Drama TV Shows
The list contains the best, new, and most relevant Drama TV Shows ordered by relevance. Trendflicks helps you find the most attractive TV Shows from all kinds of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, HBO, etc.
Best TV Shows
Popular TV Shows:
Crossing Jordan(2001) , The Newsroom(2012) , Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life(2016) , Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles(2008) , Firefly(2002) , Chicago Justice(2017) , NCIS: New Orleans(2014) , Magnum P.I.(2018) , Arcane(2021) , The Strain(2014) , Russian Doll(2019) , Medium(2005) , Lisey's Story(2021) , Daisy Jones & the Six(2023) , Treason(2022) , Seven Types of Ambiguity(2017) , Great Expectations(2023) , X-Men: Evolution(2000) , Island at War(2004) , In Plain Sight(2016) , Snowpiercer(2020) , Doom Patrol(2019) , Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1997) , The Affair(2014) , Dead Ringers(2023) , The Watcher(2022) , The Gilded Age(2022) , Scavengers Reign(2023) , Red Oaks(2014) , The Bear(2022)
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2001-09-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh practices forensic pathology. Years later, an old ally recruited her to return to her previous position in Boston. Jordan's management put up with her energy and unpredictable behavior since she did a fantastic job at her work. Role-playing games that Jordan played as a youngster are a common way for her and her father to solve cases. In the meantime, Jordan spent the most time solving the murder of her mother, which inspired her life and work.
Cast: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Jerry O'Connell, Steve Valentine, Ravi Kapoor
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The Newsroom (2012)
8.6
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2012-06-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Will McAvoy is an anchor and editor-in-chief of Atlantis Cable News. As a moderate Republican news anchor, his broadcast image is characterized by his unwillingness to offend anyone. He was forced to take a leave of absence because of discussing American patriotism in a public forum. When he returned to work, he found that the president of the news department decided to revamp Will's news broadcast program to return ACN to the era of actual news broadcasts. Coincidentally, the new executive producer invited was named MacKenzie, his ex-girlfriend. With the addition of the new team, Will's life and the program have changed tremendously.
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski
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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
7.5
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The series revolves around Lorelai Gilmore, Rory Gilmore, and Emily Gilmore. As a freelance writer, Rory Gilmour is often on the road, so she gave up her apartment and moved in with friends in London or New York. After her husband Richard passed away, Emily Gilmore deceives her daughter Lorelai Gilmore into seeing her for treatment. In addition, Lorelai feels adrift because of her connection with Luke, her father's passing, and her long-term business partner's job.
Cast: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Scott Patterson, Kelly Bishop
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Release Date: 2008-01-13
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Following the deaths of Dr. Miles Dyson and the T-800 101 Terminator, the Connors were once again trailed by Skynet agents from the future. Realizing that the nightmare was far from finished, they vowed to continue fleeing and do everything they could to halt the "Skynet" plot, a technical weapon designed by the firm to destroy humanity. They escaped to a new city, hoping that their lives would return to normal, but they were surprised to find a Terminator disguised as a teacher plotting to assassinate John instead. So, a new escape started.
Cast: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, Shirley Manson
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Firefly (2002)
8.9
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Release Date: 2002-09-20
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Five hundred years later, without a home, Captain Malcolm Reynolds's starship Serenity is cruising the cosmos. As they go across a galaxy governed by the federal government, the spaceship Serenity crew and passengers will investigate the planets' boundaries. Every passenger aboard the ship will have ambitions and intentions, so crew members with varying backgrounds and motivations must conceal their true identities until they accomplish their objectives. The crew will need to take any legal or criminal job to live.
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
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Chicago Justice (2017)
6.8
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The state of Chicago has a very committed team of prosecutors and investigators who carefully navigate the city's complex political environment, face all kinds of fierce debates head-on, and fearlessly seek justice for the people. When they take on high-stakes, high-profile cases widely reported in the media, they must also balance public opinion, institutional power struggles, and their unwavering passion for the law.
