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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)

Messiah

★ 7.6
50K 10 2020–2020
Faith & religion · Mystery box

Kaos

★ 7.4
49K 8 2024–2024
Satirical · Stylized direction

All Her Fault

★ 7.5
49K 8 2025–2025
Secrets & lies

The Witcher: Blood Origin

★ 5.0
49K 4 2022–2022
High fantasy · Tight limited run

Kaleidoscope

★ 6.6
48K 9 2023–2023
Heists & cons · Puzzle plot

And Just Like That...

★ 5.6
48K 33 2021–2025
Big city life · Friendship

Rise of Empires: Ottoman

★ 8.0
48K 12 2020–2022
Real history · War & military

Off Campus

★ 7.9
47K 9 2026–present
Love story · Young adult

Outer Range

★ 7.1
47K 15 2022–2024
Mystery box · Rural & frontier

Sugar

★ 7.4
47K 16 2024–present
Stylized direction

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

★ 8.5
47K 16 2020–2020
Mental health · K-drama

Daisy Jones & The Six

★ 8.1
46K 10 2023–2023
Music scene · Romantic yearning

NCR Days

★ 8.9
46K 5 2022–present
Contemporary life · Indian TV

The Glory

★ 8.2
46K 16 2022–2023
Revenge · K-drama

My Name

★ 7.8
45K 8 2021–2021
Revenge · Graphic violence

The Crowded Room

★ 7.7
45K 10 2023–2023
Mental health

The Innocent

★ 7.8
44K 8 2021–2021
Secrets & lies · Puzzle plot

Disclaimer

★ 7.5
44K 7 2024–2024
Secrets & lies

Hollywood

★ 7.5
44K 7 2020–2020
Period piece · Queer stories

Pam & Tommy

★ 7.2
44K 8 2022–2022
Social commentary

Stay Close

★ 6.9
44K 8 2021–2021
Secrets & lies · Tight limited run

Station Eleven

★ 7.5
44K 10 2021–2022
Post-apocalyptic · Melancholic

Under the Banner of Heaven

★ 7.5
43K 7 2022–2022
Faith & religion

The Dropout

★ 7.5
43K 8 2022–2022
Antihero lead · Character study
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