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Best Short TV Series of the 2020s

454 Short series that started in the 2020s, ranked by popularity

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454 series

Tale of the Nine Tailed: An Unfinished Story

★ 7.7
258 3 2020–2020
Action · Fantasy · Short

Wrestling with Love

★ 6.6
241 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

Lycoris Recoil: Friends are thieves of time.

★ 7.3
223 6 2025–present
Animation · Comedy · Short

The Witcher: A Look Inside the Episodes

★ 6.8
221 8 2020–present
Documentary · Short

Maca the Snacker

★ 7.6
218 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

Better Call Saul: Filmmaker Training

★ 7.6
211 6 2022–2022
Animation · Comedy · Short

Ramez is Officially Crazy

★ 4.2
207 28 2020–2020
Comedy · Reality-TV · Short

Ingredients

★ 7.3
203 22 2020–present
Comedy · Short

Tutoring My Rival Boy

★ 7.7
202 2026–present
Drama · Romance · Short

Murder House Flip

★ 6.2
199 18 2020–present
Crime · Short

Pretend You Love Me

★ 8.1
192 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

Loving You from the Football Sidelines

★ 6.7
190 54 2025–2025
Romance · Short · Sport

Fraggle Rock: Rock On!

★ 6.5
185 6 2020–2020
Family · Short

Scoot

★ 8.1
181 8 2020–2021
Comedy · Short

Thanks a Million

★ 6.8
180 21 2020–present
Reality-TV · Short

The Gumball Chronicles

★ 6.9
174 8 2020–2021
Animation · Comedy · Short

Doubt

★ 5.3
171 10 2020–present
Crime · Short · Thriller

My Rookie Secret Agent Lover

★ 7.5
170 2025–2025
Comedy · Romance · Short

City Island

★ 4.9
169 41 2022–2024
Animation · Short

Debunked

★ 3.9
162 20 2021–present
Documentary · History · Short

The Shape of Pasta

★ 8.5
159 8 2020–2020
Documentary · Short

Wild Life

★ 6.0
158 6 2020–2020
Animation · Comedy · Short

Gorillaz: Song Machine

★ 8.6
158 9 2020–2020
Animation · Music · Short

Stockholm Boys

★ 7.0
147 2025–2025
Drama · Romance · Short
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