Best Ukrainian drama series

There Will Be People (2020)

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.

Border Guards (2024)

I Am Hope (2023)

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

По лезвию бритвы (2014)

In Her Car (2024)

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.

Love Witchcraft (2008)

Salvation (2018)

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.

Snowdrop (2015)

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.

U Vas Budet Rebyonok (2013)

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

Heart to Heart (2018)

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.

Love Swing (2018)

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.

Early Swallows (2019)

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.

Inseparable (2013)

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.

Love in Chains (2019)

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?

Черговий лікар (2016)

Mother (2021)

School (2018)

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.

Chernobyl: Aftermath (2016)

1986, Chernobyl. 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 Wounded Heart (2016)

Cага (2020)

Shattered Destinies (2018)

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?

Female Doctor. New Life (2023)

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.

Хозяйка (2016)

Zhenskij Doktor (2012)

A saga about Roman - young gynecologist in the hospital.

Motherhood (2018)

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!

Cага (2020)

Trap (1992)

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

The Assignment (2019)

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.

Polka Dot Sky (2004)

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.

Васильки (2012)