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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 Diplomat

★ 8.0
99K 30 2023–present
Political intrigue

Presumed Innocent

★ 7.7
97K 16 2024–present
Legal · Built to binge

Never Have I Ever

★ 7.8
96K 40 2020–2023
Coming of age · Young adult

Behind Her Eyes

★ 7.2
95K 6 2021–2021
Secrets & lies

Heartstopper

★ 8.5
95K 24 2022–2024
Queer stories · Young adult

The Watcher

★ 6.5
94K 14 2022–present
Suburban underbelly · Unsettling

Hijack

★ 7.3
94K 15 2023–present
Tense · Cliffhanger-driven

Dopesick

★ 8.6
94K 8 2021–2021
Addiction & vice

All of Us Are Dead

★ 7.6
93K 13 2022–present
Survival · School & campus

Raised by Wolves

★ 7.4
93K 18 2020–2022
Faith & religion · Space & sci-fi

When the Phone Rings

★ 6.0
92K 12 2024–2025
K-drama · Love story · Serialized

The Peripheral

★ 7.5
92K 8 2022–2022
Near-future tech

Inventing Anna

★ 6.9
91K 9 2022–2022
Heists & cons · Elites & privilege

Resident Alien

★ 8.0
90K 44 2021–2025
Outsider lead · Small town

Lioness

★ 7.8
89K 24 2023–present
Espionage · Adrenaline

His & Hers

★ 7.1
89K 6 2026–2026
Unreliable narrator

Queen Cleopatra

★ 1.2
88K 4 2023–2023
Royalty & aristocracy

Sapne Vs Everyone

★ 9.2
87K 10 2023–present
Coming of age · Indian TV

American Primeval

★ 8.0
87K 6 2025–2025
Rural & frontier · Gritty

Paradise

★ 7.9
86K 17 2025–present
Mystery box · Political intrigue

Nobody Wants This

★ 7.7
84K 21 2024–present
Love story · Banter chemistry

I Am Not Okay with This

★ 7.5
84K 7 2020–2020
Coming of age · Cliffhanger-driven

Defending Jacob

★ 7.7
80K 8 2020–2020
Suburban underbelly

Your Honor

★ 7.6
80K 20 2020–2023
Morally gray · Secrets & lies
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