Oz

Created by Tom Fontana · 1997–2003 · English

With Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau

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What it is

In Emerald City, an experimental unit of the maximum-security Oswald State Correctional Facility, a reforming manager tries to keep the peace by housing every gang and faction under one roof. Muslims, Aryans, Italians, Latinos and street gangs fight over drugs and power, while a lawyer jailed for drunk driving tries to survive among them. An inmate, Augustus Hill, narrates.

Why it matters

HBO's first hour-long drama, it showed that a cable channel could make a serial as violent, sexual and bleak as it liked, and cleared the way for The Sopranos two years later. It is on nine critics' all-time lists.

Watching it

Length: about 55 hours.

Where to watch

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HBO Max

In the US, as of 28 October 2026. Streaming data from JustWatch.

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