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The Leftovers

2014 - 2017

Drama

Sci-fi

TV Series

1h 0m

Revolves around mysterious disappearances, world-wide, and specifically follows a group of people who are left behind in the suburban community of Mapleton. They must begin to rebuild their lives after the loss of more than 100 people. (imdb)

Created by:

Tom Perrotta

Damon Lindelof

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Directed by:

Peter Berg Keith Gordon

Mimi Leder

Carl Franklin

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Written by:

Tom Perrotta

Damon Lindelof Tamara P. Carter

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Starring:

Liv Tyler

Justin Theroux

Christopher Eccleston

Genres:

Drama, Sci-fi, Fantasy, Mystery

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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The Leftovers

2014 - 2017

Drama

Sci-fi

TV Series

1h 0m

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djross

Rated 29 Jun 2016

The affectingly apocalyptic first season concerns the relationship between familial disintegration and social disintegration. It then gradually shifts to an exploration of the way such disintegration opens a field ranging from consolatory delusion to necessary fiction. The final season, filmed in Australia, seems to have been done somewhat on the cheap, and contains some disastrously poor sequences (e.g., everything on the Bass Strait ferry), but more or less redeems itself by the conclusion.

Rated 29 Jun 2016

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Judo Koala

Rated 07 Dec 2015

Utterly transcendental, deeply poetic, and ambitiously spiritual, 'The Leftovers' captures the existential dread and confusion of a post-9/11 world in a manner that is quite often emotionally overwhelming, but powerful in its humanist overtones amidst the melancholy. Richter's score is among the most haunting and outright heart-rending I've heard in my entire life. A show about coming to terms with loss, grief, and all the things that will never be explained. Remarkable, soaring television.

Rated 07 Dec 2015

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KasperL

Rated 15 Sep 2015

Max Richter's score is a thing of glorious beauty, and Justin Theroux is as great and cool here as he was in 'Mulholland Dr.'. Eccleston and Coon are really good, too. It started off as a remarkably different and insistingly glum and gloomy series, but all the stuff with the cult in season 1 was pretty lame. Though the setup in season 2 was highly intriguing, it became too silly for its own good. The final season was superb, however. Bold, unpredictable and original.

Rated 15 Sep 2015

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obtiosov

Rated 10 Jun 2017

Carrie Coon is one of the greatest actresses of our time. And without Max Richter's music, this show wouldn't exist.

Rated 10 Jun 2017

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Neonman

Rated 15 Feb 2017

Finally, a TV drama that lives up to the hype. What's most successful are the two different post-semi-apocalypse societies in each season, both of which are fascinating insights into a new-found collective nihilism (or optimism) which gets explored throughout the show. Some of the stand-alone episodes, like priests' episodes and International Assassin, are quite tremendous. Admittedly, it can get ridiculous and even Lost-ey, which I kinda hate and kinda love. My new fave TV drama.

Rated 15 Feb 2017

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BownTV

Rated 11 Mar 2016

Season 1 is good not great but s2-3 are two of the best seasons of TV ever made

Rated 11 Mar 2016

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friesnmovies

Rated 07 Dec 2018

sorry but I really tried hard to enjoy the show and it ended up as a regret.

Rated 07 Dec 2018

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MenialRetcon

Rated 11 Mar 2019

The music is really good. The rest is well executed nonsense.

Rated 11 Mar 2019

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Ocelot

Rated 24 Oct 2017

miraculous. season 1 is far better than the reviews would indicate, though far from revolutionary. season 2 is an upgrade, taking it to the upper echelons of modern television. and season 3 launches it into the stratosphere; by the final episode, the Leftovers becomes the best TV show ever made, a stunning and unparalleled achievement that simultaneously feels long overdue, yet impossible. it is a precious gem hidden in plain sight. grab it before you're gone.

Rated 24 Oct 2017

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omgfridge

Rated 13 Dec 2018

Thought provoking breathtaking television. I love this type of story telling, doesn't hold your hand and half the time makes you come up with your own conclusions. An absorbing upsetting world that sucks you right into the peril.

Rated 13 Dec 2018

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shotton25

Rated 02 Jul 2017

I think this is my favourite TV show ever. Justin Theroux is perfect.

Rated 02 Jul 2017

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TonyS.

Rated 05 Apr 2020

On one hand, works really well from an emotional POV with numerous truly powerful scenes. The main actors/actresses are great and the 3-4 recurring tracks, moving. On the other hand, it suffers from heavy-handed writing: no care is given to the plot progression or to psychology. Characters often act in a dumb manner or in an unbelievable way (i.e. How could Theroux's screwed-up cop keep his job for so long?). Besides it's more about how humans deal with a cataclysmic event than with its origin.

