The Best TV Shows on ORF 2

Every ORF 2 Show Ranked From Best To Worst

ORF 2 has delivered an expansive roster of over 20 shows, dating from 1970 all the way to 2025. Icons of ORF 2, Scene of the Crime and Seitenblicke made their debut in 1970 and 1987, setting industry standards. Explore our list of the top rated shows up to date from April 2026 that includes over 20 unique series.

  • Romy Award
    Romy Award (1990)9.0

  • Seitenblicke
    Seitenblicke (1987)8.0

    An Austrian magazine-TV show.

  • Sisi
    Sisi (2009)7.6

    Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph falls in love with young Elisabeth. It's love at first sight but Franz Joseph's mother Sophie doesn't approve of the relationship.

  • Die Chefin
    Die Chefin (2012)6.4

    First Police Chief Inspector Vera Lanz, a Munich police detective, attempts to balance her professional and private life.

  • Scene of the Crime
    Scene of the Crime (1970)6.2

    Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of these countries. The show is broadcast on the channels of ARD in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF1 in Switzerland.

  • Angelique - Das unbezähmbare Herz
    Angelique - Das unbezähmbare Herz (2004)6.0

  • Fluss des Lebens
    Fluss des Lebens (2013)6.0

  • Linzer Eiszauber
    Linzer Eiszauber (2013)6.0

  • Anatomy of Evil
    Anatomy of Evil (2011)5.9

    The criminal psychologist Richard Brock teaches at the University of Vienna. He used to work as a psychologist until his wife took her own life and he lost his license on suspicion of incorrect treatment. In the meantime he has developed a reputation as a particularly good interrogation specialist and is therefore called in by the police in special cases.

  • Kronprinz Rudolf
    Kronprinz Rudolf (2006)5.3

    Drama about the last ten years of Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria.

  • Sturm kommt auf
    Sturm kommt auf (2025)4.8

    After World War I, political divisions deepen in a village in Upper Bavaria. Julius Kraus, a reclusive cobbler, finds himself caught between the fronts when his Jewish identity is revealed. The two 90-minute feature films are based on the novel "Unruhe um einen Friedfertigen" (Unrest Around a Peaceful Man) by Oskar Maria Graf, a masterpiece of German-language exile literature.

  • Alma - A Show biz ans Ende
    Alma - A Show biz ans Ende (1999)3.3

    A journey in the footsteps of this century's most famous artist's muse, the last femme fatale. Alma Mahler -Werfel was worshipped by an entire generation of artists: Gustav Mahler, Walter Gropius, Oskar Kokoschka and Franz Werfel.

  • Österreich-Bild
    Österreich-Bild (1998)N/A

  • FeierAbend
    FeierAbend (1999)N/A

  • Weihnachten auf Gut Aiderbichl
    Weihnachten auf Gut Aiderbichl (2003)N/A

  • Erlebnis Österreich
    Erlebnis Österreich (2004)N/A

    Erlebnis Österreich is a television format from ORF. These are documentary films that are produced by the individual state studios and are included in the nationwide program.

  • Menschen & Mächte
    Menschen & Mächte (2007)N/A

  • WELTjournal+
    WELTjournal+ (2013)N/A

  • Orte der Kindheit
    Orte der Kindheit (2013)N/A

  • Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“
    Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“ (2014)N/A