Top 50 Original Shows on Netflix
It’s always hard to find great shows, we’re luckily spoiled for choice. You can spend all night bombarded with options browsing Netflix, but never end up watching anything!
This is why we’ve curated this top 50 list of the best original shows on Netflix, using the power of Rivr and its users.
This list was last updated on Mar 25, 2024.
 
48. Orange Is the New Black
A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.
7.7 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama
47. 13 Reasons Why
After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.
7.627 ⭐ • Drama • Mystery
46. Longmire
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
7.7 ⭐ • Western • Crime • Drama • Released: Jun 3, 2012
45. The Crown
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.
8.227 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Nov 4, 2016
44. Elite
When three working class kids enroll in the most exclusive school in Spain, the clash between the wealthy and the poor students leads to tragedy.
8.05 ⭐ • Crime • Mystery • Drama • Released: Oct 5, 2018
43. Santa Clarita Diet
They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.
7.5 ⭐ • Comedy • Mystery
42. The Killing
The Killing is an American crime drama television series based upon the Danish television series Forbrydelsen. Set in Seattle, Washington, the series follows the various murder investigations by homicide detectives Sarah Linden and Stephen Holder.
7.85 ⭐ • Drama • Crime • Mystery
41. You
A dangerously charming, intensely obsessive young man goes to extreme measures to insert himself into the lives of those he is transfixed by.
8.1 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Sep 9, 2018
40. The Last Kingdom
A show of heroic deeds and epic battles with a thematic depth that embraces politics, religion, warfare, courage, love, loyalty and our universal search for identity. Combining real historical figures and events with fictional characters, it is the story of how a people combined their strength under one of the most iconic kings of history in order to reclaim their land for themselves and build a place they call home.
8.281 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Drama • War & Politics
39. Atypical
Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family.
8.157 ⭐ • Drama • Comedy • Released: Aug 11, 2017
38. Crash Landing on You
A paragliding mishap drops a South Korean heiress in North Korea -- and into the life of an army officer, who decides he will help her hide.
8.552 ⭐ • Drama • Comedy
37. Dead to Me
A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.
7.276 ⭐ • Drama • Comedy • Crime • Released: May 3, 2019
36. Riverdale
Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.
8.466 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Released: Jan 26, 2017
35. Good Girls
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
7.95 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama • Crime • Released: Feb 26, 2018
34. Dirty John
Anthology series in which each season is based on a true crime story featuring an epic tale of love gone wrong.
6.711 ⭐ • Drama • Crime • Released: Nov 25, 2018
33. Greenleaf
The unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful. Born of the church, the Greenleaf family love and care for each other, but beneath the surface lies a den of iniquity—greed, adultery, sibling rivalry and conflicting values—that threatens to tear apart the very core of their faith that holds them together.
7.397 ⭐ • Drama
32. Stranger
With the help of a gutsy female detective, a prosecutor who has lost the ability to feel empathy tackles a murder case amid political corruption.
8.5 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Mystery
31. Bridgerton
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
8.112 ⭐ • Drama • Released: May 16, 2024
30. The Uncanny Counter
A group of supernatural demon hunters known as "Counters," each with unique abilities, disguise themselves as employees of a noodle restaurant, while tracking down evil spirits that terrorize the mortal world.
8.378 ⭐ • Drama • Mystery • Action & Adventure • Released: Nov 28, 2020
29. Firefly Lane
For decades, childhood best friends Kate and Tully have weathered life's storms together -- until a betrayal threatens to break them apart for good.
7.667 ⭐ • Drama
28. The Witcher
Geralt of Rivia, a mutated monster-hunter for hire, journeys toward his destiny in a turbulent world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
8.099 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Drama • Action & Adventure • Released: Dec 20, 2019
27. Peaky Blinders
A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.
8.538 ⭐ • Drama • Crime • Released: Sep 12, 2013
26. Money Heist
To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.
8.25 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Released: May 2, 2017
25. Lucifer
Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar abandoned his throne and retired to Los Angeles, where he has teamed up with LAPD detective Chloe Decker to take down criminals. But the longer he's away from the underworld, the greater the threat that the worst of humanity could escape.
