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Forget flicking through endless choices, because we’ve done the hard work for you. Stan delivers some of the best shows around, from acclaimed international hits to sensational Stan Originals. Ready to dive into your next obsession? We’ve gathered the ultimate must-watch list so you can easily stream the best shows on Stan right now. MORE
Frequently Asked Questions
Stan is the home of amazing exclusive international programming and Stan Originals. You can stream the best shows on Stan including binge-worthy US drama hits, British comedy, and highly praised Australian productions. Look out for new series that you won’t find anywhere else.
Yes, Stan is constantly expanding its library of series available in 4K Ultra HD. Many of the newer Stan Original shows and some premium exclusive releases are offered in the highest possible quality. Just make sure you have the right plan and equipment to get the best viewing experience.
Stan updates its catalogue frequently, so you can always find new content to watch. You’ll see new episodes of current series dropping weekly, as well as brand new series and full box sets being added all the time. Check the ‘New’ section for the latest additions to stream on Stan.
Yes, you can download a huge selection of TV shows to watch offline. This is a brilliant feature for when you’re travelling or trying to save your mobile data. You can access the downloads feature through the Stan app on compatible mobile and tablet devices.
Absolutely. Stan has a strong reputation for offering top-tier international drama and crime series, particularly from the UK and the US. You can watch a huge collection of critically acclaimed crime thrillers, mysteries, and historical dramas that will keep you glued to the screen.
Yes, Stan has a solid library of iconic series and beloved classics ready to stream. Alongside the latest releases, you can often find complete box sets of older, multi-season shows perfect for a serious binge session. You will find plenty of all-time favourites to watch on Stan.
The Hack
Drama•Crime
Overview
Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the uncovering of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the investigation into the unsolved murder of private investigator Daniel Morgan.
Director
Lewis Arnold
Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue
Mystery•Thriller•Crime
Overview
Follow the tale of nine strangers who find themselves lost in a remote Mexican jungle after their small plane traveling from Guatemala to the U.S. crashes. One by one, the survivors are murdered, leaving the remaining passengers to solve the terrifying mystery before they too fall victim to the killer.
Cast
Eric McCormack, David Ajala, Lydia Wilson, Adam Long, Jan Le
Accused
Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
In this crime anthology series, viewers discover how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Told from the defendant’s point of view, each episode opens in a courtroom on the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial.
Cast
Rachel Bilson, Abigail Breslin, Megan Boone, Keith Carradine, Malcolm-Jamal Warner
Duration
42 minutes
The Rainmaker
Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Crime
Overview
Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client's son.
Cast
Milo Callaghan, John Slattery, Madison Iseman, Lana Parrilla, P.J. Byrne
The Hunting Wives
Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Sophie trades city life for East Texas and falls into a wealthy socialite's magnetic orbit — where a clique of housewives hide deadly secrets.
Cast
Brittany Snow, Malin Åkerman, Jaime Ray Newman, Katie Lowes, Chrissy Metz
Outlander: Blood of My Blood
Drama
Overview
From the battlefields of World War I to the rugged Highlands of 18th century Scotland, two fated couples must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, unfolding in surprising and unforeseen ways in this romantic saga that unfolds across time.
Cast
Harriet Slater, Jamie Roy, Hermione Corfield, Jeremy Irvine, Tony Curran
Breaking Bad
Crime•Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
Cast
Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Jonathan Banks
The Handmaid's Tale
Drama•Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship. A TV adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel.
Cast
Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, Madeline Brewer, Max Minghella
Normal People
Drama•Romance
Overview
Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.
Cast
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Paul Mescal
Mystery Road
Mystery•Drama•Crime•Thriller
Overview
When there is a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station, Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate. Working with local cop Emma James, Jay’s investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
Cast
Anthony Hayes, Aaron Pedersen, Colin Friels, Wayne Blair, Sofia Helin
Duration
52 minutes
Yellowstone
Drama•Western
Overview
Follow the violent world of the Dutton family, who controls the largest contiguous ranch in the United States. Led by their patriarch John Dutton, the family defends their property against constant attack by land developers, an Indian reservation, and America’s first National Park.
