Emmy Awards Select 5 Best Miniseries of the Year — Here's Who Will Compete for the Prize

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The shortlist for the 77th Emmy Awards in the "Best Limited Series or Anthology" category has been announced.

Five projects made it to the finale, according to Variety — from comic noir to a tragicomedy about cancer. Each one delivers powerful stories and stellar performances.

"Adolescence"

Main Cast: Steven Graham, Owen Cooper, Ashley Walters

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%

A quiet English town. Police suddenly arrest 13-year-old Jamie Miller on suspicion of murdering a classmate. Parents are in shock, the school's in panic, and the internet's already delivering its verdict. But nothing's that simple.
A boy in a white shirt sits at the table and looks at a woman
Scene from "Adolescence"
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While Jamie endures interrogations and a closed psychiatric facility, viewers slowly untangle — alongside a child psychologist — the web of bullying, loneliness, and despair that engulfed the main character.

"The Penguin"

Main Cast: Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti, Clancy Brown

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%

After Carmine Falcone's death, the criminal throne sits empty. Penguin, his former lieutenant, gets a taste of power. But standing in his way isn't just the police — it's Falcone's ambitious daughter.
Actor Colin Farrell with a scar on his face and a gold tooth looks to the side, next to him sits actress Cristin Milioti with a red scarf around her neck
Scenes from "The Penguin"
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This isn't just comics. This is Gotham — dirty, bloody, and brutally realistic. A "The Batman" spinoff that confidently walks its own path.

"Black Mirror," Season 7

Main Cast: Rashida Jones, Issa Rae, Peter Capaldi, Paul Giamatti, Cristin Milioti

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 86%

Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, absurd social experiments — all delivered with fresh energy. One episode turns a smartphone into a death sentence, another explores simulated emotions in a post-human society.
A computer in the center of the room with numerous wires extending from it
Scene from the seventh season trailer of "Black Mirror"
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Classic Charlie Brooker, but fresher and sharper than anything we've seen in the last five years.

"Dying for Sex"

Main Cast: Michelle Williams, Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%

A woman gets a breast cancer diagnosis — and instead of wallowing in grim treatment, she decides to finally live for herself. She leaves her husband, makes new connections, and explores sexual boundaries she never allowed herself before.
Actress Michelle Williams in hospital patient clothing lies on a bed with a tube in her nose
Scene from "Dying for Sex"
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An absurd, bold, but surprisingly honest tragicomedy based on real events.

"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story"

Main Cast: Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Cooper Koch, Courtney B. Vance, Javier Bardem

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 51%
A man, woman and two young men in suits in a family photograph, smiling
Scene from "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story"
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1989. Two brothers coldly murder their parents. The motive seems obvious — money. But the series raises the question: what if years of terror, humiliation, and abuse drove them to it?

The second season of Ryan Murphy's anthology once again reexamines a notorious crime through the lens of victim and accused. A complex, multilayered look at the darkest side of the American family. Earlier on zoomboola.com, we covered three new films and series that dropped on July 15: dragons, a killer doll, and a Netflix detective story.