Best Ukrainian drama series

An extraordinary sense of smell gives a crime investigator unique insight into solving mysteries, but his gift takes a toll on his personal life.

Modern retelling of a classical Ukrainian family drama. Generations clash as the rural Kaidash family tries to make room for their sons, their sons' love interests and all the predicaments that ensue.

Revolves around the lives of Ukrainian teenagers in a secondary school class. The teenagers struggle with bullying, including the Blue Whale Challenge, lack of parental support, suicidal behavior, LGBT identity crises-a subject that is rarely portrayed on Ukrainian television-alcoholic parents, and speech disabilities. In one of the show's main plot lines, the main characters are stalked on the Internet by an anonymous person who pretends to be their friend.

It's April of 1986. Pripyat, Ukraine. A core meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over thirty people died during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result of the radiation fallout will reach a four-digit number. This accident will be considered the world’s largest ecological disaster. Set at ground zero of a catastrophe, this film will reveal the details of the Chernobyl event. The shocking news of the explosion at the nuclear plant has spread, as the world watched the tragedy in fear and confusion. Hearts went out to those who displayed selfless courage and integrity in the initial efforts to stabilize the reactor power. But some were too busy being in love to notice what had just happened in nearby Chernobyl. The disaster has faded into the background... This is an account of love and loss, bravery and supernatural stoicism in the face of unbeatable odds.

The series is built in the form of saga and depicts the turbulent periods of the beginning of the 20th century through the eyes of ordinary people: the First World War, the revolution, the emergence of Soviet regime. Each of the characters faced the changes in their own way through their concept of truth. However, all of them shared fundamental desire to live, love and find their own place in the new era.

Kateryna is beautiful, clever and by the will of her godmother was raised as a lady of noble blood. But for the whole world, she is only someone else’s property, a bondmaid of the richest landowner in Nizhyn – Chervinskyi. Struggling for her freedom and the right to be happy, she will have to endure the deaths of her closest people, become the property of a woman who hates and dreams to kill her, survive the popular uprising, escape while being chased by a maniac and flee from the one who wants to get her above all. What awaits Kateryna at the end of such a terrible and exhausting path to freedom?

When successful businesswoman Katya's daughter tries to commit suicide, she becomes an economics teacher in order to be closer to her daughter and understand what the kids are up to at school. At the same time, Alex, a new English teacher, former lawyer, son of the principal, and newly engaged, also comes to the school. As sparks begin between Katya and Alex, the skeletons of the past still haunt them and won't let our heroes go.

The story is based on the history of Ukraine through the eyes of a long-lived Volyn peasant, Yakiv Mekh. Since childhood, he has been in love with Ulyana, but despite the reciprocity of feelings, her parents married her off to a boy from a wealthy family. Unable to change anything, Yakiv leaves the village. He joins the Polish army and meets a Polish noblewoman, Zosia... His fate includes wars, captivity, and the loss of loved ones, but its main outcome is the preservation of humanity and the ability to love.

In an ordinary looking apartment, a father and daughter play a game of hide-and-seek. While searching for his daughter, she is nowhere to be found... Later, a video is posted which shows the girl holding a sign with a mysterious set of numbers. But what do they mean? She’s the first of several children who disappear without a trace in a small industrial town. Young detectives Varta Naumova and Maksim Shumov take on the complex case and… their own demons. Varta is a distant person and extremely protective of her personal space, while Maksim comes across as an easy-going sociable guy. Both have experienced trauma in their lives, and this case touches them on a deeper level. They become personally vested in finding the children and apprehending the kidnapper as they face their respective pasts.

1986, Chornobyl. Lera travels to the most promising place in the USRR where nuclear energy brightens the future of a new society. She is about to discover love, but also the power of physical and emotional destruction.

The first war drama series the Ukrainian TV channel 2+2 which was filmed during a full-scale war in Ukraine. The lead characters are the emergency paramedics, who were rescuing people of their city under continuous shelling and bombing

A story about the life of a girl who got a job as an assistant director of a large cosmetic company. Once in the world of beautiful and rich, the heroine feels uncomfortable, but she is not one of those who run away from challenges. She proves with her diligence that attractive appearance and fashionable clothes are not the main thing in a person. And even her boss begins to see in the main character something more than just a "gray mouse". Adaptation of the Colombian serial format «Yo soy Betty, la fea» («Unattractive Betty»).

In Vinnytsia, Sasha Motsak was the star of the school in the morning, but by evening, everything went wrong. Eva Horbatyuk is Sasha’s main rival, and she won’t back down until everyone around her acknowledges her as the best. Their struggle becomes the beginning of the teenage coming-of-age story. The students seek answers to questions they cannot discuss with adults, addressing important issues that concern everyone during adolescence. Sex, bullying, learning, and even acne - all this and much more in an honest and realistic series.

Vera (16), a girl from a regular family, unwillingly gets into a private school where children of rich and high-profile parents study.

Vika is a talented designer but after her father's death, her life crumbles apart. She will only find hope in a famous fashion house immerse in chaos and turmoil. Will she be able to save her future and the company?

The events begin during the Euromaidan, where the heroes find themselves on different sides of the barricades: one of them is an officer of the internal troops, others are protesters. When the Russian intervention in Ukraine begins, the former opponents turn up in the National Guard. Different and sometimes conflicting young people have to go through the school of a real fighter. Will the military and recruits, who were "enemies" yesterday, be able to become the only team capable of defending their country?

