The Best TV Series of the Outgoing Year 2022

Historical events revived comics, prequels to beloved movies, sci-fi and detectives. The past year has pleased us with a lot of excellent TV series. But which made the top of the best TV series in 2022 with a high rating? 

We have selected the best series that every movie buff should watch. And if you are attracted to leisure with a dose of adrenaline, then betting apps for Android and iOS will be able to entertain you.

The House of Dragon

• Country: USA
• Rating: IMDb – 8.5
• Release date: August 21, 2022

The prequel to “Game of Thrones” opens the list of the best TV series already released. The plot unfolds 172 years before the birth of Daenerys Targaryen, the mother of dragons. The powerful House Targaryen holds the Iron Throne at this time. They are considered an influential aristocratic family, and the blood of dragons flows in their veins. Therefore, members of the dynasty were not afraid of fire and could control fire-breathing beasts. King Viserys I Targaryen wishes that the Iron Throne be inherited by Rhaenyra, his daughter from his first marriage, upon his death. But aside from the fact that a woman cannot be ruler, Viserys I also has two native sons by his second wife. And the king’s brother doesn’t mind sitting on the throne either. After Viserys passed away, things began to get interesting. Part of the ruling council and the influential citizens of Westeros side with Rhaenyra. The rest want one of the brothers as king. A rift in the family leads to a violent civil war.

Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power

• Country: USA
• Rating: IMDb – 6.9
• Release Date: September 1, 2022

The events of the American fantasy series are set during the second era of Middle-earth. After the fall of the dark lord, his faithful servant Sauron remains at large. The future overlord Galadriel dreams of finding him and sets out on a long journey that fails. Elf King Gil-galad offers Galadriel a return to Valinor. But this offer she rejects. At the same time, the hobbit ancestors of the moss-Lapa wander the world in search of a temporary shelter. Finally, one observes an unusual man falling from the sky with tremendous magical power. 

Inventing Anna

• Country: USA
• Rating: IMDb – 6.8
• Release Date: February 11, 2022

The plot of the series is based on actual events that took place in America. In 2007, Anna Sorokin moved to Germany with her parents from the Moscow suburb of Domodedovo. In 2016, when Anna turned 25 years old, she had already emigrated alone to the United States. Now the girl calls herself Anna Delvey. She successfully manages to pass herself off as the heiress of a wealthy German family, and, having secured the support of high society, the girl joins the circles of the rich and famous. The con artist almost succeeds in getting a bank loan of 20 million dollars to open an art space in one of the most expensive buildings in New York. However, circumstances happen so that an American journalist and friend of Anna’s, unaware of the girl’s true intentions, expose her. 

The Gilded Age

• Country: USA
• Rating: IMDb – 8.0
• Release Date: January 24, 2022

The action in the series takes place in 1882. A young girl named Marianne has a father who dies. He leaves his daughter a $30 inheritance and a house that is about to run out of rent. Marian has nowhere and nothing to live on. She realizes that her only possibility for continued existence is to move in with her father’s sisters, who live in New York. Right before boarding the train, the heroine is attacked by petty thieves and steals her bag with the last of her money and ticket. To Maryann’s aid comes Peggy Scott, an African-American girl who dreams of escaping from the clutches of her wealthy tyrant father and becoming a famous writer. Marian and Peggy travel to New York City, where they check into Marian’s aunts’ boarding house.  

Better Call Saul

• Country: USA
• Rating: IMDb – 8.9
• Season 6 release date: April 18, 2022

One of the best foreign series that begins as a comedy and ends as a drama. It is a prequel and, simultaneously, a sequel to one of the most acclaimed series in the world – “Breaking Bad”. Lawyer Saul Goodman is a small man who is constantly short of what he has. In the beginning, he elicits sympathy from the viewer. To relieve himself of the stigma of being a loser, Saul confronts giant corporations and defends clients with clever tricks. He even managed to win a case against a nursing home ripping off retirees. But as the viewer gets to know the negligent lawyer better, he is evil, unpredictable and capable of destroying everyone who gets in his way. In the final sixth season, Saul Goodman finally ends up in the hands of the police. 

Umbrella Academy

• Country: USA
• Rating: IMDb – 7.9
• Season 3 release date: June 22, 2022

The series is based on the comic book series of the same name. In 1989, something strange happened. Ordinary women living in different parts of the world give birth to babies with superpowers. Billionaire Reginald Hargreaves decides to adopt seven of these children and create an academy where they improve their talents and become invincible superheroes. Having grown up, the students are scattered all over the globe and meet each other again at their adoptive father’s funeral only a few years later. The news that the world will end in eight days forces the heroes to unite and try to prevent the apocalypse from happening. But it turns out to be more complicated than they thought, and the attempt fails. The team decides to go back in time and try to save the world again. But the superheroes have yet to determine where they will end up or what awaits them upon their return.

Moon Knight

• Country: USA
• Rating: IMDb – 7.3
• Release Date: March 30, 2022

This picture had a very unusual and exciting plot, and we could not leave without attention. The action of the series unfolds around a former Marine and now a museum employee named Steven, who is convinced that he suffers from sleepwalking. One fine evening he goes to bed as usual, and when he wakes up, something unbelievable happens around him. Someone’s voice in his head keeps saying, “Bring the body back!” – and from the windows of the ancient castle, Stephen is being shot at. In the central square, the leader of some cult holds a “divine judgment,” deciding whether one is worthy of paradise on Earth. If it is determined that he does not deserve it, death befalls him on the spot.