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:
The Haunting of Bly Manor(2020) , Never Have I Ever(2020) , The West Wing(1999) , Gotham Knights(2023) , Dead to Me(2019) , ER(1994) , Des(2020) , The Bold Type(2017) , Jeremiah(2002) , Threshold(2005) , Famous in Love(2017) , Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol(2021) , MINDHUNTER(2017) , American Gods(2017) , Further Tales of the City(2001) , His Dark Materials(2019) , Queen Sugar(2016) , The Wheel of Time(2021) , Midnight, Texas(2017) , Hawkeye(2021) , Obi-Wan Kenobi(2022) , DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story(2022) , Behind Her Eyes(2021) , La Brea(2021) , The Sopranos(1999) , 1883(2021) , Star Trek: Voyager(1995) , Malcolm in the Middle(2000) , Billy the Kid(2022) , Upright(2019)
List of Best TV Shows
The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
7.4
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Henry takes on the role of caregiver for his orphaned nieces and nephews at their country residence following the untimely loss of their au pair. He employs a young American nanny for this role. They share Bly Manor with Mrs. Grose, the housekeeper, Jamie, the groundskeeper, and Owen, the chef. She starts having unusual experiences as soon as she gets to Bly Manor, and a terrible past starts to emerge. Before it's too late, she has to take all necessary action to save the ones she loves the most.
Cast: Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Henry Thomas, Amelia Eve, T'Nia Miller
Never Have I Ever (2020)
7.8
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Devi is a smart, humorous, and confident girl going through adolescence and facing many growing pains and challenges. Devi is eager to try sex, and friends together decide to attack the male students in the class, looking for the opportunity to lose virginity. However, her life didn't always turn out the way she wanted. In addition to the academic and social pressures at school, she had to deal with problems at home, including a complicated relationship with her mother and a psychologist.
Cast: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Jaren Lewison, Darren Barnet, Lee Rodriguez
The West Wing (1999)
8.9
TV-14
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1999-09-22
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The story follows the work and love lives of a group of White House aides. The ups and downs of the plot reveal the political insider of the White House and the choice of the staff in front of power, conscience, and love. But no matter how often these people fight, they are still the president's right-hand men, the united group, and the heroes who solve all problems when it matters.
Cast: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Joshua Malina
Gotham Knights (2023)
5.3
TV-14
Release Date: 2023-03-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Set in the aftermath of the murder of Batman Bruce Wayne, his rebellious adopted son and the descendants of his enemies are framed as the real culprits, forming an unlikely alliance. Now, as the city's most wanted men, the fringe must fight to prove their innocence. Meanwhile, the city is in the most dangerous situation it's ever been in because of the loss of Batman. However, hope will come from an unexpected place, and this group of fugitives will become the future of Gotham City. Their name is "Gotham Knights."
Cast: Oscar Morgan, Olivia Rose Keegan, Navia Robinson, Fallon Smythe, Tyler DiChiara
Dead to Me (2019)
7.9
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Jen's husband died a few months ago in a hit-and-run car accident, and she still can't get over the sudden change. Her two children have also become more unruly as a result of the incident. While attending a meeting, Jen meets the enthusiastic Judy, and the two quickly become close friends. However, the reason Judy approaches Jen is not simple because she is the one who killed Jen's husband. Filled with guilt and conflict, Judy wrestled with whether to tell Jen the truth.
Cast: Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden, Luke Roessler, Sam McCarthy
ER (1994)
7.9
TV-14
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1994-09-19
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Set in the emergency room of a hospital, the drama deeply shows the struggle of doctors, nurses, and patients on the edge of life and death, presenting an honest and touching picture. In the ER, viewers can see the busy emergency room doctors, who face a variety of complex and urgent cases, need to make rapid diagnoses and decisions, and race against death. At the same time, the drama also shows the emotional entanglements and human struggles between the doctors and their colleagues, patients, and families.
Cast: Maura Tierney, Parminder Nagra, Linda Cardellini, Scott Grimes, David Lyons
Des (2020)
7.6
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: The TV narrates the tale of serial murderer Dennis Nilsen, one of the most well-known instances in British criminal history. Nilsen took at least twelve men and boys between 1978 and 1983, brought them home, and murdered them. After keeping their corpses as friends for a while, he would occasionally boil off their flesh before killing them. He may either flush them down the toilet or stack them about his flat.
