Best Social Issue TV Dramas on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Social Issue TV Dramas on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 100 titles in category code 2691116. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Okupas (2020)
Rated 9.1/10 on IMDb, from 2020. In 2000, a group of young men takes over a house in Buenos Aires, becoming squatters, while dealing with an increasingly violent and hostile city.
2. Stories by Rabindranath Tagore (2015)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, from 2015. The writings of Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore come to life in this collection of tales set in early-20th-century Bengal.
3. When They See Us (2019)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, from 2019. Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
4. Vientos de agua (2006)
Rated 8.8/10 on IMDb, from 2006. José Olaya, a Spanish miner, emigrates to Argentina in 1934, while his son, an architect, moves to Spain after Argentina's economic collapse in 2001.
5. La Niña (2016)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, from 2016. A former Colombian guerrilla fighter faces challenges as she reintegrates into society and tries to overcome her traumatic memories.
6. Pose (2018)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, from 2018. In 1987 New York, LGBTQ ball fixture Blanca starts her own house, soon becoming mother to a gifted dancer and a sex worker in love with a yuppie client.
7. Delhi Crime (2019)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 2019. As Delhi reels in the aftermath of a gang rape, DCP Vartika Chaturvedi leads a painstaking search for the culprits.
8. Borgen (2012)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 2012. A shocking turn of events puts Birgitte Nyborg in the Danish prime minister's seat as her country's first female leader in this landmark drama.
9. The Last Bastion (2018)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 2018. The Robles family, born and raised in the Americas, experiences the highs and lows of the revolutionary drive to Peru's independence.
10. The Making of an Ordinary Woman (2019)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, from 2019. Raised by strict parents with high expectations, a woman breaks free from her family and vows to navigate love, friendships and life unapologetically.