Best American drama series

Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch drama shows from United States, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!

  • Poster for Pluribus

    Pluribus 2025

    The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.

    Apple TV
    80
  • Poster for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

    A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 2026

    A century before the events of Game of Thrones, two unlikely heroes wandered Westeros: a young, naive but courageous knight, Ser Duncan the Tall, and his diminutive squire, Egg. Set in an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne and the last dragon has not yet passed from living memory, great destinies, powerful foes, and dangerous exploits await these improbable and incomparable friends.

    HBO
    82
  • Poster for Alien: Earth

    Alien: Earth 2025

    When the mysterious deep space research vessel USCSS Maginot crash-lands on Earth, Wendy and a ragtag group of tactical soldiers make a fateful discovery that puts them face-to-face with the planet's greatest threat.

    Hulu
    74
  • Poster for HIS & HERS

    HIS & HERS 2026

    Two estranged spouses — one a detective, the other a news reporter — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.

    Netflix
    76
  • Poster for IT: Welcome to Derry

    IT: Welcome to Derry 2025

    In 1962, amid a spate of unexplained disappearances of local children, a group of misfit friends begin to suspect a long-buried ancient evil lurking. As the kids set out to determine what's really going on, a rising unease prompts several townspeople to work together to restore peace – all while a U.S. military operation seeks to exploit Derry for its own objectives.

    HBO
    79
  • Poster for Dexter: Resurrection

    Dexter: Resurrection 2025

    Dexter Morgan awakens from a coma to find Harrison gone without a trace. Realizing the weight of what he put his son through, Dexter sets out for New York City, determined to find him and make things right. But closure won't come easy. When Miami Metro's Angel Batista arrives with questions, Dexter realizes his past is catching up to him fast. As father and son navigate their own darkness in the city that never sleeps, they soon find themselves deeper than they ever imagined - and that the only way out is together.

    Paramount+ with Showtime
    86
  • Poster for UNTAMED

    UNTAMED 2025

    In the vast expanse of Yosemite National Park, a woman's death draws a federal agent into lawless terrain — where nature obeys no rules but its own.

    Netflix
    74
  • Poster for Murderbot

    Murderbot 2025

    In a high-tech future, a rogue security robot secretly gains free will. To stay hidden, it reluctantly joins a new mission protecting scientists on a dangerous planet... even though it just wants to binge soap operas.

    Apple TV
    74
  • Poster for Task

    Task 2025

    In the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a task force assembled to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.

    HBO
    78
  • Poster for The Beast in Me

    The Beast in Me 2025

    A famous author is pulled into a twisted mind game with her rich, powerful new neighbor — who might be a murderer.

    Netflix
    76
  • Poster for Monster: The Ed Gein Story

    Monster: The Ed Gein Story 2025

    The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers.

    Netflix
    70
  • Poster for Wonder Man

    Wonder Man 2026

    Simon and Trevor, two actors at opposite ends of their careers, chase life-changing roles.

    Disney+
    73
  • Poster for The Terminal List: Dark Wolf

    The Terminal List: Dark Wolf 2025

    Before The Terminal List, Navy SEAL Ben Edwards finds himself entangled in the black operations side of the CIA. The deeper Ben goes into the 'gray', the harder it will become to not give himself over to his darker impulses. Every man has two wolves inside him – light and dark – fighting for control. Which wolf will Ben Edwards feed?

    Prime Video
    75
  • Poster for Chief of War

    Chief of War 2025

    With Hawaii's four kingdoms divided by war, the ferocious warrior Kaʻiana embarks on an epic mission to unite his people—as an existential threat approaches their shores.

    Apple TV
    76
  • Poster for The Last Frontier

    The Last Frontier 2025

    When a prison transport plane crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness—freeing dozens of violent inmates—the region's lone marshal must protect the town he's vowed to keep safe.

    Apple TV
    71
  • Poster for Sirens

    Sirens 2025

    Worried about her sister's too-close relationship with her billionaire boss, a scrappy everywoman seeks answers at a lavish seaside estate.

    Netflix
    69
  • Poster for Ballard

    Ballard 2025

    Detective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping at her heels, Ballard must outwit both criminals and colleagues to bring long-overdue justice to the victims and their families.

    Prime Video
    75
  • Poster for Boots

    Boots 2025

    After impulsively joining the U.S. Marine Corps, a bullied teen finds new purpose — and unexpected brotherhood — with his motley team of fellow recruits.

    Netflix
    78
  • Poster for Spartacus: House of Ashur

    Spartacus: House of Ashur 2025

    In a world where he survived the events of Spartacus, Ashur clawed his way to power, owning the same ludus that once owned him. Allying with a fierce gladiatrix, Ashur ignites a new kind of spectacle that offends the elite.

    STARZ
    73
  • Poster for Robin Hood

    Robin Hood 2025

    A modern reimagining of the classic tale. After the Norman invasion of England, Rob, a Saxon forester’s son, and Marian, a Norman lord’s daughter, fall in love and unite to fight for justice, challenge corruption, and restore peace to the land.