Cast: David Tennant, Daniel Mays, Jason Watkins, Ron Cook, Faye McKeever
The Bold Type (2017)
7.8
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: It centers on the lives of three millennial women who work for the fictitious Scarlet global publisher in New York City: Jane Sloan, Kat Edison, and Sutton Brady. It is a fictitious international women's magazine with Jacqueline Carlile serving as editor-in-chief. Young ladies explore their big-city lifestyles, including their personal and professional paths.
Cast: Katie Stevens, Aisha Dee, Meghann Fahy, Melora Hardin, Stephen Conrad Moore
Release Date: 2002-03-03
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: In a post-apocalyptic future, the majority of humanity has perished due to a catastrophic pandemic. Only those who had not yet reached adolescence made it out alive. A guy named Jeremiah now, ten years later, embarks on a quest to locate Valhalla, the enigmatic location his father mentioned. It could offer survivors some hope, according to his father. What's left of the old world provides food for the survivors. They now have the choice to either reconstruct the world and assume accountability for themselves, the environment, and one another, or they may carry on with their slide.
Cast: Luke Perry, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Peter Stebbings, Sean Astin, Ingrid Kavelaars
Threshold (2005)
7.2
Release Date: 2005-09-16
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: As a senior government crisis management consultant at the Blackwood Institute, Dr. Molly Caffrey creates strategies for calamities ranging from natural disasters to nuclear war. She made a strategy code named "Threshold" to address the potential of first contact with aliens to "cover all bases." A contact with a UFO occurred one night while on a U.S. Navy ship. Though some of the crew managed to escape, many unfortunately died. Following a crew member's death on board that was captured on camera, the Threshold Protocol was triggered.
Cast: Carla Gugino, Brian Van Holt, Brent Spiner, Rob Benedict, Peter Dinklage
Famous in Love (2017)
6.7
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After trying out for a Hollywood blockbuster, Paige, an ordinary college student, receives her big break, completely turning her world upside down. She must now balance her academic workload while adjusting to her new star-studded existence and the highs and lows of becoming the town's latest It Girl. Her bond with her two best friends gets more anxious as her public persona keeps expanding, and her unmistakable chemistry with Hollywood hunk Raina Devin intensifies as her new companion.
Cast: Bella Thorne, Charlie DePew, Carter Jenkins, Niki Koss, Pepi Sonuga
Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol (2021)
6.4
TV-14
Release Date: 2021-09-16
Duration: 30min
Country: CA
Plot: The plot of the film Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol 2021 centers on Professor Robert Langdon. Professor Langdon, a renowned semiotician, is drawn into a conspiracy about the hidden secrets of Washington, DC. In the process of exploring these secrets, Professor Langdon has to face challenges and dangers while revealing the truth hidden behind history. The film shows the beautiful scenery and mysterious atmosphere of Washington, DC, through wonderful plot and visual effects.
Cast: Ashley Zukerman, Valorie Curry, Sumalee Montano, Rick Gonzalez, Eddie Izzard
MINDHUNTER (2017)
8.6
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Midhunter tells a story about FBI psychology doctor Holden Ford. Together, they visit serial killers, rapists, and psychopathic murderers in prison, trying to understand their motivations and mindsets through in-depth conversations with these criminals. In the process, they not only reveal the twisted psychological world of the criminals but also discover some of their innermost secrets and fears.
Cast: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Stacey Roca
American Gods (2017)
7.6
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: American Gods tells the story of an approaching battle between the gods. The old gods lost their followers because their believers began to follow those new gods who represented people's lusts and desires, such as money, technology, fame, drugs, and more. In this TV series, Mr. Wednesday is an artful, charismatic cheat and fraud with evil intelligence and lofty ambitions. He uses his charisma to recruit people to fight against the old gods.
