Series·2013·45 min episodes

Bates Motel

Name: Bates Motel
Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Released: 2013-03-18
Rating: 8
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Olivia Cooke, Nestor Carbonell

Bates Motel streams in the US on Amazon Prime Video and The CW, as of October 5, 2026.

Together until the end.

8.0 / 10 · TMDBTomatometer 93%Audience 91%Metacritic 69IMDb 8.1

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Drama Crime Mystery

A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

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