The series depicts the events at the Kyiv Scientific Institute of Midwifery and Reproduction happening after Russia's large-scale invasion ti Ukraine began. Pregnant women with various complications are brought here from all over the country. The story unfolds as Dr. Honchar joins the centre. He is a dedicated obstetrician-gynaecologist who was forced to leave Sievierodonetsk and move to the capital after his clinic and home were destroyed as a result of shelling. Having survived the trauma, he tries to rebuild his life in a new place together with his daughter. The new place of work plunges Dr. Honchar into unexpected professional disputes and labyrinths of intrigues when he accidentally stumbles upon the ambitions of the deputy head of the hospital.

Sofia suddenly finds out that she belongs to an ancient aristocratic family with its roots going back to the monarchy. She is now extremely rich, but the news comes with great danger.

In a mental health facility, an unknown man comes to his senses .... while he doesn't remember anything, nobody quite knows how he turned up there. It is only known that his name is Ivan, he has been in the clinic for a year, all this time under powerful antidepressants. Only the director of the clinic knows the truth about his situation, but he mysteriously dies the same day Ivan regains consciousness.

Yulia is a young ballerina trying to live up to her mother's expectations. Tired of the pressure, she attempts suicide. The tragic event turns into a meeting that will forever change her life.

The miniseries follows the lives of Tatiana, her two daughters and her granddaughter. Tatiana is a fitness instructor at one of the best gyms in town, her elder daughter works as a secretary in a company while the younger still goes to high school. Tatiana’s experiences with men and in marriage have been painful. She tries to inculcate that same mistrust to her daughters… But it all changes when one of them falls in love!

In February 2022, at the turn of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, therapist Lydia is trying to divorce her husband. Instead of following her daughter’s advice and fleeing the country, Lydia starts helping strangers, becoming a source of transport.

Anatoly Savchuk, a doctor has a complex fate. He left his job in occupational medicine, settled in the village and became known in the district as a chiropractor, raising the hopeless cases. In the first episode Savchuk by coincidence puts on his feet the son of Moscow businessman, owner of the commercial clinics. As a token of gratitude, a businessman who saw an outstanding specialist in the Savchuk, invited him to head the department of their hospital.

The film tells about the events of 1944 and about one operation of SMERSH, the special department of Soviet counterintelligence. The command suspects that an enemy is working in the liberated territory, who must get documents compromising the Soviet government (we are talking about secret negotiations with the Germans), left somewhere in the dungeon of Hitler's former headquarters.

1925. The Rise Of NEP. Against the background of the end of the red terror, the partial restoration of public freedoms and the growth of citizens ' capital , fraudsters and criminals of all stripes are flourishing. Ligovka, the most criminally dangerous district of Leningrad. Many of the local residents are almost born into the criminal world. The complex system of passageways contributes to the organization of bandit raids. Criminal power on Ligovka is held by a gang of the elusive and mysterious Lehi Cherta.

The secret service conducts demolition work in the area of magnetic anomalies. Purely by accident, it turns out that three men are located in the explosion area: Vladimir Golenko, a criminal, Oleg Malinin, a photographer, and Benedict Tartakovsky, a failed writer. As a result of the explosion, a strange connection begins between those three: a photographer Malinin can read the criminal Golengo’s mind, even see the world around him with the criminal’s eyes, and the writer Tartakovsky can entirely control Golenko’s actions and communicate with Malinin remotely. Tartakovsky, having Golenko come into his full possession, decides to use him to revenge everybody who had ever stood on his way before.

Anya and Valera Khokhlov married in their youth out of great love, lived together for seventeen happy years, moved around military garrisons, and raised two children. The idyll collapses when Valera decides to leave the army to go into business and brings his family to a big city. At her husband's birthday party, Anya is horrified to discover that Valera has a mistress—the vibrant and sexy Nika, the director of an advertising agency.

The story revolves around the hatred between two step sisters, Nadya & Irina, who are in love with the same man, Igor. Blinded by jealousy and hatred towards Nadya, Irina frames her in a murder and separates her from Igor. However, Nadya returns to expose Irina and win back her love and respect.

The series consists of ten films based on love and erotic works of Ukrainian literature from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. The films explore love as a multidimensional phenomenon. This is a kind of retrospective slice of the history of society, culture, and art. There are changes in the attitude towards a woman, mother, lover.

Yevgeny Rafalovich comes to a provincial town to work as a lawyer.

Lisa and Matvey met in Odesa during the revolutionary events and fell in love. Thanks to a magical souvenir, they will see famous personalities at different times, such as the criminal mastermind Mishka Yaponchik, General Almazov, and Ataman Grigory Kotovsky.

After playing supporting roles in police dramas, a run-down TV star runs out of money, his wife leaves him, and his girlfriend cheats on him. One day, when he's mistaken for a real cop, staying alive becomes his priority. Eurochannel presents Secret Identity, a new action-packed drama full of explosions, romance and many emotions.

Martha's dream of becoming an Olympic gymnast is shattered because of her dishonest trainer. Now, her only chance is at the local circus, where a fight between two trapeze artists is at its peak. While her two possible partners fight for her affection, one of them will cause a fatal accident that will change their lives.

Yevenia lives a fairy tale: she is young and beautiful, she has a wonderful career and a man of her dream. A doorbell ring changes everything. There is a terminally ill boy on her doorstep saying Yevenia is his mother.

Four women meet in the hospital getting ready to give a birth.

The plot is based on real events described by Ivan Franko in a series of criminal reports for the newspaper "Kurjer Lwowski" in 1889. The writer used the motives of these events in the story "The Foundations of Society".

The young and enterprising Muscovite Claudia, having accumulated decent capital, leaves the capital forever and goes to the Russian outback in order to establish civilization there. She starts by opening a casino in a small urban village. Provincial residents greet the Moscow guest coldly, with distrust and apprehension. And those who have been deprived of income by the opening of the gambling house enter into an open struggle with Claudia. But the woman finds the strength to withstand, despite the machinations of enemies and failures in her personal life.