    MGM+
    73
  • Poster for Stick

    Stick 2025

    Pryce Cahill was headed for golf greatness when an on-course meltdown derailed his career. Now struggling to stay afloat, he goes all in to mentor Santi—a teenage phenom with immense potential—and maybe save himself.

    Apple TV
    73
  • Poster for The Girlfriend

    The Girlfriend 2025

    Laura has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her precious son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry, a girlfriend who changes everything. After a tense introduction, Laura becomes convinced Cherry is hiding something. Is she a manipulative social climber, or is Laura just paranoid? The truth is a matter of perspective.

    Prime Video
    72
  • Poster for The Waterfront

    The Waterfront 2025

    A prominent North Carolina fishing family wades into treacherous waters to keep their crumbling business empire afloat.

    Netflix
    73
  • Poster for The Chair Company

    The Chair Company 2025

    After an embarrassing incident at work, suburban family man William Ronald Trosper finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy.

    HBO
    69
  • Poster for We Were Liars

    We Were Liars 2025

    One year after a mysterious accident left her with amnesia, 17-year-old Cadence returns to Beechwood, an island off Martha's Vineyard, seeking answers. As three generations of the distinguished Sinclair family gather at their private summer utopia, no one will talk about the accident – neither her childhood friends "The Liars" nor her first love Gat, forcing her to uncover the truth herself.

    Prime Video
    72
  • Poster for Smoke

    Smoke 2025

    When an arson investigator begrudgingly teams up with a police detective, their race to stop two arsonists ignites a twisted game of secrets and suspicions.

    Apple TV
    65
  • Poster for Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

    Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen 2026

    A bride has a feeling that something horrifying will happen at her wedding — and the closer to the altar she gets, the worse it becomes.

    Netflix
    71
  • Poster for Scarpetta

    Scarpetta 2026

    Renowned forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her position as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner, where she investigates a haunting murder with eerie reminders from her first big case decades ago. In 1998, Scarpetta works alongside Detective Pete Marino and FBI Agent Benton Wesley as they investigate a series of brutal stranglings. Based on the best-selling novels by Patricia Cornwell.

    Prime Video
    69
  • Poster for Butterfly

    Butterfly 2025

    David Jung, a mysterious former US intelligence operative living in hiding in South Korea, has his life blown to pieces when the consequences of an impossible decision from his past come back to haunt him, and he finds himself hunted by Rebecca, a deadly young assassin, and Caddis, the sinister spy organization she works for.

    Prime Video
    69
  • Poster for Death by Lightning

    Death by Lightning 2025

    The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.

    Netflix
    76
  • Poster for The Better Sister

    The Better Sister 2025

    Chloe moves in New York's most elite circles with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky tries to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the investigation sends shockwaves through the family and exposes long-buried secrets.

    Prime Video
    69
  • Poster for The Abandons

    The Abandons 2025

    In 1850s Washington, two families led by powerful matriarchs — one wealthy, one poor but deeply loyal — battle for supremacy on the lawless frontier.

    Netflix
    69
  • Poster for The Beauty

    The Beauty 2026

    The world of high fashion turns dark when international supermodels begin dying in gruesome and mysterious ways. FBI Agents Cooper Madsen and Jordan Bennett are sent to Paris to uncover the truth. As they delve deeper into the case, they uncover a sexually transmitted virus that transforms ordinary people into visions of physical perfection, but with terrifying consequences.

    Hulu
    70
  • Poster for Outlander: Blood of My Blood

    Outlander: Blood of My Blood 2025

    From the battlefields of World War I to the rugged Highlands of 18th century Scotland, two fated couples must defy the forces that seek to tear them apart, unfolding in surprising and unforeseen ways in this romantic saga that unfolds across time.

    STARZ
    79
  • Poster for The Hunting Wives

    The Hunting Wives 2025

    Sophie trades New England for East Texas and falls into a wealthy socialite's magnetic orbit — where a clique of housewives hide deadly secrets.

    Netflix
    73
  • Poster for Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair

    Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair 2026

    After shielding himself and his daughter from his family for over a decade, Malcolm is dragged back into their orbit when Hal and Lois demand his presence at their 40th anniversary party.

    Hulu
    73
  • Poster for Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy

    Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy 2025

    When a teenager goes missing, it becomes clear that many young men and boys have disappeared at the hands of John Wayne Gacy, the prime suspect.

    Peacock
    72
  • Poster for 56 Days

    56 Days 2026

    When an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.

    Prime Video
    70
  • Poster for The Madison

    The Madison 2026

    The Clyburns uproot their comfortable New York City lives to the wild, untamed beauty of Montana's Madison River Valley on a search for connection.

    Paramount+
    77
  • Poster for PONIES

    PONIES 2026

    In 1977 Moscow, two "PONIES" ("persons of no interest") become CIA operatives and uncover a Cold War conspiracy their husbands were killed for.

