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The Vampire Diaries

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The Vampire Diaries

2009 – 2017 (completed) · 8 seasons · 171 episodes · United States · English

The Vampire Diaries (2009) is ranked #244 among series on goodrecmovies (goodrecmovies tier: excellent), rated 8.3/10 on IMDb from 370,720 votes. Updated

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★ 8.3IMDb · 371k

The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.

Where to watch

JustWatch
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Top cast

15
Nina Dobrev
Elena Gilbert
Nina Dobrev
Katherine Pierce
Nina Dobrev
Amara
Paul Wesley
Stefan Salvatore
Paul Wesley
Silas
Paul Wesley
Tom Avery
Ian Somerhalder
Damon Salvatore
Kat Graham
Bonnie Bennett
Candice King
Caroline Forbes
Zach Roerig
Matt Donovan
Zach Roerig
Ethan Maxwell
Michael Trevino
Tyler Lockwood
Steven R. McQueen
Jeremy Gilbert
Matthew Davis
Alaric Saltzman
Michael Malarkey
Lorenzo 'Enzo' St. John

Seasons

8

best episode: S3E22 — The Departed ★ 9.4 (5k)

S122 eps · ★ 8.2
  • E1Pilot★ 7.85k
  • E2The Night of the Comet★ 7.54k
  • E3Friday Night Bites★ 7.93k
  • E4Family Ties★ 7.93k
  • E5You're Undead to Me★ 8.23k
  • E6Lost Girls★ 8.43k
  • E7Haunted★ 8.23k
  • E8162 Candles★ 8.33k
  • E9History Repeating★ 8.13k
  • E10The Turning Point★ 8.33k
  • E11Bloodlines★ 8.23k
  • E12Unpleasantville★ 8.13k
  • E13Children of the Damned★ 8.33k
  • E14Fool Me Once★ 8.63k
  • E15A Few Good Men★ 8.03k
  • E16There Goes the Neighborhood★ 7.83k
  • E17Let the Right One In★ 8.63k
  • E18Under Control★ 8.03k
  • E19Miss Mystic Falls★ 8.33k
  • E20Blood Brothers★ 8.23k
  • E21Isobel★ 8.43k
  • E22Founder's Day★ 9.24k
S222 eps · ★ 8.5
  • E1The Return★ 8.93k
  • E2Brave New World★ 8.43k
  • E3Bad Moon Rising★ 8.33k
  • E4Memory Lane★ 8.13k
  • E5Kill or Be Killed★ 8.63k
  • E6Plan B★ 8.63k
  • E7Masquerade★ 9.03k
  • E8Rose★ 8.83k
  • E9Katerina★ 8.53k
  • E10The Sacrifice★ 8.32k
  • E11By the Light of the Moon★ 8.42k
  • E12The Descent★ 8.43k
  • E13Daddy Issues★ 8.12k
  • E14Crying Wolf★ 8.02k
  • E15The Dinner Party★ 8.32k
  • E16The House Guest★ 8.52k
  • E17Know Thy Enemy★ 8.32k
  • E18The Last Dance★ 8.72k
  • E19Klaus★ 8.83k
  • E20The Last Day★ 8.72k
  • E21The Sun Also Rises★ 9.13k
  • E22As I Lay Dying★ 8.93k
S322 eps · ★ 8.5
  • E1The Birthday★ 8.53k
  • E2The Hybrid★ 8.43k
  • E3The End of the Affair★ 8.73k
  • E4Disturbing Behavior★ 8.22k
  • E5The Reckoning★ 9.13k
  • E6Smells Like Teen Spirit★ 8.42k
  • E7Ghost World★ 8.52k
  • E8Ordinary People★ 8.72k
  • E9Homecoming★ 8.93k
  • E10The New Deal★ 8.32k
  • E11Our Town★ 8.22k
  • E12The Ties That Bind★ 8.22k
  • E13Bringing Out the Dead★ 8.62k
  • E14Dangerous Liaisons★ 8.62k
  • E15All My Children★ 8.32k
  • E161912★ 7.72k
  • E17Break on Through★ 7.82k
  • E18The Murder of One★ 8.32k
  • E19Heart of Darkness★ 8.63k
  • E20Do Not Go Gentle★ 8.42k
  • E21Before Sunset★ 8.62k
  • E22The Departed★ 9.45k
S423 eps · ★ 8.4
  • E1Growing Pains★ 8.74k
  • E2Memorial★ 8.73k
  • E3The Rager★ 8.32k
  • E4The Five★ 8.32k
  • E5The Killer★ 8.22k
  • E6We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes★ 8.22k
  • E7My Brother's Keeper★ 8.73k
  • E8We'll Always Have Bourbon Street★ 8.32k
  • E9O Come, All Ye Faithful★ 8.52k
  • E10After School Special★ 8.32k
  • E11Catch Me If You Can★ 7.92k
  • E12A View to a Kill★ 8.52k
  • E13Into the Wild★ 8.02k
  • E14Down the Rabbit Hole★ 8.52k
  • E15Stand by Me★ 8.72k
  • E16Bring It On★ 7.62k
