Top 20 drama series on Netflix

Drama genre is intended to be a serious genre mixed with intense sensations. Good drama series can blossom sensations and feelings if you aim to watch them with your partner or alone. Here there are the best drama movies you can watch today in Netflix.

1. Breaking Bad (2008)

A professor at an Albuquerque institute in New Mexico learns he has incurable lung cancer. He decides to make amphetamines and put them on sale to free his family from economic problems.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 8.8 /10 IMDB Rating 9.5 /10

2. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (2009)

The brothers try to resurrect their mother using the power of alchemy. The experiment goes wrong, and as a consequence, Edward loses an arm and a leg. They travel in search of the secret of human transmutation to recover what they lost.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Anime, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Science fiction, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 8.3 /10 IMDB Rating 9.1 /10

3. Attack on Titan (2013)

'Attack the Titans' is a serie based on the manga of the same name. Starring a group of residents of a city surrounded by walls, to protect the population from attacks by cannibal giants.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Anime, Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Science fiction

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 9.1 /10

4. Life (2018)

Set in a top Korean university hospital, Life follows an ER doctor focused on patient care who clashes with a new CEO bent on reform, sparking a power struggle over ethics, careers and patient welfare.

Genres: Drama, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 9.1 /10

5. When Life Gives You Tangerines (2025)

Set on Jeju, it follows Ae-sun, a spirited young woman who dreams of being a poet despite hardship, and Gwan-sik, a quiet, hardworking man devoted to her; their enduring island romance survives setbacks and time.

Genres: Romance, Drama

IMDB Rating 9.1 /10

6. Better Call Saul (2015)

Prequel of the series "Breaking Bad", centered on the character of lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk), six years before meeting Walter White. The series tells how a small pickle with problems reaching the end of month named Jimmy McGill, becomes a criminal lawyer Saul Goodman.

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 IMDB Rating 9.0 /10

7. Kota Factory (2019)

India's first "Black and White" program highlights the problems faced by today's IIT-JEE applicants in their daily lives.

Genres: Comedy, Drama

IMDB Rating 9.0 /10

8. DEATH NOTE (2006)

TV serie "Death Note" tells the story about a young man named Yagami Light. Light decides to use the notebook from anonymity, to clean the world of all criminals.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Crime, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.9 /10

9. When They See Us (2019)

A miniserie that exposes the deep cracks presented by the U.S. judicial and police system. Five teenagers are caught in a nightmare when they are accused of a brutal attack.

Genres: Thriller, Biography, Drama, History

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.8 /10

10. Fargo (2014)

Lester Nygaard, an underprivileged insurance salesman from a small Minnesota town, sees his world change completely with the arrival of a wild unknown.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Comedy

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.8 /10

11. BoJack Horseman (2014)

In a world where anthropomorphic humans and animals coexist, the protagonist of the series is the BoJack Horseman horse (Will Arnett), protagonist of the telecomedy "Horsin' Around" in the 90s.

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 IMDB Rating 8.8 /10

12. VINLAND SAGA (2019)

"Vinland Saga" is a TV series about Thorfinn, a Viking warrior's son seeking revenge on the mercenary leader who killed his father. He joins Askeladd's group to get closer to him, but gets caught in the war for the English crown instead.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Action/Adventure, History, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 7.8 /10 IMDB Rating 8.8 /10

13. Dark (2017)

"Dark" is situated in a german village. Two mysterious disappearances expose the double lives and broken relationships.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

14. Peaky Blinders (2013)

A family of gangsters settled in Birmingham after World War I runs an equestrian betting venue. The chief inspector is sent from Belfast to clean up the city and end the band.

Genres: Crime, Drama

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

15. House M.D. (2004)

Dr. Gregory House, a brilliant but caustic diagnostician in New Jersey, uses ruthless logic and unorthodox methods despite chronic pain and addiction to solve baffling medical cases.

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Comedy

IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

16. Narcos (2015)

Tthe series narrates the efforts of the U.S. and Colombia to fight drug trafficking. In the third season the goal is to try to end the Medelln cartel.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Biography, Thriller, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

17. Black Mirror (2011)

Anthological series created by Charlie Brooker that shows the dark side of technology and how it affects and can alter our life, sometimes with consequences as unpredictable as terrifying.

Genres: Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Thriller, Mystery

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

18. Haikyu!! (2014)

Hinata, an undersized teen inspired by the "small giant," joins Karasuno to face prodigy Kageyama—only to find him a teammate. They overcome rivalry, fuse Hinata’s speed with Kageyama’s setting, train hard, and aim for nationals.

Genres: Animation, Anime, Sport, Comedy, Drama

IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

19. Crash Landing on You (2019)

A young and wealthy South Korean heiress suffers a paragliding accident in North Korean skies and must hide on hostile land with the help of an army officer.

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 7.5 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

20. Blue Eye Samurai (2023)

A master of the mestizo ancestry sword lives a covert life while looking for revenge in the Japan of the Edo period.

Genres: Animation, Drama, Action/Adventure

Filmaffinity Rating 8.1 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10