Best TV shows — drame on Apple TV+ : our Top 20
At Stream Tracker, we’ve curated a selection of the best drama series currently available on Apple TV+. We focus on shows that stand out for strong storytelling, notable performances and consistent critical or audience recognition, covering everything from intimate character pieces to broader, serialized dramas. For each title we provide a short synopsis, season and episode details, and clear availability information so you can find and watch quickly. We update the list regularly to reflect changes on Apple TV+.
Updated on 02/06/2026
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
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2022 · David DiGilio · 1 season
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With Chris Pratt, Constance Wu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Jared Shaw
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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
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2023 · Taylor Sheridan · 2 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
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1999 · Dick Wolf · 27 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
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1999 · Aaron Sorkin · 7 seasons
Set in the heart of Washington, D.C., the series follows the personal and professional lives of the team around a fictional president as they tackle daily crises and shape national policy. A spirited ensemble brings warmth and wit to high-stakes debates, showing how decisions made behind closed doors affect ordinary people’s lives.
With Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, Richard Schiff, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Dulé Hill and Janel Moloney
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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
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1990 · Dick Wolf · 25 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
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2023 · Liu Cixin · 1 season
En pleine révolte de la Révolution culturelle en Chine, Ye Wen Jie, une jeune femme astrophysicienne qui a perdu son père, exécuté par les autorités, se voit contrainte de participer à un projet de recherche spatiale enveloppé de mystères. Avance rapide de trente-huit ans, nous sommes en 2007, et un phénomène alarmant secoue la communauté scientifique mondiale : une série de suicides inexplicables. Pour dénouer ce mystère, Wang Miao, éminent spécialiste en nanotechnologie, est sollicité par les forces armées pour mener une enquête secrète au sein de la Société des Frontières de la Science, une organisation suspectée d'être au cœur de cette épidémie de suicides.
With Zhang Luyi, Yu Hewei, Chen Jin, Wang Ziwen, Lin Yongjian, Li Xiaoran and He Dujuan
2023 · Liu Cixin · 1 season
Nanotechnology researcher Wang Miao is summoned to the Joint Operations Center by detective Shi Qiang, who is probing a string of inexplicable suicides among scientists around the globe. Pressed into an undercover role, Wang is tasked with infiltrating a secretive group known as the Frontiers of Science. There he meets the group's enigmatic head, Shen Yufei, who introduces him to an advanced virtual-reality simulation called Three-Body — a game that gradually reveals itself to be far more than mere entertainment.
With Zhang Luyi, Yu Hewei, Chen Jin, Wang Ziwen, Lin Yongjian, Li Xiaoran and He Dujuan
2017 · Lisa Rubin · 1 season
Jean Holloway, a therapist whose professional boundaries unravel as she becomes entangled in intimate, dangerous relationships with people connected to her clients.
With Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson, Karl Glusman, Lucy Boynton, Poorna Jagannathan and Melanie Liburd
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2022 · Bruno Merle, Olivier Abbou · 1 season
Running out of material for his sophomore novel, a brooding writer agrees to ghostwrite the life story of a dying man — only to be drawn into the violent secrets of the man's past.
With Nicolas Duvauchelle, Niels Arestrup, Axel Granberger, Alyzée Costes, Brigitte Catillon, Marie Denarnaud and Lola Créton
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2024 · José Caltagirone, Valentine Milville · 1 season
In the glittering ateliers of a renowned Parisian haute couture house, ambition and secrecy simmer just beneath the surface. After a scandal topples the dynasty that built the brand, the family must reshape their legacy and tactics to survive—or see relentless rivals pick their empire apart.
With Lambert Wilson, Amira Casar, Carole Bouquet, Zita Hanrot, Pierre Deladonchamps, Antoine Reinartz and Anne Consigny
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2026 · Spencer Hudnut · 1 season
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
2016 · Jack Thorne · 1 season
A beloved national entertainer — one half of a much-loved, decades-long comedy duo — finds his carefully managed life and reputation shattered when accusations of decades-old sexual abuse surface, unleashing a relentless media storm, divided public opinion, and a painful unravelling of personal and professional relationships.
With Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Mark Lewis Jones, Andrea Riseborough, Tim McInnerny, Kate Hardie and Nadine Marshall
Best TV shows Apple TV+ by genre
At Stream Tracker, we've gathered what we consider the strongest drama series currently available on Apple TV+. If these picks fit your taste, explore our other genre selections to find more shows on the same platform. We keep our pages updated to reflect new arrivals and availability changes, so you can rely on the information here. If you think we missed a must-watch, let us know and we’ll consider it for future updates.