Best Drama Shows (Ranked)

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Breaking Bad

★9.5Ended(2008–2013)

#1Score 9.502.7M IMDb votes

A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family's future.

Band of Brothers

★9.4Ended

#2Score 9.39609.5k IMDb votes

The story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord to V-J Day.

Chernobyl

★9.3Ended

#3Score 9.301.1M IMDb votes

In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

The Wire

★9.3Ended(2002–2008)

#4Score 9.29442.1k IMDb votes

The Baltimore drug scene, as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement.

Game of Thrones

★9.2Ended

#5Score 9.202.7M IMDb votes

Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

The Sopranos

★9.2Ended(1999–2007)

#6Score 9.19602k IMDb votes

New Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.

Scam 1992 - The Harshad Mehta Story

★9.2Ended

#7Score 9.18175.6k IMDb votes

Set in 1980s and '90s Bombay, it follows the life of Harshad Mehta, a stockbroker who took the stock market to dizzying heights and his catastrophic downfall.

Attack on Titan

★9.1Ended

#8Score 9.10753.6k IMDb votes

After his hometown is destroyed and his mother is killed, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.

Aspirants

★9.1Ongoing

#9Score 9.09320.2k IMDb votes

It is the story of the journey of three UPSC (public service competitive exams in India) aspirants and their friendship against all odds.

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood

★9.1Ended

#10Score 9.09260k IMDb votes

Two brothers search for a Philosopher's Stone after an attempt to revive their deceased mother goes awry and leaves them in damaged physical forms.

Sherlock

★9.0Ended(2010– )

#11Score 9.001.1M IMDb votes

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st-century London.

Better Call Saul

★9.0Ended(2015– )

#12Score 9.00871.1k IMDb votes

The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill before his fateful run-in with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.

Arcane

★9.0Ended

#13Score 8.99459.4k IMDb votes

Set in utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun, the story follows the origins of two iconic League champions-and the power that will tear them apart.

Hunter x Hunter 2011

★9.0Ended

#14Score 8.98207.1k IMDb votes

Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.

Dexter Resurrection

★9.0Ongoing

#15Score 8.98159.9k IMDb votes

Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma and sets out for New York City, determined to find Harrison and make things right. But when Miami Metro&apos;s Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast.

The Twilight Zone

★9.0Ended

#16Score 8.97111.1k IMDb votes

Ordinary people find themselves in extraordinarily astounding situations, which they each try to solve in a remarkable manner.

TVF Pitchers

★9.0Ended

#17Score 8.9680.3k IMDb votes

A story of trials and tribulations of four young entrepreneurs who quit their day jobs in order to pursue their start up venture.

Firefly

★8.9Ended(2002–2003)

#18Score 8.89305k IMDb votes

Five hundred years in the future, a renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.

Death Note

🔥 HOT★8.9Ended

#19Score 8.89503.2k IMDb votes

An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.

Cowboy Bebop 1998

★8.9Ended

#20Score 8.88174.4k IMDb votes

The futuristic misadventures and tragedies of an easygoing bounty hunter and his partners.

Gravity Falls

★8.9Ended

#21Score 8.88186.4k IMDb votes

Twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.

The Pitt

★8.9Ongoing

#22Score 8.88176.1k IMDb votes

The daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital as they juggle personal crises, workplace politics, and the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients, revealing the resilience required in their noble ...

Vinland Saga

★8.9Ended

#23Score 8.88153.3k IMDb votes

A team of mutant superheroes fight for justice and human acceptance in the Marvel Comics universe.

The West Wing

★8.9Ended

#24Score 8.87101.6k IMDb votes

Inside the lives of staffers in the West Wing of the White House.

Dekalog

★8.9Ended

#25Score 8.8135.4k IMDb votes

Ten television drama films, each one based on one of the Ten Commandments.

True Detective

★8.8Ongoing

#26Score 8.80775.4k IMDb votes

Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Mahabharat

★8.9Ended

#27Score 8.7928k IMDb votes

When a dynastic struggle between the collateral branches of the Kuru clan, the Kauravas and Pandavas lead them to the threshold of war, Lord Krishna decides to step in and take control of the situation.

Succession

★8.8Ended

#28Score 8.79370.5k IMDb votes

The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.

Fargo

★8.8Ongoing(2014– )

#29Score 8.79477k IMDb votes

Various chronicles of deception, intrigue and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. Yet all of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.

BoJack Horseman

★8.8Ended

#30Score 8.79240.2k IMDb votes

BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit television show "Horsin' Around" in the '80s and '90s, but now he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.

When They See Us

★8.8Ended

#31Score 8.78162.4k IMDb votes

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.

Pride and Prejudice

★8.8Ended

#32Score 8.77105.4k IMDb votes

While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.

Steins Gate

★8.8Ended

#33Score 8.7797.6k IMDb votes

After discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.

Berserk

★8.8Ended

#34Score 8.7684.1k IMDb votes

Guts is a skilled swordsman who joins forces with a mercenary group named 'The Band of the Hawk', lead by the charismatic Griffith, and fights with them as they battle their way into the royal court.

Matador

★9.2Ended

#35Score 8.736.4k IMDb votes

A man comes to KorsbÃ¦k, Denmark, in 1929, opens a women's clothing store in competition with an established one - bringing him up against the conservative establishment including the bank manager. We follow the families until afte...

House MD

★8.7Ended(2004–2012)

#36Score 8.70602.5k IMDb votes

An antisocial maverick doctor who specializes in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way using his crack team of doctors and his wits.

Peaky Blinders

★8.7Ended

#37Score 8.70796.4k IMDb votes

A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.

Black Mirror

★8.7Ongoing(2011– )

#38Score 8.70751.8k IMDb votes

An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

Dark

★8.7Ended

#39Score 8.69565.3k IMDb votes

A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.

Narcos

★8.7Ended

#40Score 8.69538.2k IMDb votes

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Mad Men

★8.7Ended(2007–2015)

#41Score 8.69295.5k IMDb votes

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

Twin Peaks

★8.7Ended

#42Score 8.69251.9k IMDb votes

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.

Downton Abbey

★8.7Ended(2010–2015)

#43Score 8.69249.9k IMDb votes

A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.

Ted Lasso

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Ted Lasso

★8.7Ongoing

#44Score 8.69474.4k IMDb votes

American college football coach Ted Lasso heads to London to manage AFC Richmond, a struggling English Premier League football team.

Invincible 2021

★8.7Ongoing

#45Score 8.69355k IMDb votes

An adult animated series based on the Skybound/Image comic about a teenager whose father is the most powerful superhero on the planet.

Naruto Shippuden

★8.7Ended

#46Score 8.69233k IMDb votes

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.

Rome

★8.7Ended(2005–2007)

#47Score 8.69207.9k IMDb votes

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.

Fleabag

★8.7Ended(2016– )

#48Score 8.69254.8k IMDb votes

A comedy series adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.

Battlestar Galactica

★8.7Ended(2004–2009)

#49Score 8.68188.9k IMDb votes

When an old enemy, the Cylons, resurface and obliterate the 12 colonies, the crew of the aged Galactica protect a small civilian fleet - the last of humanity - as they journey toward the fabled 13th colony, Earth.

Six Feet Under

★8.7Ended

#50Score 8.68171.3k IMDb votes

A chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.

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