Best TV shows — drame on Netflix : our Top 20

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

2016 · Peter Morgan · 6 seasons

During World War II in Damascus, Taj, a celebrated local boxer, is accused of treason, his honor and reputation torn apart. Shunned and stripped of everything, he must fight relentlessly to reclaim his family and restore his name amid the turbulent events that will propel Syria toward independence.

With Claire Foy, Olivia Colman, Vanessa Kirby, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville and Dominic West

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

2022 · Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan · 1 season

A chilling dramatization of the true story of Ed Gein, the notorious murderer and grave robber whose crimes served as the dark inspiration behind several of Hollywood’s most infamous on-screen killers.

With Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, Niecy Nash-Betts, Michael Beach and Colby French

2019 · Ava DuVernay · 1 season

Five teenagers from Harlem are plunged into a harrowing ordeal after being wrongly accused of a brutal assault in Central Park, forcing them to battle public outrage and fight to prove their innocence.

With Jharrel Jerome, Ethan Herisse, Marquis Rodriguez, Asante Blackk, Caleel Harris, Marsha Stephanie Blake and Michael Kenneth Williams

2022 · Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan · 1 season

A chilling true-crime drama about Ed Gein, the notorious grave robber and killer whose macabre deeds fueled the creation of some of Hollywood’s most enduring horror villains.

With Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, Niecy Nash-Betts, Michael Beach and Colby French

2022 · Ryan Murphy, Ian Brennan · 1 season

A stark, fact-driven series that chronicles Jeffrey Dahmer's heinous crimes while exposing the institutional negligence, bias, and procedural breakdowns that allowed him to operate undetected for more than a decade.

With Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, Molly Ringwald, Michael Learned, Niecy Nash-Betts, Michael Beach and Colby French

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

2020 · Josh Pate, Jonas Pate, Shannon Burke · 5 seasons

When a tight circle of friends uncovers a long-hidden secret, they accidentally trigger a spiral of illicit schemes that pulls them into a risky, unforgettable coming-of-age odyssey.

With Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss, Madison Bailey, Rudy Pankow, Charles Esten and Austin North

2022 · Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer, Allan Heinberg · 2 seasons

Freed after years of captivity, Morpheus—the sovereign of dreams—undertakes a perilous odyssey across shifting realms to recover what was taken from him and reclaim the power that once sustained his realm.

With Tom Sturridge, Boyd Holbrook, Vivienne Acheampong, Patton Oswalt, Vanesu Samunyai, David Thewlis and Razane Jammal

2020 · Adam Price · 3 seasons

In a small Norwegian town where winters have grown unusually mild and fierce storms now lash the landscape, locals begin to fear an impending, almost mythic catastrophe. As the weather spirals out of control, a disparate group of residents must uncover the cause and act fast to prevent the town’s total destruction.

With David Alexander Sjøholt, Jonas Strand Gravli, Theresa Frostad Eggesbø, Herman Tømmeraas, Emma Bones, Synnøve Macody Lund and Gísli Örn Garðarsson

2017 · Sarah Polley · 1 season

Through survivors' firsthand accounts and meticulous reenactments, this documentary series examines some of history's most intricate, high-stakes hostage negotiations, revealing the strategies, tensions and human trauma behind each standoff.

With Sarah Gadon, Edward Holcroft, Rebecca Liddiard, Zachary Levi, Kerr Logan, David Cronenberg and Paul Gross

2022 · Han Jun-hee, You Su-min · 2 seasons

A reserved yet gifted student, aided by unlikely allies, stands up to bullies and brutal adversaries — unaware that his life is about to spiral into far greater danger.

With Park Ji-hoon, Ryeoun, Choi Hyun-wook, Hong Kyung, Lee Yeon, Kim Su-gyeom and Shin Seung-ho

2025 · Mike Makowsky · 1 season

Charting James A. Garfield’s ascent from modest beginnings to the 20th presidency, the series follows his swift rise and the forces that defined his short tenure in office. Running alongside his story is the unsettling trajectory of Charles Guiteau, a paranoid outsider whose fixation ends in the violent act that brings Garfield’s life to a sudden, tragic close.

With Michael Shannon, Matthew Macfadyen, Nick Offerman, Bradley Whitford, Shea Whigham and Betty Gilpin

2023 · Çağan Irmak · 2 seasons

1945, Gyeongseong — in occupied Seoul’s shadow, a resourceful entrepreneur and a tenacious detective struggle to survive amid oppression, their paths colliding as they face a grotesque being born from the depths of human greed.

With Taner Ölmez, Erkan Kolçak Köstendil, Şifanur Gül, Bülent Şakrak, Devrim Yakut, Durul Bazan and Engin Benli

2017 · Barry Sonnenfeld, Daniel Handler · 3 seasons

With Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, K. Todd Freeman, Presley Smith and John DeSantis

2016 · David Guggenheim · 3 seasons

For more than forty days, twenty contestants are stranded on a remote Philippine island where punishing physical trials and psychological games test their limits. Through shifting alliances, calculated moves and brutal eliminations, they must outwit and outlast one another to emerge as the last person standing and claim the $100,000 prize.

With Kiefer Sutherland, Maggie Q, Kal Penn, Adan Canto, Italia Ricci, Natascha McElhone and LaMonica Garrett

2019 · 1 season

Against the turmoil of early 20th-century Russia, Tsar Nicholas II's refusal to adapt unleashes a popular revolt that ultimately destroys the Romanov dynasty.

With Robert Jack, Oliver Dimsdale, Samuel Collings, Ben Cartwright, Elsie Bennett and Susanna Herbert

2024 · Miguel Sáez Carral, José Manuel Lorenzo · 1 season

A 17-year-old’s decision to accuse someone of sexual assault at her high school triggers an inquiry that upends her daily life, strains friendships and family bonds, and forces the community to confront uncomfortable truths and consequences.

With Nicole Wallace, Clara Galle, Aïcha Villaverde, José Pastor, Teresa de Mera, Gabriel Guevara and Eloy Azorín