Netflix is the biggest streaming platform in the world and it can be easily said that it has the best content library when it comes to TV shows and movies. In this article, we are going to list the best of the best shows currently available on the streaming service. We avoided popular titles like Love is Blind and Too Hot To Handle as we are not going to include reality TV shows in this list. Check out the best TV shows you can watch right now on Netflix below.
Baby Reindeer
Baby Reindeer is a psychological dark thriller comedy-drama series created by Richard Gadd. Based on the autobiographical one-man show of the same name by Gadd, the Netflix series follows a stand-up comedian who is forced to face his deeply buried trauma after a female fan begins stalking him. Baby Reindeer stars Gadd, Nava Mau, Jessica Gunning, Nina Sosanya, Danny Kirrane, Hugh Coles, and Josh Finan.
Ripley
Ripley is a neo-noir psychological thriller miniseries created by Steven Zaillian. Based on the 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith, the Netflix series is set in the 1960s and it follows Tom Ripley, a down-on-his-luck grifter in New York who gets hired by a wealthy man to bring his vagabond son, Dickie Greenleaf back home from Italy. But when Tom gets there he begins to lust after Dickie’s lavish lifestyle. Ripley stars Andrew Scott, Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Eliot Sumner, Margherita Buy, and Maurizio Lombardi.
The Diplomat
The Diplomat is a political thriller comedy-drama series created by Debora Cahn. The Netflix series follows Kate Wyler, the new United States ambassador to the United Kingdom who was recruited to the position to defuse an international crisis while also trying to manage her deteriorating marriage with her career diplomat husband Hal Wyler. The Diplomat stars Keri Russell, Rufus Sewell, David Gyasi, Ali Ahn, Rory Kinnear, and Ato Essandoh.
Nobody Wants This
Nobody Wants This is a romantic comedy-drama series created by Erin Foster. The Netflix series follows an unexpected romantic relationship between an irascible, loud, agnostic woman who runs a relationship podcast with her sister and a rogue rabbi just coming out of a long-term relationship. Nobody Wants This stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody in the lead roles with Justin Lupe, Timothy Simons, Stephanie Faracy, Tovah Feldshuh, Jackie Tohn, and Paul Ben-Victor.
Arcane: League of Legends
Arcane: League of Legends is an adult animated steampunk action-adventure drama series created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee. Set in the League of Legends universe by Riot Games, the Netflix series follows the origin story of two iconic League champions as they change the whole world from the utopian Piltover and the oppressed underground of Zaun. Arcane: League of Legends’ voice cast includes Ella Purnell, Hailee Steinfeld, Katie Leung, Ellen Thomas, Kevin Alejandro, and Yuri Lowenthal.
Squid Game
Squid Game is a South Korean survival thriller horror drama series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. The Netflix series follows hundreds of cash-strapped people who are invited to participate in a contest comprising of children’s games to compete with each other and the winner takes home a big cash prize but what they don’t know is that losing is deadly in the game they are in. Squid Game stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Wi Ha-joon, HoYeon Jung, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, Anupam Tripathi, and Kim Joo-ryoung.
Dark
Dark is a German sci-fi mystery thriller drama series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. The Netflix series is set in a small German town and it follows a complex and fractured relationship with four families as the search for a missing kid ramps but what they don’t know is that their current and past connection could bring the end of the world. Dark stars Louis Hofmann, Andreas Pietschmann, Ella Lee, Maja Schöne, Lisa Vicari, and Moritz Jahn.
Ozark
Ozark is a dark crime thriller drama series created by Bill Dubuque and Mark Williams. The Netflix series follows Marty Byrde, a financial planner who relocates with his from Chicago to a summer resort community in the Ozarks after a money-laundering scheme goes horribly wrong and now he must work for some very unsavory people to pay off that debt. Ozark stars Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Julia Garner, Jordana Spiro, Jason Butler Harner, and Esai Morales.
The Night Agent
The Night Agent is a conspiracy action thriller drama series created by Shawn Ryan. Based on the 2019 novel of the same name by Matthew Quirk, the Netflix series follows FBI agent Peter Sutherland working at the White House as a Night Agent when he suddenly becomes embroiled in a vast conspiracy involving people at the highest levels of the United States government. The Night Agent stars Gabriel Basso, Luciane Buchanan, Fola Evans-Akingbola, Sarah Desjardins, Eve Harlow, Phoenix Raei, and Hong Chau.
The Gentlemen
The Gentlemen is a dark comedy crime drama series created by Guy Ritchie. Based on Ritchie’s 2019 film of the same name, the Netflix series follows Edward Horniman, the younger son of the Duke of Halstead who unexpectedly inherits the title and the property but soon realizes that there are criminals on his property and he must do some unsavory things to get them out. The Gentlemen stars Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Giancarlo Esposito, and Ray Winstone.
Wednesday
Wednesday is a gothic coming-of-age supernatural mystery drama series created by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar. Based on the characters created by Charles Addams, the Netflix series follows Wednesday Addams as she starts attending Nevermore Academy and soon becomes embroiled in a murder mystery committed by a monster but the only problem is that everyone around her is some kind of a monster. Wednesday stars Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie, Riki Lindhome, Jamie McShane, Hunter Doohan, Percy Hynes White, and Emma Myers.
