Best Drama tv shows of 2019
TOP 20: Batman: The Animated Series
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
Release: 1992
Batman: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The series was widely praised for its thematic complexity, dark tone, artistic quality, and faithfulness to its title character's crime-fighting origins.
TOP 19: Firefly
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2002
In the year 2517, after the arrival of humans in a new star system, follow the adventures of the renegade crew of Serenity, a "Firefly-class" spaceship. The ensemble cast portrays the nine characters who live on Serenity.
TOP 18: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Original Title: 鋼の錬金術師 FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Action & Adventure
Release: 2009
Edward and Alphonse Elric's reckless disregard for alchemy's fundamental laws ripped half of Ed's limbs from his body and left Al's soul clinging to a cold suit of armor. To restore what was lost, the brothers scour a war-torn land for the Philosopher's Stone, a fabled relic which grants the ability to perform alchemy in impossible ways.
The Elrics are not alone in their search; the corrupt State Military is also eager to harness the artifact's power. So too are the strange Homunculi and their shadowy creator. The mythical gem lures exotic alchemists from distant kingdoms, scarring some deeply enough to inspire murder. As the Elrics find their course altered by these enemies and allies, their purpose remains unchanged – and their bond unbreakable.
TOP 17: Black Mirror
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2011
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
TOP 16: House
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2004
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
TOP 15: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Release: 2017
It’s 1958 Manhattan and Miriam “Midge” Maisel has everything she’s ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown talent - one that will take her all the way from the comedy clubs of Greenwich Village to a spot on Johnny Carson’s couch.
TOP 14: The Haunting
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Release: 2018
The Crains, a fractured family, confront haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
TOP 13: Band of Brothers
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure, War & Politics
Release: 2001
Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.
TOP 12: Peaky Blinders
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2013
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
TOP 11: Fargo
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2014
A close-knit anthology series dealing with stories involving malice, violence and murder based in and around Minnesota.
TOP 10: Rome
Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
Release: 2005
A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last days of the Roman Republic.
TOP 9: The Twilight Zone
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 1959
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
TOP 8: Sherlock
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Release: 2010
A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.
TOP 7: The Wire
Genre: Crime, Drama
Release: 2002
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
TOP 6: Hunter x Hunter
Original Title: ハンターｘハンター
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure
Release: 2011
Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss one day discovers that the father he had always been told was dead was alive and well. His Father, Ging, is a Hunter—a member of society's elite with a license to go anywhere or do almost anything. Gon, determined to follow in his father's footsteps, decides to take the Hunter Examination and eventually find his father to prove himself as a Hunter in his own right. But on the way, he learns that there is more to becoming a Hunter than previously thought, and the challenges that he must face are considered the toughest in the world.
TOP 5: The Sopranos
Genre: Drama
Release: 1999
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
TOP 4: Stranger Things
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Release: 2016
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
TOP 3: True Detective
Genre: Drama
Release: 2014
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
TOP 2: Breaking Bad
Genre: Drama
Release: 2008
When Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.
TOP 1: Chernobyl
Genre: Drama
Release: 2019
The true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history: the catastrophic nuclear accident at Chernobyl. A tale of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.