Cast: Philip Winchester, Jon Seda, Joelle Carter, Monica Barbaro, Carl Weathers
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NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
6.8
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Release Date: 2014-09-23
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: This television series follows a local field office in New Orleans as it investigates criminal cases involving military members. Special Agent Dwayne Pride, a New Orleans native, leads the squad. Working with Pride are hard-working Special Agent Christopher Lasalle, former FBI agent Tammy Gregorio, forensic agent Sebastian Lund, and Special Agent Hannah Khoury, specializing in international counterintelligence. The team also includes medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade, both intelligent and eccentric, and investigative computer expert Barton Prime, a lively and talented hacker.
Cast: Scott Bakula, Vanessa Ferlito, Necar Zadegan, Charles Michael Davis, Rob Kerkovich
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Magnum P.I. (2018)
6.3
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Release Date: 2018-09-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Following his return from Afghanistan, Thomas Magnum, a former Navy SEAL, uses his military experience to work as a private investigator in Hawaii. He pretends to be the security detail of Hawaiian billionaire author Robin Masters and lives in his home, managed by former MI6 agent Juliet Higgins. Thomas has extraordinary abilities and can get involved in cases involving serious crimes. With encouragement and support from his close friends Rick and TC, they investigate various strange cases together.
Cast: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill, Tim Kang
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Arcane (2021)
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Sisters Vi and Jinx live in the steampunk utopia of Piltover and the chemical-driven dungeon of Zaun. Tensions between the two city-states have peaked with the advent of Hextech, a method of controlling magical energy in Piltover. In Zaun, a new drug called Flash can turn humans into monsters. The competition between the cities has torn apart families and friends, and they have stood on opposite sides of each other, parted ways, and headed toward different destinies. But the constraints in their hearts always make them want to reunite, and the righteous sister Vi also tries her best to defeat all the evil in the dungeon.
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell
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The Strain (2014)
7.3
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: A Berlin plane landed quietly in the dark on the empty runway of Kennedy International Airport. When New York's Chief Medical Officer Ephraim Goodweather and his staff entered the cabin, they found that more than 200 people had died unexpectedly. Unknown parasites in the cabin, the unexpected resurrection of the dead, the mysterious disappearance of the vast coffin, and the official ambiguity about the incident all cast a strange and dangerous shadow on this incident. A series of killings put Ephraim into an unknown situation. As the virus spreads, Ephraim and his team and a group of ordinary New Yorkers fight for the fate of humankind.
Cast: Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Miguel Gómez, David Bradley, Jonathan Hyde
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Russian Doll (2019)
7.7
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Nadia is the main character in Russian Doll. One evening at her 36th birthday celebration in New York City, she finds herself trapped in a temporal loop. On her way out of the celebration, she gets killed by a vehicle crash. In a split second, she is alive again and back at her birthday party earlier that night. Moments later, she dies again and finds herself back at the party. As she attempts to ascertain what happened to her, she keeps dying and resurrects at the same point in the celebration each time.
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Charlie Barnett, Greta Lee, Chloë Sevigny, Elizabeth Ashley
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Medium (2005)
7.1
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Because of her psychic abilities, Allison Dubois has been able to read people's minds and see, hear, and even converse with spirits. At first, she despises her psychic abilities, but eventually, she learns to utilize them to assist law enforcement in finding a criminal and closing a case. However, Allison's ability causes great stress for her family, so she attempts to balance both.
Cast: Patricia Arquette, Jake Weber, Miguel Sandoval, David Cubitt, Sofia Vassilieva
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Lisey's Story (2021)
5.9
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Although Lisey spent 25 years of her life with her spouse, she lost him two years ago. Lisey learns that her husband once went to a place that both terrified and healed him; it can fill him with grief while simultaneously giving him hope for the future. In an attempt to ease her suffering, Lisey decides to visit the location where her spouse previously visited.
Cast: Julianne Moore, Clive Owen, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Dane DeHaan, Joan Allen
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Daisy Jones & the Six (2023)
8.1
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2023-03-02
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: In 1977, Daisy Jones and the Band of Six were at the height of their career success. With two uninhibited lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunn, the band rose from obscurity to fame. However, they announced they disbanded after a sold-out show at Chicago's Soldier Field. Now, decades later, the band members have finally agreed to unveil why this band fell apart when it was in its heyday.
