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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)

Shrinking

★ 8.2
128K 35 2023–present
Mental health · Warm humor

Foundation

★ 7.6
128K 38 2021–present
Space & sci-fi · Sprawling saga

Dhindora

★ 8.8
127K 9 2021–present
Indian TV · Satirical

Shadow and Bone

★ 7.5
125K 16 2021–2023
Young adult · High fantasy

1899

★ 7.3
125K 8 2022–2022
Mystery box · Puzzle plot

Maid

★ 8.3
122K 10 2021–2021
Working class · Gritty

MobLand

★ 8.3
119K 20 2025–present
Criminal underworld · Morally gray

Tulsa King

★ 7.9
119K 30 2022–present
Criminal underworld

Panchayat

★ 9.0
119K 33 2020–present
Small town · Indian TV

The Undoing

★ 7.4
118K 6 2020–2020
Elites & privilege

The Outsider

★ 7.6
118K 10 2020–2020
Unsettling · Atmospheric

Normal People

★ 8.4
118K 12 2020–2020
Romantic yearning · Love story

Dept. Q

★ 8.1
117K 10 2025–present
Detective mystery · Antihero lead

The Idol

★ 4.4
117K 5 2023–2023
Sexually explicit · Music scene

Yellowjackets

★ 7.7
116K 37 2021–present
Survival · Mystery box

Daredevil: Born Again

★ 8.1
113K 19 2025–present
Graphic violence

Landman

★ 8.2
113K 21 2024–present
Gritty · Rural & frontier

Heated Rivalry

★ 8.7
112K 7 2025–present
Queer stories · Love story

Ginny & Georgia

★ 7.5
110K 40 2021–present
Coming of age · Female perspective

Locke & Key

★ 7.3
109K 28 2020–2022
Supernatural · Coming of age

1923

★ 8.3
105K 15 2022–2025
Rural & frontier · Period piece

Star Trek: Picard

★ 7.5
102K 30 2020–2023
Space & sci-fi · Nostalgic

The Lincoln Lawyer

★ 7.8
100K 50 2022–2027
Legal

Unorthodox

★ 8.0
99K 4 2020–2020
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