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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)

Katla

★ 7.0
20K 8 2021–2021
Atmospheric · Slow burn

Mo

★ 7.9
20K 16 2022–2025
Immigrant experience

Mouse

★ 8.6
19K 22 2021–2021
K-drama · Tense · Dark tone

The Artful Dodger

★ 8.0
19K 16 2023–present
Period piece · Antihero lead

Special Ops 1.5: The Himmat Story

★ 8.2
19K 4 2021–2021
Espionage · Indian TV

Kin

★ 7.9
19K 17 2021–2023
Criminal underworld · Family saga

Uncoupled

★ 7.0
19K 8 2022–2022
Queer stories · Contemporary life

Brave New World

★ 7.0
19K 9 2020–2020
Dystopia · Social commentary

We Were Liars

★ 6.8
19K 16 2025–present
Elites & privilege · Young adult

Death by Lightning

★ 7.6
19K 4 2025–2025
Real history · Political intrigue

The Hunting Wives

★ 6.8
19K 17 2025–present
Secrets & lies

Elsbeth

★ 7.5
19K 55 2024–present
Detective mystery · Procedural

Kaamraj

★ 3.6
19K 17 2020–present
Sexually explicit · Indian TV

Dr. Death

★ 7.6
19K 16 2021–2023
Medical · True crime · Disturbing

Scarpetta

★ 6.0
19K 16 2026–present
Detective mystery

Steal

★ 7.0
19K 6 2026–present
Heists & cons · Tight limited run

Somebody Somewhere

★ 8.3
19K 21 2022–2024
Found family · Warm glow

The English Game

★ 7.6
19K 6 2020–2020
Class divide · Period piece

Final Draft

★ 2.3
19K 5 2022–present
Love story

The Irregulars

★ 6.1
19K 8 2021–2021
Supernatural · Young adult

School Spirits

★ 7.6
19K 25 2023–present
Supernatural · Young adult

The Consultant

★ 6.5
19K 8 2023–2023
Workplace · Dark comedy

Fellow Travelers

★ 8.2
19K 8 2023–2023
Queer stories · Love story

Campus Diaries

★ 8.6
19K 13 2022–2022
School & campus · Young adult
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