The Wire is PEAK natural storytelling drama in its purest form. David Simon is a meticolous and brilliant investigate journalist/writer/producer/director, just made it perfect all around home run show. It doesnt feel manufactured because theres serious grassroots based writing behind it. Used tons of real people from that city/communities as actors, and generally him and the other writers used to follow and report on it for long time before doing books/shows about it (the mini series The Corner was pre The Wire, other cops shows with similar themes too).
I made it my 3 top spots just to home in that point lol.
My real list:
1.The Wire.
2.Sopranos
3.Rome.
4.Battlestar Galactica.
5.Firely.
6. Gilmore Girls
7. Breaking Bad.
8. Lost.
9. Oz.
10. Atlanta.
This fairly random and quickly done, probably forgetting many I loved and havent seen in years, in general anything HBO hits home for me. But Wire, Rome, BSG, Firely are shows I rewatch entirely every few years, seen them half dozen times probably lol. a honourable mention to Entourage which I rewatched few times too, charming and its easily digestable dudebro show lol.