Best on Apple TV+ › Drama
Included with subscription · US · updated October 29, 2026
Best dramas on Apple TV+ right now, ranked
The highest-rated dramas you can stream with a standard Apple TV+ plan in the US today: 25 movies and 25 series, checked title by title. Titles that need a paid add-on channel, a rental or a purchase aren’t counted.
How this is ranked: when a title has at least 5 ratings from Wochly users, its score is their average (green). Otherwise we use TMDB’s user rating weighted by how many people voted (marked “TMDB, weighted”), so a title with a handful of votes can’t outrank an established favorite. Talk, news and reality shows are left out. Availability comes from JustWatch via TMDB and is re-checked every few hours.
Best drama movies on Apple TV+
- 1
Good Will Hunting (1997)
Drama
Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 2
Taxi Driver (1976)
Crime, Drama
Suffering from insomnia, disturbed loner Travis Bickle takes a job as a New York City cabbie, haunting the streets nightly, growing increasingly detached from reality as he dreams of cleaning up the filthy city.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 3
The Sixth Sense (1999)
Mystery, Thriller, Drama
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
7.9TMDB, weighted
- 4
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Drama, Romance
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 5
Palmer (2021)
Drama
After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.
7.8TMDB, weighted
- 6
F1 (2025)
Action, Drama
Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 7
Finch (2021)
Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 8
CODA (2021)
Drama, Music, Romance
As a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her love of music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 9
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse (2022)
Animation, Family, Drama
The unlikely friendship of a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse traveling together in the boy's search for home.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 10
Tetris (2023)
Thriller, History, Drama
In 1988, American video game salesman Henk Rogers discovers the video game Tetris. When he sets out to bring the game to the world, he enters a dangerous web of lies and corruption behind the Iron Curtain.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 11
American Gangster (2007)
Drama, Crime
Loosely based on the criminal career of Frank Lucas, a gangster from La Grange, North Carolina, who smuggled heroin into the United States on American service planes returning from the Vietnam War, before being detained by a task force led by Newark Detective Richie Roberts.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 12
Fury (2014)
War, Drama, Action
April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theater, a battle-hardened army sergeant commands a Sherman tank with a five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 13
Blood Diamond (2006)
Drama, Thriller, Action
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 14
Emancipation (2022)
Drama, War, History
Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 15
Greyhound (2020)
War, Action, Drama
A first-time captain leads a convoy of allied ships carrying thousands of soldiers across the treacherous waters of the "Black Pit" to the front lines of WWII. With no air cover protection for 5 days, the captain and his convoy must battle the surrounding enemy Nazi U-boats in order to give the allies a chance to win the war.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 16
Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
Crime, History, Drama
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 17
The Banker (2020)
Drama
In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 18
The Greatest Beer Run Ever (2022)
Drama, Comedy, War
Chickie wants to support his friends fighting in Vietnam, so he does something wild—personally bring them American beer. What starts as a well-meaning journey quickly changes Chickie's life and perspective.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 19
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Adventure, Drama, War
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 20
Cherry (2021)
Drama, Crime
Cherry drifts from college dropout to army medic in Iraq—anchored only by his one true love, Emily. But after returning from the war with PTSD, his life spirals into drugs and crime as he struggles to find his place in the world.
7.1TMDB, weighted
- 21
Tenzing (2026)
Drama, History
A determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest—and defies seemingly impossible odds—to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 22
A League of Their Own (1992)
Comedy, Drama
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 23
Insomnia (2002)
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
7.0TMDB, weighted
- 24
Eternity (2025)
Romance, Comedy, Drama
In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan is faced with the impossible choice between the man she spent her life with and her first love, who died young and has waited decades for her to arrive.
6.9TMDB, weighted
- 25
Swan Song (2021)
Drama, Science Fiction
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate in this thought-provoking exploration of love, loss, and sacrifice.
6.8TMDB, weighted
Best drama shows on Apple TV+
- 1
Severance (2022)
Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 2
Ted Lasso (2020)
Drama, Comedy
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
8.2TMDB, weighted
- 3
Silo (2023)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
In a ruined and toxic future, thousands live in a giant silo deep underground. After its sheriff breaks a cardinal rule and residents die mysteriously, engineer Juliette starts to uncover shocking secrets and the truth about the silo.
8.1TMDB, weighted
- 4
Dickinson (2019)
Comedy, Drama
Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world's greatest poet.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 5
Defending Jacob (2020)
Drama, Mystery, Crime
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 6
See (2019)
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.
8.0TMDB, weighted
- 7
Slow Horses (2022)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 8
Black Bird (2022)
Drama, Crime
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
7.7TMDB, weighted
- 9
Pluribus (2025)
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
7.6TMDB, weighted
- 10
Foundation (2021)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Follow a band of exiles on their monumental journey to save humanity and rebuild civilization amid the fall of the Galactic Empire.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 11
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (2023)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure
After surviving Godzilla's attack on San Francisco, Cate is shaken yet again by a shocking secret. Amid monstrous threats, she embarks on a globetrotting adventure to learn the truth about her family—and the mysterious organization known as Monarch.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 12
Lessons in Chemistry (2023)
Drama
In the 1950s, Elizabeth Zott's dream of being a scientist is challenged by a society that says women belong in the domestic sphere. She accepts a job on a TV cooking show and sets out to teach a nation of overlooked housewives way more than recipes.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 13
Widow's Bay (2026)
Drama, Comedy, Mystery
The mayor of a New England town resolves to turn it into the next tourist hot spot, despite local warnings that it's cursed.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 14
Dark Matter (2024)
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama
Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 15
For All Mankind (2019)
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War & Politics
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
7.5TMDB, weighted
- 16
Shrinking (2023)
Drama, Comedy
Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to try a new approach with everyone in his path: unfiltered, brutal honesty. Will it make things better—or unleash uproarious chaos?
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 17
Presumed Innocent (2024)
Drama, Mystery
A horrific murder upends the Chicago Prosecuting Attorney's Office when one of its own is suspected of the crime—leaving the accused fighting to keep his family together.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 18
The Morning Show (2019)
Drama
A behind-the-scenes look at the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning, exploring the unique challenges faced by the men and women who carry out this daily televised ritual.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 19
Masters of the Air (2024)
Drama, War & Politics
During World War II, airmen risk their lives with the 100th Bomb Group, a brotherhood forged by courage, loss, and triumph.
7.4TMDB, weighted
- 20
The Studio (2025)
Comedy, Drama
Desperate for celebrity approval, the newly appointed head of a movie studio and his executive team at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 21
Servant (2019)
Drama, Mystery
A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 22
Hijack (2023)
Drama
Expert negotiator Sam Nelson is in for the ride of his life—and so is everyone on board with him—after a group of hijackers take control. Sam will try every move in his playbook to take them down...as the stakes grow higher by the second.
7.3TMDB, weighted
- 23
Your Friends & Neighbors (2025)
Drama, Crime
When a financial titan suddenly finds himself divorced and jobless, he starts robbing his wealthy neighbors to stay afloat. Stealing from his own social circle strangely exhilarates him—but he gradually gets tangled in a deadly web.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 24
The Crowded Room (2023)
Drama, Crime, Mystery
In 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
7.2TMDB, weighted
- 25
Pachinko (2022)
Drama
This sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
7.2TMDB, weighted
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