Hell on Wheels
2011 · TV Series · TV-14 · ★ 7.6 · 69% critics
Set after the Civil War, the series follows a Confederate soldier seeking revenge for his wife’s death. His hunt leads him west to a dangerous, lawless town tied to the building of the first transcontinental railroad, where service, survival, and escalating conflict drive the journey.
Also known as La bataille du rail · L'Enfer de l'Ouest
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~41 hours to watch · 57 episodes.
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Details
- Years
- 2011–2016
- Release date
- 2011-11-06
- Network
- AMC
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 (464 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like gritty Western dramas with heavy revenge stakes and a railroad-built frontier town; Not for you if you want a light, purely upbeat series, or if you prefer Deadwood-style character chemistry over this slower, sometimes draggy tone.
Pros: gritty post-war scope; compelling characters; addictive pace | Cons: intense violence; ending divisive; parts may drag
Themes
- gunslinger
- brothel
- frontier
- train
- brutality
- period drama
- historical
- railroad
- wild west
- civil war veteran
- historical drama
- 19th century
- +6 more
Cast & crew
Anson Mount
as Cullen Bohannan
Colm Meaney
as Thomas 'Doc' Durant
- VS
Victor Slezak
as Ulysses S. Grant
- SC
Scott Michael Campbell
as Duffy
Matthew Glave
as Dick Barlow
Robin McLeavy
as Eva
- CO
Common
as Elam Ferguson
- DM
Dominique McElligott
as Lily Bell
Christopher Heyerdahl
as The Swede
- JF
Jennifer Ferrin
as Louise Ellison
Directed by David Von Ancken, Terry McDonough, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan +20 more
Created by Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton
Episodes5 seasons · 57 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1Pilot45mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Apple TV+
- S1E2Immoral Mathematics42mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Apple TV+
- S1E3A New Birth of Freedom43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Apple TV+
- S1E4Jamais je ne t'oublierai43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Apple TV+
- S1E5Bread and Circuses43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Apple TV+
- S1E6Pride, Pomp and Circumstance42mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+Apple TV+
- S1E7Revelations43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E8Derailed43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E9Timshel43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S1E10God of Chaos42mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
Season 210 episodes
- S2E1Viva La Mexico43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E2Durant, Nebraska43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E3Slaughterhouse43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E4Scabs43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E5The Railroad Job43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E6Purged Away with Blood43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E7The White Spirit43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E8The Lord's Day43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E9Blood Moon43mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S2E10Blood Moon Rising45mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
Season 310 episodes
- S3E1Big Bad Wolf42mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E2Eminent Domain40mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E3Range War41mAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E4The GameAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E5SearchersAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E6One Less MuleAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E7CholeraAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E8It Happened in BostonAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E9Fathers and SinsAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S3E10Get Behind the MuleAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
Season 413 episodes
- S4E1The Elusive EdenAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E2Escape from the GardenAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E3Chicken HillAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E4ReckoningAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E5Life's a MysteryAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E6Bear ManAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E7Elam FergusonAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E8Under Color of LawAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E9Two TrainsAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E10Return to HellAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E11Bleeding KansasAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E12Thirteen StepsAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S4E13Further WestAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
Season 514 episodes
- S5E1ChinatownAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E2Mei MeiAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E3White JusticeAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E4StruckAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E5Elixir of LifeAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E6Hungry GhostsAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E7False ProphetsAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E8Two SoldiersAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E9Return to the GardenAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E1061 DegreesAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E11GambitAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E12Any Sum Within ReasonAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E13Railroad MenAmazon Prime VideoParamount+
- S5E14DoneAmazon Prime VideoParamount+