  • E17Because the Night★ 8.02k
  • E18American Gothic★ 8.42k
  • E19Pictures of You★ 8.22k
  • E20The Originals★ 8.63k
  • E21She's Come Undone★ 8.32k
  • E22The Walking Dead★ 8.62k
  • E23Graduation★ 9.13k
S522 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E1I Know What You Did Last Summer★ 8.23k
  • E2True Lies★ 7.82k
  • E3Original Sin★ 8.22k
  • E4For Whom the Bell Tolls★ 8.12k
  • E5Monster's Ball★ 7.82k
  • E6Handle with Care★ 7.92k
  • E7Death and the Maiden★ 8.02k
  • E8Dead Man on Campus★ 7.72k
  • E9The Cell★ 8.12k
  • E10Fifty Shades of Grayson★ 7.82k
  • E11500 Years of Solitude★ 8.72k
  • E12The Devil Inside★ 7.82k
  • E13Total Eclipse of the Heart★ 7.72k
  • E14No Exit★ 7.82k
  • E15Gone Girl★ 8.62k
  • E16While You Were Sleeping★ 7.72k
  • E17Rescue Me★ 7.92k
  • E18Resident Evil★ 7.82k
  • E19Man on Fire★ 7.82k
  • E20What Lies Beneath★ 7.62k
  • E21Promised Land★ 8.52k
  • E22Home★ 8.93k
S622 eps · ★ 8.1
  • E1I'll Remember★ 7.72k
  • E2Yellow Ledbetter★ 8.32k
  • E3Welcome to Paradise★ 7.92k
  • E4Black Hole Sun★ 7.92k
  • E5The World Has Turned and Left Me Here★ 8.62k
  • E6The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get★ 7.92k
  • E7Do You Remember the First Time?★ 8.12k
  • E8Fade Into You★ 8.22k
  • E9I Alone★ 8.02k
  • E10Christmas Through Your Eyes★ 7.92k
  • E11Woke Up with a Monster★ 7.92k
  • E12Prayer for the Dying★ 8.12k
  • E13The Day I Tried to Live★ 8.02k
  • E14Stay★ 8.32k
  • E15Let Her Go★ 8.72k
  • E16The Downward Spiral★ 8.42k
  • E17A Bird in a Gilded Cage★ 8.02k
  • E18I Could Never Love Like That★ 7.71k
  • E19Because★ 7.91k
  • E20I'd Leave My Happy Home for You★ 7.91k
  • E21I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime★ 8.52k
  • E22I'm Thinking of You All the While★ 8.82k
S722 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E1Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take★ 8.12k
  • E2Never Let Me Go★ 7.91k
  • E3Age of Innocence★ 7.91k
  • E4I Carry Your Heart with Me★ 8.01k
  • E5Live Through This★ 8.11k
  • E6Best Served Cold★ 8.01k
  • E7Mommie Dearest★ 8.11k
  • E8Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me★ 8.11k
  • E9Cold as Ice★ 8.11k
  • E10Hell Is Other People★ 8.72k
  • E11Things We Lost in the Fire★ 7.71k
  • E12Postcards from the Edge★ 7.91k
  • E13This Woman's Work★ 8.31k
  • E14Moonlight on the Bayou★ 8.62k
  • E15I Would for You★ 8.21k
  • E16Days of Future Past★ 7.81k
  • E17I Went to the Woods★ 8.11k
  • E18One Way or Another★ 7.71k
  • E19Somebody That I Used to Know★ 7.61k
  • E20Kill 'Em All★ 7.71k
  • E21Requiem for a Dream★ 8.01k
  • E22Gods and Monsters★ 8.11k
S816 eps · ★ 8.2
  • E1Hello, Brother★ 8.22k
  • E2Today Will Be Different★ 7.81k
  • E3You Decided That I Was Worth Saving★ 7.91k
  • E4An Eternity of Misery★ 7.91k
  • E5Coming Home Was a Mistake★ 7.71k
  • E6Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell★ 7.91k
  • E7The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You★ 7.81k
  • E8We Have History Together★ 7.51k
  • E9The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch★ 7.81k
  • E10Nostalgia's a Bitch★ 8.52k
  • E11You Made a Choice to Be Good★ 8.92k
  • E12What Are You?★ 8.11k
  • E13The Lies Will Catch Up to You★ 8.01k
  • E14It's Been a Hell of a Ride★ 8.72k
  • E15We're Planning a June Wedding★ 8.72k
  • E16I Was Feeling Epic★ 9.35k

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Comments

Comments are moderated against a short code of conduct. Disagree as much as you like; do it kindly.

