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Best Drama TV Series of the 2020s

Top 500 most popular Drama series that started in the 2020s

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500 series (top 500 shown)

Cruel Summer

★ 7.4
22K 21 2021–present
Puzzle plot · Mystery box

Brand New Cherry Flavor

★ 7.1
22K 8 2021–2021
Disturbing · Unsettling

The 8 Show

★ 7.2
22K 8 2024–2024
Class divide · Social commentary

Devil in Ohio

★ 5.9
22K 8 2022–2022
Unsettling · Secrets & lies

Supacell

★ 7.0
22K 8 2024–present
Urban fantasy · British TV

The Empress

★ 7.8
22K 18 2022–present
Royalty & aristocracy

True Story

★ 7.4
22K 7 2021–2021
Tense · Secrets & lies · Dark tone

Last Samurai Standing

★ 7.5
22K 6 2025–present
Survival · Graphic violence

Justified: City Primeval

★ 7.3
22K 8 2023–2023
Dialogue-driven

The Better Sister

★ 7.0
22K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies · Tight limited run

Under the Bridge

★ 7.2
22K 8 2024–2024
True crime · Emotionally heavy

The Bondsman

★ 7.0
22K 8 2025–2025
Supernatural · Dark comedy

Senna

★ 8.2
22K 6 2024–2024
Sports · Tearjerker · Gut punch

My Demon

★ 7.7
22K 16 2023–2024
K-drama · Love story

DTF St. Louis

★ 7.3
21K 7 2026–2026
Comedy · Drama · Mystery

Palm Royale

★ 6.8
21K 20 2024–2026
Elites & privilege · Campy

Common Side Effects

★ 8.5
21K 11 2024–present
Adult animation

The New Pope

★ 8.0
21K 9 2020–2020
Faith & religion

Rooster

★ 7.6
21K 11 2026–present
Antihero lead

Cassandra

★ 6.7
21K 6 2025–2025
Psychological horror · Unsettling

Pluto

★ 8.1
21K 8 2023–2023
Anime · Philosophical

Dutton Ranch

★ 8.2
21K 10 2026–present
Rural & frontier · Family saga

Crackdown

★ 7.3
21K 16 2020–present
Criminal underworld · Gritty

The Madness

★ 6.4
21K 8 2024–2024
Serialized · Tense
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