Cast
Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly, Luke Grimes, Wes Bentley, Kelsey Asbille
Unforgotten
Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
London police detectives Cassie Stuart and Sunny Khan investigate historic cold cases involving missing persons, murder and long-hidden secrets.
Cast
Sanjeev Bhaskar, Sinéad Keenan, Carolina Main, Jordan Long, Pippa Nixon
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon
Drama•Action•Adventure•Horror•Sci-fi
Overview
Daryl washes ashore in France and struggles to piece together how he got there and why. The series tracks his journey across a broken but resilient France as he hopes to find a way back home. As he makes the journey, though, the connections he forms along the way complicate his ultimate plan.
Cast
Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Anne Charrier
Parks and Recreation
Comedy
Overview
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.
Cast
Amy Poehler, Aziz Ansari, Nick Offerman, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Pratt
The Institute
Mystery•Thriller•Sci-fi•Horror
Overview
When 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted former police officer Tim Jamieson has come looking to start a new life, but the peace and quiet won’t last, as his story and Luke’s are destined to collide.
Cast
Ben Barnes, Joe Freeman, Simone Miller, Fionn Laird, Hannah Galway
Dawson's Creek
Drama•Romance
Overview
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.
Cast
James Van Der Beek, Katie Holmes, Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, Kerr Smith
Hacks
Comedy•Drama
Overview
Explore a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and an entitled, outcast 25-year-old.
Cast
Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Carl Clemons-Hopkins
Supernatural
Drama•Fantasy•Horror•Mystery•Thriller•Sci-fi
Overview
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
Cast
Jared Padalecki, Jensen Ackles, Misha Collins
Billy the Kid
Romance•Drama•History•Western
Overview
An epic romantic adventure series based on the life of famous American outlaw Billy the Kid — from his humble Irish roots, to his early days as a cowboy and gunslinger in the American frontier, to his pivotal role in the Lincoln County War and beyond.
Cast
Tom Blyth, Dakota Daulby, Siobhan Williams, Chad Rook, Shaun Benson
Ghosts
Comedy•Sci-fi•Fantasy
Overview
A cash-strapped young couple inherits a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
Cast
Charlotte Ritchie, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas
The Killing Kind
Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Crime
Overview
Barrister Ingrid Lewis defends John Webster against stalking charges, only for Webster to turn on her.
Cast
Emma Appleton, Colin Morgan, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Olivia D'Lima, Nicholas Rowe
Fargo
Crime•Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
Cast
Juno Temple, Jon Hamm, Joe Keery, Sam Spruell, David Rysdahl
Pride and Prejudice
Drama•Romance
Overview
Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
Cast
Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Susannah Harker, Crispin Bonham-Carter, Benjamin Whitrow
Manhunt
Crime•Thriller•Drama•History•Mystery
Overview
The true story of London Metropolitan police detective Colin Sutton's manhunt for serial criminals.
Cast
Martin Clunes, Claudie Blakley, Sule Rimi, Steve Nicolson, Matthew Gravelle
Call the Midwife
Drama•History
Overview
Drama following the lives of a group of midwives working in the poverty-stricken East End of London during the 1950s, based on the best-selling memoirs of Jennifer Worth.
Cast
Vanessa Redgrave, Helen George, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Stephen McGann
From
Horror•Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
The residents of a small town struggle to find a way out when mysterious unknown forces keep them from leaving.
Cast
Harold Perrineau, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Eion Bailey, Hannah Cheramy, Pegah Ghafoori
Without Sin
Drama•Crime•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Explores the relationship which develops between a grieving mother and the man she believes murdered her daughter.
Cast
Vicky McClure, Johnny Harris, Dorothy Atkinson, Andrea Lowe, Johann Myers
Duration
60 minutes
Better Call Saul
Drama•Crime
Overview
Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".
Cast
Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Patrick Fabian, Tony Dalton
The Vampire Diaries
Drama•Fantasy•Horror•Mystery•Romance•Thriller•Sci-fi
Overview
The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.
Cast
Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig
The O.C.
Drama•Comedy•Romance
Overview
Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach, California.
Cast
Peter Gallagher, Kelly Rowan, Ben McKenzie, Adam Brody, Melinda Clarke
Top Gear
Sport•Comedy
Overview
This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy Mcguinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.
