Top 20 drama series on 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.

Actors: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

8.8 /10 9.5 /10

2. Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)

The world is divided into four nations. Only a Master is able to control the four elements. 100 years later, two children, the responsible and courageous Katara and her wary brother, discover Aang.

Actors: Dee Bradley Baker, Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman

Genres: Action/Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Children, Drama

7.7 /10 9.3 /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.

Actors: Yûki Kaji, Marina Inoue, Josh Grelle

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

7.8 /10 9.0 /10

4. Hunter x Hunter (2011)

Gon Frecks, a 12-year-old boy, is an orphan mother and according to his aunt also as a father. One day Gon is attacked by a forest bear, but he is saved. A hunter saves him by telling that his father Gin is alive.

Actors: Issei Futamata, Megumi Han, Cristina Valenzuela

Genres: Action/Adventure, Anime, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama, Crime, Documentary, Family

8.1 /10 9.0 /10

5. 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.

Actors: Bob Odenkirk, Rhea Seehorn, Jonathan Banks

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama

7.9 /10 8.9 /10

6. 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.

Actors: Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Ethan Herisse

Genres: Thriller, Biography, Crime, Drama, History

7.9 /10 8.9 /10

7. 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.

Actors: Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Drama

8.0 /10 8.8 /10

8. 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.

Actors: Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Helen McCrory

Genres: Crime, Drama

8.1 /10 8.8 /10

9. 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.

Actors: Pedro Pascal, Lizbeth Eden, Wagner Moura

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

7.9 /10 8.8 /10

10. Black Mirror (2011)

Anthological series created by Charlie Brooker ("Dead Set") that shows the dark side of technology and how it affects and can alter our lives, sometimes with unpredictable and terrifying consequences.

Actors: Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen, Michaela Coel

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

8.2 /10 8.8 /10

11. Friday Night Lights (2006)

The inhabitants of a small Texan city live the sport as if it were a religion. For them there is nothing more important than the Dillon Panthers, the city's high school football team.

Actors: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford

Genres: Drama, Sport

7.7 /10 8.7 /10

12. Dark (2017)

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

Actors: Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari

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

7.6 /10 8.7 /10

13. Stranger Things (2016)

"Stranger Things" is the story of a boy who disappears in the small town of Hawkins, Indiana, leaving no trace in 1983. In his desperate quest, both his friends and family are involved in an extraordinary enigma.

Actors: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder

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

7.8 /10 8.7 /10

14. House of Cards (2013)

The implacable and manipulative congressman Francis Underwood (Kevin Spacey), with the complicity of his female calculator (Robin Wright), manages with great skill the threads of power in Washington. His intention is to occupy new government’s Secretary of State.

Actors: Kevin Spacey, Michel Gill, Robin Wright

Genres: Drama, Sport, Crime

7.8 /10 8.7 /10

15. Anne with an E (2017)

Anne Shirley is an orphan girl adopted by two brothers who live in a small fishing village in the early 20th century.

Actors: Amybeth McNulty, Geraldine James, R.H. Thomson

Genres: Drama, Family

7.7 /10 8.7 /10

16. 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.

Actors: Hyun Bin, Son Ye-jin, Seo Ji-hye

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance, Action/Adventure

7.5 /10 8.7 /10

17. Monster (2004)

Dr. Kenzo Tenma is a promising neurosurgeon who exercises at the Eisler Memorial Hospital de Dusseldorf. However, one day he decides to ignore an order from his superior and saves an unknown child instead of the city mayor life. As a consequence, he loses his job and his girlfriend.

Actors: Hidenobu Kiuchi, Liam O'Brien, Mamiko Noto

Genres: Drama, Animation, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

7.9 /10 8.7 /10

18. The Queen's Gambit (2020)

A young girl discovers an amazing talent for chess while struggling with her addiction.

Actors: Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp

Genre: Drama

7.6 /10 8.6 /10

19. MINDHUNTER (2017)

1977. Two FBI agents revolutionize investigative techniques to find answers on how to catch serial killers and psychopathic minds.

Actors: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv

Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller

7.8 /10 8.6 /10

20. The Haunting of Hill House (2018)

A group of brothers grows in what ends up becoming the most famous haunted house in the country. The family will have to face the ghosts of the past... An adaptation of Shirley Jackson's homonymous novel.

Actors: Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Henry Thomas

Genres: Horror, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

7.5 /10 8.6 /10