    Peacock
    73
  • Poster for DTF St. Louis

    DTF St. Louis 2026

    A love triangle among three adults experiencing middle-age malaise leads to one of them ending up dead.

    HBO
    72
  • Poster for Duster

    Duster 2025

    In 1972, the first Black female FBI agent heads to the Southwest and recruits a gutsy getaway driver in a bold effort to take down a growing crime syndicate.

    Max
    69
  • Poster for Murdaugh: Death in the Family

    Murdaugh: Death in the Family 2025

    Maggie and Alex enjoy a lavish life of privilege as members of one of South Carolina's most powerful legal dynasties. But when their son Paul is involved in a deadly boat crash, the family is faced with a test unlike any they've ever encountered. As details come to light and new challenges emerge, the family's connections to several mysterious deaths raise questions which threaten everything Maggie and Alex hold dear.

    Hulu
    70
  • Poster for The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox

    The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox 2025

    Amanda Knox arrives in Italy for her study abroad only to be wrongfully imprisoned for murder weeks later. Follow Knox's relentless fight to prove her innocence and reclaim her freedom and examines why authorities and the world stood so firmly in judgment.

    Hulu
    70
  • Poster for The Lowdown

    The Lowdown 2025

    Follow the gritty exploits of citizen journalist Lee Raybon, a self-proclaimed Tulsa "truthstorian" whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.

    FX
    72
  • Poster for Motorheads

    Motorheads 2025

    After moving to Ironwood, siblings Caitlyn and Zac Torres are drawn into a thrilling car culture where street racing reigns and high school status is all about your ride. Haunted by their father's dark past, they join forces with loner Curtis and outcast Marcel to rebuild his legendary car.

    Prime Video
    76
  • Poster for Vanished

    Vanished 2026

    When a romantic getaway to Paris takes a dark turn with the sudden disappearance of her boyfriend Tom aboard a train to the south of France, Alice is plunged into a web of intrigue and danger, uncovering shocking secrets about the man she thought she knew.

    MGM+
    62
  • Poster for Love Story

    Love Story 2026

    An anthology of sweeping true love stories that captured the world’s attention.

    Hulu
    74
  • Poster for The Rainmaker

    The Rainmaker 2025

    Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two connected conspiracies surrounding the mysterious death of their client's son.

    USA Network
    73
  • Poster for Marshals

    Marshals 2026

    With the Yellowstone Ranch behind him, Kayce Dutton joins an elite unit of U.S. Marshals, combining his skills as a cowboy and Navy SEAL to bring range justice to Montana, where he and his teammates must balance family, duty and the high psychological cost that comes with serving as the last line of defense in the region's war on violence.

    CBS
    66
  • Poster for NCIS: Tony & Ziva

    NCIS: Tony & Ziva 2025

    When his security company is attacked, Tony and Ziva must go on the run across Europe, try to figure out who is after them and maybe even learn to trust each other again so that they can finally have their unconventional happily ever after.

    Paramount+
    68
  • Poster for Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones 2011

    Seven noble families fight for control of the mythical land of Westeros. Friction between the houses leads to full-scale war. All while a very ancient evil awakens in the farthest north. Amidst the war, a neglected military order of misfits, the Night's Watch, is all that stands between the realms of men and icy horrors beyond.

    HBO
    88
  • Poster for Breaking Bad

    Breaking Bad 2008

    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.

    AMC
    92
  • Poster for The Walking Dead

    The Walking Dead 2010

    Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.

    AMC
    78
  • Poster for Dexter

    Dexter 2006

    Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

    Showtime
    83
  • Poster for Lost

    Lost 2004

    Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.

    ABC
    80
  • Poster for Chernobyl

    Chernobyl 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.

    HBO
    91
  • Poster for House

    House 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.

    FOX
    85
  • Poster for Better Call Saul

    Better Call Saul 2015

    Six years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White. We meet him when the man who will become Saul Goodman is known as Jimmy McGill, a small-time lawyer searching for his destiny, and, more immediately, hustling to make ends meet. Working alongside, and, often, against Jimmy, is “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut. The series tracks Jimmy’s transformation into Saul Goodman, the man who puts “criminal” in “criminal lawyer".

    AMC
    87
  • Poster for Arrow

    Arrow 2012

    Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.

    The CW
    74
  • Poster for Mr. Robot

    Mr. Robot 2015

    A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.

    USA Network
    84
  • Poster for Suits

    Suits 2011

    While running from a drug deal gone bad, Mike Ross, a brilliant young college-dropout, slips into a job interview with one of New York City's best legal closers, Harvey Specter. Tired of cookie-cutter law school grads, Harvey takes a gamble by hiring Mike on the spot after he recognizes his raw talent and photographic memory.

    USA Network
    83
  • Poster for The Mandalorian

    The Mandalorian 2019

    After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.

    Disney+
    83
  • Poster for Supernatural

    Supernatural 2005

    When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

    The CW
    83
  • Poster for House of Cards

    House of Cards 2013

    Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.

    Netflix
    84
  • Poster for Prison Break

    Prison Break 2005

    Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.

    FOX
    80