Where to watch

JustWatch

Seasons

8

best episode: S3E22 — The Departed ★ 9.4 (5k)

S122 eps · ★ 8.2
  • E1Pilot★ 7.85k
  • E2The Night of the Comet★ 7.54k
  • E3Friday Night Bites★ 7.93k
  • E4Family Ties★ 7.93k
  • E5You're Undead to Me★ 8.23k
  • E6Lost Girls★ 8.43k
  • E7Haunted★ 8.23k
  • E8162 Candles★ 8.33k
  • E9History Repeating★ 8.13k
  • E10The Turning Point★ 8.33k
  • E11Bloodlines★ 8.23k
  • E12Unpleasantville★ 8.13k
  • E13Children of the Damned★ 8.33k
  • E14Fool Me Once★ 8.63k
  • E15A Few Good Men★ 8.03k
  • E16There Goes the Neighborhood★ 7.83k
  • E17Let the Right One In★ 8.63k
  • E18Under Control★ 8.03k
  • E19Miss Mystic Falls★ 8.33k
  • E20Blood Brothers★ 8.23k
  • E21Isobel★ 8.43k
  • E22Founder's Day★ 9.24k
S222 eps · ★ 8.5
  • E1The Return★ 8.93k
  • E2Brave New World★ 8.43k
  • E3Bad Moon Rising★ 8.33k
  • E4Memory Lane★ 8.13k
  • E5Kill or Be Killed★ 8.63k
  • E6Plan B★ 8.63k
  • E7Masquerade★ 9.03k
  • E8Rose★ 8.83k
  • E9Katerina★ 8.53k
  • E10The Sacrifice★ 8.32k
  • E11By the Light of the Moon★ 8.42k
  • E12The Descent★ 8.43k
  • E13Daddy Issues★ 8.12k
  • E14Crying Wolf★ 8.02k
  • E15The Dinner Party★ 8.32k
  • E16The House Guest★ 8.52k
  • E17Know Thy Enemy★ 8.32k
  • E18The Last Dance★ 8.72k
  • E19Klaus★ 8.83k
  • E20The Last Day★ 8.72k
  • E21The Sun Also Rises★ 9.13k
  • E22As I Lay Dying★ 8.93k
S322 eps · ★ 8.5
  • E1The Birthday★ 8.53k
  • E2The Hybrid★ 8.43k
  • E3The End of the Affair★ 8.73k
  • E4Disturbing Behavior★ 8.22k
  • E5The Reckoning★ 9.13k
  • E6Smells Like Teen Spirit★ 8.42k
  • E7Ghost World★ 8.52k
  • E8Ordinary People★ 8.72k
  • E9Homecoming★ 8.93k
  • E10The New Deal★ 8.32k
  • E11Our Town★ 8.22k
  • E12The Ties That Bind★ 8.22k
  • E13Bringing Out the Dead★ 8.62k
  • E14Dangerous Liaisons★ 8.62k
  • E15All My Children★ 8.32k
  • E161912★ 7.72k
  • E17Break on Through★ 7.82k
  • E18The Murder of One★ 8.32k
  • E19Heart of Darkness★ 8.63k
  • E20Do Not Go Gentle★ 8.42k
  • E21Before Sunset★ 8.62k
  • E22The Departed★ 9.45k
S423 eps · ★ 8.4
  • E1Growing Pains★ 8.74k
  • E2Memorial★ 8.73k
  • E3The Rager★ 8.32k
  • E4The Five★ 8.32k
  • E5The Killer★ 8.22k
  • E6We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes★ 8.22k
  • E7My Brother's Keeper★ 8.73k
  • E8We'll Always Have Bourbon Street★ 8.32k
  • E9O Come, All Ye Faithful★ 8.52k
  • E10After School Special★ 8.32k
  • E11Catch Me If You Can★ 7.92k
  • E12A View to a Kill★ 8.52k
  • E13Into the Wild★ 8.02k
  • E14Down the Rabbit Hole★ 8.52k
  • E15Stand by Me★ 8.72k
  • E16Bring It On★ 7.62k
  • E17Because the Night★ 8.02k
  • E18American Gothic★ 8.42k
  • E19Pictures of You★ 8.22k
  • E20The Originals★ 8.63k
  • E21She's Come Undone★ 8.32k
  • E22The Walking Dead★ 8.62k
  • E23Graduation★ 9.13k
S522 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E1I Know What You Did Last Summer★ 8.23k
  • E2True Lies★ 7.82k
  • E3Original Sin★ 8.22k
  • E4For Whom the Bell Tolls★ 8.12k
  • E5Monster's Ball★ 7.82k
  • E6Handle with Care★ 7.92k
  • E7Death and the Maiden★ 8.02k
  • E8Dead Man on Campus★ 7.72k
  • E9The Cell★ 8.12k
  • E10Fifty Shades of Grayson★ 7.82k
