Drama Programmes on Netflix

A terminally ill chemistry teacher teams with a former student to manufacture crystal meth to secure his family's future.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 9.5
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70143836 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Three best friends look for love, laughs and some lifelong memories while attending college together.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 9.2
Netflix ID: 81113888 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a city of coaching centers known to train India’s finest collegiate minds, an earnest but unexceptional student and his friends navigate campus life.

Year: 2021
IMDb: 9.2
Netflix ID: 81249783 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this updated take on Arthur Conan Doyle's beloved mystery tales, the eccentric sleuth prowls the streets of modern-day London in search of clues.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 9.1
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70202589 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A disillusioned royal magistrate sets out for the martial arts world, where he encounters a bosom friend and becomes entangled in a conspiracy.

Year: 2021
IMDb: 9.1
Netflix ID: 81450719 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 9.1
Netflix ID: 81443363 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The writings of Nobel Prize winner Rabindranath Tagore come to life in this collection of tales set in early-20th-century Bengal.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 9
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80102160 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A prosecutor without empathetic abilities, along with a bold female police detective, takes on a murder case involving rampant political corruption.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 9
Netflix ID: 80187302 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After the deities Bai Qian and Ye Hua meet and fall in love, their romance stands the test of three lifetimes — each an epic in its own right.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 9
Netflix ID: 81019520 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a peaceful, rustic town, a retired officer and his family are mired in a murder mystery riddled with shocking, buried secrets.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 9
Netflix ID: 81026192 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 9
Netflix ID: 80200549 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a world that is less than kind, a young woman and a middle-aged man develop a sense of kinship as they find warmth and comfort in one another.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 9
Netflix ID: 81267691 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Inspired by the classic Coen Brothers film of the same title, this new limited series embroils several quirky Minnesotans in a different 'true' crime.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.9
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70285785 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The original television miniseries version of the classic war thriller about a German U-Boat crew's harrowing, deadly mission in World War II.

Year: 1985
IMDb: 8.9
Netflix rating: 4.6/5
Netflix ID: 80000596 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Amid the turmoil of China's civil war, families of Kuomintang pilots face the pain of leaving their homes but find strength in their shared bonds.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.9
Netflix ID: 80233859 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Sharing a complicated past, two best friends turned enemies struggle to make amends as gangs, crime and love force their worlds even further apart.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.9
Netflix ID: 81235739 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Ruthless Congressman Frank Underwood will stop at nothing to conquer Washington D.C. in this Emmy winning political drama.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70178217 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The true story of Colombia’s infamously violent and powerful drug cartels fuels this gritty new gangster drama series.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Netflix ID: 80025172 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This sci-fi anthology series in the vein of 'The Twilight Zone' reflects on the darker side of technology and human nature.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 70264888 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A notorious gang in 1919 Birmingham, England, is led by the fierce Tommy Shelby, a crime boss set on moving up in the world no matter the cost.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 80002479 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Los Simuladores are a commando group specializing in simulation operatives to solve problems for their clients.

Year: 2002
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.6/5
Netflix ID: 70256270 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Take a nostalgic trip back to the late 1980s through the lives of five families and their five teenage kids living in a small neighborhood in Seoul.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 80188351 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Communicating via a walkie-talkie that transcends time, a profiler from 2015 and a detective from 1989 join forces to tackle crimes and injustice.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 80987077 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A young boy who ends up in the U.S. after the 1871 Shinmiyangyo incident returns to Korea at a historical turning point and falls for a noblewoman.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 80991107 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 70266992 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 81159258 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When dangerous threats arise after her coronation, the princess of a small country is sent to Thailand, where a navy lieutenant becomes her bodyguard.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 81235774 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A city kid is brought to the countryside by his father's new coaching gig: reviving a ragtag middle school badminton team on the brink of extinction.

Year: 2021
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix ID: 81443941 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This prequel to 'Breaking Bad' follows small-time attorney Jimmy McGill as he transforms into Walter White's morally challenged lawyer, Saul Goodman.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix rating: 4.6/5
Netflix ID: 80021955 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Exposing the snobbery and machinations of a disappearing class system, this series chronicles the elite Crawley family and their assorted servants.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70213223 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Eric Taylor faces enormous pressure when he signs on as the new coach of a small-town Texas football team that's poised to win the state championship.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Netflix ID: 70136125 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This drama follows the political rivalries and romance of Queen Elizabeth II's reign and the events that shaped the second half of the 20th century.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 80025678 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A couple expecting triplets find themselves with a brood they weren't anticipating, thanks to a twist of fate that shapes their future as a family.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 80113702 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 80100172 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a secret from the past rears its head, a respected court scholar must choose between avenging her family and staying true to the prince she loves.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 80993613 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 80189221 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Set in a residential community that’s home to Korea’s elite, this comedy satire follows the lives of four married couples and their children.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 81030062 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Decades after the tournament that changed their lives, the rivalry between Johnny and Daniel reignites in this sequel to the "Karate Kid" films.