Cast: Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Camila Morrone, Suki Waterhouse, Will Harrison
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Treason (2022)
6.4
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Release Date: 2022-12-26
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Kara and Adam have a complicated past, which makes their reunion fraught with tension and uncertainty. Meanwhile, Adam's wife, Maddy, is also involved in the complicated affair. The three form a delicate triangle relationship. In this relationship, each person tries to reveal the other's secrets. At the same time, they are trying to protect their personal lives and their loved ones.
Cast: Charlie Cox, Olga Kurylenko, Oona Chaplin, Ciarán Hinds
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Duration: 30min
Country: AU
Plot: The protagonists are drawn into a series of seemingly unrelated but closely connected events, each fraught with uncertainty and ambiguity. These incidents may involve personal emotional entanglements, family secrets, professional difficulties, etc. Each character is trying to solve the mystery and find the truth. In the process of exploring the truth, the relationships between the characters also become complicated.
Cast: Alex Dimitriades, Xavier Samuel, Andrea Demetriades, Leeanna Walsman, Hugo Weaving
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Great Expectations (2023)
5.4
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2023-03-26
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: At the story's beginning, Pip is content with his life as an apprentice in his brother-in-law's forge, seeing this as his highest ideal. However, Pip meets Estella and develops a deep love for her. To realize his wishes, he gradually becomes frivolous, vain, and selfish and begins to spend lavishly and idly. Pip discovers his new boss's secret. The truth shocks Pip deeply, and his great prospects suffer a great blow.
Cast: Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Shalom Brune-Franklin
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X-Men: Evolution (2000)
7.8
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Release Date: 2000-11-04
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Professor Charles Francis Xavier's mission at the School for Gifted Children is to teach mutants how to utilize their talents for good and keep them from hurting themselves or others. Xavier possesses the ability to read minds. However, Shapeshifter Mystique was appointed principal of his high school by his enemy Magneto, who wanted to gather deficient mutants for battle against non-mutants.
Cast: Kirby Morrow, Venus Terzo, David Kaye, Brad Swaile, Maggie O'Hara
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Release Date: 2004-07-11
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: After the German invasion, life on the island abruptly changed. Walking and cycling were forbidden for Islanders, town names were altered to German ones, clocks were adjusted to continental time, and no society was permitted to meet without authorization from the German High Command. The Dorrs, the Jonas, and the Mahies are the three families at the center of the story, and they are all struggling to get by in the face of a new, restricted society.
Cast: Laurence Fox, Philip Glenister, Saskia Reeves, Clare Holman, James Wilby
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Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: In Plain Sight is a 2016 British television series based on real events. The plot focuses on the cat-and-mouse game between Scottish detective William Muncie and serial killer Peter Manuel in the 1940s and 1950s. Detective William Muncie works to uncover the truth about Peter Manuel's crimes with keen insight and determination. Peter Manuel, with his cunning and cruel methods, constantly challenges the detective's intelligence and patience. Two people in constant contest show a tense, exciting duel.
Cast: Martin Compston, Douglas Henshall, Shauna Macdonald, Bobby Rainsbury, Michael Nardone
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Snowpiercer (2020)
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After the Earth has been "frozen over," the surviving humans can only survive on a train. The train became their only safe haven, but it also caused a series of social problems. The people in the first half of the train car enjoy the life of the upper class, while the people in the back of the train suffer from the exploitation and oppression of the former people; their living conditions are poor, and they become slaves of the upper class. The people of the back zone, who could not bear the oppression, began to organize resistance, trying to change this unfair status quo.
Cast: Daveed Diggs, Mickey Sumner, Alison Wright, Iddo Goldberg, Roberto Urbina
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Doom Patrol (2019)
7.7
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The Doom Patrol superheroes include Mech Man, Negative Man, Rubber Girl, and Crazy Jane. Each has different abilities, but their abilities have also caused them physical and mental trauma. Under the leadership of Chief Dr. Niles Caulder, The Doom Patrol investigates various strange phenomena and protects the Earth. During the process, they reveal the mystery of their identities.
