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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)

Business Proposal

★ 8.1
43K 12 2022–2022
K-drama · Love story · Feel-good

Interview with the Vampire

★ 7.6
43K 16 2022–present
Supernatural · Atmospheric

Inside Man

★ 6.7
43K 4 2022–2022
Morally gray · British TV

Sweet Home

★ 7.2
43K 26 2020–2024
Monster horror · Survival

Jupiter's Legacy

★ 6.7
43K 8 2021–2021
Family saga

The Staircase

★ 7.1
43K 8 2022–2022
True crime · Character study

Berlin and the Jewels of Paris

★ 7.1
42K 8 2023–2023
Heists & cons · Antihero lead

Eric

★ 6.9
42K 6 2024–2024
Gritty · Emotionally heavy

Citadel

★ 6.2
42K 13 2023–present
Espionage · Big-budget spectacle

Murderbot

★ 7.4
42K 11 2025–present
Deadpan cool · Character study

When Life Gives You Tangerines

★ 9.0
41K 16 2025–2025
K-drama · Tearjerker · Sentimental

The Midnight Club

★ 6.5
41K 10 2022–2022
Young adult · Existential dread

It's a Sin

★ 8.6
41K 5 2021–2021
Queer stories · Tearjerker

Sirens

★ 6.7
41K 5 2025–2025
Elites & privilege · Dark comedy

Firefly Lane

★ 7.7
41K 26 2021–2023
Friendship · Female perspective

Anatomy of a Scandal

★ 7.0
41K 6 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Legal

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

★ 7.5
40K 27 2023–2026
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Bosch: Legacy

★ 8.4
40K 30 2022–2025
Detective mystery · Gritty

Into the Night

★ 7.0
39K 12 2020–2021
Survival · Tense · Fast-paced

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

★ 8.5
39K 16 2022–2022
K-drama · Legal · Outsider lead

Rogue Heroes

★ 8.2
38K 13 2022–present
War & military

The Eternaut

★ 7.2
37K 7 2025–present
Survival · Post-apocalyptic

Scavengers Reign

★ 8.6
37K 12 2023–2023
Visually striking · Atmospheric

The Patient

★ 7.0
37K 10 2022–2022
Tense · Central duo
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