  • E11500 Years of Solitude★ 8.72k
  • E12The Devil Inside★ 7.82k
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  • E14No Exit★ 7.82k
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  • E19Man on Fire★ 7.82k
  • E20What Lies Beneath★ 7.62k
  • E21Promised Land★ 8.52k
  • E22Home★ 8.93k
S622 eps · ★ 8.1
  • E1I'll Remember★ 7.72k
  • E2Yellow Ledbetter★ 8.32k
  • E3Welcome to Paradise★ 7.92k
  • E4Black Hole Sun★ 7.92k
  • E5The World Has Turned and Left Me Here★ 8.62k
  • E6The More You Ignore Me, the Closer I Get★ 7.92k
  • E7Do You Remember the First Time?★ 8.12k
  • E8Fade Into You★ 8.22k
  • E9I Alone★ 8.02k
  • E10Christmas Through Your Eyes★ 7.92k
  • E11Woke Up with a Monster★ 7.92k
  • E12Prayer for the Dying★ 8.12k
  • E13The Day I Tried to Live★ 8.02k
  • E14Stay★ 8.32k
  • E15Let Her Go★ 8.72k
  • E16The Downward Spiral★ 8.42k
  • E17A Bird in a Gilded Cage★ 8.02k
  • E18I Could Never Love Like That★ 7.71k
  • E19Because★ 7.91k
  • E20I'd Leave My Happy Home for You★ 7.91k
  • E21I'll Wed You in the Golden Summertime★ 8.52k
  • E22I'm Thinking of You All the While★ 8.82k
S722 eps · ★ 8.0
  • E1Day One of Twenty-Two Thousand, Give or Take★ 8.12k
  • E2Never Let Me Go★ 7.91k
  • E3Age of Innocence★ 7.91k
  • E4I Carry Your Heart with Me★ 8.01k
  • E5Live Through This★ 8.11k
  • E6Best Served Cold★ 8.01k
  • E7Mommie Dearest★ 8.11k
  • E8Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me★ 8.11k
  • E9Cold as Ice★ 8.11k
  • E10Hell Is Other People★ 8.72k
  • E11Things We Lost in the Fire★ 7.71k
  • E12Postcards from the Edge★ 7.91k
  • E13This Woman's Work★ 8.31k
  • E14Moonlight on the Bayou★ 8.62k
  • E15I Would for You★ 8.21k
  • E16Days of Future Past★ 7.81k
  • E17I Went to the Woods★ 8.11k
  • E18One Way or Another★ 7.71k
  • E19Somebody That I Used to Know★ 7.61k
  • E20Kill 'Em All★ 7.71k
  • E21Requiem for a Dream★ 8.01k
  • E22Gods and Monsters★ 8.11k
S816 eps · ★ 8.2
  • E1Hello, Brother★ 8.22k
  • E2Today Will Be Different★ 7.81k
  • E3You Decided That I Was Worth Saving★ 7.91k
  • E4An Eternity of Misery★ 7.91k
  • E5Coming Home Was a Mistake★ 7.71k
  • E6Detoured on Some Random Backwoods Path to Hell★ 7.91k
  • E7The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You★ 7.81k
  • E8We Have History Together★ 7.51k
  • E9The Simple Intimacy of the Near Touch★ 7.81k
  • E10Nostalgia's a Bitch★ 8.52k
  • E11You Made a Choice to Be Good★ 8.92k
  • E12What Are You?★ 8.11k
  • E13The Lies Will Catch Up to You★ 8.01k
  • E14It's Been a Hell of a Ride★ 8.72k
  • E15We're Planning a June Wedding★ 8.72k
  • E16I Was Feeling Epic★ 9.35k

Top cast

15
NNina DobrevElena GilbertNNina DobrevKatherine PierceNNina DobrevAmaraPPaul WesleyStefan SalvatorePPaul WesleySilasPPaul WesleyTom AveryIIan SomerhalderDamon SalvatoreKKat GrahamBonnie BennettCCandice KingCaroline ForbesZZach RoerigMatt DonovanZZach RoerigEthan MaxwellMMichael TrevinoTyler LockwoodSSteven R. McQueenJeremy GilbertMMatthew DavisAlaric SaltzmanMMichael MalarkeyLorenzo 'Enzo' St. John

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Comments

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