Cast: Ricky Whittle, Ian McShane, Emily Browning, Yetide Badaki, Bruce Langley
Further Tales of the City (2001)
7.6
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Further Tales of the City tells a story about Mary Ann Singleton. Mary, a TV star, strives to forge ahead in her career. After Michael Tolliver breaks up with Jon Fielding, Michael has an affair. After the divorce, Peru Giroud encounters a stranger in the park who can give her comfort. Brian Hawkins struggles to maintain a marriage with Mary Ann, while Halcyon Dane Hawkins brings a dangerous herald that may be the exclusive news Mary is waiting for.
Cast: Olympia Dukakis, Paul Hopkins, Laura Linney, Barbara Garrick, Jackie Burroughs
His Dark Materials (2019)
7.8
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: This is a story full of fantasy. The story takes place in a world where human beings have their unique animal protectors. These animal protectors are actually the living embodiments of human souls. People in this world prefer to call their animal protectors the Guardian Spirits. One girl named Lyra pursued her education at Jordan College in Oxford, England. One day, one of her best friends, Roger, is missing in London, so she goes to London to find him. She then discovers a series of secrets behind Roger’s and other children’s missing. These secrets all have been connected to a mysterious substance called dust. Lyra needs to find out about this mysterious dust in order to save her friend Roger and those missing children.
Cast: Dafne Keen, Amir Wilson, Ruth Wilson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Simone Kirby
Queen Sugar (2016)
7.8
TV-14
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2016-09-06
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Queen Sugar recomposes the story of the book written by Natalie Basil. This TV series tells a story about Charley. She abandons the life of the upper class and moves to St. Josephine, Louisiana, to inherit her father's legacy. In Louisiana, she owns an 800-acre sugar cane farm. For her and her children, this new living environment and lifestyle are completely different from life in Los Angeles. Therefore, they have to adjust to life here. In the end, however, she finds that this is the life she wants and loves.
Cast: Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Nicholas L. Ashe, Dondré Whitfield
The Wheel of Time (2021)
7.2
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Five young men and women, referred to as Moiraine, come into contact with each other in this high fantasy world where magic exists but is restricted to a select few. This sets off a perilous global adventure. Based on Robert Jordan's book series. It is a magic adventure full of dangers, and these young people seek the ultimate power of the magical beings in this world.
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Daniel Henney, Josha Stradowski, Zoë Robins, Madeleine Madden
Midnight, Texas (2017)
7.3
TV-14
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: "Midnight Texas" is adapted from the three novels, "True Blood" author Charmaine Harris's "Midnight Texas" adaptation. The story of this TV series happens in the Southern with the supernatural elements. In the midnight of Texas, a town will unveil its mystery. Dangers exist everywhere in this town. For vampires, witches, psychics and killer, this town is like paradise. However, when this town is facing threats or in danger, people in this town will confront the dangers together.
Cast: François Arnaud, Dylan Bruce, Parisa Fitz-Henley, Arielle Kebbel, Peter Mensah
Hawkeye (2021)
7.5
TV-14
Release Date: 2021-11-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Kate Bishop, a Young Avenger, is the focus of this Marvel Comics superhero series based on the superhero Hawkeye. Clint Barton now has another task requiring him to go home and spend some time with his family. Warming and cozy, it seems, an evil force from the past shows up, and Barton needs to defeat him. With the help of an excellent archer, he finally defeats him, and everything returns to normal.
Cast: Jeremy Renner, Hailee Steinfeld, Tony Dalton, Alaqua Cox, Fra Fee
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
7
TV-14
Release Date: 2022-05-26
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Ten years after Star Wars: Episode I-Revenge of the Sith, the series takes place under the Empire's authority. Luke Skywalker is looked after by Obi-Wan Kenobi after he escapes to Tatooine. In order to save Leia Organa, who is being held hostage by the Galactic Empire, Han teams up with an old acquaintance, Duke Bel Organa. A fantastic adventure journey of revenge begins.
Cast: Ewan McGregor
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The new series Monster's Emmy-winning creator The Jeffrey Dahmer Story delves into the graphic real-life murders committed by Dahmer and explains how the most infamous serial murderer in American history used the nation's numerous institutional collapses as cover for his overt murderous spree that lasted over ten years. Tell the crowd how he manages to get away with it for so long.
