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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(9/10 stars)Follow the personal and professional lives of Dev, a 30-year-old actor who has trouble deciding what he wants to eat, much less the pathway for the rest of his life. Dev’s story takes him through subjects as diverse as the plight of the elderly, the immigrant experience, and how to find the most del... more about Master of None
(9/10 stars)Tom is a pediatric surgeon and single dad whose life seems to be going well – until a murder and a disappearance bring buried secrets to the surface. more about Safe (2018)
(9/10 stars)Hundreds of cash-strapped players accept a strange invitation to compete in children's games. Inside, a tempting prize awaits — with deadly high stakes. more about Squid Game
(9/10 stars)A chronicle of the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s and the true story of the Guadalajara cartel's ascent. more about Narcos: Mexico
(7/10 stars)Chaos is coming to Tori Vega's life. The 16 year old is starting at a new high school; but not just any school. This is Hollywood Arts, a performing arts school where crazy talented students learn how to become real artists.. Until now, Tori didn't think she had much talent of her own, and was conte... more about Victorious
(7/10 stars)Flaked is the serio-comic story of Chip, a celebrated long-time resident of the insular world of Venice, California who falls for the object of his best friend’s fascination. Soon the tangled web of half-truths and semi-bullshit that underpins his all-important image and sobriety begins to unravel. more about Flaked
(8/10 stars)In 1977, a rag-tag crew of South Bronx teenagers are nothings and nobodies with no one to shelter them except each other. The series is a mythic saga of how New York at the brink of bankruptcy gave birth to hip-hop, punk and disco, told through the lives and music of the South Bronx kids who changed... more about The Get Down
(8/10 stars)In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom. more about One Day At A Time (2017)
(10/10 stars)"Good Witch" takes you on a magical journey with Cassie Nightingale, her daughter Grace and their cousin Abigail. All three charm their way through the town of Middleton, causing harmony and disharmony, but always touching lives. So when Dr. Sam Radford moves in next door to the mysterious Grey Hous... more about The Good Witch
(10/10 stars)In the 1880s, the menacing Frank Griffin is terrorizing towns across the West as he hunts Roy Goode, once like a son to him, now his mortal enemy. While Roy hides out at Alice Fletcher's ranch, Frank's chase leads him to the particularly quiet town of La Belle, mysteriously made up entirely of women... more about Godless
(10/10 stars)In 19th-century Canada, a psychiatrist weighs whether a murderess should be pardoned due to insanity. more about Alias Grace
(9/10 stars)A gritty 1960s cop drama about LAPD detective Sam Hodiak and his trainee, who must deal with gangs, brutal crimes, changing times, family crises and unhinged manipulative small-time crook Charles Manson, who's slowly building his cult. more about Aquarius (2015)
(10/10 stars)A city steeped in secrets. A dynasty built on lies. Now one act of betrayal could bring it all crashing down. more about Marseille
(10/10 stars)Reimagines the origin and adventures of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, the occult and, of course, witchcraft. Tonally in the vein of Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrina wrestling to reconcile her dual nature - half-witch, ... more about Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
(10/10 stars)A new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America's oldest public hospital. more about New Amsterdam (2018)
(10/10 stars)A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by. more about You (2018)
(10/10 stars)Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated. more about Young Royals
(10/10 stars)After landing her dream job in Paris, Chicago marketing exec Emily Cooper embraces her adventurous new life while juggling work, friends and romance. more about Emily in Paris
(8/10 stars)A crash-landed alien named Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor and slowly begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his secret mission on Earth. more about Resident Alien
(8/10 stars)When three working-class teenagers begin attending an exclusive private school in Spain, the clash between them and the wealthy students leads to murder. more about Elite (2018)
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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