Drama TV Shows
The list contains the best, new, and most relevant Drama TV Shows ordered by relevance. Trendflicks helps you find the most attractive TV Shows from all kinds of streaming services like Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, HBO, etc.
Best TV Shows
Popular TV Shows:
Call the Midwife(2012) , Penny Dreadful(2014) , 1923(2022) , Broadchurch(2013) , After Life(2019) , Sense8(2015) , Queen Sono(2020) , T@gged(2016) , Waterloo Road(2006) , Whistler(2006) , The Dead Zone(2002) , The Wrong Girl(2016) , The Undeclared War(2022) , Forever(2014) , The Last Kingdom(2015) , Narcos(2015) , Rillington Place(2016) , Law & Order: Special Victims Unit(1999) , Appropriate Adult(2011) , When They See Us(2019) , Crossing Jordan(2001) , The Newsroom(2012) , Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life(2016) , Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles(2008) , Firefly(2002) , Chicago Justice(2017) , NCIS: New Orleans(2014) , Magnum P.I.(2018) , Arcane(2021) , The Strain(2014)
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Call the Midwife (2012)
8.6
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2012-01-15
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: In 1957, at the age of 22, young nurse Jenny Lee left her comfortable home to work as a midwife in London's East End. It astonished her to learn that she would reside in Nonnatus House, a monastery. While working with fellow nurses and medically trained nuns, Jenny learned about the poor living conditions in the slums, but she also discovered the passion and bravery of the mothers.
Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Helen George, Jenny Agutter, Judy Parfitt, Linda Bassett
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Penny Dreadful (2014)
8.2
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Release Date: 2014-05-11
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray and beautiful psychic Vanessa Ives were searching for his daughter Mina. While fighting with a group of unknown creatures, they seemed to have glimpsed the secrets of ancient Egypt two thousand years ago. Genius surgeon Victor Frankenstein created Frankenstein with corpse parts. While he experienced the creator's joy, he was also bound by the shadow of the past. Ethan Chandler, a poor American boy looking for a performance, was hired by Vanessa because of his excellent marksmanship. His incredible experience made him linger in London, and he could not escape. These people came together for various reasons and faced nightmares that they could never get rid of.
Cast: Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Harry Treadaway, Reeve Carney
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1923 (2022)
8.3
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The series is a prequel to the Paramount Network series Yellowstone and a sequel to the 1883 series. It tells the story of a generation of the Dutton family in 1923 as they navigated the hardships of Prohibition, drought, and the early years of the Great Depression, which affected Montana long before the Wall Street crash of 1929, and their struggle to overcome the hardships of the time.
Cast: Harrison Ford, Helen Mirren, Darren Mann, Michelle Randolph, Brian Geraghty
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Broadchurch (2013)
8.4
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Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: The English seaside town of Broadchurch is thrown into chaos when an eleven-year-old goes missing. Within days, the murdered child is found, the media reports the case, and detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller descend upon the town to begin their search for the killer. Every townie and family member turns against one another since they all have ulterior motives. The community appears to be disintegrating from the ground up as the mystery gradually comes to light, driving the formerly cordial neighbors to become enemies.
Cast: David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Mark Bazeley, Lenny Henry
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After Life (2019)
8.4
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Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Tony used to have a contented and joyful life. However, Tony's demeanor altered with the death of his wife Lisa. Though he considered suicide, in the end, he chose to live long enough to exact revenge on the world by abusing his freedom and doing as he pleased. He didn't care about himself or others because he believed he had a superpower. However, it turned out that when everyone worked to save the kind individuals they had known in the past, this power was lessened.
Cast: Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Kerry Godliman, David Bradley, Joe Wilkinson
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Sense8 (2015)
8.2
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: After experiencing a bizarre murder, eight people from different countries and regions around the world discovered that they each had an inexplicable "induction" psychologically and emotionally. They could reach deep into anyone's heart and learn their secrets; they could talk to anyone anywhere, knowing what was happening now and predicting the future. It was through this unique ability that they escaped the bizarre hunts time and time again.
Cast: Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Max Riemelt, Jamie Clayton, Bae Doona, Brian J. Smith
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Queen Sono (2020)
6.1
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Release Date: 2020-02-28
Duration: 30min
Country: ZA
Plot: Queen Sono has received training as an undercover spy, and she frequently undertakes risky operations on the African continent as a member of the Special Operations Group (SOP), a South African intelligence organization that deals with terrorism, European neo-colonialism, and corruption. At the same time, she has been investigating the motives behind her mother's murder for a long time. Her mother was slain when she was a young girl.
