Best Italian Drama TV Shows

This page is updated regularly. Subscribe, so you don't miss new recommendations. The list of "Best Italian Drama TV Shows" contains films with the following parameters. Style: captivating, serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense and suspense. Plot: female nudity, life, life is a bitch, family relations, friendship, female protagonist, female full frontal nudity, gay, relationship problems and male nudity. Genre: Drama, Crime and Thriller. Country: Italy, USA and UK.
Best Italian Drama TV Shows
Best Italian Drama TV Shows
TOP TV Shows: The Lady with the Black Veil (2015), We Are Who We Are (2020), Killing Eve (2018), Harga (2021), Angels in America (2003), Domina (2021), The Young Pope (2016), The Promised Life (2018), ZeroZeroZero (2019), The New Pope (2020), That Dirty Black Bag (2022), Nudes (2021), Fate: The Winx Saga (2021), Plurals (2020), Homemade (2020), Everything Calls for Salvation (2022), The Ignorant Angels (2022), Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008), Gomorrah (2014), 1993 (2017).

List of Best TV Shows

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The Lady with the Black Veil (2015)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Clara is a young and noblewoman with a free and rebellious spirit who was separated from her twin brother and forced into an arranged marriage. Despite this, she falls in love with her husband and fights to win his love. Clara however, falls victim ...
Style: captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot: family secret, unhappy marriage, female protagonist, inheritance, presumed dead, dead woman, family life, secret, dysfunctional marriage, family relations, legacy, family problems ...
Time: edwardian era, 19th century
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We Are Who We Are (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 462 min.
TV show
Story: Plot unknown.
Style: inspirational, sincere, thought provoking, touching, sweet ...
Audience: chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gays and lesbians, coming of age, forbidden love, lesbian mother, lesbian teen, lgbtq, sexual orientation, gay, lesbian, desire for fame, lgbtqi ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, venice
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 8.1
 132K
Killing Eve (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Style: exciting, tense, dark comedy, suspense, detective ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lgbt, lesbian, psychopath, female protagonist, psycho killer, investigation, woman with a gun, female assassin, peril, odd couple, obsession, lesbian love ...
Time: 2010s, future
Place: london, europe
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 9.0
 10K
Harga (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Tunisia, Italy
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: Harga, a word that defines the illegal one-way journey by death boats, from Tunisia across the Mediterranean sea, to Europe the safe haven in the eyes of these illegal immigrants, who dream of a better life and a promising future, filled with hope ...
Style: dramatic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, harsh
Plot: boat, life is a bitch, fight, struggle for survival, immigrant, life, immigration, illegal immigrant, hopes, illegal immigration
Place: tunisia
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Angels in America (2003)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 352 min.
TV show
Story: Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected individuals.
Style: touching, captivating, emotional, thought provoking, contemplative ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: aids, gay, terminal illness, gender, life is a bitch, breakup, loneliness, gays and lesbians, lgbt, hiv, gay african american, homosexuality ...
Time: 80s, year 2003, year 1985, 20th century, 90s
Place: san francisco, new york, bay area, usa
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 7.2
 6K
Domina (2021)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Domina follows Livia’s journey from a naïve young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesar’s assassination, to Rome’s most powerful and influential Empress, driven by a deep desire to avenge her father and secure power for her ...
Style: historical drama, social documentary, period drama
Plot: palace intrigue, ancient rome, roman empire, ancient, wife, sexual abuse, historical figure, high society, female nudity, roman emperor, husband wife relationship, power struggle ...
Time: ancient times
Place: rome italy
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 8.3
 47K
The Young Pope (2016)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, UK, USA
Duration: 546 min.
TV show
Story: Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of the closed, secretive Vatican.
Style: captivating, controversial, psychological, surreal, exciting ...
Plot: pope, religion, vatican, satire, god, catholic church, infidelity, betrayal, scandal, nun, conspiracy, orphan ...
Place: italy, rome italy
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The Promised Life (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
TV show
Story: The story unfolds in a scenario during the twenties of the last century, interweaving the events, in Italy first and then in New York, of Carmela, the "courage mother" always ready to fight for the life promised to herself and her family.
Style: sincere, captivating, psychological, period drama
Plot: fight, life, family relations, motherhood, family problems, lifestyle, family life, social problems, parents and children, sex scene, labor strike, prohibition ...
