Best Drama Shows of the 2010s (Ranked)

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Chernobyl

★9.3Ended

#1Score 9.301.1M IMDb votes

In April 1986, an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics becomes one of the world's worst man-made catastrophes.

Game of Thrones

★9.2Ended

#2Score 9.202.7M IMDb votes

Nine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.

Attack on Titan

★9.1Ended

#3Score 9.10756k IMDb votes

After his hometown is destroyed and his mother is killed, young Eren Jaeger vows to cleanse the earth of the giant humanoid Titans that have brought humanity to the brink of extinction.

Sherlock

★9.0Ended(2010– )

#4Score 9.001.1M IMDb votes

A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st-century London.

Better Call Saul

★9.0Ended(2015– )

#5Score 9.00873.7k IMDb votes

The trials and tribulations of criminal lawyer Jimmy McGill before his fateful run-in with Walter White and Jesse Pinkman.

Hunter x Hunter 2011

★9.0Ended

#6Score 8.98207.8k IMDb votes

Gon Freecss aspires to become a Hunter, an exceptional being capable of greatness. With his friends and his potential, he seeks out his father, who left him when he was younger.

TVF Pitchers

★9.0Ended

#7Score 8.9680.3k IMDb votes

A story of trials and tribulations of four young entrepreneurs who quit their day jobs in order to pursue their start up venture.

Gravity Falls

🔥 HOT★8.9Ended

#8Score 8.88186.8k IMDb votes

Twin siblings Dipper and Mabel Pines spend the summer at their great-uncle's tourist trap in the enigmatic Gravity Falls, Oregon.

True Detective

★8.8Ongoing

#9Score 8.80777.1k IMDb votes

Seasonal anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

Fargo

🔥 HOT★8.8Ongoing(2014– )

#10Score 8.79477.6k IMDb votes

Various chronicles of deception, intrigue and murder in and around frozen Minnesota. Yet all of these tales mysteriously lead back one way or another to Fargo, North Dakota.

Succession

★8.8Ended

#11Score 8.79371.5k IMDb votes

The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.

BoJack Horseman

🔥 HOT★8.8Ended

#12Score 8.79240.7k IMDb votes

BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit television show "Horsin' Around" in the '80s and '90s, but now he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.

When They See Us

★8.8Ended

#13Score 8.78162.6k IMDb votes

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.

Steins Gate

★8.8Ended

#14Score 8.7797.9k IMDb votes

After discovering time travel, a university student and his colleagues must use their knowledge of it to stop an evil organization and their diabolical plans.

Peaky Blinders

★8.7Ended

#15Score 8.70797.5k IMDb votes

A gangster family epic set in 1900s England, centering on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.

Black Mirror

★8.7Ongoing(2011– )

#16Score 8.70752.9k IMDb votes

An anthology series exploring a twisted, high-tech multiverse where humanity's greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide.

Downton Abbey

★8.7Ended(2010–2015)

#17Score 8.69250.2k IMDb votes

A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.

Narcos

★8.7Ended

#18Score 8.69538.8k IMDb votes

A chronicled look at the criminal exploits of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, as well as the many other drug kingpins who plagued the country through the years.

Fleabag

★8.7Ended(2016– )

#19Score 8.69255.4k IMDb votes

A comedy series adapted from the award-winning play about a young woman trying to cope with life in London whilst coming to terms with a recent tragedy.

Dark

🔥 HOT★8.7Ended

#20Score 8.69566.6k IMDb votes

A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.

This Is Us

★8.7Ended

#21Score 8.68177.4k IMDb votes

A heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles and their wonderful parents.

Line of Duty

★8.7Ended(2012– )

#22Score 8.6783k IMDb votes

Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.

Mr Inbetween

★8.7Ended(2018– )

#23Score 8.6555.8k IMDb votes

Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend, brother and best friend, tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Especially when you're also a criminal for hire.

Stranger Things

★8.6Ended

#24Score 8.601.8M IMDb votes

When a young boy disappears, his mother, a police chief and his friends must confront terrifying supernatural forces in order to get him back.

House of Cards

★8.6Ended

#25Score 8.60564.8k IMDb votes

A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.

The Crown

★8.6Ended(2016– )

#26Score 8.59286k IMDb votes

Follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century.