One Piece
One Piece is a fantasy action adventure comedy-drama series developed by Matt Owens and Steven Maeda. Based on the Japanese manga series of the same name by Eiichiro Oda, the Netflix series is set in a world where pirates run rampant and it follows Monkey D. Luffy, whose only goal in life to become the king of the pirates but to do that, he must recruit a capable crew. One Piece stars Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Jacob Romero Gibson, Taz Skylar, Vincent Regan, Jeff Ward, and Morgan Davies.
Bodkin
Bodkin is a dark comedy mystery thriller drama series created by Jez Scharf. The Netflix series follows Gilbert Power, an American podcaster who teams up with a Dublin-born investigative journalist Dubheasa “Dove” Maloney, and a production assistant to travel to Bodkin to make a podcast about the disappearance of three people that happened decades ago. Bodkin stars Will Forte, Siobhán Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot, Chris Walley, Seán Óg, Pom Boyd, and Ger Kelly.
Suits
Suits has easily become one of the most popular shows ever since it came out on Netflix. The USA Network series is a legal drama created by Aaron Korsh, and it follows the story of Mike Ross, an extremely intelligent slacker with a photographic memory who is given the chance to join a big-time Manhattan corporate law firm, but the problem is that he never went to law school. The long-running legal drama series has some of the most memorable characters in TV history, which certainly helped in the series getting the viewing of 57.7 billion minutes. Suits stars Gabriel Macht and Patrick J. Adams in the lead roles with Sarah Rafferty, Rick Hoffman, Gina Torres, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex starring in supporting roles.
Derry Girls
Created by Lisa McGee, Derry Girls has to be the best coming-of-age sitcom of recent times. Inspired by McGee’s own experience of growing up in the 1990s in Derry, Northern Island during the final years of the Troubles. Derry Girls tells us the story of five friends trying to deal with all the problems that teenage years bring us while attending a Catholic girls’ secondary school. Also one of them is a boy named James who is almost always the butt of every joke, but sweetly and endearingly. Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Jaime-Lee O’Donnell, and Dylan Llewellyn make up the core group of characters in the Channel 4 sitcom.
Band of Brothers
Executive produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, HBO’s war drama miniseries Band of Brothers is available on Netflix right now. Based on a 1992 non-fiction book of the same name by Stephen E. Ambrose, the HBO series is set during World War II and it follows the exploits of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Band of Brothers stars Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Neal McDonough, Kirk Acevedo, Frank John Hughes, Rick Warden, Donnie Wahlberg, James Madio, David Andrews, Marc Warren, and Dexter Fletcher.
Beef
Beef is a dark comedy series created by Lee Sung Jin. The Netflix series follows the story of two strangers who are hell-bent on destroying each others’ lives just because of a simple road rage incident. While the concept sounds simple enough, what makes this series special is its nuanced characters and the series’ commentary on success and happiness. Beef stars Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in the lead roles with David Choe, Young Mazino, Mia Serafino, Ashley Park, Maria Bello, Joseph Lee, Andrew Santino, Andie Ju, and Justin H. Min starring in supporting roles.
Stranger Things
Easily one of the most popular series of recent times is Netflix’s horror fantasy series Stranger Things. Created by The Duffer Brothers, Stranger Things is set in the 1980s in the small fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana and it follows the story of a group of children after one of their friends disappears mysteriously. What complicates the matter even more is the sudden appearance of a little girl with supernatural powers known only as the number Eleven, who doesn’t know anything about herself. Stranger Things stars Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Gaten Matarazzo, Joe Keery, Natalie Dyer, Winona Ryder, Charlie Heaton, and David Harbour.
One Day
One Day is a British romantic drama series created by Nicole Taylor. Based on a 2009 novel of the same name by David Nicholls, the Netflix series follows the story of Emma Morley and Dexter Mayhew who first meet at their graduation ball and continue their friendship for over twenty years, which eventually turns into a romantic relationship. One Day stars Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall in the lead roles with Eleanor Tomlinson, Essie Davis, Tim Mclnnerny, Jonny Weldon, Brendan Quinn, Billie Gadsdon, Toby Stephens, and Joely Richarson starring in supporting roles. One Day was previously adapted into a film which came out in 2011 and it starred Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess in the lead roles.
Warrior
Warrior is an action-filled crime-drama series created by Jonathan Tropper. Based on the writings of Bruce Lee himself, the action series is set in the late 1870s in San Fransisco during the Tong Wars and it follows a Chinese immigrant Ah Sahm, a martial arts prodigy who comes to America in search of his sister but ends up being sold to the most powerful tongs in Chinatown. Warrior stars Andrew Koji in the lead role with Olivia Cheng, Jason Tobin, Dianne Doan, Kieran Bew, Dean Jagger, Joanna Vanderham, Tom Weston-Jones, and Hoon Lee starring in supporting roles.