Rated 05 Apr 2020

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lumpnboy

Rated 05 Feb 2016

One of the greatest TV series of all time. People who don't appreciate the Guilty Remnant, or leader Patty, or the way authorities 'deal with' the emerging post-Departure cults, are to me genuinely bewildering. "We are living reminders of what you try so desperately to forget." Season 2 less impressive, more conventional, but still better than almost anything else, and includes, specifically, rational, therapeutic and disastrous effort to re-integrate the 'cult' people back into 'normality'.

Rated 05 Feb 2016

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offlineoz

Rated 08 Mar 2020

An incredible study of grief and acceptance. Fuck it, it's one of the best written and acted tv shows of all time. HBO keeps knocking it out of the park.

Rated 08 Mar 2020

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Okkervil

Rated 16 Sep 2015

Superbly shot and scored. The performances are great too, but a lot will hinge on where this goes after the first season.

Rated 16 Sep 2015

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Ric

Rated 05 Jul 2017

First 2 seasons are good, the last is a masterpiece. Great score, great acting, especially from Carrie Coon. And the story is ... something else. It sometimes feels like a stream of consciousness put to film, but still managing to make kind of sense ... in its own strange way.

Rated 05 Jul 2017

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AAAutin

Rated 07 Jan 2016

Started out as the perfect meditation on grief and loss...then Damon Lindelof managed to LOST it up.

Rated 07 Jan 2016

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cussot

Rated 21 Jan 2018

Made me want to smoke.

Rated 21 Jan 2018

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Moribunny

Rated 03 Jan 2020

Max Richter's cheesy soundtrack encapsulates this very well. I started watching this at the behest of someone who swore it was smart, and failed to mention that it was created by that garbage creator of Lost. I didn't make it past the first couple of episodes. It's as idiotic, plasticky and awful as I should have suspected it would be.

Rated 03 Jan 2020

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Hofschneider

Rated 29 Mar 2020

Season 2 and 3 elevated the art form of television. I couldn't sleep after it.

Rated 29 Mar 2020

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leemarvins

Rated 04 Mar 2018

Watched first season. Carrie Coon and Chris Eccleston are the real stand out perfomances. Max Richter's music does most of the dramatic heavy lifting in this series that is lost up its own back side like you would expect from a hack like damon Lindelof. Lindelof keeps making these stories and shows that have no end in sight. Just pointless series of unanswarable questions and mysteries. He thinks he's clever, he's not.

Rated 04 Mar 2018

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kito1

Rated 14 Jul 2018

Season 1: Great start. Almost no weak or uninteresting moments. The divine score is perfect. - Season 2 is tolerable. It's irritating at first, and sometimes it feels really petty and stupid. Still, a necessary continuation. - Season 3 is good; some repetitive scenes, lacking excitement. The final episode is impressive. -- Justin Theroux is great.

Rated 14 Jul 2018

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overrated

Rated 10 May 2021

Difficult to rate because it is so uneven; the premise & the issues delved into (grief, existential dread, and the creation of "nicer stories" to deal with them), and almost all of the performances (esp. JT & CC) are fantastic. But much of the character motivations don't ring true (e.g. I didn't buy anyone besides AD joining the GR), and certain elements feel like the parts of Lost I disliked (notably the ferry ep. in S3). The actor playing the daughter and her overall plot almost ruined S1.

Rated 10 May 2021

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capodelnulla

Rated 07 Oct 2015

iyi başladığında lindelof'tan ötürü çekiniyordum, beklentimi düşük tuttum. ama bölümler geçtikçe öyle oturdu, öyle gösterdi ki meselesinin başka bir diziyle karıştırılmaması gerektiğini. çünkü her şeyden önce kendisini pek önemsemeyen, yeri geldiğinde dalgasını geçen ama gündelik ciddiyetle anlatısına da devam eden bir dizi. duygulanıma başvurup kaçtığında bile kızdırmadı, six feet under'dan sonra ona erişmeyi en azından deneyen bir şaheser kaldÄ

Rated 07 Oct 2015

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hellboy76

Rated 06 Nov 2016

An entertaining first season with a good cast and an amazing score. It's eerie and possible at the same time. More to come. Edit- re-watch and update after season 2. The score and cast still phenomenal, but there is a quiet genius underlying the obvious overtones. Edit - season three. It was a short run but it managed to tackle a lot of themes in that short time. It felt a bit rushed, but still made me happy to have watched it.