Marvels Daredevil

★8.6Ended

#27Score 8.59544.9k IMDb votes

A blind lawyer by day, vigilante by night. Matt Murdock fights the crime of New York as Daredevil.

Yellowstone 2018

★8.6Ended

#28Score 8.59324.6k IMDb votes

A ranching family in Montana faces off against others encroaching on their land.

Mindhunter

★8.6Ended(2017– )

#29Score 8.59408.8k IMDb votes

Set in the late 1970s, two FBI agents are tasked with interviewing serial killers to solve open cases.

Justified

★8.6Ended(2010–2015)

#30Score 8.58133.2k IMDb votes

U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor, rural coal mining towns of eastern Kentucky.

The Newsroom

★8.6Ended(2012–2014)

#31Score 8.58137.1k IMDb votes

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

The Family Man

★8.6Ongoing

#32Score 8.58114.7k IMDb votes

A working man from the National Investigation Agency tries to protect the nation from terrorism, but he also needs to keep his family safe from his secret job.

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

★8.6Ended(2017– )

#33Score 8.58161.2k IMDb votes

After her husband leaves her, young mother of two Miriam "Midge" Maisel discovers that she has a talent for stand-up comedy. Could this be her calling?

Anne with an E

★8.6Ended

#34Score 8.5784.1k IMDb votes

The adventures of a young orphan girl living in the early 19th century. Follow Anne as she learns to navigate her new life on Prince Edward Island, in this new take on L.M. Montgomery's classic novels.

Atlanta

★8.6Ended

#35Score 8.57100.6k IMDb votes

Earn and his cousin Alfred, based in Atlanta, try to make their way in the world through the rap scene. Along the way they come face-to-face with social and economic issues touching on race, relationships, poverty, status, and par...

Young Justice

★8.6Ended

#36Score 8.5552.1k IMDb votes

Teenage superheroes strive to prove themselves as members of the Justice League.

Call the Midwife

★8.6Ongoing(2012– )

#37Score 8.5336.3k IMDb votes

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.

Pose

★8.6Ended

#38Score 8.5337.3k IMDb votes

In the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.

Endeavour

★8.6Ended

#39Score 8.5338.8k IMDb votes

Set from 1965 to 1971, the show follows Endeavour Morse in his early years as a police constable. Working alongside his senior partner DI Fred Thursday, Morse engages in a number of investigations around Oxford.

Wentworth

★8.6Ended(2013– )

#40Score 8.5127.3k IMDb votes

The confronting look into the lives of the inmates and prison staff of Wentworth Correctional Centre as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in the prison system.

Vikings

★8.5Ended(2013– )

#41Score 8.50652.5k IMDb votes

Vikings transports us to the brutal and mysterious world of Ragnar Lothbrok, a Viking warrior and farmer who yearns to explore--and raid--the distant shores across the ocean.

The Boys

★8.5Ended

#42Score 8.501M IMDb votes

A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.

Mr. Robot

★8.5Ended(2015– )

#43Score 8.49476.9k IMDb votes

Elliot, a brilliant but highly unstable young cyber-security engineer and vigilante hacker, becomes a key figure in a complex game of global dominance when he and his shadowy allies try to take down the corrupt corporation he work...

Boardwalk Empire

🔥 HOT★8.5Ended(2010–2014)

#44Score 8.49221k IMDb votes

An Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.

The Haunting of Hill House

★8.5Ended

#45Score 8.49340.1k IMDb votes

Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

My Brilliant Friend

★8.6Ended

#46Score 8.4923.8k IMDb votes

A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.

Person of Interest

★8.5Ended(2011–2016)

#47Score 8.49218.2k IMDb votes

An ex-CIA agent and a wealthy programmer save lives via a surveillance AI that sends them the identities of civilians involved in impending crimes. However, the details of the crimes, including the civilians' roles, are left a mys...

Shameless US

★8.5Ended

#48Score 8.49340.8k IMDb votes

A scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.

The Expanse

★8.5Ended(2015– )

#49Score 8.49195.9k IMDb votes

In the 24th century, a group of humans untangle a vast plot which threatens the Solar System's fragile state of detente.

The Last Kingdom

★8.5Ended(2015– )

#50Score 8.49194k IMDb votes

As Alfred the Great defends his kingdom from Norse invaders, Uhtred--born a Saxon but raised by Vikings--seeks to claim his ancestral birthright.

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