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The Wire (2002) is streaming on Max.
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The Wire
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Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
The line between the law and the street blurs as the drug war transforms into an unstoppable, self-sustaining machine. This sprawling portrait of Baltimore reveals how institutional rot consumes both the hunters and the hunted.
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Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kenneth Williams, Deirdre Lovejoy, Andre Royo, John Doman, Clarke Peters, Jamie Hector
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The Wire
Listen carefully.
5 Seasons • 60 Episodes
You can stream The Wire (2002) on Max with a subscription.
IMDb
8.6/10
RT Critics
37%
RT Audience
53%
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Cast
Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce, Michael Kenneth Williams, Deirdre Lovejoy, Andre Royo, John Doman, Clarke Peters, Jamie Hector
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The Wire is streaming on Max. We have not verified a current option on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+. Availability last verified October 13, 2026.