that organize the story. A series for lovers of the genre and the writer.
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Perry Mason
Back to the classics many years later on HBO with Perry Mason. The mythical character that Raymond Burr played and made popular in the 50s and 60s came back to life this 2020 on HBO. Perry Mason is a lawyer who starred in detective novels, television series, movies … and this year he has returned to tell his origins, his life before becoming that classic lawyer on the screen. Matthew Rhys is the new Perry Mason and moves to 1932, to Los Angeles, at the time when he was still a private investigator in an environment full of corruption. With a great cast, and although many fans of the classic character have not been satisfied with the reboot, Perry Mason has been one of the most viewed series on the streaming platform.
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The Undoing
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant are already two great reasons to see this HBO series that has reached almost the end of the year to become one of the best productions of 2020. The two actors play a married couple from New York’s high society, with a son enrolled in a private school reserved for upper-class people. Psychologist and doctor, their lives will be affected by the appearance of a young mother of a son with a scholarship who enters his school and alters the tranquility of the center. After a shocking event, the school goes into shock and all eyes turn to the marriage. An intriguing series that, in addition to an exceptional cast, deals with class differences and the problems of a city like New York.
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Homeland
Patria was delayed because of the coronavirus, like so many other series that suffered confinement due to COVID19 just like us. Late but arrived. It became one of the most anticipated series after the success of Fernando Aramburu’s book . And one of the series of this 2020 both in audience and in repercussion. This history of Euskadi in the hardest years of ETA terrorism and the Basque conflictIt is told from two perspectives, that of the victim and that of an imprisoned ETA member. The two visions, the conflicts and the day-to-day survival in an unbreathable environment, impossible to reconcile, are spinning a story that really happened in the Basque Country not many years ago and to which this year the gaze has turned. One of the most successful premieres of 2020 on HBO although not without controversy, without experts who assure that the vision is not faithful. Be that as it may, a success among the national public that you can see now on the platform.
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The undeniable truth
We had to wait longer than expected to see this great series starring Mark Ruffalo. Although its premiere was scheduled for April, it was finally postponed to May. In this story, as we say, we have Mark Ruffalo and we will see him in two roles, playing two twin brothers, Dominick and Thomas Birdsey. A story based on the book ‘I Know This Much Is True’ by Wally Lamb and that tells the struggle of one of the brothers to help the other, hospitalized for schizophrenia. A series of just six one-hour chapters that you can devour to see why it has been one of the platform’s successes.
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Could destroy you
One of the best series of the year, one of the great surprises of HBO. Hard but necessary. It could destroy you has become a phenomenon and one of the most viewed productions of 2020. It is about a writer, Arabella, who is raped in London. The series explores her past and future since then and has become a plea for sexual consent in the time of Me Too. The violent change that Arabella’s life undergoes after the assault and the different forms of sexual violence invite reflection in this great and applauded production.
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Devs
Lovers of science fiction have also been in luck this year. Devs is the latest creation of Alex Garland (‘Ex-Machina’ and ‘Annihilation’), one of the most recognized names in science fiction. The script is about a computer engineer who investigates the disappearance of her boyfriend. He considers his company responsible for the disappearance, so he investigates the secrets of it. As the plot progresses, it becomes more distressing , with the feeling that they are playing with the protagonist and with us. A series that is set in the future and that raises moral dilemmas as we advance the next steps of technology.
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What We Do in the Shadows – Season 2
The second season of this series arrived in 2020 to keep making us laugh. Shot in mockumentary style, We Make in the Shadows shows a group of vampires showing their lives, their routine and their Staten Island mansion on camera . An easy and delirious humor, with moments of laughter thanks to a fresh and original script. Show vampires going shopping, at the office, making social relationships … A great series to hang out and get carried away by simple humor. The success of the first season made its continuity possible and it is one of the favorite series of HBO clients.
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The Ministry of time
One of the most anticipated returns of the year and that, in addition to being broadcast on La 1 de TVE, has found accommodation on HBO. The fourth season has all the classic ingredients of Spanish success , history, humor, intrigue and a lot of action, in addition to having charismatic characters already known to the audience such as Lola (Macarena García), Pacino (Hugo Silva), Alonso (Nacho Fresneda), Amelia (Aura Garrido), Salvador (Jaime Blanch) or Irene (Cayetana Guillén Cuervo). A season again full of emotional moments and with a careful style to adapt plots, costumes and settings to the times represented in fiction. One of the best Spanish series in recent times that we can now also enjoy on HBO.
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30 coins
Arriving at the end of the year to become a phenomenon, Álex de la Iglesia’s series has devastated critics and viewers. A series of mystery and terror, with the unmistakable stamp of the Spanish director, that lands in a town in Segovia. There comes Father Vergara, an exorcist, who settles in a quiet town to start a new life. But upon his arrival he meets a paranormal phenomenon that has revolutionized the town. Inspired by the 30 coins that Judas received for betraying Jesus, an element of historical power, the priest and the little savvy mayor of the town will find themselves involved in a worldwide conspiracy, gore and for lovers of terror.
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The visitor
Based on the novel by Stephen King, it has the classic elements of the horror author. The murder of a child, his investigation and the secrets and mysteries that emerge will be the common thread of a horrifying story that involves supernatural forces and that, in addition to the intrigue, promises high doses of thriller. King has already assured that he is working on the second season after the success of this production, one of the most viewed of 2020 and a must for lovers of the horror genre.
