69.5

Drama

The West Wing

Drama

The West Wing

1999 – 2006 (completed) · 7 seasons · 155 episodes · United States · English

The West Wing (1999) is ranked #254 among series on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: excellent), rated 8.3/10 on IMDb from 177,607 votes. Updated 2026-11-13

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★ 8.3IMDb · 178k

The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.

Where to watch

HBO Max Amazon Channel

Top cast

13

President Josiah Bartlet

Bradley Whitford

NiCole Robinson

Margaret Hooper

NiCole Robinson

Melissa Fitzgerald

Carol Fitzpatrick

Melissa Fitzgerald

Melissa Fitzgerald

White House Staffer

Seasons

7

best episode: S2E22 — Two Cathedrals ★ 9.7 (6k)

S122 eps · ★ 8.4

E1Pilot★ 8.53k
E2Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc★ 8.02k
E3A Proportional Response★ 8.62k
E4Five Votes Down★ 8.12k
E5The Crackpots and These Women★ 8.52k
E6Mr. Willis of Ohio★ 8.62k
E7The State Dinner★ 8.22k
E8Enemies★ 7.91k
E9The Short List★ 8.62k
E10In Excelsis Deo★ 9.22k
E11Lord John Marbury★ 8.11k
E12He Shall, from Time to Time...★ 8.61k
E13Take Out the Trash Day★ 8.31k
E14Take This Sabbath Day★ 8.82k
E15Celestial Navigation★ 8.92k
E1620 Hours in L.A.★ 7.81k
E17The White House Pro-Am★ 7.71k
E18Six Meetings Before Lunch★ 8.01k
E19Let Bartlet Be Bartlet★ 8.92k
E20Mandatory Minimums★ 8.11k
E21Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics★ 8.51k
E22What Kind of Day Has It Been★ 9.22k

S222 eps · ★ 8.5

E1In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I★ 9.44k
E2In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part II★ 9.32k
E3The Midterms★ 8.31k
E4In This White House★ 8.71k
E5And It's Surely to Their Credit★ 8.41k
E6The Lame Duck Congress★ 7.61k
E7The Portland Trip★ 7.71k
E8Shibboleth★ 8.41k
E9Galileo★ 8.21k
E10Noël★ 9.42k
E11The Leadership Breakfast★ 7.91k
E12The Drop In★ 7.71k
E13Bartlet's Third State of the Union★ 8.21k
E14The War at Home★ 8.41k
E15Ellie★ 8.11k
E16Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail★ 8.61k
E17The Stackhouse Filibuster★ 8.82k
E1817 People★ 9.01k
E19Bad Moon Rising★ 8.71k
E20The Fall's Gonna Kill You★ 8.41k
E2118th and Potomac★ 9.01k
E22Two Cathedrals★ 9.76k

S322 eps · ★ 8.2

E1Isaac and Ishmael★ 8.22k
E2Manchester: Part I★ 8.11k
E3Manchester: Part II★ 8.11k
E4Ways and Means★ 7.81k
E5On the Day Before★ 7.91k
E6War Crimes★ 8.01k
E7Gone Quiet★ 7.91k
E8The Indians in the Lobby★ 8.11k
E9The Women of Qumar★ 8.01k
E10Bartlet for America★ 9.11k
E11H. Con-172★ 8.11k
E12100,000 Airplanes★ 8.01k
E13The Two Bartlets★ 7.91k
E14Night Five★ 8.21k
E15Hartsfield's Landing★ 8.51k
E16Dead Irish Writers★ 8.21k
E17The U.S. Poet Laureate★ 8.01k
E18Stirred★ 8.31k
E19Enemies Foreign and Domestic★ 8.41k
E20The Black Vera Wang★ 8.21k
E21We Killed Yamamoto★ 8.31k
E22Posse Comitatus★ 9.12k

S423 eps · ★ 8.2

E120 Hours in America: Part I★ 8.61k
E220 Hours in America: Part II★ 8.81k
E3College Kids★ 7.9972
E4The Red Mass★ 7.7928
E5Debate Camp★ 8.1986
E6Game On★ 8.91k
E7Election Night★ 8.61k
E8Process Stories★ 7.9921
E9Swiss Diplomacy★ 7.6885
E10Arctic Radar★ 7.8900
E11Holy Night★ 8.21k
E12Guns Not Butter★ 7.7876
E13The Long Goodbye★ 7.71k
E14Inauguration: Part 1★ 8.0894
E15Inauguration: Part 2 - Over There★ 8.3936
E16The California 47th★ 7.9899
E17Red Haven's on Fire★ 7.9877
E18Privateers★ 7.5910
E19Angel Maintenance★ 7.7885
E20Evidence of Things Not Seen★ 8.2962
E21Life on Mars★ 8.71k
E22Commencement★ 9.01k
E23Twenty Five★ 9.31k