Cast: Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, Niecy Nash-Betts
Behind Her Eyes (2021)
7.2
TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2021-02-17
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Louise, the protagonist of this TV series, is a single mother and a secretary. One night, she kissed a young man called David in a bar. Later, however, she finds out that David is her leader. Meanwhile, Louise makes a friend, David's wife, called Adele. However, Louise finds that David and Adele have an unspeakable secret and that they seem to be hiding something. Above all, a single mother has an affair with her leader. Meanwhile, she also makes friends with her leader's wife. Therefore, she gets caught up in a twisted world.
Cast: Simona Brown, Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman, Robert Aramayo, Tyler Howitt
La Brea (2021)
5.8
TV-14
Release Date: 2021-09-28
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: A mother and son are torn from a father and daughter when a massive hole in the sky suddenly forms in Los Angeles. A number of families and a motley crew of strangers find themselves in an incomprehensible, prehistoric world where they have to struggle to survive. In order to find their way home, they must also solve the mystery surrounding their location.
Cast: Eoin Macken, Chiké Okonkwo, Zyra Gorecki, Rohan Mirchandaney, Lily Santiago
The Sopranos (1999)
9.2
TV-MA
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 1999-01-10
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Tony Soprano, the crime leader from North Jersey, unwillingly goes to a psychiatrist for assistance after going into a coma. He has to hide his treatment from the other gang members so he doesn't come seem as weak. His adolescent daughter is causing his wife to lose her cool; his narrow-minded mother is refusing to go to a retirement home; his old uncle is plotting Tony's death because he is jealous of Tony's success; and the FBI is circling with RICO. These things are stressing him out. Tony needs to deal with his mother's manipulation, his father's example, and his fear of dying and losing his family during treatment.
Cast: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Robert Iler, Lorraine Bracco
1883 (2021)
8.7
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The tale centers on the Dutton family's westward migration many years ago, as they made their way from the Promised Land of Montana over the Great Plains to America's final destination in the Savage Land, hoping for a brighter future. Shea Brennan is a rugged cowboy with a dark background who takes on the difficult duty of guiding a group of men from Texas to Montana. He does not put up with foolishness.
Cast: Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Isabel May, LaMonica Garrett
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
7.9
TV-PG
Release Date: 1995-01-16
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Tracing a gang of Maki rebels into the hazardous "Badlands" space nebula, the Federation Starship Voyager is sent there. The crews of two ships that the probe builders have abducted are rescued by the March team and the Voyager crew after an apprehensive ceasefire. The Voyager blew up the space probe to stop the Cassons from taking over this defenseless planet. Distance and time had erased their differences, and on the Voyager, the crews from the Union and March became one. They set out on a new quest together: to endure the return trip.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
8.2
TV-PG
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: In this strange, dysfunctional family, Malcolm serves as a mediator between two brothers. With the hope that military school would transform him and keep him out of trouble, Francis, his favorite and oldest brother, entered. Malcolm suffers more when he is classified as an academically gifted genius and begins to get special care at school, even though he already struggles to manage his home life.
Cast: Frankie Muniz, Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Justin Berfield, Erik Per Sullivan
Billy the Kid (2022)
7.3
TV-MA
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Billy McCarty, twelve, and his family, who are Irish immigrants, had to leave New York to go west in quest of better prospects. However, some people have died on the voyage. Onward to Santa Fe went Catherine and her sons. She thought her life would be easier after meeting and marrying a man who could have, but in reality, he made things worse. Moving to Silver City in an attempt to start over, Antrim, Catherine, and the two sons do so. Billy had lost everything, though, so all of their hopes were dashed.
Cast: Tom Blyth, Daniel Webber, Veronica Long, Lisa Chandler, Nuria Vega
Upright (2019)
8.4
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Across Australia's southern outback, Lucky, a poor musician, and Meg, a runaway adolescent, seek to deliver an upright piano to Lucky's mother, who is terminally sick and resides in Perth. The first season chronicles their adventure. Lucky Flynn wants to go to Perth to return his family piano. A teenage runaway called Meg and he unexpectedly get close. Complicating matters further, Lucky runs out of petrol, and Meg misplaces her wallet with all of her money.
Cast: Tim Minchin, Milly Alcock