Time: 1920s
Place: naples italy, new york, sicily
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 8.1
 29K
ZeroZeroZero (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the book of the same name by bestselling author Roberto Saviano, ZeroZeroZero is an unforgettable exploration of the inner workings of the global cocaine trade.
Style: atmospheric, brutal, serious, psychological, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: italian mafia, cartel, drug cartel, mafia, cocaine, drug dealer, drug dealing, drug trade, drug smuggler, drug, brutality, gunfight ...
Time: 2020s
Place: africa, italy, mexico
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 8.1
 18K
The New Pope (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France, Spain, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the papal throne and adopts the name John Paul III. A sequel series to “The Young Pope.”
Style: stylized, atmospheric, captivating, satirical, philosophical ...
Plot: vatican, catholic church, religion, politics, strongman, catholic priest, pope, secrets, conspiracy, lord, intrigue, power ...
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
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That Dirty Black Bag (2022)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: The 8-day clash between Arthur McCoy — an incorruptible sheriff with a troubled past — and Red Bill, an infamous, solitary bounty hunter known for decapitating his victims and stuffing their heads into a dirty black bag.
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense, spaghetti western, period drama
Plot: bounty hunter, sheriff, fight, desert, gunfight, male protagonist, brothel, ancient, brothel madam, farming, water shortage, deputy sheriff ...
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 6.5
 87
Nudes (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
TV show
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, dramatic, serious
Plot: social media, teenage boy, crisis, teenage girl, adolescence, social network, social issues, teenage angst, teenage life, nude, teenage protagonist
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Fate: The Winx Saga (2021)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, UK
TV show
Story: The coming-of-age journey of five fairies attending Alfea, a magical boarding school in the Otherworld where they must learn to master their powers while navigating love, rivalries, and the monsters that threaten their very existence.
Style: captivating, exciting, light, supernatural thriller, stylized ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: magic, fairy, magical power, imaginary kingdom, good versus evil, wizards and magicians, magical, danger, witch, imaginary, teenage life, supernatural ability ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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 9.6
 7
Plurals (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
TV show
Story: During a party Arianna has a relationship with her peer, Teo. In the following days, a wave of gossip and comments question the legitimacy of their relationship, leaving a question to be answered: what is the line between violence and consensus?
Style: thrilling, captivating, psychological
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teenager, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, problem, relationships, social problems, life is a bitch, love affair, teenage life, tragic love, relationship problems, social issues, teenage love ...
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 6.1
 880
Homemade (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
TV show
Story: Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.
Style: anthology, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, disturbing
Plot: isolation, social isolation, quarantine, society, social problems, family problems, relationships, locked in, isolated house, epidemic, relationship problems, family relations ...
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Everything Calls for Salvation (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: A young man spends a week in a psychiatric ward, where he meets five other patients and must contend with research-happy doctors and cynical nurses.
Plot: psychiatric hospital, psychiatric ward, doctor, nurse, friendship between men, mental illness, psychiatric patient, anger issues, family relations, male female relationship, gay, patient ...
Place: italy
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The Ignorant Angels (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Following the death of her husband in a car accident, Antonia discovers that he was having a homosexual affair with a man named Michele. At first devastated by the news, she finds herself building an unexpected friendship with this man she had never ...
Style: sexual, tragic, queer cinema
Plot: gay, lesbian, lgbt, lgbtq, sexuality, lesbianism, life, marriage, unfaithfulness, husband wife relationship, friendship, female nudity ...
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Romanzo criminale - La serie (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
TV show
Story: Romanzo Criminale – La serie - is a television series Italian based on the eponymous novel by judge Giancarlo De Cataldo, and it is the second adaptation of the film Romanzo Criminale directed by Michele Placido. The first series quickly achieved ...
Style: serious, captivating, rough, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: gang, mafia, organized crime, police, criminal heroes, gangster, law enforcement, drug dealing, police detective, dishonesty, violence, italian mafia ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century, 90s
Place: italy, rome italy
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 8.6
 44K
Gomorrah (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Robert Saviano's bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of ...
Style: serious, tense, disturbing, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: mafia, mob boss, drug lord, camorra, social decay, society, gang war, life is a bitch, gangster, strong violent content, urban, urban ghetto life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: italy, naples italy, europe
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 7.5
 1K
1993 (2017)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
TV show
Story: Rome, 30 April 1993. A crowd throws coins at Italian politician Bettino Craxi - as if the Civil War has begun. Be quick if you want a place in the new system. Now, it's every man for himself. 1993 is the last chance to set up the Second ...
