Best Romance Shows of the 2010s (Ranked)

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Steins Gate

★8.8Ended

#1Score 8.7797.6k 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.

Downton Abbey

★8.7Ended(2010–2015)

#2Score 8.69249.9k IMDb votes

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

This Is Us

★8.7Ended

#3Score 8.68177.2k IMDb votes

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

Young Justice

★8.6Ended

#4Score 8.5552k IMDb votes

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

Vikings

★8.5Ended(2013– )

#5Score 8.50651.8k 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.

Please Like Me

★8.5Ended

#6Score 8.3920.8k IMDb votes

Twenty something Josh is going through a number of big changes as he navigates his first decade of adulthood. After being dumped by his girlfriend, he comes to the realization that he is gay.

Outlander

★8.3Ended

#7Score 8.29205.4k IMDb votes

An English combat nurse from 1945 is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743.

Last Tango In Halifax

★8.4Ended(2012–2016)

#8Score 8.2110.3k IMDb votes

Re-united after 50+ years apart, Celia and Alan decide to marry. At age 16, Alan's late wife failed to pass on a letter from Celia, his longtime crush, with an apology for missing their first date and her forwarding address. Both ...

The Good Place

★8.2Ended(2016– )

#9Score 8.19226.3k IMDb votes

Four people and their otherworldly frienemy struggle in the afterlife to define what it means to be good.

Atypical

★8.2Ended(2017– )

#10Score 8.18115.5k IMDb votes

Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, decides it's time to find a girlfriend, which sets Sam's mom on her own life-changing path as her son seeks more independence.

Master of None

★8.2Ended(2015– )

#11Score 8.1879.2k IMDb votes

The personal and professional life of Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York.

Poldark

★8.2Ended

#12Score 8.1641.7k IMDb votes

Ross Poldark returns home after American Revolutionary War and rebuilds his life with a new business venture, making new enemies and finding a new love where he least expects it.

Looking

★8.2Ended

#13Score 8.1224k IMDb votes

The experiences of three close friends living and loving in modern-day San Francisco.

Misfits

★8.1Ended

#14Score 8.08113.7k IMDb votes

A group of young offenders doing community service get struck by lightning during a storm, and begin to develop superpowers.

Youre the Worst

★8.1Ended

#15Score 8.0530.3k IMDb votes

Centers on two toxic, self-destructive people who fall in love and attempt a relationship.

War and Peace

★8.1Ended

#16Score 8.0530.3k IMDb votes

As the Russian conflict with Napoleon reaches its peak, five aristocratic families face the possibility of their lives being changed forever.

Insecure

★8.1Ended(2016– )

#17Score 8.0425.2k IMDb votes

Follows the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern-day African-American woman.

Gentleman Jack

★8.1Ended(2019– )

#18Score 8.0118k IMDb votes

A dramatization of the life of lesbian trailblazer, voracious learner, and cryptic diarist Anne Lister.

The End of the Fucking World

★8.0Ended

#19Score 7.99250.6k IMDb votes

James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a road trip in search of her real father.

11.22.63

★8.0Ended

#20Score 7.99126.6k IMDb votes

A high school teacher travels back in time to prevent John F. Kennedy's assassination.

The Pillars of the Earth

★8.0Ended

#21Score 7.9635.7k IMDb votes

Set against a backdrop of war, religious strife and power struggles which tears lives and families apart.

Looking for Alaska

★8.0Ended

#22Score 7.9217.6k IMDb votes

A new arrival at a boarding school falls in love with a beguiling female student.

RAMY

★8.0Ended(2019– )

#23Score 7.9218.2k IMDb votes

In New Jersey, Ramy, son of Egyptian immigrants, begins a spiritual journey, divided between his Muslim community, God, and his friends who see endless possibilities.

Deutschland 83

★8.0Ended(2015)

#24Score 7.9116.3k IMDb votes

Martin Rauch is recruited by the HVA to infiltrate the West Germany army. As a rookie spy, his decisions constantly put his cover at risk and force his agency to take extreme measures.

The Borgias

★7.9Ended(2011–2013)

#25Score 7.8857k IMDb votes

In the fifteenth century, Pope Alexander VI tries to control all power in Italy with the help of his several sons, through murder, intrigue, war, and marriage alliances.

Da Vincis Demons

★7.9Ended(2013–2015)

#26Score 7.8881.8k IMDb votes

Follows Leonardo Da Vinci during his early days in Florence, as a young artist, inventor and dreamer, trying to change the future.

Modern Love

★7.9Ended

#27Score 7.8741k IMDb votes

TV series based on the New York Times column that explores relationships, love, and the human connection.