Cast: Diane Guerrero, April Bowlby, Joivan Wade, Skye Roberts, Riley Shanahan
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)
8.3
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Release Date: 1997-03-10
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Buffy Summers is a chosen one who will battle the powers of evil, demons, and vampires by themselves. No matter how hard Buffy strives to be an ordinary girl, she is doomed to repeat this cycle over and over again. Fortunately, she gets support from her friends, the amusing and unexpectedly successful evil-fighting squad known as the Scooby Gang. They would defeat their inner demons, endure several tragedies, and attend college together.
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Caulfield Ford, Michelle Trachtenberg
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The Affair (2014)
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2014-10-12
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Noah teaches at a New York City high school and appears to be a lovely husband and parent. His four children don't need him to worry about anything, and his wife is caring, so his life is simple and pleasant. During the summer, he would frequently go to Long Island to get ideas for a new novel he was working on. Upon meeting Allison, a stunning lady, he thinks as though he has discovered a "spiritual partner" who shares his temperament. Helen, Noah's wife, has been together for 17 years, starting during their time in college. When she discovered that her husband had an extramarital affair, she was deeply dissatisfied, and her attitude shifted from forgiveness to retaliation.
Cast: Dominic West, Maura Tierney, Julia Goldani Telles, Jadon Sand, Anna Paquin
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Dead Ringers (2023)
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Beverly and Elliot are twins, and they have everything in common: they use drugs, they have romantic partners, and they are unrepentant about doing whatever it takes to advance women's health care and question outdated medical practices, even if it means going against medical ethics. Beverly and Elliot are invited upstate for dinner and business promotion. At the opening celebration, the twins are having a great time until something happens to Beverly that gets Elliot into trouble.
Cast: Rachel Weisz, Britne Oldford, Poppy Liu, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Chernus
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The Watcher (2022)
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: For the open house, the Brannock family—parents Norah and Dean, kids Carter and Ellie—arrived at 657 Avenue. Following a few encounters with a real estate agent, Karen, the family purchased the home. Dean spent practically all of his family's savings to purchase this home. After six weeks, the family took up residence. However, Ellie hears strange music in the vacant room, and the family gets a menacing letter from the "Watchmen" threatening to take Carter and Ellie hostage.
Cast: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Isabel Gravitt, Luke David Blumm, Jennifer Coolidge
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The Gilded Age (2022)
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2022-01-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The orphaned daughter of a Southern general, Marian Brooke, moved into New York City with her traditionalist aunt in 1882, during the height of the Gilded Age. Peggy Scott, an African-American lady posing as a maid, helps Marian decide whether to obey the rules or pursue her own way. What will she do when Marian gets into the confusing lives of her wealthy neighbors?
Cast: Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Louisa Jacobson, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga
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Scavengers Reign (2023)
8.6
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: This drama expands upon the idea behind the 2016 animated short film Scavengers. When an intergalactic freight ship is destroyed, the crew becomes stuck on an odd and stunning planet. They have to hold out here long enough to have a shot at getting out or getting help. The survivors struggle in a harsh environment with their perseverance. At the same time, they fight to retrieve their wrecked ship and missing crew.
Cast: Sunita Mani, Wunmi Mosaku, Alia Shawkat, Bob Stephenson, Ted Travelstead
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Red Oaks (2014)
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Duration: 30min
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Plot: During the summer of 1985, a young guy in his early twenties named David Myers was hired as a professional tennis assistant at the Jewish Red Oak Country Club in New Jersey. He attempted to utilize this work to help him figure out what he wanted to accomplish in life. Sam Myers is David's father, and he has always wanted his son to pursue a career in accounting. When Sam has a heart attack, he reveals to David some startling things since he believes he will pass very soon. However, the father-son relationship deteriorated greatly after that.
Cast: Craig Roberts, Alexandra Socha, Paul Reiser, Oliver Cooper, Gage Golightly
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The Bear (2022)
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After a devastating loss in the family, Carmen Berzatto, a gifted young chef from the food industry, is compelled to return home to manage the Original Beef of Chicagoland, a small family sandwich restaurant. Cami's world is very different from his familiar one, and he has to deal with his brother's suicide as well as the heartbreaking reality of leaving a Michelin-starred restaurant for a small "commercial" kitchen staffed by obstinate, strong-willed employees.
Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Abby Elliott