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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)

Breathe

★ 8.2
23K 8 2018–2018
Morally gray · Tense

Fi

★ 7.8
23K 22 2017–2018
Turkish drama · Philosophical

Seven Seconds

★ 7.7
23K 10 2018–2018
Social commentary

Dickinson

★ 7.6
23K 30 2019–2021
Female perspective · Period piece

Baby Daddy

★ 7.3
23K 100 2012–2017
Sitcom · Easy watching · Feel-good

Last Resort

★ 7.3
23K 13 2012–2013
War & military

Undercover

★ 7.8
23K 28 2019–2022
Criminal underworld · Serialized

Marianne

★ 7.3
23K 8 2019–2019
Monster horror · Unsettling

Another

★ 7.5
23K 13 2012–2012
Unsettling · Anime

Azize

★ 7.9
23K 6 2019–2019
Turkish drama · Faith & religion

El Chapo

★ 7.8
23K 34 2017–2018
Criminal underworld

Pan Am

★ 7.1
22K 14 2011–2012
Period piece · Nostalgic

Unforgettable

★ 6.8
22K 61 2011–2016
Procedural · Detective mystery

On My Block

★ 7.8
22K 38 2018–2021
Friendship · Coming of age

The Returned

★ 8.0
22K 16 2012–2015
Atmospheric · Slow burn

Jessie

★ 6.2
22K 98 2011–2015
Kids & family · Family-safe

The Magnificent Century

★ 7.1
22K 139 2011–2014
Turkish drama

Awake

★ 7.8
22K 13 2012–2012
Puzzle plot · Melancholic

Ebb and Tide

★ 7.3
22K 77 2013–2015
Love story · Soap & telenovela

Black Pearl

★ 7.7
22K 20 2017–2018
Turkish drama · Soap & telenovela

The Purge

★ 6.6
22K 20 2018–2019
Dystopia · Graphic violence

Innocent

★ 8.3
22K 8 2017–2017
Tight limited run · Secrets & lies

The Bridge

★ 7.6
22K 26 2013–2014
Gritty · Detective mystery

Departure

★ 6.8
22K 18 2019–2022
Mystery box · Detective mystery
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