Best TV shows — drame on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

2017 · Bruce Miller · 6 seasons

In a bleak, authoritarian future ruled by a zealous theocracy, a woman is compelled to live as a concubine to a powerful official. Stripped of autonomy and watched at every turn, she navigates daily humiliation and moral compromise while quietly plotting ways to reclaim her life and expose the regime’s brutality.

With Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Ann Dowd, Madeline Brewer, Max Minghella, O.T. Fagbenle and Samira Wiley

2005 · Paul T. Scheuring · 2 seasons

Dexter Morgan wakes from a coma to find his son Harrison vanished. Tormented by the consequences of his past, he follows the trail to New York City, intent on finding Harrison and making amends. But closure proves elusive when Miami Metro’s Angel Batista arrives with probing questions, a stark reminder that Dexter’s history is closing in. As father and son confront their personal darkness amid the city that never sleeps, they are drawn deeper into danger than they ever expected—and must rely on one another to survive.

With Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Robert Knepper, Amaury Nolasco, Wade Williams, Sarah Wayne Callies and William Fichtner

2008 · Bruno Heller · 7 seasons

Patrick Jane, a once-celebrated mentalist, works as a civilian consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation, using extraordinary powers of observation and keen psychological insight to expose deceit, read people, and unravel complex, often violent crimes.

With Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman, Amanda Righetti, Joe Adler and Rockmond Dunbar

2017 · David Shore · 7 seasons

After leaving a quiet rural life, Shaun Murphy—a young surgeon on the autism spectrum with savant abilities—joins the surgical team at a leading hospital. Socially distant and awkward in personal interactions, he relies on remarkable diagnostic insight and surgical skill to save patients and slowly challenge his colleagues' doubts.

With Freddie Highmore, Richard Schiff, Hill Harper, Christina Chang, Paige Spara, Fiona Gubelmann and Will Yun Lee

2023 · Taylor Sheridan · 3 seasons

A hard-edged, fiercely driven young Marine, Cruz Manuelos is tapped to infiltrate a terrorist network by joining the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team, where she must operate undercover to dismantle the organization from within. Overseeing the program, station chief Joe is responsible for shaping, directing, and supporting a unit of female operatives as they navigate dangerous assignments and blurred lines between duty and identity.

With Zoe Saldaña, Laysla De Oliveira, Dave Annable, Jill Wagner, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan and Austin Hébert

2024 · Clyde Phillips · 1 season

Miami, 1991. Plagued by violent impulses he cannot ignore, young Dexter Morgan is schooled by his adoptive father, Harry, in a strict set of rules that channel his urges toward punishing those who have escaped justice. Working as a forensics intern at the Miami Metro Police Department, Dexter must keep up the appearance of a conscientious investigator while secretly hunting predators who slip through the system — a precarious double life that demands ruthless discipline and threatens to collapse at any sign of exposure.

With Patrick Gibson, Christian Slater, Molly Brown, Christina Milian, James Martinez, Alex Shimizu and Reno Wilson

1999 · Dick Wolf · 28 seasons

The criminal justice system treats sexual offenses with exceptional seriousness. In New York City, a committed team of detectives focuses on investigating these traumatic, often violent crimes—this series follows the officers who pursue justice and the survivors whose lives are forever changed.

With Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Dann Florek, Richard Belzer, Christopher Meloni, Kelli Giddish and BD Wong

2024 · Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Scott M. Gimple · 1 season

Torn into an unfamiliar world forged by a relentless fight against reanimated corpses — a conflict that soon fractures into brutal wars between the living — Rick and Michonne must navigate a reality that erases the rules they once knew. Can they reunite and reclaim the people they were amid circumstances that test every moral and emotional limit? Will they end up as enemies or allies, lovers or casualties, survivors or conquerors? And if they’re separated, do they remain truly alive, or will they discover they’ve become indistinguishable from the very things they’ve been fighting?

With Andrew Lincoln, Danai Gurira, Pollyanna McIntosh, Terry O'Quinn, Lesley-Ann Brandt, Robert O'Hara and Craig Tate

2023 · David Zabel · 3 seasons

Washed up on a French shore, Daryl (Norman Reedus) must make his way across a shattered, walker-ridden landscape in a desperate bid to return home. This fifth entry in the franchise centers on his uneasy guardianship of a young boy named Laurent, who is increasingly regarded by others as a prophetic figure. As they travel, the pair confront evolving, more lethal walker mutations and the ruthless paramilitary force known as the Power of the Living.

With Norman Reedus, Clémence Poésy, Louis Puech Scigliuzzi, Laïka Blanc-Francard, Anne Charrier, Romain Levi and Melissa McBride

2023 · Jim Field Smith, George Kay · 2 seasons

When hijackers seize control of a passenger plane, veteran negotiator Sam Nelson is thrown into the most dangerous assignment of his career. Racing against time, he deploys every tactic, bluff and calculated risk he knows to outmaneuver the captors and keep everyone aboard alive as pressure and peril escalate by the second.

With Idris Elba, Neil Maskell, Eve Myles, Christine Adams, Max Beesley, Archie Panjabi and Ben Miles

2025 · Carlos Montero, Pablo Alén, Breixo Corral · 4 seasons

Recovering from a near-fatal illness, a media tycoon discovers his children's ruthless maneuvering is poised to unravel the empire he spent a lifetime building — and he'll stop at nothing to secure and preserve his legacy.

With Jose Coronado, Belén Cuesta, Diego Martín, Natalia Huarte, Gustavo Salmerón, Nico Romero and Iván Pellicer

2024 · Ben Watkins · 3 seasons

Haunted by loss, Alex Cross is a brilliant homicide investigator whose skill is undermined by deep personal contradictions. Fiercely devoted to his children and home life, he transforms into a relentless—often obsessive—pursuer of killers when duty calls. He yearns for connection, yet the trauma of his wife’s murder keeps him too broken to accept love.

With Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, Juanita Jennings, Alona Tal, Samantha Walkes, Caleb Elijah and Melody Hurd

1990 · Dick Wolf · 26 seasons

When headline-making crimes strike, New York detectives launch intensive investigations—collecting forensic evidence, following leads and interviewing suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney’s office then prepares a thorough prosecution, meeting the required burden of proof to secure a conviction. Together, these seasoned investigators and prosecutors navigate the complexities of the criminal justice system to hold offenders accountable and protect the city.

With Sam Waterston, S. Epatha Merkerson, Jerry Orbach, Steven Hill, Jesse L. Martin, Leslie Hendrix and Fred Thompson

2026 · Spencer Hudnut · 2 seasons

Putting the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton signs on with an elite U.S. Marshals unit, where his ranch-honed instincts and Navy SEAL training are forged into a force for frontier justice across Montana. Together with his squad he must juggle family ties and the obligations of the badge while confronting the mounting psychological price of serving as the region’s last line against rising violence.

With Luke Grimes, Logan Marshall-Green, Gil Birmingham, Brecken Merrill, Ash Santos, Arielle Kebbel and Brett Cullen

2014 · Harry Williams, Jack Williams · 1 season

An anthology, relationship-driven thriller that examines the reverberating emotional and social consequences of a child's abduction, following the family's immediate trauma and the community's long-term unraveling through two interwoven timelines.

With James Nesbitt, Tchéky Karyo, Anastasia Hille, David Morrissey, Keeley Hawes, Abigail Hardingham and Frances O'Connor