Year: 2020
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix ID: 81002370 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

DS Steve Arnott is transferred to a police anticorruption unit after he refuses to be part of a cover-up involving an accidental shooting.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4/5
Netflix ID: 70263817 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This gritty drama charts the exploits of Viking hero Ragnar Lothbrok as he extends the Norse reach by challenging an unfit leader who lacks vision.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70301870 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After seizing control of its town, gun-running motorcycle club the Sons of Anarchy soon butts heads with rival biker gangs, racist groups and the law.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70143844 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, a Danish inspector and a Swedish detective must work together to find the killer.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70254188 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While Cleaver Greene is a brilliant and driven attorney, he's also an ex-druggie, a current gambling addict and loathed by many of his colleagues.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Netflix ID: 70301553 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Bea Smith is locked up while awaiting trial for the alleged attempted murder of her husband and must learn how life works in prison.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 80013249 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This dramedy based on a British series centers on siblings in a dysfunctional Chicago family who struggle while coping with their alcoholic father.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 70184207 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A former Colombian guerrilla fighter faces challenges as she reintegrates into society and tries to overcome her traumatic memories.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Netflix ID: 80120640 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

An unconventional high school philosophy teacher upsets a few parents and staff, romances others and inspires all his pupils, including his gay son.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80134797 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A 21st-century woman gets transported back 1,000 years to the Goryeo Dynasty, where she finds herself engulfed in politics and a rivalry for love.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80156759 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A plucky orphan whose passions run deep finds an unlikely home with a hardened spinster and her soft-spoken bachelor brother. Based on the beloved books.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 80136311 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the late 1970s two FBI agents expand criminal science by delving into the psychology of murder and getting uneasily close to all-too-real monsters.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 80114855 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Ivy League dropout Earn and his rapper cousin Paper Boi hustle their way up the ladder of the Atlanta, Georgia, music scene one rung at a time.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 80123779 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 81012510 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Circumstances spoil a budding romance between an aspiring screenwriter and a passionate chef. Five years later, they're given a second shot at love.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 80999068 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Haredi family living in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Jerusalem reckons with love, loss and the doldrums of daily life.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 81004164 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 80241986 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As power-hungry overlords drain life from the planet Thra, a group of brave Gelfling unite on a quest to save their world and fight off the darkness.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 80148535 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A detective finds himself 30 years in the future and must solve a string of grisly crimes before he can return to the past.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 81142594 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While grieving the loss of her boyfriend, a young woman wakes up in the body of a 17-year-old and finds herself in a love triangle — and in the past.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix ID: 81342555 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A dedicated urban detective tries to keep a grip on his personal life while dealing with the psychological factors underlying the crimes he solves.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70175633 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Thracian man is condemned to a brutal death in the arena, only to outlast his executioners and be reborn as the enslaved gladiator Spartacus.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 70136152 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When he impresses a big lawyer with his razor-sharp mind, a college dropout scores a coveted associate job, even though he has no legal credentials.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.5/5
Netflix ID: 70195800 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

From his days as a petty thief to becoming head of a drug-trafficking empire, this riveting miniseries charts the life of the infamous Pablo Escobar.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Netflix ID: 80035684 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After his girlfriend dumps him, 20-something Josh realizes he's gay, beds an attractive acquaintance and moves in with his suicidal mom.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 3.1/5
Netflix ID: 80008187 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Dale Cooper returns to the strange and dangerous town of Twin Peaks some 25 years after the shocking murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80095712 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A genetics professor experiments with a treatment for his comatose sister that blends medical and shamanic cures, but unlocks a shocking side effect.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80158301 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A scandal erupts in Brazil during an investigation of alleged government corruption via oil and construction companies. Loosely inspired by true events.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80120485 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Sports and friendship intertwine in tales of a volleyball team, an autistic badminton player, a skateboarder with depression and an archery-club crush.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80994754 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Hidden away by her mother, the Floral Goddess, the naïve Jinmi is drawn to Xufeng, the Heavenly Emperor's son. Yet forces conspire against them.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81026363 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As Delhi reels in the aftermath of a gang rape, DCP Vartika Chaturvedi leads a painstaking search for the culprits. Based on the 2012 Nirbhaya case.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81076756 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A former footballer tries to make it as a player agent in the world of African soccer, but a secret from his past threatens to destroy everything.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81157169 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

