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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)

The Family

★ 6.8
15K 95 2023–2024
Family saga · Soap & telenovela

Half Man

★ 8.0
15K 6 2026–2026
Character study

A Small Light

★ 8.4
15K 8 2023–2023
Real history · Emotionally heavy

Feel Good

★ 7.5
15K 12 2020–2021
Addiction & vice · Queer stories

Bel-Air

★ 6.4
15K 38 2022–2025
Class divide · Coming of age

The Uncanny Counter

★ 8.0
15K 28 2020–2023
K-drama · Supernatural

Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker

★ 7.3
15K 4 2020–2020
Female perspective

Mrs. Davis

★ 7.3
15K 8 2023–2023
Experimental · Absurdist

House of David

★ 7.5
15K 17 2025–present
Faith & religion · Period piece

Bon Appetit, Your Majesty

★ 8.0
15K 12 2025–2025
Food & cooking · K-drama

Tribes of Europa

★ 6.7
15K 6 2021–2021
Post-apocalyptic · Dystopia

Our Beloved Summer

★ 8.1
15K 16 2021–2022
K-drama · Love story

The Regime

★ 6.0
15K 6 2024–2024
Satirical · Political intrigue

Pritam Pedro

★ 7.8
15K 6 2026–present
Comedy · Crime · Drama

The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity

★ 8.3
15K 13 2025–2025
Anime · Love story

The Cleaning Lady

★ 6.9
15K 46 2022–2025
Immigrant experience

Karm Yuddh

★ 7.8
15K 8 2022–present
Indian TV · Family saga

The One

★ 6.6
15K 8 2021–2021
Near-future tech · Secrets & lies

The Breakthrough

★ 7.1
15K 4 2025–2025
Detective mystery

Mrs. America

★ 7.8
15K 9 2020–2020
Female perspective · Real history
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