Best Drama TV Shows
Best drama TV shows of all time
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Trying to make a name for themselves in New York's competitive fashion scene, Ben Epstein and his friend and business partner Cam Calderon use their street knowledge and connections to bring their ambitions to fruition. With the help of Cam's cousin Rene,
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | HBO |
Created By: | Ian Edelman |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.6 / 10 (24) |
The Good Guys is an American action-comedy series about an old-school cop and a modern-day detective that premiered with a preview episode on Fox on May 19, 2010, and began airing regularly on June 7. The series stars Bradley Whitford as Dan Stark, a must
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Matt Nix |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (29) |
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and it's name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
Genres: | Crime, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | FX |
Created By: | John Singleton, Eric Amadio, Dave Andron |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (54) |
In his funky California beach enclave, Chip's the go-to guy for personal insights. But he isn't quite as enlightened when it comes to his own baggage.
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Will Arnett, Mark Chappell |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (27) |
Leila takes a break from her decade long relationship with partner Sadie, and begins to explore her own bisexuality.
Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Channel 4 |
Created By: | Desiree Akhavan, Rowan Riley |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 0 / 10 (0) |
When a prominent politician is murdered, the intrepid journalists of Frente Tijuana risk their lives to uncover the truth.
Genres: | Drama, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Daniel Posada, Zayre Ferrer |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | MX |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (1) |
After breaking up with his girlfriend, Josh comes to the realization that he is homosexual. With the support of his now ex girlfriend Claire, and his best friend and house mate Tom, Josh must help his mother with her battle with depression and the rest of
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Created By: | Josh Thomas |
Networks: | ABC, ABC Comedy |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | AU |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (44) |
A police chief takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all
Genres: | Drama, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Tara Butters, Michele Fazekas |
Network: | ABC |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8.7 / 10 (12) |
A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay BFF from high school to be her assistant.
Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Created By: | Rightor Doyle |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (153) |
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
Genres: | Drama, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Dennis Lehane |
Network: | Apple TV+ |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8.5 / 10 (28) |
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Networks: | BBC One, Starz |
Created By: | Jack Williams, Harry Williams |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.8 / 10 (130) |
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 7 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Bruno Heller |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (393) |
The protagonist, Baki Hanma, trains with an intense focus to become strong enough to surpass his father, Yujiro Hanma, the strongest fighter in the world. Five of the world's most violent and brutal death row inmates are gathering to face Baki. Their obje
Genres: | Animation, Action & Adventure, Crime, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Toshiki Hirano, Tatsuhiko Urahata |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | JP |
User Score (votes): | 7.4 / 10 (12) |
After getting into a near fatal car accident, Alma discovers she has a new relationship with time and uses this ability to find out the truth about her father’s death.
Genres: | Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Kate Purdy, Raphael Bob-Waksberg |
Network: | Amazon |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 7.6 / 10 (11) |
Explore the high-pressure experiences of police officers, paramedics and firefighters who are thrust into the most frightening, shocking and heart-stopping situations. These emergency responders must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulne
Genres: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.7 / 10 (83) |
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Genres: | Drama, History, Romance |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | Showtime |
Created By: | Michael Hirst |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (135) |
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Hulu |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (557) |
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut. Based on the best
Genres: | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Network: | HBO |
Created By: | Damon Lindelof, Tom Perrotta |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.8 / 10 (350) |
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
Genres: | Soap, Drama, Music |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | FOX |
Created By: | Lee Daniels, Danny Strong |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 6.6 / 10 (320) |
Camelot is a historical-fantasy-drama television series based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Starz |
Created By: | Michael Hirst, Chris Chibnall |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 5.7 / 10 (44) |
An MIT grad student and a tech superstar bring a low-level Pentagon official a staggering discovery that an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | CBS |
Created By: | Matt JL Wheeler, Elizabeth Kruger, Craig Shapiro |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 6.3 / 10 (161) |
Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a deadl
Genres: | Drama, Action & Adventure |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Showtime |
Created By: | J. Michael Straczynski |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (24) |
Follow the first human mission to Mars, exploring the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization. The story focuses not only on the astronauts, but also on their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | Hulu |
Created By: | Beau Willimon |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (11) |
4400 centers on the return of 4400 people who, previously presumed dead or reported missing, reappear on Earth. Though they have not aged physically, some of them seem to have deeper alterations ranging from superhuman strength to an unexplained healing t
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | USA Network |
Created By: | René Echevarria, Scott Peters |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (187) |
Hell on Wheels tells the epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous,
Genres: | Action & Adventure, Drama, Western |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | AMC |
Created By: | Tony Gayton, Joe Gayton |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.5 / 10 (180) |
The story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
Genres: | Drama, War & Politics |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | AMC |
Created By: | Craig Silverstein |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (73) |
Elena Micheals thought she left the world of supernatural behind when she left Stonehaven behind 'for good this time' she thought. Until the night she got the mysterious call from her pack leader asking her to come back. So now she is heading back, leavin
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Networks: | Syfy, Space |
Created By: | Daegan Fryklind |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 5.9 / 10 (68) |
Moral Orel is an American stop-motion animated television show, which originally aired a sneak peek on Adult Swim on December 13, 2005, before it officially aired on January 23, 2006 to December 18, 2008. It has been described as "Davey and Goliath...meet
Genres: | Drama, Animation, Comedy |
Number Of Seasons: | 4 |
Network: | Adult Swim |
Created By: | Dino Stamatopoulos |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (22) |
The Critic is an American prime time animated series revolving around the life of New York film critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners
Genres: | Animation, Comedy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 3 |
Networks: | ABC, FOX, Comedy Central |
Created By: | Mike Reiss, Al Jean |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.7 / 10 (25) |
The story of the mysterious and brilliant Jack Parsons in 1940s Los Angeles as by day he helps birth the discipline of American rocketry and by night is a performer of sex magick rituals and a disciple to occultist Aleister Crowley.
Genres: | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Network: | CBS All Access |
Created By: | Mark Heyman |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7 / 10 (6) |
FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | Syfy |
Created By: | Jim Dunn, Sam Ernst |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 7.2 / 10 (157) |
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-de
Genres: | Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy |
Number Of Seasons: | 2 |
Network: | Syfy |
Created By: | Ronald D. Moore, Cameron Porsandeh |
Status: | Canceled |
User Score (votes): | 6.5 / 10 (161) |
This thriller and coming-of-age drama follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is. Based on the 2011 Joe Wright film.
Genres: | Action & Adventure, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | David Farr |
Network: | Amazon |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 6.8 / 10 (4) |
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence need
Genres: | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 11 |
Created By: | William Link, Richard Levinson |
Networks: | ABC, NBC |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8 / 10 (199) |
The last in a line of Chosen Ones, a wannabe chef teams up with a homicide detective to unravel an ancient mystery and take down supernatural assassins.
Genres: | Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | John Wirth, Tony Krantz |
Network: | Netflix |
Status: | In Production |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 0 / 10 (0) |
The son of a notorious serial killer becomes an acclaimed criminal psychologist who uses his unique insight into how killers think to help the NYPD.
Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver |
Network: | FOX |
Status: | Returning Series |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 8.5 / 10 (38) |
An alternate American history told through the eyes of a working-class Jewish family in New Jersey, as they watch the political rise of Charles Lindbergh, an aviator-hero and xenophobic populist, who becomes president and turns the nation toward fascism.
Genres: | Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Created By: | David Simon, Ed Burns |
Network: | HBO |
Status: | Ended |
Origin Country: | US |
User Score (votes): | 6.6 / 10 (41) |
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.
Publisher: | NetFlix, Tornante Company, ShadowMachine Films |
Genres: | Drama, Comedy, Animation |
Number Of Seasons: | 5 |
Network: | Netflix |
Created By: | Raphael Bob-Waksberg |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (257) |
Bull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South in 2000. It was TNT's first original series, and was cancelled in the middle of Season 1. The show's name is in reference to the
Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Drama |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Networks: | CBS, TNT |
Created By: | Paul Attanasio, Phil McGraw |
Status: | Ended |
User Score (votes): | 6.7 / 10 (0) |
James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.
Genres: | Comedy, Drama, Crime |
Number Of Seasons: | 1 |
Networks: | Channel 4, Netflix |
Created By: | Charlie Covell |
Status: | Returning Series |
User Score (votes): | 7.9 / 10 (203) |