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Best Drama on Netflix UK 2022

Updated April 2026 · Data via TMDB

The best dramas on Netflix UK released in 2022, ranked by audience and critic ratings via the TMDB database. From critically acclaimed releases to overlooked gems, these are the top-rated drama titles available to stream on Netflix UK.

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  1. 1

    20th Century Girl (2022)

    8.1 800 votes

    In 1999, a teen girl keeps close tabs on a boy in school on behalf of her deeply smitten best friend – then she gets swept up in a love story of her own.

  2. 2

    Purple Hearts (2022)

    8.0 2,847 votes

    An aspiring musician agrees to a marriage of convenience with a soon-to-deploy Marine, but a tragedy soon turns their fake relationship all too real.

  3. 3

    Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

    8.0 3,293 votes

    During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.

  4. 4

    Beyond the Universe (2022)

    7.9 343 votes

    While waiting for a kidney transplant, a young pianist finds an unexpected connection with her doctor — and the courage to fulfill her musical dreams.

  5. 5

    My Father's Violin (2022)

    7.9 338 votes

    Through their shared grief and connection to music, an orphaned girl bonds with her emotionally aloof, successful violinist uncle.

  6. 6

    Suzume (2022)

    7.9 1,702 votes

    Suzume, 17, lost her mother as a little girl. On her way to school, she meets a mysterious young man. But her curiosity unleashes a calamity that endangers the entire population of Japan, and so Suzume embarks on a journey to set things rig…

  7. 7

    The First Slam Dunk (2022)

    7.8 521 votes

    Shohoku's “speedster” and point guard, Ryota Miyagi, always plays with brains and lightning speed, running circles around his opponents while feigning composure. In his second year of high school, Ryota plays with the Shohoku High School ba…

  8. 8

    All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

    7.7 4,604 votes

    Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on …

  9. 9

    RRR (2022)

    7.7 1,570 votes

    A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.

  10. 10

    Hustle (2022)

    7.7 2,796 votes

    After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to p…

  11. 11

    Rescued by Ruby (2022)

    7.5 357 votes

    Chasing his dream to join an elite K-9 unit, a state trooper partners with a fellow underdog: clever but naughty shelter pup Ruby. Based on a true story.

  12. 12

    The Swimmers (2022)

    7.5 633 votes

    From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a risky voyage, putting their hearts and their swimming skills to heroic use.

  13. 13

    Through My Window (2022)

    7.4 3,324 votes

    Raquel's longtime crush on her next-door neighbor turns into something more when he starts developing feelings for her, despite his family's objections.

  14. 14

    The In Between (2022)

    7.3 829 votes

    After surviving a car accident that took the life of her boyfriend, a teenage girl believes he's attempting to reconnect with her from the after world.

  15. 15

    God's Crooked Lines (2022)

    7.3 822 votes

    Alice Gould, a private investigator, pretends to be mentally ill in order to enter a psychiatric hospital and gather evidence for the case she is working on: the death of a patient in unclear circumstances.

  16. 16

    Father Stu (2022)

    7.1 721 votes

    The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems…

  17. 17

    Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022)

    7.0 313 votes

    A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.

  18. 18

    The House (2022)

    7.0 1,122 votes

    Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.

  19. 19

    Warriors of Future (2022)

    7.0 480 votes

    When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse.

  20. 20

    I Used to Be Famous (2022)

    7.0 217 votes

    A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.

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