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

2019 · Craig Mazin · 1 season

A dramatized account of one of the gravest human-made disasters—the Chernobyl nuclear accident—and the aftermath that reshaped lives and nations. The series follows firefighters, plant workers, scientists and ordinary citizens whose courage, expertise and selflessness battled the invisible threat, exposed the truth and helped prevent a continent-wide catastrophe.

With Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård, Emily Watson, Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adam Nagaitis and Sam Troughton

2010 · Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat · 4 seasons

Set in present-day London, a celebrated detective and his physician partner tackle contemporary crimes across the city, blending high-tech tools with razor-sharp observation to unravel baffling mysteries.

With Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves, Louise Brealey, Mark Gatiss and Andrew Scott

2014 · Nic Pizzolatto · 4 seasons

A U.S.-set anthology of police procedurals that unfolds across interwoven timelines: each investigation peels back layers of the people connected to the case—suspects, witnesses and investigators alike—bringing hidden personal and professional truths to light and blurring the boundary between legal duty and moral compromise.

With Matthew McConaughey, Colin Farrell, Mahershala Ali, Woody Harrelson, Vince Vaughn, Stephen Dorff and Michelle Monaghan

2013 · Steven Knight · 6 seasons

In the aftermath of the Great War in 1919 Birmingham, a ruthless family-run gang—infamous for sewing razor blades into the peaks of their caps—uses intimidation and cunning to expand its reach. At its center, the hard-edged and calculating Tommy Shelby stops at nothing to lift his clan from the industrial streets into positions of wealth and influence.

With Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Helen McCrory, Finn Cole, Ned Dennehy and Joe Cole

2006 · James Manos, Jr. · 8 seasons

By day, Dexter Morgan examines blood-spatter patterns for the Miami Metro Police; by night, he hides a second life as a calculated serial killer who seeks out criminals who have slipped through the justice system.

With Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, David Zayas, James Remar, Luna Lauren Velez, C.S. Lee and Desmond Harrington

2020 · Scott Frank, Allan Scott · 1 season

Raised in a 1950s orphanage, a young girl uncovers an extraordinary aptitude for chess that propels her from anonymity into the competitive limelight. Her rapid rise to fame, however, is clouded by a growing addiction that threatens to derail everything she has fought to achieve.

With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Marcin Dorociński, Matthew Dennis Lewis, Russell Dennis Lewis, Dolores Carbonari and Janina Elkin

2017 · Baran bo Odar, Jantje Friese · 3 seasons

A child's disappearance plunges four families into a desperate search for answers, pulling back layers of a reality-shifting mystery that reaches across three generations.

With Louis Hofmann, Lisa Vicari, Andreas Pietschmann, Jördis Triebel, Maja Schöne, Stephan Kampwirth and Paul Lux

2014 · Noah Hawley · 5 seasons

Set in and around Minnesota, this intimate anthology peels back the calm surface of close communities to reveal simmering malice, sudden outbreaks of violence and the lasting fallout of murder. Each episode is a self-contained portrait of ordinary lives upended by suspicion, revenge and the haunting consequences of criminal acts.

With Allison Tolman, Chris Rock, Jessie Buckley, Jason Schwartzman, Ben Whishaw, Jack Huston and Salvatore Esposito

2011 · Aaron Korsh · 9 seasons

Fleeing the fallout of a botched drug deal, Mike Ross — a brilliant college dropout — stumbles into an interview with Harvey Specter, one of New York's most formidable legal closers. Fed up with cookie‑cutter law grads, Harvey bets on Mike, hiring him immediately after spotting his raw talent and uncanny recall.

With Gabriel Macht, Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Gina Torres and Amanda Schull

2004 · David Shore · 8 seasons

A darkly comic British anthology conceived by Graham Duff and co-written with Steve Coogan, the series lampoons mid‑century UK horror films. It skewers the trademarks of studios like Amicus, Hammer and Tigon and riffs on the structure of Amicus’s 1965 anthology Dr Terror’s House of Horrors. Steve Coogan appears throughout as the macabre host, Dr Terrible, who frames each episode and takes the lead role in every story.

