Television series

Love, Death & Robots

Name: Love, Death & Robots
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 2019

Love, Death & Robots is Netflix's anthology of standalone animated shorts, mixing computer-rendered spectacle with traditional and stop-motion styles across sci-fi, horror and black comedy. Episodes run six to twenty minutes, each self-contained, each a different studio's vision. It's gleefully R-rated — gore, nudity, dark jokes — built for skipping to whatever premise grabs you. Best watched in any order, for anyone who wants big ideas delivered fast and dirty.

TVMaze rating

8.3

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