S522 eps · ★ 7.9

E17A WF 83429★ 8.61k
E2The Dogs of War★ 8.1939
E3Jefferson Lives★ 7.5889
E4Han★ 7.7931
E5Constituency of One★ 7.5869
E6Disaster Relief★ 7.6849
E7Separation of Powers★ 7.9871
E8Shutdown★ 8.61k
E9Abu el Banat★ 7.6848
E10The Stormy Present★ 7.5872
E11The Benign Prerogative★ 7.6842
E12Slow News Day★ 8.0857
E13The Warfare of Genghis Khan★ 7.7849
E14An Khe★ 7.6836
E15Full Disclosure★ 7.8819
E16Eppur Si Muove★ 7.6808
E17The Supremes★ 9.21k
E18Access★ 7.11k
E19Talking Points★ 7.5798
E20No Exit★ 7.9863
E21Gaza★ 8.5931
E22Memorial Day★ 8.2865

S622 eps · ★ 8.0

E1N.S.F. Thurmont★ 8.0868
E2The Birnam Wood★ 8.3869
E3Third-Day Story★ 8.0808
E4Liftoff★ 8.3839
E5The Hubbert Peak★ 7.6781
E6The Dover Test★ 7.5740
E7A Change Is Gonna Come★ 7.7775
E8In the Room★ 8.3805
E9Impact Winter★ 8.5826
E10Faith-Based Initiative★ 7.9791
E11Opposition Research★ 7.8808
E12365 Days★ 7.6757
E13King Corn★ 7.9850
E14The Wake Up Call★ 7.6787
E15Freedonia★ 8.1790
E16Drought Conditions★ 8.0861
E17A Good Day★ 8.4869
E18La Palabra★ 8.2775
E19Ninety Miles Away★ 7.1787
E20In God We Trust★ 8.2786
E21Things Fall Apart★ 8.0741
E222162 Votes★ 8.9916

S722 eps · ★ 8.3

E1The Ticket★ 7.9827
E2The Mommy Problem★ 7.8776
E3Message of the Week★ 7.8739
E4Mr. Frost★ 7.9751
E5Here Today★ 8.5844
E6The Al Smith Dinner★ 7.9748
E7The Debate★ 8.81k
E8Undecideds★ 8.0771
E9The Wedding★ 7.7752
E10Running Mates★ 8.2762
E11Internal Displacement★ 7.9759
E12Duck and Cover★ 8.4786
E13The Cold★ 8.2801
E14Two Weeks Out★ 8.1732
E15Welcome to Wherever You Are★ 7.7752
E16Election Day: Part 1★ 8.6891
E17Election Day: Part 2★ 9.11k
E18Requiem★ 8.8978
E19Transition★ 8.5796
E20The Last Hurrah★ 8.4785
E21Institutional Memory★ 8.6792
E22Tomorrow★ 9.11k

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Where to watch

Seasons

7

best episode: S2E22 — Two Cathedrals ★ 9.7 (6k)

S122 eps · ★ 8.4

E1Pilot★ 8.53k
E2Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc★ 8.02k
E3A Proportional Response★ 8.62k
E4Five Votes Down★ 8.12k
E5The Crackpots and These Women★ 8.52k
E6Mr. Willis of Ohio★ 8.62k
E7The State Dinner★ 8.22k
E8Enemies★ 7.91k
E9The Short List★ 8.62k
E10In Excelsis Deo★ 9.22k
E11Lord John Marbury★ 8.11k
E12He Shall, from Time to Time...★ 8.61k
E13Take Out the Trash Day★ 8.31k
E14Take This Sabbath Day★ 8.82k
E15Celestial Navigation★ 8.92k
E1620 Hours in L.A.★ 7.81k
E17The White House Pro-Am★ 7.71k
E18Six Meetings Before Lunch★ 8.01k
E19Let Bartlet Be Bartlet★ 8.92k
E20Mandatory Minimums★ 8.11k
E21Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics★ 8.51k
E22What Kind of Day Has It Been★ 9.22k

S222 eps · ★ 8.5

E1In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part I★ 9.44k
E2In the Shadow of Two Gunmen: Part II★ 9.32k
E3The Midterms★ 8.31k
E4In This White House★ 8.71k
E5And It's Surely to Their Credit★ 8.41k
E6The Lame Duck Congress★ 7.61k
E7The Portland Trip★ 7.71k
E8Shibboleth★ 8.41k
E9Galileo★ 8.21k
E10Noël★ 9.42k
E11The Leadership Breakfast★ 7.91k
E12The Drop In★ 7.71k
E13Bartlet's Third State of the Union★ 8.21k
E14The War at Home★ 8.41k
E15Ellie★ 8.11k
E16Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail★ 8.61k
E17The Stackhouse Filibuster★ 8.82k
E1817 People★ 9.01k
E19Bad Moon Rising★ 8.71k
E20The Fall's Gonna Kill You★ 8.41k
E2118th and Potomac★ 9.01k
E22Two Cathedrals★ 9.76k

