Best British Dramas on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best British Dramas on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 53 titles in category code 3682. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Rush (2013)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2013, 2h 02m. This dramatic portrayal of the intense 1970s rivalry between race drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt captures the contrasts between the two champions.
2. The King's Speech (2010)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 2010, 1h 53m. In this biographical drama, Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter until he seeks help from speech therapist Lionel Logue.
3. The Imitation Game (2014)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 54m. During World War II, a brilliant mathematician leads a team of cryptanalysts as they work feverishly to break the Germans' notorious Enigma code.
4. Children of Men (2006)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 1h 44m. In a grim future in which humans can no longer reproduce, one woman mysteriously becomes pregnant, and a conflicted bureaucrat fights to protect her.
5. Dunkirk (2017)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 1h 46m. In May 1940, soldiers and civilians struggle by land, sea and air to evacuate the British army and their allies, Europe's last hope, from Dunkirk.
6. Atonement (2007)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2007, 2h 02m. Young Briony fingers a young man for a crime after she discovers a lustful letter and witnesses a sexual encounter between him and her sister.
7. About Time (2013)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2013, 2h 03m. When Tim learns that the men in his family can travel in time and change their own lives, he decides to go back and win the woman of his dreams.
8. Ex Machina (2015)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2015, 1h 48m. A coder at a tech company wins a week-long retreat at the compound of his company's CEO, where he's tasked with testing a new artificial intelligence.
9. Rocks (2019)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 1h 33m. Following her mother's abrupt departure, a dynamic and determined teen goes to extraordinary lengths to protect and provide for her younger brother.
10. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 1995, 2h 16m. Facing poverty after their father's death, three sisters are obliged to rely on the generosity of others in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.