Cast: Pearl Thusi, Vuyo Dabula
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T@gged (2016)
7.1
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2016-07-19
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: When former friends Rowan and Hailey find themselves tagged in an online video showing a murder, they reluctantly team up to find a third-tagged girl named Elisia to determine if the video is real or a hoax. Their social media profiles tell others a lot about them, including where they live. The only way to save their lives is to find out who did it before the killer finds them.
Cast: Lulu Antariksa, Noah Centineo, Katelyn Nacon, Timothy Granaderos, Lukas Gage
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Waterloo Road (2006)
7.1
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2006-03-09
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: This TV series focuses on the lives of teachers and students at a troubled comprehensive school in Rochdale, England. The staff are overworked and underpaid, the budget is increasingly tight, and the children's problems are becoming more and more complicated and troublesome. The school is a melting pot of class and race, and the students' daily troubles continue to explode. But every student knows that the staff at the school will always look after them and allow them to receive an education. But equally, the teachers themselves are not all perfect.
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Whistler (2006)
6.9
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2006-06-25
Duration: 30min
Country: CA
Plot: The McKaye family has lived in the mountain resort town of Whistler for a long time and owns a local tavern. Father Ethan was a world-class snowboarder in his youth. The eldest son, Beck McKaye, is a master snowboarder, but the younger son, Quinn McKaye, although he loves his brother, lives in Beck's shadow and is often ignored. Beck won the gold medal in the 2006 Olympics but was found dead at the bottom of the ski slopes in Whistler two weeks later. The McKaye family believes that, contrary to the coroner's report, Beck was murdered. Quinn devotes his energy to finding out why Beck was killed and who killed him.
Cast: Holly Dignard, Amanda Crew, Kim Hawthorne, David Paetkau, Jesse Moss
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The Dead Zone (2002)
7.3
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: There is an area in the human brain that is never used under normal circumstances. It is called the dead zone. However, an unexpected car accident allowed Johnny Smith, a biology teacher at a school, to open the dead zone in his brain. From then on, whenever he came into contact with someone, he could predict what was about to happen or had happened to that person, as if he were there in person. However, the price of this ability was that Johnny was in a coma for six years after the car accident. When he woke up, he found that his fiancée had married someone else and that his magical ability brought him endless troubles; he also discovered many crimes and conspiracies.
Cast: Anthony Michael Hall, Nicole de Boer, Connor Price, Kristen Dalton
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2016-09-28
Duration: 30min
Country: AU
Plot: Single Lily Woodward lives with her roommate Simone. Lily is a cooking show producer on a morning TV show, and her new ideas for the show make the show a big success. The handsome new chef Simone Jack on the show is her secret crush, but after she accidentally sends an inappropriate email to Jack, he ignores her. Lily longs for a life full of romance and vitality, a career, and a happy family, but now she seems off track.
Cast: Jessica Marais, Ian Meadows, Hayley Magnus, Craig McLachlan, Rob Collins
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Release Date: 2022-06-30
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: A cyberattack has paralyzed parts of the UK internet, with the UK election just around the corner. 21-year-old intern Parvan, who has just started a one-year internship at the Government Communications Headquarters, joins the team studying malware code when a routine stress test of the internet infrastructure goes wrong. This team of top analysts lurking at the heart of the Government Communications Headquarters secretly works to stop cyberattacks on the country's election system.
Cast: Hannah Khalique-Brown, Simon Pegg, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Edward Holcroft, Adrian Lester
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Forever (2014)
8.2
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Henry Morgan has lived for 200 years, but he has no idea why he never ages or dies. He only knows that he always rises from the dead nude in the closest body of water. Working at the NYPD morgue, he tries to figure out the secret of his immortality by studying the dead. Jo Martinez is a detective working with him and is intrigued by him. She invites Henry to be her medical examiner. He makes every effort to find the truth and the key to his 200-year immortality along the journey.