With Hugh Laurie, Jesse Spencer, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Lisa Edelstein, Jennifer Morrison and Peter Jacobson

2022 · Dan Erickson · 3 seasons

Mark heads a team of office employees who have undergone surgery to partition their recollections into separate professional and private selves. When a stranger from within their ranks turns up in the world beyond the office, it sets them on a perilous quest to uncover what their work actually entails and who’s been controlling their lives.

With Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Zach Cherry, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman and Michael Chernus

2020 · Joe Kelly, Jason Sudeikis, Brendan Hunt, Bill Lawrence · 4 seasons

An upbeat American gridiron coach relocates to England after being unexpectedly appointed to lead a professional football club despite knowing little about the sport. Confronted by disillusioned players and a skeptical community, he leans on optimism, empathy, and unconventional leadership to try to win their trust and reshape the team.

With Jason Sudeikis, Hannah Waddingham, Juno Temple, Jeremy Swift, Phil Dunster, Brett Goldstein and Brendan Hunt

2004 · David Shore · 8 seasons

An abrasive, brilliant physician struggling with drug addiction heads a team of diagnostic specialists at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.

With Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer, Lisa Edelstein, Bobbin Bergstrom and Jennifer Morrison

2005 · Eric Kripke · 15 seasons

As children, Sam and Dean Winchester watched a mysterious demonic force take their mother, and their father forged them into fighters, teaching them about the hidden evils that lurk in shadowy places and along America's lonely byways—and how to destroy them. Now adults, the brothers crisscross the country in their iconic 1967 Chevy Impala, hunting down and confronting every supernatural threat they encounter.

With Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Mark Sheppard, Jim Beaver, Ruth Connell and Samantha Smith

2005 · Paul Scheuring · 5 seasons

A political conspiracy sends an innocent man to death row, and his only hope lies with his brother — who intentionally gets himself incarcerated in the same prison to mount a desperate, inside-driven escape for them both.

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

2019 · Laurie Nunn · 4 seasons

Awkward and inexperienced, Otis, whose mother is a sex therapist, teams up with rebellious Maeve to run a clandestine sex-and-relationship counseling service for their classmates at school.

With Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling and Alistair Petrie

2022 · George R. R. Martin, Ryan Condal · 3 seasons

The Targaryens rule from an unrivaled height, commanding the allegiance of over fifteen dragons and an empire at its zenith. Their fragile supremacy is threatened when King Viserys breaks a century-old custom by naming his daughter Rhaenyra his heir. When a son is born afterwards and Rhaenyra nonetheless retains her claim, the court is thrown into turmoil—old loyalties splinter and simmering rivalries begin to tear the realm apart.

With Emma D'Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Rhys Ifans, Graham McTavish and Jefferson Hall

2008 · Kurt Sutter · 7 seasons

The Sons of Anarchy are an outlaw motorcycle club with chapters across the United States and beyond. The story centers on the original Redwood charter—Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club, Redwood Original (often called SAMCRO)—based in the small Northern California town of Charming. Mixing legitimate fronts like a garage with illicit ventures including arms trafficking and ties to the adult-film business, the club is run by Clay Morrow, a president who favors old-school, often brutal methods. His stepson and vice president, Jax Teller, grows increasingly uneasy with the club’s direction, and their growing rift over leadership and values reverberates through the organization and their personal lives, driving Jax to pursue a mission to reclaim SAMCRO’s name and reshape its future.

With Charlie Hunnam, Katey Sagal, Tommy Flanagan, Mark Boone Junior, Kim Coates, Dayton Callie and Ron Perlman

2013 · Bryan Fuller · 3 seasons

Cursed and blessed in equal measure, Graham possesses a rare ability to inhabit the minds of those he pursues, experiencing their sights and sensations as if they were his own. When a grotesque, cannibalistic murderer emerges, Special Agent Jack Crawford pairs him with the distinguished psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter—an expert on criminal behavior whose refined demeanor conceals a disturbing fascination with the minds he studies.

With Mads Mikkelsen, Laurence Fishburne, Hugh Dancy, Caroline Dhavernas, Aaron Abrams, Scott Thompson and Gillian Anderson

2019 · Sam Levinson · 3 seasons

A close-knit circle of high schoolers wrestles with love, loyalty and identity while facing substance use, sexual awakening, lingering trauma and the relentless exposure of social media.

With Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Sydney Sweeney, Alexa Demie, Angus Cloud and Barbie Ferreira