Best drama series of all time - Page 3

Fallout (2024) is a gritty post-apocalyptic drama set in a nuclear‑ruined Los Angeles. A shelter resident is forced into the radioactive wasteland, facing raiders, mutants and moral compromises in a visceral, character-driven survival tale. read more

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Andor is a tense, character-driven prequel to Rogue One about Cassian’s gradual turn from outsider to Rebel. A dark, slow‑burn spy thriller of oppression, moral ambiguity, raw performances and costly resistance. read more

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

The Heroes (2008) is an animated historical drama about Pouria Vali, a mystic blacksmith and zurkhaneh master, who trains disciples in honor and wrestling to resist Eskandar Khan’s oppression. read more

Genres: Animation, Drama, History

Mirzapur (2018) is a gritty Uttar Pradesh crime drama where two brothers are pulled into mafia don Akhandanand Tripathi’s violent power struggle with his son Munna — brutal, morally corrosive, and relentless. read more

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Succession is a razor-sharp family drama about power, wealth and ruthless ambition. The Roy children vie to control a media empire as their aging patriarch falters, with cutthroat schemes, betrayals and dark satire. read more

Genre: Drama

Twin Peaks: a slow-burn crime drama that starts with Laura Palmer’s murder. FBI Agent Cooper uncovers eccentric townsfolk, hidden secrets and surreal, supernatural phenomena—an eerie, atmospheric mystery. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Freaks and Geeks is a bittersweet, funny coming‑of‑age dramedy about 1980s high school: straight‑A Lindsay joins charismatic 'freaks' while her brother and friends face geeky freshman trials—nostalgic and heartfelt. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama

When They See Us is a four-episode series about five Black and Latino teens wrongly accused, coerced, convicted and imprisoned for a Central Park assault; it shows their trauma, exoneration and systemic injustice. read more

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama

Pride and Prejudice (1995) is a faithful, slow-burning Austen adaptation: witty, emotionally rich, with elegant period detail. Elizabeth and Darcy’s prickly courtship unfolds amid family pressures, satire and moral growth. read more

Genres: Drama, Romance

Narcos dramatizes the rise and fall of Colombia’s cocaine cartels, focusing on Pablo Escobar then the Cali cartel through DEA agent Steve Murphy. Intense, violent, politically complex, alternating English/Spanish. read more

Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama

Mad Men is a slow-burning, stylish 1960s drama centered on Don Draper and a Madison Avenue ad agency. It explores ambition, identity, gender, racism and consumerism through sharp dialogue, office politics and private unraveling. read more

Genre: Drama

Six Feet Under (2001) follows the Fisher family running an LA funeral home after the patriarch's death. The series mixes black comedy, surreal encounters and raw drama to explore grief, identity and family. read more

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Oz is a raw, brutal prison drama set in Emerald City, following warring inmate factions and conflicted staff. Ensemble-driven, violent and morally complex, it probes power, race, corruption and survival. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

The Shield is a gritty, character-driven LAPD drama about a corrupt but effective leader and his unit, blurring law and lawlessness with brutal policing, moral compromise, betrayals and tense, serialized confrontations. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

One Piece follows Monkey D. Luffy, a rubber-powered pirate, as he and his loyal, colorful crew sail a dangerous, imaginative world seeking the legendary One Piece—mixing thrilling action, humor, and heartfelt adventure. read more

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama

Taboo (2017): In 1814 James Keziah Delaney returns to London to claim his late father's Pacific land and is drawn into conspiracies (East India Company, Crown, wartime America) in a gothic, violent thriller starring Tom Hardy. read more

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In 1983 Hawkins, Stranger Things follows Will Byers' disappearance as his mother, the sheriff and friends uncover secret experiments, a terrifying other dimension and a mysterious girl with powers — an ’80s‑tinged mix of horror, drama and nostalgia. read more

Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Horror

The Boys: a dark, satirical superhero series where Vought's celebrity superhumans hide corruption. Vigilantes led by Billy Butcher battle the Seven; violent, cynical, adult, and politically sharp. read more

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama

Dark is a slow-burning German crime-mystery in Winden: two missing children unravel four families' secrets across timelines. Over 10 episodes it delivers moody atmosphere, complex time-twists, moral ambiguity, and patient puzzle-like storytelling. read more

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Downton Abbey is a richly staged period drama about the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in early 20th‑century Yorkshire. An unexpected heir sparks clashes between tradition and modernity amid romance, class shifts and war. read more

Genres: Drama, Romance