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Best Drama TV Series of the 2010s

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

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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Act

★ 7.8
43K 8 2019–2019
True crime · Disturbing

The Society

★ 7.1
43K 10 2019–2019
Young adult · Dystopia

Skam

★ 8.5
43K 43 2015–2017
Coming of age · Young adult

Empire

★ 7.4
43K 102 2015–2020
Music scene · Soap & telenovela

Resurrection: Ertugrul

★ 7.9
43K 179 2014–2019
Real history · War & military

Legacies

★ 7.2
43K 68 2018–2022
Young adult · School & campus

Rizzoli & Isles

★ 7.7
42K 105 2010–2016
Procedural · Detective mystery

Violet Evergarden

★ 8.4
42K 14 2018–2018
Tearjerker · Visually striking

Z Nation

★ 6.7
42K 68 2014–2018
Post-apocalyptic · Campy

Alias Grace

★ 7.6
42K 6 2017–2017
Unreliable narrator

Colony

★ 7.3
42K 36 2016–2018
Dystopia · Espionage

Marcella

★ 7.3
41K 24 2016–2021
Detective mystery

Poldark

★ 8.2
41K 43 2015–2019
Period piece · British TV

Alcatraz

★ 6.9
41K 13 2012–2012
Mystery box · Detective mystery

Another Life

★ 5.3
41K 20 2019–2021
Space & sci-fi · Serialized

Modern Love

★ 7.9
41K 16 2019–2021
Anthology · Love story

Masters of Sex

★ 7.9
40K 46 2013–2016
Character study · Period piece

Mr. Mercedes

★ 7.7
40K 30 2017–2019
Detective mystery · Tense

SEAL Team

★ 7.9
40K 114 2017–2024
War & military · Adrenaline

Top of the Lake

★ 7.4
40K 13 2013–2017
Female perspective · Atmospheric

Beauty and the Beast

★ 7.0
39K 70 2012–2016
Love story · Supernatural

Why Women Kill

★ 8.3
39K 20 2019–2021
Female perspective

Halt and Catch Fire

★ 8.4
39K 40 2014–2017
Character study · Slow burn

Black Summer

★ 6.6
39K 16 2019–2021
Survival · Tense
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