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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

Mafia's Captive Bride

★ 7.0
120 2025–2025
Fantasy · Romance · Short

Disney How NOT to Draw

★ 7.3
119 30 2022–present
Animation · Short

Bodyguards by Day, Lovers by Night

★ 6.2
117 2025–2025
Drama · Romance · Short

Night Gowns

★ 7.4
115 8 2020–present
Short

How I Made the Alpha Mine

★ 6.4
114 2025–2025
Drama · Romance · Short

Perfect Landing Into Your Arms

★ 8.2
112 1 2025–2025
Short

Umayon

★ 5.9
110 24 2020–2021
Animation · Comedy · Short

See You After Quarantine?

★ 7.1
107 10 2021–2021
Comedy · Short

Break Me, Princess

★ 7.6
106 2026–2026
Drama · Romance · Short

Gayme Show

★ 5.2
104 8 2020–present
Game-Show · Short

Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro 2nd Attack Mini Anime

★ 8.4
103 12 2023–2023
Animation · Comedy · Short

Sound Guy

★ 8.2
102 13 2020–present
Comedy · Short

The SMILE Tapes

★ 6.8
101 5 2021–2022
Horror · Sci-Fi · Short

Dishmantled

★ 6.5
97 15 2020–present
Short

Tales from the Stranger Side

★ 3.4
91 2 2021–present
Horror · Sci-Fi · Short

My New Daddy Is a Five-Star General

★ 8.2
91 2026–present
Drama · Romance · Short

There Is No Antimemetics Division

★ 7.7
90 4 2024–present
Horror · Short

Till Bullets Do Us Part

★ 7.8
89 2025–2026
Romance · Short

Cup of Joe

★ 7.4
88 8 2020–present
Short · Talk-Show

Happy Ending

★ 7.1
88 3 2024–2024
Drama · Romance · Short

Legally, Dad

★ 5.7
87 6 2020–2020
Drama · Romance · Short

Return of the Reaper

★ 7.8
85 2026–2026
Short

Dessert, Lies and Love

★ 8.0
85 2025–present
Drama · Fantasy · Short

Netflix and Chills with Dr. Elvira

★ 8.5
85 6 2021–2021
Horror · Short
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