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Judd Hirsch, Alana de la Garza, Lorraine Toussaint, Donnie Keshawarz
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The Last Kingdom (2015)
8.5
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Release Date: 2015-10-10
Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Only the Kingdom of Wessex, ruled by King Alfred, remained intact after the Danes conquered several of England's sovereign kingdoms in 872 AD. As the heir of a strategically important lordship, Uhtred was born into a Saxon aristocratic family. Uhtred was taken prisoner by the Danes and brought up as a Dane after Danish invaders slew his father during the conflict. Following the establishment of Danish power, the Vikings persisted in their attempts to subjugate all of England, and Uhtred, a Saxon who the Danes had reared, assisted King Alfred of the Kingdom of Wessex in the hopes of someday regaining his hometown of Bebbanburg.
Cast: Alexander Dreymon, Emily Cox, Eliza Butterworth, Mark Rowley, Ruby Hartley
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Narcos (2015)
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The true-life tale of the global expansion and rise of the cocaine drug cartels, as well as the ensuing murderous struggle by law enforcement to stop them, is shown in Narcos. Pablo Escobar, the infamous cocaine kingpin from Colombia, is the main character, while Steve Murphy is a DEA agent who was sent there as part of a mission by the United States to apprehend and kill him.
Cast: Pedro Pascal, Matias Varela, Damián Alcázar, Francisco Denis, Alberto Ammann
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Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: John Christie strangled at least eight women in his residence, including his wife Ethel, three of whom were found hiding in the kitchen. He was convicted and sentenced to hang for killing his wife. Before this, his neighbor Timothy Evans was charged with killing his wife Beryl and daughter Geraldine and was sentenced to hang. Although John Christie admitted that he was the real murderer of Beryl after his arrest, Timothy Evans had already been hanged in 1950.
Cast: Tim Roth, Samantha Morton, Nico Mirallegro, Jodie Comer, John Paul Hurley
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: A detective assigned to the Manhattan 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department works in the new, elite Special Victims Unit (SVU), which investigates the dark side of New York's criminal underworld. Look into and prosecute a range of sexual offenses, such as rape, pedophilia, and domestic violence. They also check into persons with disabilities, abused children, and elder abuse victims of non-sexual crimes who may require special treatment.
Cast: Mariska Hargitay
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Duration: 30min
Country: GB
Plot: Trainee social worker Janet Leach is a social worker who helps criminals face charges. She will assist a suspect this time, Fred West, who is suspected of killing his wife and their daughter and burying her in the garden of 25 Cromwell Street. West claimed that the death was an accident, and his wife knew nothing about it. However, horrific details gradually emerged and West confessed to nine more murders, the victims were all girls who lived in his house. Janet was terrified by Fred's cruelty. While facing confusion, she felt obligated to discover the truth about the victims' families.
Cast: Dominic West, Emily Watson, Robert Glenister, Monica Dolan, Anthony Flanagan
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When They See Us (2019)
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2019-05-31
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: In the spring of 1989, a woman was viciously attacked, raped, and left for dead in Central Park. Five teenagers, known as the Central Park Five, were convicted of rape. They maintained their innocence and fought the conviction for years, hoping to clear their names. The fight lasted 25 years, from the time the teenagers were first questioned until they were acquitted in 2002. The story finally ended in 2014 when they settled with the city government.
Cast: Jharrel Jerome, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez, Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2001-09-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh practices forensic pathology. Years later, an old ally recruited her to return to her previous position in Boston. Jordan's management put up with her energy and unpredictable behavior since she did a fantastic job at her work. Role-playing games that Jordan played as a youngster are a common way for her and her father to solve cases. In the meantime, Jordan spent the most time solving the murder of her mother, which inspired her life and work.
Cast: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Jerry O'Connell, Steve Valentine, Ravi Kapoor
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The Newsroom (2012)
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Genre: Drama
Release Date: 2012-06-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Will McAvoy is an anchor and editor-in-chief of Atlantis Cable News. As a moderate Republican news anchor, his broadcast image is characterized by his unwillingness to offend anyone. He was forced to take a leave of absence because of discussing American patriotism in a public forum. When he returned to work, he found that the president of the news department decided to revamp Will's news broadcast program to return ACN to the era of actual news broadcasts. Coincidentally, the new executive producer invited was named MacKenzie, his ex-girlfriend. With the addition of the new team, Will's life and the program have changed tremendously.
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Thomas Sadoski
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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
7.5
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The series revolves around Lorelai Gilmore, Rory Gilmore, and Emily Gilmore. As a freelance writer, Rory Gilmour is often on the road, so she gave up her apartment and moved in with friends in London or New York. After her husband Richard passed away, Emily Gilmore deceives her daughter Lorelai Gilmore into seeing her for treatment. In addition, Lorelai feels adrift because of her connection with Luke, her father's passing, and her long-term business partner's job.
