56 of the Best Original Series on Netflix — Ranked!
Looking for the best series on Netflix? To help with your binge-watching sessions this summer, we’ve compiled a list of 56 Netflix Originals with high rankings on Rotten Tomatoes — along with fan favorites worth your time. Check them out!
56. Troy: Fall of a City
Searching for the woman promised to him by Aphrodite, herdsman Paris learns his true identity and falls for Helen of Sparta, igniting the Trojan War.
55. Ozark
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
54. Collateral
Investigating the murder of a pizza delivery man, a London detective uncovers a tangled conspiracy involving drug dealers, smugglers and spies.
53. Easy
This eclectic, star-studded anthology follows diverse Chicagoans fumbling through the modern maze of love, technology and culture.
52. Grace and Frankie
The messy realities of divorce start to sink in for Grace, Frankie, Robert, Sol and their equally frazzled adult children.
51. Ugly Delicious
All the flavor. None of the BS. Star chef David Chang leads friends on a mouthwatering, cross-cultural hunt for the world’s most satisfying grub
50. Love
Rebellious Mickey and good-natured Gus navigate the thrills and agonies of modern relationships in this bold comedy co-created by Judd Apatow.
49. 3%
In a future where the elite inhabit an island paradise far from the crowded slums, you get one chance to join the 3% saved from squalor.
48. 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.
47. Castlevania
A vampire hunter fights to save a besieged city from an army of otherworldly beasts controlled by Dracula himself. Inspired by the classic video games.
46. Damnation
During the Great Depression, a stranger with a violent past poses as a preacher and rallies farmers to mount a strike in a rural Iowa community.
45. Designated Survivor
The day after the bombing, President Kirkman faces down a rogue governor, and a nascent conspiracy forms. The FBI begins its hunt for the bombers.
44. Everything Sucks!
As a new year begins at Boring High School, freshman Luke impresses his friends by inviting sophmore Kate – the principal’s daughter – to his house.
43. Altered Carbon
After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.
42. Marco Polo
Set in a world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, “Marco Polo” is based on the famed explorer’s adventures in Kublai Khan’s court.
41. House of Cards
When the newly elected President reneges on a promise, Frank and Claire decide to sever all allegiances and toss the rules out the window.
40. F is for Family
Follow the Murphy family back to the 1970s, when kids roamed wild, beer flowed freely and nothing came between a man and his TV.
39. She’s Gotta Have It
Nola Darling struggles to stay true to herself and her dreams while juggling three lovers in this Spike Lee series based on his breakout film.
38. American Vandal
When senior class clown Dylan Maxwell is expelled for vandalism, sophomore Peter Maldonado begins an investigation that questions Dylan’s guilt.
37. Dark
A missing child sets four families on a frantic hunt for answers as they unearth a mind-bending mystery that spans three generations.
36. The OA
Seven years after vanishing from her home, a young woman returns with mysterious new abilities and recruits five strangers for a secret mission.
35. Marvel’s The Defenders
Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist join forces to take on common enemies as a sinister conspiracy threatens New York City.
34. Godless
A ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who’s found a new life in a quiet town populated only by women.
33. Making a Murderer
Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.
32. 13 Reasons Why
31. Wormwood
In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.
30. Dear White People
Students of color navigate the daily slights and slippery politics of life at an Ivy League college that’s not nearly as “post-racial” as it thinks.
29. The End of the F***ing World
28. Seven Seconds
The death of a 15-year-old African American boy in Jersey City sets off a police cover-up and a search for the truth.
27. Big Mouth
26. On My Block
25. Atypical
Atypical is a coming of age story that follows Sam, an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum as he searches for love and independence.
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24. Mindhunter
23. One Day at a Time
22. BoJack Horseman
21. Anne With an E
A bungled message brings spirited orphan Anne Shirley to Green Gables, where unmarried siblings Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert are waiting for a boy.
20. Sense8
A group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world’s order.
19. The Rain
Six years after a brutal virus wipes out most of Scandinavia’s population, two siblings join a band of young survivors seeking safety – and answers.
18. Lady Dynamite
Comedian Maria Bamford stars in a series inspired by her own life. It’s the sometimes surreal story of a woman who loses – and then finds – her s**t.
17. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in NYC, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
16. A Series of Unfortunate Events
The extraordinary Baudelaire orphans face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf in their fateful quest to unlock long-held family secrets.
15. Jessica Jones
14. Marvel’s Luke Cage
A hoodie-wearing, unbreakable ex-con fights to clear his name and save his neighborhood. He wasn’t looking for a fight, but the people need a hero.
13. Better Call Saul
12. GLOW
In 1980s LA, a crew of misfits reinvent themselves as the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. A comedy by the team behind Orange Is the New Black.
11. Orange Is The New Black
Sentenced to fifteen months for a crime committed in her youth, Piper Chapman leaves her supportive fiancé Larry for her new home: a women’s prison.
10. The Punisher
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family’s murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
9. 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. Marvel’s Daredevil
Blinded as a young boy, Matt Murdock fights injustice by day as a lawyer and by night as the Super Hero Daredevil in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City.
7. Manhunt: Unabomber
Faced with few clues and an increasingly panicked public, the FBI calls on a new kind of profiler to help track down the infamous Unabomber.
6. El Chapo
This drama series chronicles the true story of the rise, capture and escape of notorious Mexican drug lord “El Chapo” Guzman.
5. The Crown
This lavish drama chronicles the life of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1940s to modern times.
4. Alias Grace
In 19th-century Canada, a psychiatrist weighs whether a murderess should be pardoned due to insanity. Based on Margaret Atwood’s award-winning novel.
3. Narcos
The true story of Colombia’s infamously violent and powerful drug cartels fuels this gritty gangster drama series.
2. Master of None
1. Black Mirror
Black Mirror is probably the only series that could sit comfortably at the top of this list. The anthology series explores a twisted, high-tech world where humanity’s greatest innovations and darkest instincts collide. And if you haven’t seen it yet… get ready for a mind-bending trip.