8.476 ⭐ • Crime • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: Jan 25, 2016
24. Ratched
An origins story, beginning in 1947, which follows Ratched's journey and evolution from nurse to full-fledged monster tracking her murderous progression through the mental health care system.
7.712 ⭐ • Mystery • Drama • Crime
23. Marvel's Daredevil
Lawyer-by-day Matt Murdock uses his heightened senses from being blinded as a young boy to fight crime at night on the streets of Hell’s Kitchen as Daredevil.
8.165 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Action & Adventure • Released: Apr 10, 2015
22. All of Us Are Dead
A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.
8.327 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: Jan 28, 2022
21. Stranger Things
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
8.614 ⭐ • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Mystery • Released: Jul 15, 2016
20. Cobra Kai
This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi.
8.213 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Drama • Comedy • Released: May 2, 2018
19. Young Royals
Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
8.608 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Jul 1, 2021
18. Master of None
30-year-old New York actor Dev takes on such pillars of maturity as the first big job, a serious relationship, and busting sex offenders on the subway.
7.54 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama • Released: Nov 6, 2015
17. Ragnarok
A small Norwegian town experiencing warm winters and violent downpours seems to be headed for another Ragnarök -- unless someone intervenes in time.
7.875 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Drama • Mystery
16. Spartacus
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
7.995 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Jan 22, 2010
15. Wednesday
Wednesday Addams is sent to Nevermore Academy, a bizarre boarding school where she attempts to master her psychic powers, stop a monstrous killing spree of the town citizens, and solve the supernatural mystery that affected her family 25 years ago — all while navigating her new relationships.
8.497 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Mystery • Comedy • Released: Nov 23, 2022
14. Black Mirror
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to stop and question it. In every home; on every desk; in every palm - a plasma screen; a monitor; a smartphone - a black mirror of our 21st Century existence.
8.297 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Drama • Mystery
13. Russian Doll
Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.
7.42 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama
12. Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over a decade.
8.0 ⭐ • Crime • Drama
11. Fool Me Once
When ex-soldier Maya sees her murdered husband on a secret nanny cam, she uncovers a deadly conspiracy that stretches deep into the past.
7.403 ⭐ • Drama • Crime • Mystery
10. Boy Swallows Universe
A young boy growing up in the suburbs of 1980s Brisbane faces the harsh realities of life — and the looming dangers that threaten his family.
7.639 ⭐ • Drama • Crime
9. AJ and the Queen
While traveling across the country in a run-down RV, drag queen Ruby Red discovers an unlikely sidekick in AJ: a tough-talking 10-year-old stowaway.
7.55 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama
8. The Bequeathed
After the death of an unknown uncle, a woman inherits a burial ground and finds herself in the center of a string of murders and dark secrets.
7.9 ⭐ • Drama • Mystery • Crime
7. A Killer Paradox
When one accidental killing leads to another, an ordinary young man finds himself stuck in an endless cat-and-mouse chase with a shrewd detective.
7.228 ⭐ • Crime • Comedy • Mystery • Released: Feb 9, 2024
6. House of Ninjas
Years after retiring from their formidable ninja lives, a dysfunctional family must return to shadowy missions to counteract a string of looming threats.
8.011 ⭐ • Drama • Action & Adventure • Released: Feb 15, 2024
5. Bandidos
A gang of skilled misfits ventures to uncover a long-hidden Mayan treasure. Their strategy? Hazy. Their dynamic? Off. Luckily, they're pretty ingenious.
7.716 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Released: Mar 13, 2024
4. The Gentlemen
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire — and its proprietors aren't going anywhere.
8.314 ⭐ • Comedy • Drama • Action & Adventure • Crime • Released: Mar 7, 2024
3. Avatar: The Last Airbender
A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save a world at war — and fight a ruthless enemy bent on stopping him.
8.052 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Action & Adventure • Drama • Released: Feb 22, 2024
2. Iron Reign
Joaquín Manchado rules his drug empire from Barcelona's seaport with an iron fist — until a new shipment sends business and family spiraling.
6.773 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Released: Mar 15, 2024
1. 3 Body Problem
Across continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the laws of science unravel and an existential threat emerges.
7.249 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Mystery • Drama • Released: Mar 21, 2024
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