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Jeff, a famous children's television icon, struggles to retain his sanity as his family falls apart. more
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Jeff, a famous children's television icon, struggles to retain his sanity as his family falls apart. more
Set in Glendale, California, in the 1930s, this is the story of middle-class housewife Mildred Pierce's attempts to maintain her and her family's social position during the Great Depression. Mildred Pierce is a five-part miniseries that first aired on HBO on March 27, 2011. Adapted from James M. ... more
Stuttgart is a town whose social, economic and cultural contrasts sometimes can't be reconciled without violence. It's a place that needs a special crime squad: Stuttgart Homicide. The team knows its turf inside out and glides smoothly from one level of society to another: from illegal bet... more
A city journalist is burdened by her dark past when she returns to her hometown to cover the murder of two preteen girls. more
Los Angeles S.W.A.T. Sergeant Daniel ‘Hondo’ Harrelson is assigned to lead a highly-skilled unit in the community where he grew up. Torn between loyalty to the streets where the cops are sometimes the enemy, and allegiance to his brothers in blue, he strategically straddles these two worlds. Hondo e... more
A multi-racial family made up of husband, wife, three adopted children from Liberia, Vietnam and Colombia and one biological child, find their bonds tested when one of the children begins seeing things which the rest cannot. more
Halifax, 1832. Rejected by aristocratic Vere Hobart, Anne Lister returns to her shabby ancestral home, Shibden Hall, determined to restore its fortunes and find herself a wife. more
Set in the celebrated and infamous L.A. stand-up comedy scene of the '70s, where the careers of most comedy superstars began, "I'm Dying Up Here" delves into the inspired and damaged psyches that inhabit the hilarious, but complex business of making an audience laugh. The series ... more
Embraces the idea that the banal can be very interesting, as long as one looks more closely. The room is the same, but everything else changes: the tone, plot, characters, even time. more
A comedic look at four middle-aged people reconciling their dreams with their current personal and professional lives in Los Angeles. more
After the billionaire and art collector Constantine is killed in an explosion in his yacht, his wife Georgina remains shocked and decides to investigate; but she will soon discover the secrets of her husband and realize she is surrounded by violence, lies and murders. She will then be forced to prot... more
During the 90s, cocaine trafficking and control of Madrid's nightclubs was in the hands of a gang that monopolized hundreds of covers and television programs: Los Miami. His name caused the panic of those who heard him. "The Immortal" was the head of all of them. more
Charlie Cale has the extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve. more
In an alternate America, one working-class Jewish family's life is irrevocably changed during the political rise of Charles Lindbergh — a xenophobic pilot, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism. more
A unique story told over two distinct halves, "Summer" follows Sam, a man drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. "Winter" follows Helen, a strong-willed outsider who comes to the ... more
When a grisly murder shocks Los Angeles in 1938, Detective Tiago Vega and his partner Lewis Michener become embroiled in an epic story that reflects the rich history of the city. more
A family saga that follows the parallel lives of identical twin brothers in an epic story of betrayal, sacrifice and forgiveness. more
High school sophomore Courtney Whitmore inspires an unlikely group of young heroes to take up the legacy of a long lost superhero team – The Justice Society of America – and stop the villains of the past. more
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.