Style: political
Plot: corruption, politics, italian history, girl girl kiss, drug, nudity, tram, bare chested male, airplane, hand job, arrest, church ...
Place: italy
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Jesus of Nazareth (1977)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 382 min.
TV show
Story: Passion, beauty, and brilliant storytelling are all on display in this six-hour-plus epic from Italian director Franco Zeffirelli. Robert Powell is superb in the title role, and with the overwhelming success of this TV movie throughout the world, ...
Style: biblical, epic, serious, atmospheric, inspirational ...
Plot: jesus, christianity, jesus christ, faith, religion, self sacrifice, roman empire, christian, new testament, prophet, apostle, bible ...
Time: 1st century, biblical epic, 1930s
Place: holy land, italy, tibet, ancient greece, jerusalem ...
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Palermo Connection (2011)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Angelo Caronia (Riccardo Scamarcio, Burnt) is an arrogant cop who returns to his hometown after years in Rome, reuniting with his estranged brother Blasco (Michele Riondino, The Young Montalbano). When a string of murders surrounding a water crisis ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, tense
Plot: killings, brother brother relationship, investigation, police investigation, estranged brother, relationship problems, murder investigation, police officer, confronting the past, teamwork, dark past, murder mystery ...
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Inspector Montalbano (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: Detective Montalbano solves crimes in Sicily.
Style: detective, suspenseful, realistic, serious
Plot: police detective, murder, mafia, police investigation, inspector, nypd, police inspector, town, up and down relationship, incompetent police, law enforcement, chief of police ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: sicily, italy, europe
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Devotion, a Story of Love and Desire (2022)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A seemingly happy marriage begins to dissolve when the husband's faithfulness is called into question, and both spouses become tempted by other desires.
Style: captivating, psychological
Plot: marriage, extramarital affair, husband wife relationship, unfaithful wife, infidelity, problem, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, couple relations, love affair, family problems ...
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Carlo & Malik (2018)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Inspector Carlo Guerrieri, a veteran police officer from Rome, finds himself partnered with a rookie who was born in Ivory Coast but raised in the capital.
Style: psychological, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot: police, drug money, crime scene, illegal drugs, trainee, drug abuse, partnership, guilty, unlikely friendships, drug smuggler, police investigation, drug dealer ...
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My Brilliant Friend (2018)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of books, turns on her computer and starts writing the story of their friendship.
Style: touching, sincere, suspense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: life is a bitch, friendship, children, hopes, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, brutality, parents and children, feminist, friends, girlfriend, relationship problems, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 60s
Place: syria, usa, italy, naples italy
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Come una madre (2020)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
TV show
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: escape, on the run, single mother, murder, falsely accused, kids in trouble, parents and children, life is a bitch, family problems, accused of murder, protector, accusation ...
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 623
Blanca (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: Blanca Ferrando is a young woman who became blind at the age of twelve, due to a dramatic fire in which her older sister Beatrice died and which was caused by her violent boyfriend, Sebastian. This tragedy made her develop a very strong sense of ...
Style: captivating, psychological, suspenseful, detective
Plot: blindness, blind man, blind woman, blindness and impaired vision, troubled past, problem, undercover, loss of sister, confronting the past, lifestyle, homecoming, secret ...
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 7.5
 902
1994 (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Germany
TV show
Story: After the breakdown of the old government, and with it the First Republic, Italy changed for good in 1994. Spinster Leo is all too aware of this. He pushed hard to see Berlusconi get elected Prime Minister. He knows it's not easy to win power, ...
Style: captivating, political, psychological, suspenseful, thrilling
Plot: politics, corruption, italian history, political scandal, affair, political conspiracy, political intrigue, political unrest, politician, scandal, political corruption, corrupt politician ...
Time: 90s
Place: italy
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 3K
Summertime (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: A modern love story set during the summer on Italy’s Adriatic Coast. An undeniable attraction brings together Ale and Summer, who come from very different worlds. For both, these holidays will be an unforgettable journey that will take them far ...
Style: captivating, touching
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: summer, love, friendship, chance meeting, couples, lgbtq, mother son relationship, mother daughter relationship, teenage protagonist, job, love and romance, love affair ...
Time: 21st century
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