Struggling with what to watch tonight? Look no further than the WanasaTime guide to the best Drama shows you cannot miss to watch.
Full of true-crime series, old favorites, and a few that might surprise you with just how much it offers, this is the kind of power list that you aren’t going to be able to knock out in just a couple days. For drama series enthusiasts, this list is television goals!
You come back after binging all of this, and we shall reward you because there are easily over 1000 hours of prime television below. And the drama? It’s off the map.
So without any further ado check out the 10 Best Drama shows to watch when you feel
‘It’s time to get serious about your binging!’
1. Sherlock
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A modernized series of adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. John Watson (played by Martin Freeman), an army doctor, is wounded in Afghanistan and invalided out of the Army. Back in London, his search for a place to stay leads him to share a flat with Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), a brilliant but eccentric private detective. Together they solve baffling, and often bizarre, murder mysteries. They also have to compete with Holmes’ nemesis, the criminal genius Moriarty. ‘Sherlock’ is rated at 9.1 on IMDb, with a 78% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
2. Mad Men
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The professional and personal lives of those who work in advertising on Madison Avenue – self-coined ‘mad men’- in the 1960s are presented, focusing on Don Draper, a talented ad executive at the top of his game, but the secrets from his past and his present threaten to topple his work and family life.‘Mad Men’ is rated at 8.6 on IMDb, with a 94% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
3. The Crown
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Chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s to modern times. The series begins with an inside look at the early reign of the Queen, who ascended the throne at age twenty-five after the death of her father, King George VI. As the decades pass, personal intrigues, romances, and political rivalries are revealed that played a big role in events that shaped the later years of the twentieth century.‘The Crown’ is rated at 8.7 on IMDb, with a 90% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
4. Breaking Bad
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A high school chemistry teacher diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer turns to manufacturing and selling methamphetamine in order to secure his family’s future. The series tracks the impacts of a fatal diagnosis on a regular, hard-working man, and explores how a fatal diagnosis affects his morality and transforms him into a major player in the drug trade. ‘Breaking Bad’ is rated at 9.5 on IMDb, with a 96% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. This is one of the series’ most rated on IMDb.
5. House of Cards
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Majority House Whip Francis Underwood takes you on a long journey as he exacts his vengeance on those he feels wronged him. Dashing, cunning, methodical, and vicious, Frank Underwood along with his equally manipulative yet ambiguous wife, Claire, take Washington by storm through climbing the hierarchical ladder to power in this Americanized recreation of the BBC series of the same name. ‘House of Cards’ is rated at 8.7 on IMDb, with a 77% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
6. Peaky Blinders
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Thomas Shelby and his brothers return to Birmingham after serving in the British Army during WWI. Shelby and the Peaky Blinders, the gang he is leader of, control the city of Birmingham. But as Shelby’s ambitions extend beyond Birmingham, he plans to build on the business empire he’s created, and stop anyone who gets in his way. ‘Peaky Blinders’ is rated at 8.8 on IMDb, with a 93% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
7. Suits
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Mike Ross, a talented young college dropout, is hired as an associate by Harvey Specter, one of New York’s best lawyers. Proving to be an irrepressible duo and invaluable to the practice, Mike and Harvey must keep their secret from everyone including managing partner Jessica and Harvey’s arch nemesis Louis, who seems intent on making Mike’s life as difficult as possible.‘Suits’ is rated at 8.5 on IMDb, with a 90% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
8. Narcos
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‘Narcos’ tells the true-life story of the growth and spread of cocaine drug cartels across the globe and attendant efforts of law enforcement to meet them head-on in brutal, bloody conflict. It centers around the notorious Colombian cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar (Wagner Moura) and Steve Murphy (Holbrook), a DEA agent sent to Colombia on a U.S. mission to capture him and ultimately kill him. ‘Narcos’ is rated at 8.8 on IMDb, with an 89% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
9. The Wire
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From the drug-infested streets of West Baltimore to the corruption of City Hall, ‘The Wire’ chronicles the tribulations of a post-industrial American city. Viewed from the perspectives of both police and their targets, the series captures a world where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.‘The Wire’ is rated at 9.3 on IMDb, with a 94 % average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
10. The Sopranos
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An innovative look at the life of fictional Mafia Capo, Tony Soprano, this serial is presented largely in the first person, but additional perspective is conveyed by the intimate conversations Tony has with his psychiatrist. We see Tony at work, at home, and in therapy. Moments of black comedy are interspersed in this aggressive adult drama. The Sopranos’ is rated at 9.2 on IMDb, with a 92% average audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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