In this golden age of television, there is no shortage of great television shows that will keep you entertained throughout their runtime. But there are only a few shows that will have you reaching for the remote to watch the next episode as soon as possible. So, we thought of compiling a list of the most addictive shows you should check out right now.
Succession (Max & Rent on Prime Video)
Succession is a tragic, dark comedy-drama series created by Jesse Armstrong. The HBO series follows the Roy siblings, whose father, Logan Roy, built a global media and entertainment conglomerate. The Roy siblings scheme, plot, and backstab each other to get the top job after their father is retired. Succession stars Jeremy Strong, Brian Cox, Kieran Culkin, Sarah Snook, Alan Ruck, Matthew Macfadyen, Nicholas Braun, and Hiam Abbass.
Severance (Apple TV+ & Prime Video Add-On)
Severance is a sci-fi psychological mystery thriller series created by Dan Erickson. The Apple TV+ series follows Mark Scout, a middle-aged man still grieving the death of his wife, who works at Lumon Industries as a severed employee. He had the severance procedure done after his wife died, and now his work memories and non-work memories are separated. Severance stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patricia Arquette, and Sarah Bock.
The Bear (Hulu)
The Bear is a psychological comedy-drama series created by Christopher Storer. The FX series follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown to run his family’s beef sandwich shop after his brother dies. The Bear stars Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott, and Matty Matheson.
Breaking Bad (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video)
Breaking Bad is a crime thriller drama series created by Vince Gilligan. The AMC series follows Walter White, a mild-mannered chemistry teacher who is diagnosed with stage-three lung cancer, and to earn some money, he teams up with Jesse Pinkman, a former student, to produce and distribute methamphetamine. Breaking Bad stars Bryan Cranston, Anna Gunn, Aaron Paul, Dean Norris, Betsy Brandt, RJ Mitte, Giancarlo Esposito, and Jonathan Banks.
Mr. Robot (Rent on Prime Video)
Mr. Robot is a psychological thriller drama series created by Sam Esmail. The USA Network series follows Elliot Alderson, a cybersecurity engineer and hacker who suffers from social anxiety disorder, clinical depression, and dissociative identity disorder. Elliot is recruited by a hacktivist group that is intent on bringing down the “top 1% of the 1%.” Mr. Robot stars Rami Malek, Carly Chaikin, Portia Doubleday, Martin Wallström, Christian Slater, Michael Cristofer, and Stephanie Corneliussen.
Dark (Netflix)
Dark is a German sci-fi mystery thriller drama series created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. The Netflix series is set in the small German town of Winden, and it follows Jonas Kahnwald, a teen boy still grieving the death of his father, as he gets embroiled in a sinister time travel conspiracy after a child goes missing. Dark stars Louis Hofmann, Andreas Pietschmann, Ella Lee, Maja Schöne, Lisa Vicari, and Moritz Jahn.
Peaky Blinders (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video)
Peaky Blinders is a British period crime drama series created by Steven Knight. The BBC series is set in Birmingham after the First World War, and it follows the criminal exploits of the Shelby family, who created the infamous Peaky Blinders gang. Peaky Blinders stars Cillian Murphy, Sam Neill, Helen McCrory, Paul Anderson, Annabelle Wallis, Iddo Goldberg, Sophie Rundle, Joe Cole, Ned Dennehy, and Benjamin Zephaniah.
Yellowjackets (Netflix, Paramount+ & Rent on Prime Video)
Yellowjackets is a psychological mystery horror thriller drama series created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson. The Showtime series revolves around a group of teenagers whose plane crash-landed in the Canadian wilderness in 1996. We also see the survivors of the crash in 2021 coming to terms with the extremes they were driven to in order to survive. Yellowjackets stars Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Ella Purnell, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Sophie Thatcher, Samantha Hanratty, Steven Krueger, Warren Kole, and Christina Ricci.
Squid Game (Netflix)
Squid Game is a South Korean survival thriller drama series created by Hwang Dong-hyuk. The Netflix series follows Seong Gi-hun, a divorced father with huge amounts of debt, as he is recruited to participate in a contest where the contestants play various children’s games in hopes of winning ₩45.6 billion. Still, the twist is that losing means dying. Squid Game stars Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, O Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae, and Anupam Tripathi.
You (Netflix)
You is a psychological crime thriller drama series created by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble. Based on the You book series by Caroline Kepnes, the Netflix series follows Joe Goldberg, a seemingly ordinary young man who becomes obsessed with multiple women throughout the course of the series and takes things to dangerous extremes. You stars Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail, Luca Padovan, Zach Cherry, Shay Mitchell, Jenna Ortega, Victoria Pedretti, and Tati Gabrielle.