Best Ukrainian series

Servant of the People (2015)

Modest and humble teacher Vasily is caught on camera raging over the miserable situation in his country. When a pupil posts the video on Youtube, it becomes a viral sensation. Everybody loves Vasily’s outrage and people start gathering money for a presidential campaign. Which he wins! Servant of the People follows Vasily’s new life as president; he has no interest in changing his life, he wants to stay the same, live in his flat with his parents, borrow money from his friends at the end of the month and take his bike to work; it’s just that now his work is as the most powerful man in the country.

The Sniffer (2013)

An extraordinary sense of smell gives a crime investigator unique insight into solving mysteries, but his gift takes a toll on his personal life.

To Catch the Kaidash (2020)

Modern retelling of a classical Ukrainian family drama. Generations clash as the rural Kaidash family tries to make room for their sons, their sons' love interests and all the predicaments that ensue.

Svaty (2008)

Dear grandchild grew up and became a modern girl. In order to keep communication, grandmothers and grandfathers have no choice but to become modern themselves.

Early Swallows (2019)

Revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behavior, LGBT identity crises-a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television-alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show's main plot lines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend.

Inseparable (2013)

It's April of 1986. Pripyat, Ukraine. A core meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over thirty people died during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result of the radiation fallout will reach a four-digit number. This accident will be considered the world’s largest ecological disaster. Set at ground zero of a catastrophe, this film will reveal the details of the Chernobyl event. The shocking news of the explosion at the nuclear plant has spread, as the world watched the tragedy in fear and confusion. Hearts went out to those who displayed selfless courage and integrity in the initial efforts to stabilize the reactor power. But some were too busy being in love to notice what had just happened in nearby Chernobyl. The disaster has faded into the background... This is an account of love and loss, bravery and supernatural stoicism in the face of unbeatable odds.

Sugar Daddy (2020)

There Will Be People (2020)

The series is built in the form of saga and depicts the turbulent periods of the beginning of the 20th century through the eyes of ordinary people: the First World War, the revolution, the emergence of Soviet regime. Each of the characters faced the changes in their own way through their concept of truth. However, all of them shared fundamental desire to live, love and find their own place in the new era.

Orel & Reshka (2011)

Every weekend, two hosts go to different cities in the world. According to the rules of the program. The first host must live on a tight budget for two days at $100. While the second host can enjoy the luxury and are not on any budget. To decide which of them will live like a millionaire, and who will be the backpacker they flip a coin before each trip.

World Inside Out (2010)

Love in Chains (2019)

Kateryna is beautiful, clever and by the will of her godmother was raised as a lady of noble blood. But for the whole world, she is only someone else’s property, a bondmaid of the richest landowner in Nizhyn – Chervinskyi. Struggling for her freedom and the right to be happy, she will have to endure the deaths of her closest people, become the property of a woman who hates and dreams to kill her, survive the popular uprising, escape while being chased by a maniac and flee from the one who wants to get her above all. What awaits Kateryna at the end of such a terrible and exhausting path to freedom?

Cossacks: A Totally Fake Tale (2020)

Ivan, a young Ukrainian peasant, robs the Moscow Tsar of precious jewels. He also accidentally steals a magical heirloom, now in the hands of the Sich leader, Koshovy, in his Ukrainian Cossack Fortress.

Черговий лікар (2016)

Mother (2021)

Naked and Funny (2005)

Naked & Funny is a TV series from Ukraine featuring hidden camera sketches. They usually include public unexpected softcore nudity and/or exhibitionism. The series is broadcast on TV channels in several other countries, e.g. on Germany's Comedy Central.There are two types of sketches. The more common is a sexy girl or sexually awkward person appears and people's reactions are filmed. The other variant is where a prank is played on an unsuspecting person. This usually involves the victim removing their clothes for in either a changing room or for some other purpose.Many if not all the episodes seem to be fake[citation needed]. There appear to be 3 or 4 cameras that focus on the victim or model, which could not be hidden. Even more, they move in accordance with the movements of the actor and the supposed victim. Cameras always record faces, the naked body of the actress, etc. The victims almost always accept the supposed prank without complaint. Although they are recorded, supposedly, in Ukraine with ordinary people, signs are in English (obviously to facilitate international distribution of the episodes).

Різниця у віці (2021)

Холостячка (2020)

Border Guards (2024)

Hide and Seek (2019)

In an ordinary looking apartment, a father and daughter play a game of hide-and-seek. While searching for his daughter, she is nowhere to be found... Later, a video is posted which shows the girl holding a sign with a mysterious set of numbers. But what do they mean? She’s the first of several children who disappear without a trace in a small industrial town.Young detectives Varta Naumova and Maksim Shumov take on the complex case and… their own demons. Varta is a distant person and extremely protective of her personal space, while Maksim comes across as an easy-going sociable guy. Both have experienced trauma in their lives, and this case touches them on a deeper level. They become personally vested in finding the children and apprehending the kidnapper as they face their respective pasts.

School (2018)

When successful businesswoman Katya's daughter tries to commit suicide, she becomes an economics teacher in order to be closer to her daughter and understand what the kids are up to at school. At the same time, Alex, a new English teacher, former lawyer, son of the principal, and newly engaged, also comes to the school. As sparks begin between Katya and Alex, the skeletons of the past still haunt them and won't let our heroes go.

Nothing Happens Twice (2019)

Голова (2023)

Travel around Ukraine with Dmytro Komarov (2021)

Ukrainian traveller and TV presenter Dmytro Komarov will go on an expedition to Ukraine for the first time. The series will reveal the tourist potential of Ukraine and show where to rest next summer, what to see and how to get into really extreme adventures.

Dog (2015)

Chernobyl: Aftermath (2016)

1986, Chernobyl. Lera travels to the most promising place in the USRR where nuclear energy brightens the future of a new society. She is about to discover love, but also the power of physical and emotional destruction.

The Wounded Heart (2016)

Останній москаль (2015)

Село на мільйон (2016)

Я заберу твою семью (2021)

Trainee (2020)