Rated 06 Nov 2016

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NhanLa

Rated 10 Nov 2015

Season 1: 60 Season 2: 80

Rated 10 Nov 2015

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muutanet

Rated 10 May 2020

Tingling storytelling, strong performances, mystic in the beginning and though the last episode was a bit stretched, strongly recommended series.

Rated 10 May 2020

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hanabizhani

Rated 07 Oct 2015

Awesome!

Rated 07 Oct 2015

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Lilirose

Rated 02 Aug 2017

Serie onirica e visionaria a cui è difficile trovare un senso, ma davanti a cui spesso sono rimasta rapita mio malgrado. Non è il mio genere, ma la qualità è alta. Forse mi sarei aspettata qualcosina in più dal finale.

Rated 02 Aug 2017

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morphinapg

Rated 22 Aug 2020

Fascinating concept. There are some elements of this show that work really well, and others that unfortunately don't, but each season does do a good job paying off by the end, and the series itself has a really fascinating ending.

Rated 22 Aug 2020

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lumen

Rated 10 Jun 2017

Fantastic show overall, which is surprising, as this is written by infamous hack writer Damon Lindelof. Season 1 is great, Season 3 is the weakest but has a great final episode, Season 2, on the other hand, is perfect all throughout.

Rated 10 Jun 2017

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christof

Rated 01 Oct 2021

Yeah, this was great. Binge watching this series as Covid unfolded, left me (ironically) with no regrets. As is usual with expansive open-ended sagas, it suffers from a poor last episode that forces an unwieldy unnecessary attempt at a resolution.

Rated 01 Oct 2021

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semioticus

Rated 18 Jul 2022

There are only a handful shows that come up with a deep, nuanced and thorough take on grief and depression while also mixing in comedy and suspense at a well-balanced manner. Mad Men, Bojack Horseman and -to some extent- the Sopranos have been the three that have done this at unattainable levels. I can add the Leftovers to that list after finishing the series.

Rated 18 Jul 2022

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tenfold

Rated 09 Jul 2023

Great acting and characters.

Rated 09 Jul 2023

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gabba2k7

Rated 19 Aug 2019

it is like Lost without Lost. well shot but i cannot see any substance to that. nothing catchy & intriguing. good for background noise and before sleep... do i miss something i wonder?

Rated 19 Aug 2019

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SeanBerndorff

Rated 13 Jul 2017

Season 1: 80 Season 2: 75, Season 3: 80

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sybarite

Rated 02 Sep 2020

Fine. There's too much alternate-reality silliness, largely because Lindelof can't restrain himself from being an idiot. The central cast does an exceptional job with the mediocre scripts they're given. Really only worth watching if you're interested Lindelof trying and failing to do penance for Lost. Otherwise, you'd be better off watching something thematically similar but better, like First Reformed or the Kirk Cameron Left Behind.

Rated 02 Sep 2020

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Lonewolf2003

Rated 31 Jan 2024

S1: 78, S2: 88, S3: 88

Rated 31 Jan 2024

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Anja

Rated 09 May 2017

(season 2)

Rated 09 May 2017

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AndreasThau

Rated 30 Jan 2016

Cult so annoying, you just wanna kill something. Or hit your fist against a wall. A series with enormous qualities, a handful of minor flaws and a much better realism/mysticism balance than Lost. Like, WAY better.

Rated 30 Jan 2016

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TheEscapist

Rated 21 Aug 2020

Intriguing series, Justin Theroux and Carrie Coon are amazing in this and the soundtrack fits perfectly. Definitely worth watching all three seasons.

Rated 21 Aug 2020

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Ytadel

Rated 26 Sep 2015

Sorry Damon Lindelof, your shit does, in fact, stink. Badly.

Rated 26 Sep 2015

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disconnected

Rated 15 Oct 2015

Don't mistake it for a prestige drama just because it's on HBO. It's bad, sure, but in the best possible way, dabbling in all kinds of fun stuff: cults, trauma, alcoholism, coincidence, even quirky domestic drama a la Six Feet Under. Carrie Coon pushes it over the edge; after only a couple of roles (including a potentially thankless one in Gone Girl) she has already established herself as one of the best actresses around, with the episode about her being the highlight of the series so far.

