Name a TV show that's rated 8.5+ on IMDb (1,000+ votes)

October 21, 2026 · Daily Dive #98

Explore 979 recorded answers and their points for question 1 on October 21, 2026.

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979 recorded names on October 21, 2026, 738 at 85 or higher. The highest recorded score on this question is 100.

High scores tend to hide in catalogues rather than in headlines, so sweep through many countries, decades and formats instead of recalling the biggest hits. Anything with its own series entry counts if it holds at least 8.5 from a thousand or more voters, while feature films, standalone episodes and titles below either threshold are excluded.

979 recorded answers738 at 85+ points100 highest recorded points
  • One in a Krillion1100 pts
  • Deep Cut73785 pts
  • Rare20760 pts
  • Schooler2830 pts
  • Plankton610 pts
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Recorded answers

979 recorded answers

How to approach it

Begin with a wide recall sweep rather than one narrow genre: list acclaimed dramas, comedies, miniseries, animated shows, documentary strands and reality formats you can name from any decade or country. Then verify every candidate against its own ratings page, reading the average score and the vote total together, because clearing one threshold does not guarantee the other. Build the shortlist in groups so gaps become visible and you can hunt for a title to fill each gap. Weigh obscurity against certainty: a household name is safe but will be shared with thousands of players, while a title you know well and few others will recall pays far more. Never submit a guess you have not checked.

Get a hint

Start wide: the band is crowded with series from every region and era, including animation, documentary strands, miniseries and long-running dramas that never travelled far beyond their home audience.

A little more

Sort candidates by format and by how widely they were distributed: a single-season drama, a niche comedy or a non-fiction series shown mainly at home is far likelier to sit in this band than a global blockbuster.

One step further

Before submitting, check both numbers on the title's own page: a score sitting exactly at the cut-off is accepted, but a famous name with a huge vote count can still fall short if the average is a notch lower.

Reveal answers 979
  • At the MoviesDeep Cut85points
  • At the Movies with Ebert & RoeperDeep Cut85points
  • Atatürk 1881–1919Deep Cut85points
  • Auf Wiedersehen, PetDeep Cut85points
  • Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi StateDeep Cut85points
  • Australian SurvivorDeep Cut85points
  • AvonleaDeep Cut85points
  • AyaliDeep Cut85points
  • B.E. RojgaarDeep Cut85points
  • Bad BuddyDeep Cut85points
  • Bada Naam KarengeDeep Cut85points
  • Bahu Hamari Rajni KantDeep Cut85points
  • Bandish BanditsDeep Cut85points
  • Bandon Mein Tha Dum!Deep Cut85points
  • Banshee OriginsDeep Cut85points
  • Barareh NightsDeep Cut85points
  • Barely Speaking with ArnubDeep Cut85points
  • Baseball (Ken Burns)Deep Cut85points
  • BastaDeep Cut85points
  • Battle for Dream IslandDeep Cut85points
  • Battle Through the HeavensDeep Cut85points
  • Battlestar Galactica (2003)Deep Cut85points
  • BB Ki VinesDeep Cut85points
  • Beakman's WorldDeep Cut85points
  • Beautiful PeopleDeep Cut85points
  • Bee & Puppycat: Lazy in SpaceDeep Cut85points
  • Behzat Ç: An Ankara Detective StoryDeep Cut85points
  • Besa: Blood OathDeep Cut85points
  • Best of Luck NikkiDeep Cut85points
  • Best of the WorstDeep Cut85points
  • Better Late Than NeverDeep Cut85points
  • Bhabi Ji Ghar Par HaiDeep Cut85points
  • Billy Joel: And So It GoesDeep Cut85points
  • Bir Demet TiyatroDeep Cut85points
  • Bitange i princezeDeep Cut85points
  • Black & White WorldDeep Cut85points
  • Black SunDeep Cut85points
  • Blackadder IIDeep Cut85points
  • Blackadder the ThirdDeep Cut85points
  • BorisDeep Cut85points
  • Bose: Dead/AliveDeep Cut85points
  • Boys from the BlackstuffDeep Cut85points
  • Brass EyeDeep Cut85points
  • Broken But BeautifulDeep Cut85points
  • BTS GayoDeep Cut85points
  • BTS Monuments: Beyond the StarDeep Cut85points
  • BTS: Bon VoyageDeep Cut85points
  • BTS: Burn the StageDeep Cut85points
  • BuzzFeed Unsolved: SupernaturalDeep Cut85points
  • BuzzFeed Unsolved: True CrimeDeep Cut85points

Why these answers count

Rarity decided the payout far more than reputation did. Familiar, heavily discussed series were named by so many players that they clustered in the lower band, while titles with a small but devoted following filled the 85-point tier: regional dramas, single-season miniseries, documentary strands and animation from beyond the usual export markets. The single 100-point answer, Dekalog, shows the ceiling, since a celebrated but comparatively niche European miniseries was remembered by almost nobody else. Read the rest of the top-scoring list, for example 1 Litre of Tears, Alif or Aspirants, and the pattern repeats: productions that rarely crossed borders and non-fiction series are over-represented because competition for them is thin. The practical lesson is to trade a little certainty for obscurity. A verified unfamiliar pick pays around twenty-five points more than an obvious one, and the gap between 85 and 100 is simply how few other people remembered the same title.

Recorded from the game’s published reveal · Source · Checked 21 Oct, 05:11 UTC

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