Masters of Sex

★7.9Ended(2013–2016)

#28Score 7.8740.5k IMDb votes

Drama about the pioneers of the science of human sexuality whose research touched off the sexual revolution.

The Fosters

★7.9Ended(2013–2018)

#29Score 7.8632.9k IMDb votes

Teenager Callie Jacob is placed in a foster home with a lesbian couple and their blend of biological, adoptive, and foster children.

Versailles 2015

★7.9Ended

#30Score 7.8420.8k IMDb votes

In 1667, 28-year-old all-powerful king of France, Louis XIV, decides to build the greatest palace in the world - Versailles. But drained budget, affairs and political intrigues complicate things.

Star vs the Forces of Evil

★7.9Ended

#31Score 7.8422.4k IMDb votes

Star Butterfly arrives on Earth to live with the Diazes, a Mexican-American family. She continues to battle villains throughout the universe and high school, mainly to protect her extremely powerful wand, an object that still conf...

When Calls the Heart

★7.9Ongoing

#32Score 7.8316.9k IMDb votes

Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.

A Million Little Things

★7.9Ended(2018– )

#33Score 7.8318.7k IMDb votes

A group of friends becomes motivated to live fuller lives after the unexpected death of a close friend.

New Girl

★7.8Ended(2011–2018)

#34Score 7.80266.8k IMDb votes

After a bad break-up, Jess, an offbeat young woman, moves into an apartment loft with three single men. Although they find her behavior very unusual, the men support her - most of the time.

Big Mouth

★7.8Ended

#35Score 7.79100k IMDb votes

Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty.

Man in an Orange Shirt

★8.0Ended

#36Score 7.795.3k IMDb votes

Tales of love across two films highlighting the very different challenges that face the couples, With Michael and Thomas just after WWII, and Adam and Steve in the present day.

Jane the Virgin

★7.8Ended(2014– )

#37Score 7.7865.3k IMDb votes

A young, devout Catholic woman discovers that she was accidentally artificially inseminated.

Happy Endings

★7.8Ended

#38Score 7.7741.9k IMDb votes

This Chicago-set sitcom follows the intertwined lives of six young urbanites trying to learn the ropes of adulthood. Through breakups and whatever other curve-balls life throws them, the pals stick together.

Man Seeking Woman

★7.8Ended(2015–2017)

#39Score 7.7211.8k IMDb votes

A naive romantic goes on a desperate quest for love when his longtime girlfriend dumps him.

Les Miserables

★7.8Ended

#40Score 7.7110.8k IMDb votes

Television adaptation of Victor Hugo's classic novel, which follows Jean Valjean as he evades capture by the unyielding Inspector Javert. Set against a backdrop of post-Napoleonic France as unrest begins to grip the city of Paris ...

A Discovery of Witches

★7.7Ended(2018– )

#41Score 7.6976.2k IMDb votes

Diana Bishop, historian and witch, accesses Ashmole 782 and knows she must solve its mysteries. She is offered help by the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, but he's a vampire and witches should never trust vampires.

Teen Wolf

★7.7Ended(2011–2017)

#42Score 7.69182.4k IMDb votes

An average high school student and his best friend get caught up in some trouble causing him to receive a werewolf bite. As a result they find themselves in the middle of all sorts of dramas in Beacon Hills.

Hart of Dixie

★7.7Ended(2011–2015)

#43Score 7.6860.5k IMDb votes

New Yorker and new doctor Zoe Hart accepts an offer from a stranger, Dr. Harley Wilkes, to work in his medical practice in Bluebell, Alabama. She arrives to find that he has died and left half the practice to her in his will.

How to Sell Drugs Online Fast

★7.7Ended

#44Score 7.6848.2k IMDb votes

To win back the love of his life, a high school student and his best friend launch Europe's largest online drug business from their teenage bedroom.

Switched at Birth

★7.7(2011–2017)

#45Score 7.6727.4k IMDb votes

Two teenage girls' lives are turned upside down when they find out they were switched at birth.

The White Queen

★7.7Ended

#46Score 7.6734.7k IMDb votes

Three different, yet equally relentless women vie for the throne in 15th-century England.

Younger

★7.7Ended

#47Score 7.6735.9k IMDb votes

After being mistaken for younger than she really is, a single mother decides to take the chance to reboot her career and her love life as a 26-year old.

Nashville

★7.7Ended(2012–2018)

#48Score 7.6730.1k IMDb votes

Follows the lives and tragedies of rising and fading country music stars in Nashville, Tennessee.

Sirens

★7.8Ended

#49Score 7.677.2k IMDb votes

A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.

Rookie Blue

★7.7Ended(2010–2015)

#50Score 7.6620.3k IMDb votes

Andy McNally and her friends are out of the academy and must adjust to the challenging life of a police officer at the 15th Division in Toronto.

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