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
  • NavilleraDeep Cut85points
  • NCR DaysDeep Cut85points
  • NeveneffectenDeep Cut85points
  • New York: A Documentary FilmDeep Cut85points
  • NewswipeDeep Cut85points
  • NightingalesDeep Cut85points
  • NightwatchDeep Cut85points
  • NileCity 105.6Deep Cut85points
  • Nirvana in FireDeep Cut85points
  • Nirvanna the Band the ShowDeep Cut85points
  • Norm Macdonald Has a ShowDeep Cut85points
  • Norm Macdonald LiveDeep Cut85points
  • North & SouthDeep Cut85points
  • Not MeDeep Cut85points
  • NoubaDeep Cut85points
  • NovaDeep Cut85points
  • Nu, Pogodi!Deep Cut85points
  • OdBita PotDeep Cut85points
  • OdisseiaDeep Cut85points
  • Office OfficeDeep Cut85points
  • OkupasDeep Cut85points
  • Olacak O KadarDeep Cut85points
  • OmarDeep Cut85points
  • On CinemaDeep Cut85points
  • Once Upon a Time in IraqDeep Cut85points
  • Once Upon a Time in Northern IrelandDeep Cut85points
  • One Strange RockDeep Cut85points
  • Operation Safed SagarDeep Cut85points
  • Ordem ParanormalDeep Cut85points
  • ORELSAN: Don't ever show this to anyoneDeep Cut85points
  • OtpisaniDeep Cut85points
  • Otvorena vrataDeep Cut85points
  • Our BluesDeep Cut85points
  • Our Friends in the NorthDeep Cut85points
  • Our MovieDeep Cut85points
  • Our YouthDeep Cut85points
  • PantheonDeep Cut85points
  • ParizaadDeep Cut85points
  • Penguinz0Deep Cut85points
  • People Just Do NothingDeep Cut85points
  • Perfect FamilyDeep Cut85points
  • Permanent RoommatesDeep Cut85points
  • PersonaDeep Cut85points
  • Pew NewsDeep Cut85points
  • Phoenix NightsDeep Cut85points
  • Ping Pong the AnimationDeep Cut85points
  • PistruiatulDeep Cut85points
  • PlahaDeep Cut85points
  • Planet Earth IIIDeep Cut85points
  • Please Like MeDeep 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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