Best thriller & drama series streaming, ranked.

In April 1986, the city of Chernobyl in the Soviet Union suffers one of the worst nuclear disasters in the history of mankind. Consequently, many heroes put their lives on the line in the following days, weeks and months.

At the height of the Cold War, married KGB spies pose as Americans in Washington, D.C.

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

After a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.

In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.

The Chosen is a historical drama based on the life of Jesus and those who knew him. Set against the backdrop of Roman oppression in first-century Israel, the series shares an authentic look at Jesus' revolutionary life and teachings.

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

A small-town police detective tries to keep her professional and personal lives separate while investigating the death of a teenage mother.

Two obsessive dreamers collide with the resistance of expectations, morality and each other.

A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England; centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby.

Follows the daily activities of the Inmates at the Oswald Maximum Security Correctional Facility (aka "Oz" for short), an unusual prison where its criminal inhabitants face challenges head on behind bars and do all they can to sta...

A gang of corrupt Los Angeles Police Department cops uses illegal methods to maintain law and order, whilst engaging in a series of undercover dealings secretly in order to get rich.

Drama series following the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit tasked with bringing corrupt police officers to justice.

It is the story of the journey of three UPSC (public service competitive exams in India) aspirants and their friendship against all odds.

The murder of a young boy in a small coastal town brings a media frenzy, which threatens to tear the community apart.

A Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.

A very unique and captivating series about the "bureau des légendes", the mythical powerhouse within the French Secret Service and its dare devil ghost agents.

Ciro disregards tradition in his attempt to become the next boss of his crime syndicate. The internal power struggle puts him and his entire family's life at risk.

The Roy family is known for controlling the biggest media and entertainment company in the world. However, their world changes when their father steps down from the company.

Classic American Anthology series created by Rod Serling, featuring standalone stories of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, each with a twist ending or moral lesson.

A tiffin service provider finds a mentor in a failed UPSC aspirant who inspires her to become an IFS.

A biker struggles to balance being a father and being involved in an outlaw motorcycle club.

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

The lives of police officers working for the Los Angeles Police Department.

The daily lives of healthcare professionals in a Pittsburgh hospital as they juggle personal crises, workplace politics, and the emotional toll of treating critically ill patients, revealing the resilience required in their noble ...

Follows US president Josiah Bartlet and his administration as they tackle various political issues in order to maintain peace and harmony in the nation.

Based on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.

The apparently-perfect lives of upper-class mothers of students at a prestigious elementary school unravel to the point of murder when a single mother moves to their quaint California beach town.

Counter Terrorism Agent Jack Bauer races against the clock to subvert terrorist plots and save his nation from ultimate disaster.

A man in his 40s withstands the weight of life. A woman in her 20s goes through different experiences, but also withstands the weight of her life. The man and woman get together to help each other.

John Luther is a brilliant homicide detective with a knack for getting inside the minds of murderers. Unfortunately, his unconventional methods and personal demons put him at odds with his team.

A group of young people living on edge and out of sight in the crime-riddled area of East London today.

When death is your business, what is your life? Laced with irony and dark situational humor, the show approaches the subject of death through the eyes of the Fisher family, who owns and operates a funeral home in Los Angeles.

Set during the 2008 Mumbai attacks, it follows the staff of Bombay General Hospital and their travails during the fateful night of November 26, 2008.

While the arrival of wealthy gentlemen sends her marriage-minded mother into a frenzy, willful and opinionated Elizabeth Bennet matches wits with haughty Mr. Darcy.

Inspired by true stories, this series is a gripping tale of extraordinary heroism demonstrated by the employees of the Indian Railways in Bhopal. They rose against all odds to save their fellow citizens on the night of December 2,...

A bipolar CIA operative becomes convinced a prisoner of war has been turned by al-Qaeda and is planning to carry out a terrorist attack on American soil.

Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.

Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London during the War of 1812 to rebuild his late father's shipping empire. However, both the government and his biggest competitor want his inheritance at any cost--even murder.

A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.

A heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles, and their wonderful parents.

Using a crack team of doctors and his wits, an antisocial maverick doctor specializing in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way.

A chronicle of the lives of the British aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the early twentieth century.

A drama that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the nation's best high school football teams, and their head coach Eric Taylor.

Anthology series in which police investigations unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within and outside the law.

A man and a woman embark on an on-again/off-again romance that starts at school and continues through college, testing their relationship as they explore different versions of themselves.

A wildly talented girls high school soccer team become the unlucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Canadian wilderness.

A woman discovers the world's greatest wine collection that's left by her estranged father and competes against his protege to claim her inheritance.

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

In the New York of the late '80s and early '90s, this is a story of ball culture and the gay and trans community, the raging AIDS crisis, and capitalism.

Chronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to the early 1970s.

David Haller is a troubled young man diagnosed as schizophrenic, but after a strange encounter he discovers special powers that will change his life forever.

A woman recounts the lifelong friendship and conflicts with a girl she met at primary school in Naples during the early 1950s.

