Best Web Original Drama - 2009

How do you fit as much drama as possible into episodes that are sometimes as short as 3 minutes without falling flat? We've got a list of web original dramas that have managed to do just that. These series pack some serious punch into their short form productions. So check them out and get your daily dose of drama before your co-workers can catch you.
Compulsions
Compulsions is dramatic web series on Daily Motion.com that began production in 2009. Compulsions is a tale of two sides as its three main characters seem like normal people on the outside, but are dealing with dark desire...
2009 Winner
Anyone But Me
Anyone But Me is a dramatic web series starring Nicole Pacent (as Aster) and Rachael Hip-Flores (as Vivian). The show tells the story of Vivian, a young lesbian forced to move to Westchester due to her father's 9/11-relate...
2009 Finalist
The Fall of Kaden
The Fall of Kaden is a dark romp through the psyche of a paranoid loan shark, hell-bent on revenge, searching for an elusive gambler who has ran off with his money. Kaden, fueled by the memory of his dead brother, makes ...
2009 Finalist
After Judgment
After Judgment is the science-fiction, post apocalyptic web series from writer/director Michael Davies. The fate of the world has been sealed, judgment day has come and gone. The earth finds itself in a perpetual state of ...
2009 Finalist
Angel of Death
Angel of Death is the action packed web series from comics writer Ed Brubaker. Zoe Bell (Death Proof) stars as Eve, a deadly assassin our for revenge against her former employers. After a botched job leaves her with a knif...
2009 Finalist
Dirty Bomb Diaries
Dirty Bomb Diaries (DBD) is a web series that chronicles the life and survival of one woman after an explosive act of terrorism. The series is told through a compilation of web-cam video diaries kept by the woman (Misty Va...
The Black Dawn
The Black Dawn is a post-apocalyptic science fiction web series produced by New Renaissance Pictures that centers around thirteen survivors of a deadly plague known as the Black Dawn. Isolated in an utterly decimated world...
Young American Bodies
Young American Bodies is a web series airing on IFC.com and IFC. Produced, written, and directed by Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes The Stairs, LOL) and co-produced by Swanberg's wife Kris Williams, the show follows a group of ...
Penny Dreadfuls
Darken your day with a little bit of murder, mayhem and other unsettling distractions.
Pushed
Pushed is a dramatic internet series that is written and produced by Morgan Gendel and Jeremy R. Littman. In the show, fashion model London (Veronica Taylor) was on her way to the top of the modeling industry when tragedy ...
Jordan & Bear
Jordan & Bear has been described as a "Trailer Park Boys meets Calvin and Hobbes," where Jordan and his best friend Bear "spend their time robbing convenience stores in the hopes of raising enough funds for an all-inclusiv...
Circle of Eight
Circle of Eight is a supernatural series that was directed by Stephen Cragg and aired on Myspace in 2009. The series in summary is about a new girl that moves into the eighth floor of a loft building in the heart of Los An...
Tease
Tease is a campy nighttime soap opera that invites viewers into the backstage (and offstage) world of strippers. Marie infiltrates the club as a waitress, but soon finds herself in costume and on stage, pole dancing for co...
The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D.
The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D is an original animated web series based on graphic novelist and comic book artist Dash Shaw's latest book of the same title. Shaw's animation has been widely praised for its eclec...
Before Judgment
Before Judgment is a science-fiction apocalyptic web series on After Judgment’s website. The series is a spin-off of After Judgment, providing a look at events that led up to the ultimate fall of humanity and then a bit of...
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