☰
Genres
DramaComedyAnimationActionCrimeAdventureRomanceReality-TV More genres →
Decades
2020s2010s2000s1990s1980s1970s1960s1950s1940s1930s1920s1900s
Tags Search Sign in

Best Drama TV Series of the 1970s

Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 1970s

All Drama series All series from the 1970s
Filter & sort
Genres

Genres as assigned by IMDb. Selecting several means a show must match all of them.

Decades

By first-air year. Several selections widen the range; a specific year narrows within its decade.

Specific year
Tags

Rating patterns, computed from IMDb episode-rating trajectories. Deliberately strict: only shows with an unmistakable pattern carry one, so expect small numbers.

Rating patterns

Taste tags, judged by our AI taste model. They cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Tone & mood
Pacing & structure
Humor style
Themes & subject matter
Characters & perspective
Emotional payoff
Craft & style
Format & audience
Viewing-culture clusters
Intensity & content character
500 series (top 500 shown)

Petrocelli

★ 7.2
1K 44 1974–1976
Crime · Drama · Mystery

Thriller

★ 7.8
1K 43 1973–1976
Crime · Drama · Fantasy

Brødrene Dal og professor Drøvels hemmelighet

★ 7.8
1K 13 1979–1979
Adventure · Comedy · Drama

Eight Fatal Shots

★ 8.2
1K 4 1972–1972
Drama

Danger UXB

★ 8.4
1K 13 1979–1979
Action · Drama · History

Prosjaci i sinovi

★ 9.2
1K 13 1971–1972
Comedy · Drama

Colditz

★ 8.3
1K 28 1972–1974
Drama · History · War

3000 Leagues in Search of Mother

★ 7.3
1K 52 1976–1976
Adventure · Animation · Drama

Harry O

★ 7.6
1K 45 1973–1976
Action · Crime · Drama

Great Performances

★ 7.9
1K 866 1971–present
Comedy · Drama · Music

Madicken

★ 6.8
1K 10 1979–1983
Drama · Family

Data Tutashkhia

★ 9.1
1K 7 1977–1977
Adventure · Drama · History

Abigél

★ 8.6
1K 4 1978–1978
Drama

Against the Wind

★ 8.1
1K 13 1978–1978
Drama · History · Western

Children of the Stones

★ 7.6
1K 7 1977–1977
Adventure · Drama · Family

Quatermass

★ 7.0
958 4 1979–1979
Drama · Sci-Fi · Thriller

The Tomorrow People

★ 7.2
953 68 1973–1979
Drama · Fantasy · Sci-Fi

Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II

★ 7.6
949 21 1976–1977
Drama

QB VII

★ 7.7
939 2 1974–1974
Drama · Mystery

The Old Fox

★ 6.4
885 483 1977–present
Crime · Drama · Thriller

The Water Margin

★ 8.1
856 26 1973–1974
Action · Drama · History

Isaura: Slave Girl

★ 6.7
816 100 1976–1977
Drama · History · Romance

War & Peace

★ 8.1
811 20 1972–1973
Drama · History · War

Lillie

★ 8.0
789 13 1978–1978
Adventure · Biography · Drama
Browse by decade
1900s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Browse by year
1979197819771976197519741973197219711970
Browse by genre
Action Adult Adventure Animation Biography Comedy Crime Documentary Drama Family Fantasy Game-Show History Horror Music Musical Mystery News Reality-TV Romance Sci-Fi Short Sport Talk-Show Thriller War Western