Cast: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Scott Patterson, Kelly Bishop
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Release Date: 2008-01-13
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Following the deaths of Dr. Miles Dyson and the T-800 101 Terminator, the Connors were once again trailed by Skynet agents from the future. Realizing that the nightmare was far from finished, they vowed to continue fleeing and do everything they could to halt the "Skynet" plot, a technical weapon designed by the firm to destroy humanity. They escaped to a new city, hoping that their lives would return to normal, but they were surprised to find a Terminator disguised as a teacher plotting to assassinate John instead. So, a new escape started.
Cast: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, Shirley Manson
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Firefly (2002)
8.9
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Release Date: 2002-09-20
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Five hundred years later, without a home, Captain Malcolm Reynolds's starship Serenity is cruising the cosmos. As they go across a galaxy governed by the federal government, the spaceship Serenity crew and passengers will investigate the planets' boundaries. Every passenger aboard the ship will have ambitions and intentions, so crew members with varying backgrounds and motivations must conceal their true identities until they accomplish their objectives. The crew will need to take any legal or criminal job to live.
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
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Chicago Justice (2017)
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: The state of Chicago has a very committed team of prosecutors and investigators who carefully navigate the city's complex political environment, face all kinds of fierce debates head-on, and fearlessly seek justice for the people. When they take on high-stakes, high-profile cases widely reported in the media, they must also balance public opinion, institutional power struggles, and their unwavering passion for the law.
Cast: Philip Winchester, Jon Seda, Joelle Carter, Monica Barbaro, Carl Weathers
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NCIS: New Orleans (2014)
6.8
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Release Date: 2014-09-23
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: This television series follows a local field office in New Orleans as it investigates criminal cases involving military members. Special Agent Dwayne Pride, a New Orleans native, leads the squad. Working with Pride are hard-working Special Agent Christopher Lasalle, former FBI agent Tammy Gregorio, forensic agent Sebastian Lund, and Special Agent Hannah Khoury, specializing in international counterintelligence. The team also includes medical examiner Dr. Loretta Wade, both intelligent and eccentric, and investigative computer expert Barton Prime, a lively and talented hacker.
Cast: Scott Bakula, Vanessa Ferlito, Necar Zadegan, Charles Michael Davis, Rob Kerkovich
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Magnum P.I. (2018)
6.3
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Release Date: 2018-09-24
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Following his return from Afghanistan, Thomas Magnum, a former Navy SEAL, uses his military experience to work as a private investigator in Hawaii. He pretends to be the security detail of Hawaiian billionaire author Robin Masters and lives in his home, managed by former MI6 agent Juliet Higgins. Thomas has extraordinary abilities and can get involved in cases involving serious crimes. With encouragement and support from his close friends Rick and TC, they investigate various strange cases together.
Cast: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton, Stephen Hill, Tim Kang
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Arcane (2021)
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Release Date: 2021-11-06
Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: Sisters Vi and Jinx live in the steampunk utopia of Piltover and the chemical-driven dungeon of Zaun. Tensions between the two city-states have peaked with the advent of Hextech, a method of controlling magical energy in Piltover. In Zaun, a new drug called Flash can turn humans into monsters. The competition between the cities has torn apart families and friends, and they have stood on opposite sides of each other, parted ways, and headed toward different destinies. But the constraints in their hearts always make them want to reunite, and the righteous sister Vi also tries her best to defeat all the evil in the dungeon.
Cast: Hailee Steinfeld, Ella Purnell, Kevin Alejandro, Jason Spisak
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The Strain (2014)
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Duration: 30min
Country: US
Plot: A Berlin plane landed quietly in the dark on the empty runway of Kennedy International Airport. When New York's Chief Medical Officer Ephraim Goodweather and his staff entered the cabin, they found that more than 200 people had died unexpectedly. Unknown parasites in the cabin, the unexpected resurrection of the dead, the mysterious disappearance of the vast coffin, and the official ambiguity about the incident all cast a strange and dangerous shadow on this incident. A series of killings put Ephraim into an unknown situation. As the virus spreads, Ephraim and his team and a group of ordinary New Yorkers fight for the fate of humankind.
Cast: Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Miguel Gómez, David Bradley, Jonathan Hyde