Regina King is the true hero of this HBO limited series based on the DC Comics graphic novels of the same name. Although set in an alternate contemporary universe, Watchmen is based on the real-life horrors of the Tulsa Race Massacre that took place in 1921 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in which white supremacists targeted a neighborhood called Black Wall Street because of its thriving black-owned businesses. Unlike reality, the descendants of the massacre receive reparations, causing resentment among the white supremacist group known as the Seventh Kavalry. King is a masked vigilante on a mission to end the group’s pattern of racist violence. Watchmen also stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Irons and Jean Smart, whose characters must confront their own ethics in a way they never have to before. Given the resurgence of white nationalism and the erasure of historical facts at the federal and state levels, this prescient show is absolutely worth a rewatch today. Stream now on HBO Max.