TV-Shows.TVThe best shows for me! Discover the best Drama TV Shows on Netflix, ranked by real community votes. Netflix Originals have heavily shaped the drama genre and include some of the highest-rated series available.
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(8/10 stars)Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan and cocky F.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth build a team to investigate murders. Quite often, there isn't more to examine than rotten flesh or mere bones. more about Bones
(7/10 stars)Is the grass really greener on the other side? Yes, and it smells better, too! So when Nancy Botwin faces both sudden widowhood and poverty, she's determined to do anything to keep her kids in suburbia, including taking a job as the neighborhood pot dealer. more about Weeds
(8/10 stars)Downton Abbey depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy. more about Downton Abbey
(7/10 stars)Heroes is a cult serial saga about people all over the world discovering that they have superpowers and trying to deal with how this change affects their lives. Not only are they discovering what having superpowers means to them but also the larger picture of where those powers come from and what th... more about Heroes (2006)
(9/10 stars)The adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew in order to find the greatest treasure ever left by the legendary Pirate, Gold Roger. The famous mystery treasure named "One Piece". more about One Piece
(8/10 stars)This sequel to the 1994 movie Stargate chronicles the further adventures of SGC (Stargate Command). It turned out that the Goa'uld Ra was only one of many alien System Lords who used the Stargates to conquer much of the universe. When Earth uncovers a working cartouche to decipher the coding system ... more about Stargate SG-1
(8/10 stars)Half-brothers Lucas and Nathan Scott trade between kinship and rivalry both on the basketball court and in the hearts of their friends in the small, but not so quiet town of Tree Hill, North Carolina. more about One Tree Hill
(8/10 stars)An English combat nurse from 1945 is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743. more about Outlander
(8/10 stars)A gritty chronicle of the war against Latin America's most notorious drug cartels. more about Narcos (2015)
(8/10 stars)High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide. more about 13 Reasons Why
(8/10 stars)Spartacus, the gladiator who lead a rebellion against the Romans. From his time as an ally of the Romans, to his betrayal and becoming a gladiator, to the rebellion he leads and its ultimate outcome. more about Spartacus: Blood and Sand
(7/10 stars)A glimpse into an alternate history of North America: what life after WWII might have been like if the Nazis had won the war. The Man in the High Castle explores daily life in 1962, fourteen years after the end of a longer Second World War (1939–1948 in this history). The victorious Axis Powers - Im... more about The Man in the High Castle
(8/10 stars)After a global invasion by several races of extraterrestrials that neutralizes the world's power grid and technology, quickly destroys the combined militaries of all the world's countries, and kills over 90% of the human population within a few days, the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack has lef... more about Falling Skies
(8/10 stars)A subversive take on Archie and his friends, exploring small town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome facade. more about Riverdale
(8/10 stars)A television anthology series that shows the dark side of life and technology. more about Black Mirror
(7/10 stars)England, 872. A Saxon man, raised by Danes, must choose a side and play his part in the birth of a nation, alongside the man who would become known as King Alfred the Great. more about The Last Kingdom
(8/10 stars)A group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world's order. more about Sense8
(8/10 stars)Naruto Uzumaki, is a loud, hyperactive, adolescent ninja who constantly searches for approval and recognition, as well as to become Hokage, who is acknowledged as the leader and strongest of all ninja in the village. more about Naruto Shippuden
(8/10 stars)In Berlin, a single mother of a teenage daughter, begins a relationship with a widowed Turkish father and his two teenage children. Will they be able to live together in harmony? more about Türkisch für Anfänger
(8/10 stars)A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world. more about Peaky Blinders
Drama TV shows have redefined television over the past two decades. The shift from episodic formats to complex serialised storytelling – with characters who change fundamentally across seasons, plotlines that build slowly, and moral questions without easy answers – made drama the centre of what is often called the Golden Age of Television. Many of the highest-rated series of all time are drama series.
What separates strong drama from average drama is rarely budget. It is the characters: how they respond to pressure, what choices they make when forced to decide between what is right and what is easy – and whether the series gives them enough time to be convincing. This ranking shows the drama series the community has rated most consistently over time. Use the runtime filter to find drama series with shorter episodes if you prefer a more compact format.
Strong drama TV shows often overlap with crime and thriller in terms of character depth and emotional tension.
The top Drama TV Shows are ranked by real community votes. The more ratings a show has, the more stable its position.
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Rankings are based on real user ratings. The more votes a series receives, the more stable its chart position.
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