S322 eps · ★ 8.2

E1Isaac and Ishmael★ 8.22k
E2Manchester: Part I★ 8.11k
E3Manchester: Part II★ 8.11k
E4Ways and Means★ 7.81k
E5On the Day Before★ 7.91k
E6War Crimes★ 8.01k
E7Gone Quiet★ 7.91k
E8The Indians in the Lobby★ 8.11k
E9The Women of Qumar★ 8.01k
E10Bartlet for America★ 9.11k
E11H. Con-172★ 8.11k
E12100,000 Airplanes★ 8.01k
E13The Two Bartlets★ 7.91k
E14Night Five★ 8.21k
E15Hartsfield's Landing★ 8.51k
E16Dead Irish Writers★ 8.21k
E17The U.S. Poet Laureate★ 8.01k
E18Stirred★ 8.31k
E19Enemies Foreign and Domestic★ 8.41k
E20The Black Vera Wang★ 8.21k
E21We Killed Yamamoto★ 8.31k
E22Posse Comitatus★ 9.12k

S423 eps · ★ 8.2

E120 Hours in America: Part I★ 8.61k
E220 Hours in America: Part II★ 8.81k
E3College Kids★ 7.9972
E4The Red Mass★ 7.7928
E5Debate Camp★ 8.1986
E6Game On★ 8.91k
E7Election Night★ 8.61k
E8Process Stories★ 7.9921
E9Swiss Diplomacy★ 7.6885
E10Arctic Radar★ 7.8900
E11Holy Night★ 8.21k
E12Guns Not Butter★ 7.7876
E13The Long Goodbye★ 7.71k
E14Inauguration: Part 1★ 8.0894
E15Inauguration: Part 2 - Over There★ 8.3936
E16The California 47th★ 7.9899
E17Red Haven's on Fire★ 7.9877
E18Privateers★ 7.5910
E19Angel Maintenance★ 7.7885
E20Evidence of Things Not Seen★ 8.2962
E21Life on Mars★ 8.71k
E22Commencement★ 9.01k
E23Twenty Five★ 9.31k

S522 eps · ★ 7.9

E17A WF 83429★ 8.61k
E2The Dogs of War★ 8.1939
E3Jefferson Lives★ 7.5889
E4Han★ 7.7931
E5Constituency of One★ 7.5869
E6Disaster Relief★ 7.6849
E7Separation of Powers★ 7.9871
E8Shutdown★ 8.61k
E9Abu el Banat★ 7.6848
E10The Stormy Present★ 7.5872
E11The Benign Prerogative★ 7.6842
E12Slow News Day★ 8.0857
E13The Warfare of Genghis Khan★ 7.7849
E14An Khe★ 7.6836
E15Full Disclosure★ 7.8819
E16Eppur Si Muove★ 7.6808
E17The Supremes★ 9.21k
E18Access★ 7.11k
E19Talking Points★ 7.5798
E20No Exit★ 7.9863
E21Gaza★ 8.5931
E22Memorial Day★ 8.2865

S622 eps · ★ 8.0

E1N.S.F. Thurmont★ 8.0868
E2The Birnam Wood★ 8.3869
E3Third-Day Story★ 8.0808
E4Liftoff★ 8.3839
E5The Hubbert Peak★ 7.6781
E6The Dover Test★ 7.5740
E7A Change Is Gonna Come★ 7.7775
E8In the Room★ 8.3805
E9Impact Winter★ 8.5826
E10Faith-Based Initiative★ 7.9791
E11Opposition Research★ 7.8808
E12365 Days★ 7.6757
E13King Corn★ 7.9850
E14The Wake Up Call★ 7.6787
E15Freedonia★ 8.1790
E16Drought Conditions★ 8.0861
E17A Good Day★ 8.4869
E18La Palabra★ 8.2775
E19Ninety Miles Away★ 7.1787
E20In God We Trust★ 8.2786
E21Things Fall Apart★ 8.0741
E222162 Votes★ 8.9916

S722 eps · ★ 8.3

E1The Ticket★ 7.9827
E2The Mommy Problem★ 7.8776
E3Message of the Week★ 7.8739
E4Mr. Frost★ 7.9751
E5Here Today★ 8.5844
E6The Al Smith Dinner★ 7.9748
E7The Debate★ 8.81k
E8Undecideds★ 8.0771
E9The Wedding★ 7.7752
E10Running Mates★ 8.2762
E11Internal Displacement★ 7.9759
E12Duck and Cover★ 8.4786
E13The Cold★ 8.2801
E14Two Weeks Out★ 8.1732
E15Welcome to Wherever You Are★ 7.7752
E16Election Day: Part 1★ 8.6891
E17Election Day: Part 2★ 9.11k
E18Requiem★ 8.8978
E19Transition★ 8.5796
E20The Last Hurrah★ 8.4785
E21Institutional Memory★ 8.6792
E22Tomorrow★ 9.11k

Top cast

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MMartin SheenPresident Josiah Bartlet RRob LoweSam Seaborn AAllison JanneyC.J. Cregg JJohn SpencerLeo McGarry BBradley WhitfordJosh Lyman JJanel MoloneyDonna Moss RRichard SchiffToby Ziegler DDulé HillCharlie Young NNiCole RobinsonMargaret Hooper NNiCole RobinsonMargaret MMelissa FitzgeraldCarol Fitzpatrick MMelissa FitzgeraldCarol MMelissa FitzgeraldWhite House Staffer

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