The Handmaid's Tale

2017 · Series

Drama, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction

8.1 average

Beautifully shot, relentlessly bleak, and so tense you'll need a break every episode — brilliant but genuinely punishing.

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What it is

In a dystopian future, a fertile woman is forced into servitude under a fundamentalist theocracy, where women are stripped of their rights and assigned rigid roles. As she endures control, isolation, and cruelty, she searches for ways to preserve her identity and resist the system.

The feel

Not remotely funny·Bleak·A one-time watch·Emotionally heavy

Heads up

17+Graphic violenceSexual content

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