In a time when dreams seem out of reach, a teen fencer pursues big ambitions and meets a hardworking young man who seeks to rebuild his life. At 22 and 18, they say each other's names for the first time, at 25 and 21, they fall in...

Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA. But child stardom comes at a price.

A scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.

Charlie, a high-strung, openly gay overthinker, and Nick, a cheerful, soft-hearted rugby player, one day are made to sit together in class. Their friendship becomes something more for Charlie, but he does not believe he has a chance.

A financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.

The Hitter, the Hacker, the Grifter and the Thief are back, this time with help from a new tech genius and corporate fixer, to take on a new kind of villain. When someone needs help, they provide...Leverage.

Follows the brilliant attorney Woo Young-woo, who tackles challenges in and out of the courtroom as a rookie at a prominent law firm and a woman on the autism spectrum.

North and South is a four-part adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's love story of Margaret Hale, a middle-class southerner who is forced to move to the northern town of Milton.

A political drama about a prime minister's rise to power, and how power changes a prime minister.

After treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.

Brash humor and genuine emotion make up this series revolving around the lives, loves, ambitions, careers and friendships of a group of gay men and women living on Liberty Avenue in contemporary Pittsburgh, PA.

A retired MMA fighter turned trainer juggles keeping his mixed martial arts gym running and keeping his family united.

Two brothers follow their father's footsteps as hunters, fighting evil supernatural beings of many kinds, including monsters, demons, and gods that roam the earth.

An F.B.I. agent is forced to work with an institutionalized scientist and his son in order to rationalize a brewing storm of unexplained phenomena.

When a British soldier is charged with a crime, the tenacious young detective handling his case begins to uncover a conspiracy.

Sang Zhi falls in love with Duan Jia Xu, the boy who often comes to her house to play with her brother. Years after she joins the university in the city he now lives, and during their day-to-day interactions, they slowly fall in l...

Set in New York in 1900, The Knick centers around the groundbreaking Knickerbocker Hospital.

During the Great Depression, an Oklahoma farm boy and a charismatic minister learn that they are key players in a proxy war being fought between Heaven and Hell.

Working as trauma cleaners, both Gu-ru and Sang-gu uncover various stories of the deceased while experiencing different emotions and sentiments toward life, death and family.

In an alternative version of 1969, the Soviet Union beats the United States to the Moon, and the space race continues on for decades with still grander challenges and goals.

A group of unique characters from dramatically different socio-cultural backgrounds meeting in startling circumstances in the vibrant and colorful city of Istanbul, - some by chance and some by force of will.

The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America's struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Purdue Pharma, to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.

After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.

Facing hardships and contemplating suicide after a series of setbacks, a man is confronted by Death and tasked with experiencing death over and over again through 13 other lives to earn the chance to live.

A multi-generational saga set in Alberta, Canada and centered on a family getting through life together in both happy and trying times.

Nathan Ford and his five-member team of thieves and hackers come together like modern-day Robin Hoods in an attempt to steal from rich and powerful individuals who take advantage of others.

Three years after the disappearance of 2% of the global human population, a group of people in a small New York community try to continue their lives while coping with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.

After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future.

A complex drama about power politics in the world of New York high finance.

The Duttons face a new set of challenges in the early 20th century, including the rise of Western expansion, Prohibition, and the Great Depression.

A former secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.

After her husband is assassinated, housewife Carmen reluctantly has to take charge of the criminal business of her family.

The Civil War is past, but former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon can't put it behind him. Fresh are the memories of the death of his wife, killed at the hands of Union soldiers, an act that sets him on a course of revenge.

The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias Pius XIII, the first American Pope in history.

Romance is sweet and bitter - and life riddled with ups and downs - in multiple stories about people who live and work on bustling Jeju Island.

A middle-school math teacher Olive and her marriage with Henry which spans 25 years.

Daniel Holden must put his life back together after serving 19 years on Georgia's Death Row before DNA evidence calls his conviction into question.

An elite team of trauma specialists at a university hospital led by the genius doctor Baek Kang-hyeok.

A 70-year-old with a dream and a 23-year-old with a gift lift each other out of harsh realities and rise to the challenge of becoming ballerinos.

A young governess falls in love with her brooding and complex master. However, his dark past may destroy their relationship forever.

An emotionally troubled young woman sets out to exact revenge against the people who wronged her father.

An elite covert operations unit carries out highly sensitive missions subject to official denial in the event of failure, death or capture.

In the timeless town of Macondo, seven generations of the Buendía family navigate love, oblivion and the inescapability of their past and their fate.

CIA operative Joe McNamara and her team attempt to balance their personal and professional lives as the tip of the spear in the agency's war on terror.

A group of teenagers experience the ups and downs of love and friendship in a world of social networks, sex, drugs, and violence.

A family is forced to face their past secrets and scars when the black sheep returns home.

After being recruited to a secretive academy, a group of students discovers that the magic they read about as children is very real--and more dangerous than they ever imagined.