Rated 15 Oct 2015

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Bene

Rated 18 May 2022

Given it’s the work of Damon “LOST” Lindeloff I was highly worried the entire time if this would stick the landing and S3 did little to calm me down, but this truly did deliver the goods!

Rated 18 May 2022

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tipar

Rated 29 Mar 2018

It is a good show, the second season is awesome but the shadow of "Lost-esque" unexplained things is too strong, actually, one of the creators was involved in scripting in "Lost". I am talking not about the things that happen through all the seasons but the real meaning of the event, what exactly happened to them. Conclusion, a series of "good but..." a 69 then.

Rated 29 Mar 2018

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Boyd Crowder

Rated 14 Jun 2017

season 1: 73 season 2: 86 season 3: 92 (or, in other words: watch it!)

Rated 14 Jun 2017

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Ross

Rated 14 Feb 2019

Very intriguing, and Theroux is amazing. (3 episodes)

Rated 14 Feb 2019

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Vandelay1

Rated 29 Jun 2017

nice series

Rated 29 Jun 2017

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cherrorist

Rated 23 Jan 2021

A bit melodramatic, dragged out and would possibly work better as a mini-series, 14 episodes tops. I almost gave up after season 2, but I'm glad I watched it through because season 3 gets it back on track and wraps it up with an interesting ending.

Rated 23 Jan 2021

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ozerdur

Rated 24 Aug 2020

S1 70, S2 75, S3 70

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law

Rated 31 May 2018

One season of nothing happening was enough for me.

Rated 31 May 2018

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kneurotic

Rated 17 Sep 2022

Seen it twice. I feel like ppl are blinded by the show's prestige TV veneer. There are a lot of great elements & ideas, but the actual characters & plot are lacking, and the dialogue often gave me 2nd-hand embarrassment. The show is very self-important. It really wants you to think something profound is being said, but that's just not the case. It elicits emotion well (music does a lot of heavy lifting), but only a hollow sort of emotion. Also the promo posters are hilarious—so comically angsty

Rated 17 Sep 2022

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tatarbey

Rated 12 Jul 2022

1. Season :79

Rated 12 Jul 2022

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LennyNero

Rated 02 May 2017

Season 1: 6/10. Well acted and interesting story but dull and depressing pace. Season 2: 9/10. Still depressing but they replaced dull with bold creative decisions and some episodes are just amazing.

Rated 02 May 2017

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edward

Rated 10 Aug 2020

I can't fairly rate this as I didn't watch the whole series. I tuned in for the allegory, as I heard it was rich, but either I failed to see it or it's actually just pretentious pseudo-intellectual nonsense. Either way, it's painfully boring.

Rated 10 Aug 2020

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vv238

Rated 05 Jul 2021

The longer The Leftovers went on the less I was impressed. The premier season was a thought-provoking what-if that served to question ideas of religion, humanity, society, grief, collective trauma, and free will. Each subsequent season was dumbed-down for the sake of melodrama that was less and less justified as the increasingly confused plot unfolded. The characters remain mostly strong though, so I can't say The Leftovers ever gets outright bad, just slightly worse over time.

Rated 05 Jul 2021

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cakici

Rated 29 May 2020

S01-95 S02-94 S03-100

Rated 29 May 2020

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erllunll

Rated 13 Jul 2020

1. sezon 75, 2. sezon 70, 3. sezon 70.

Rated 13 Jul 2020

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Sadman

Rated 30 Nov 2015

How many TV-shows manage to be completely engrossing on an emotional, spiritual AND intellectual level? The answer is one. This is that tv-show.

Rated 30 Nov 2015

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NefariousQ

Rated 29 Sep 2023

While I do believe that the world that suddenly lost 2% of the population would certainly have trauma, I do think it is a tad overblown.

Rated 29 Sep 2023

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xophoros

Rated 07 Nov 2020

I really loved the first season, but Damon Lindelof seems to have a repetitive problem where he creates a mythology that is highly evocative only to explore that mythology later in ways that undermine it. By the time I got to the third season I was pretty much done, although there were some wonderful things about the second season too.

Rated 07 Nov 2020

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voneverec

Rated 11 Jul 2018

ilk 2 sezon: 90 3. sezon: 60

Rated 11 Jul 2018

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ibodirector

Rated 02 Jul 2016

1. Sezon: 50

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Scuffed

Rated 30 Sep 2023

The show has decent performances, but the forced spiritualism can get on your nerves. I also just don't think things would go down the way they did in the show. There would be cults and annoying religious people, but the behavior of average people seems exaggerated.

Rated 30 Sep 2023

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