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.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 70302482 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After realizing they want to be more than just friends, childhood buddies Knock and Korn must confront obstacles before becoming an item.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81278588 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a Luxembourg village where everyone is keeping secrets, gruff police inspector Luc Capitani investigates the suspicious death of a 15-year-old girl.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81277858 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The Robles family, born and raised in the Americas, experiences the highs and lows of the revolutionary drive to Peru's independence.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81302679 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Three offbeat news anchors and their hard-nosed producers are here to bring you the latest news — if they don't kill each other first.

Year: 1997
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81405926 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Raised by strict parents with high expectations, a woman breaks free from her family and vows to navigate love, friendships and life unapologetically.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 81219182 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In Rainer Werner Fassbinder's immersive epic, a hapless everyman emerges from the penitentiary into the anarchic purgatory of Weimar-era Berlin.

Year: 1980
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 70308785 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A cybersecurity engineer by day and a cyber vigilante by night, a man is recruited by a mysterious group of hackers to take down a global corporation.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix ID: 80045933 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Set during the Reagan presidency, this Cold War drama follows two married Soviet sleeper agents living discreetly near Washington, D.C.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 70269397 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a young boy is murdered in the small seaside town of Broadchurch, local detectives Ellie Miller and Alec Hardy are assigned the mysterious case.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70302484 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This period drama set in impoverished East London in the 1950s follows a newly qualified midwife and her colleagues at a nursing convent.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Netflix ID: 70245163 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Spunky teenager Amy is reeling from the sudden death of her mother when she and her grandfather are threatened with the loss of their horse ranch.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70171946 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Re-creating the dawn of the personal computer era, this digital drama tracks the fates of an industry visionary and his brilliant colleagues.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Netflix ID: 70302182 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This epic tale adapted from Diana Gabaldon's popular series of fantasy-romance novels focuses on the drama of two time-crossed lovers.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4.2/5
Netflix ID: 70285581 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Hard-driving U.S. attorney Chuck Rhoades launches a withering investigation into billionaire Bobby Axelrod, a win-at-all-costs hedge fund manager.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Netflix ID: 80067290 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 3/5
Netflix ID: 80123798 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

O.J. Simpson's double-murder trial, dubbed 'the Trial of the Century,' is dramatized from the perspective of both the prosecution and the defense.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix rating: 4/5
Netflix ID: 80083977 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

With his major league baseball debut right around the corner, a star pitcher lands in prison and must learn to navigate his new world.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80214406 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Soviet freight train's hijacking leads a haunted cop and a poor typist to uncover a political conspiracy amid the vice and glamour of 1929 Berlin.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80136321 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This miniseries created for Swedish television adapts the complete Millennium trilogy from Stieg Larsson's best-selling novels.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 70289508 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A rising weight lifting star crosses paths with a childhood friend, a competitive swimmer, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80188662 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After surrendering to Bogotá police, an ex-guerrilla avoids prison by working undercover to investigate a ruthless enforcer of government corruption.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80230435 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Honoring service members whose courage merited the awarding of a Medal of Honor, this docudrama series re-creates their inspiring true stories.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80169786 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Witness the birth of the Mexican drug war in the 1980s as a gritty new 'Narcos' saga chronicles the true story of the Guadalajara cartel's ascent.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80997085 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Losing her memory -- and her boyfriend -- after a car accident, Jia-en crosses paths with a heart transplant recipient who helps her recall her past.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 81020612 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Strangers Diego and Isabel flee their home in Mexico and pretend to be a married couple to escape his drug-dealing enemies and her abusive husband.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 81034775 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Defining moments in Andrew Cunanan's life, starting in childhood, lead up to a 1997 murder spree that kills five, including fashion icon Gianni Versace.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 81091015 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Struggling to come to terms with his wife's death, a writer for a newspaper adopts a gruff new persona in an effort to push away those trying to help.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80998491 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This drama follows the life of biblical enigma María Magdalene as she navigates an oppressive society and becomes one of Jesus' most devout followers.

Year: 2018
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80993876 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two seasoned drug dealers return to the gritty streets of London, but their pursuit of money and power is threatened by a young and ruthless hustler.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.4
Netflix ID: 80217669 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb