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Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 2010s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Top Boy

★ 8.4
49K 32 2011–2023
Criminal underworld · Gritty

Sneaky Pete

★ 8.0
49K 30 2015–2019
Heists & cons · Secrets & lies

Love

★ 7.6
49K 34 2016–2018
Central duo · Love story

Scream: The TV Series

★ 7.0
49K 29 2015–2019
Young adult · Monster horror

Dark Matter

★ 7.5
48K 39 2015–2017
Space & sci-fi · Mystery box

24: Live Another Day

★ 8.3
48K 12 2014–2014
Fast-paced · Tense

How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)

★ 7.7
48K 24 2019–2025
Dark comedy · Coming of age

The Kominsky Method

★ 8.2
47K 22 2018–2021
Friendship · Central duo

Awkward.

★ 7.5
47K 89 2011–2016
Young adult · Coming of age

Defiance

★ 7.0
47K 39 2013–2015
Post-apocalyptic

The Rain

★ 6.3
47K 20 2018–2020
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Humans

★ 7.9
46K 24 2015–2018
Near-future tech · Philosophical

Hanna

★ 7.6
46K 22 2019–2021
Espionage · Strong female lead

Wilfred

★ 7.8
46K 49 2011–2014
Dark comedy · Unreliable narrator

Shooter

★ 7.5
45K 31 2016–2018
Revenge · Adrenaline

Hemlock Grove

★ 7.0
45K 33 2013–2015
Monster horror · Graphic violence

F Is for Family

★ 8.0
45K 44 2015–2021
Adult animation · Working class

Parenthood

★ 8.3
44K 103 2010–2015
Family saga · Tearjerker

Mom

★ 7.4
44K 170 2013–2021
Addiction & vice

The Resident

★ 7.8
44K 107 2018–2023
Medical · Workplace

Haven

★ 7.5
44K 78 2010–2015
Small town · Supernatural

Longmire

★ 8.3
44K 63 2012–2017
Rural & frontier · Atmospheric

Touch

★ 7.3
44K 26 2012–2013
Hopeful · Sentimental · Tearjerker

Fauda

★ 8.3
44K 59 2015–present
Tense · Adrenaline · Gritty
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