Cast
Chris Harris, Paddy McGuinness, Andrew Flintoff
I Fought the Law
Drama
Overview
Julie disappeared in 1990 and her body was found 80 days later. The killer was acquitted twice due to mistrials but later admitted to the murder. The archaic double jeopardy law prevented a retrial until ensuring justice for Julie.
Cast
Sheridan Smith, Daniel York Loh, Victoria Wyant, Enzo Cilenti, Marlowe Chan-Reeves
The Office
Comedy
Overview
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
Cast
Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Ed Helms
Justified
Crime•Action•Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Western•Adventure
Overview
A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.
Cast
Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel
Sherlock
Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson's adventures in 21st-century London. A thrilling, funny, fast-paced contemporary reimagining of the popular detective.
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman
The Good Doctor
Drama
Overview
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital's surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
Cast
Freddie Highmore, Fiona Gubelmann, Will Yun Lee, Christina Chang, Paige Spara
Poker Face
Mystery•Comedy•Drama•Thriller•Crime
Overview
Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.
Cast
Natasha Lyonne
S.W.A.T.
Crime•Action•Adventure•Drama•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
A locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly-trained unit that's the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.
Cast
Shemar Moore, Jay Harrington, Alex Russell, David Lim, Kenny Johnson
The Great
History•Comedy•Drama
Overview
A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.
Cast
Elle Fanning, Phoebe Fox, Gwilym Lee, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge
Veronica Mars
Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Comedy
Overview
In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.
Cast
Kristen Bell, Enrico Colantoni, Jason Dohring
Evil
Drama•Mystery•Crime•Thriller•Horror
Overview
Skeptical forensic psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins priest-in-training David Acosta and technology expert Ben Shakir as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions, and other extraordinary occurrences to assess for a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.
Cast
Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Aasif Mandvi, Michael Emerson, Brooklyn Shuck
Mad Men
Drama
Overview
Set in 1960-1970 New York, this sexy, stylized and provocative drama follows the lives of the ruthlessly competitive men and women of Madison Avenue advertising.
Cast
Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, Christina Hendricks
Somewhere Boy
Drama
Overview
Danny was a baby when his mother was killed in a car crash. Overcome with grief, his father locked him away in a house, telling him the outside world is full of monsters that will spirit him away like his mother.
Cast
Lewis Gribben, Samuel Bottomley, Rory Keenan, Lisa McGrillis, Johann Myers
Duration
22 minutes
Alone
Reality•Documentary
Overview
Hardcore survivalists are put by themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness, without camera crews, teams, or producers – on a single mission to stay alive for as long as possible.
Cast
Dub Paetz, Sarah Poynter, William Larkham Jr., Timber Cleghorn
Scrubs
Comedy•Drama
Overview
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Cast
Zach Braff, Donald Faison, John C. McGinley, Eliza Coupe, Kerry Bishé
Community
Comedy
Overview
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
Cast
Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Alison Brie, Jim Rash
Utopia
Comedy
Overview
Set inside the offices of the "Nation Building Authority", a newly created government organisation responsible for overseeing major infrastructure projects, Utopia explores that moment when bureaucracy and grand dreams collide. It's a tribute to those political leaders who have somehow managed to take a long-term vision and use it for short-term gain.
Cast
Rob Sitch, Celia Pacquola, Dave Lawson, Kitty Flanagan, Emma-Louise Wilson
Happy Valley
Crime•Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Happy Valley is a dark, funny, multi-layered thriller revolving around the personal and professional life of Catherine, a dedicated, experienced, hard-working copper. She is also a bereaved mother who looks after her orphaned grandchild.
Cast
Sarah Lancashire, Siobhan Finneran, James Norton, Rhys Connah, Charlie Murphy
Station Eleven
Sci-fi•Drama•Fantasy•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.
Cast
Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Matilda Lawler, David Wilmot, Nabhaan Rizwan
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Drama•Comedy
Overview
After an unusual event, Zoey Clarke, a whip-smart computer coder forging her way in San Francisco, suddenly starts to hear the innermost wants, thoughts and desires of the people around her through popular songs.
Cast
Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Andrew Leeds