Netflix has a collection of great movies that you can watch right now, but if you’re looking for more than just a two-hour commitment, there’s also a boatload of great television shows you can dive into to keep you busy for days- or even weeks- at the end. If you’ve just finished a good series and need a new one to fill the void, Netflix is the place to go, despite the impressive blend of classic, recent, and original programming that the service offers. Below we’ve rounded up Netflix’s best shows right now, so you can watch binge-watch without having to search for the right word.
1. EI Dragon: Return of a Warrior
Cast: Sebastian Rulli, Renata Notni, and Roberto Mateos
Genre: Crime Drama
Number of Seasons: 1
What’s it about: The Spanish-speaking crime drama series El Dragon: Return of a Warrior follows a sexy, ambitious, wealthy businessman who unexpectedly has to abandon his quiet life in Japan to take over the Mexican family cartel.
2. Better Call Saul
Cast: Bob Odenkir, Rhea Seehorn, Jonathan Banks, Michael McKean, Patrick Fabian, and Giancarlo Esposito
Genre: Drama
Number of Seasons: 4
What’s it about: This original AMC series is a prequel to Breaking Bad’s events which chronicles how the Jimmy McGill scrappy eventually became Saul Goodman, with Bob Odenkirk delivering a heartbreaking performance. Better Call Saul is a more introspective series than Breaking Bad, which finally threads in the exciting suspense that made an instant classic of the Emmy-winning AMC show.
3. The Office
Cast: Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, Ed Helms, Ellie Kemper, Angela Kinsey, Oscar Nuñez, Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, and Phyllis Smith
Genre: Comedy
Number of Seasons: 9
What’s it about: NBC’s The Office was itself a reboot of a British show of the same name, one of the most rewatchable and successful sitcoms in history. Steve Carell plays an irritating, at times hostile supervisor of a paper company in a small town in Pennsylvania, as the series chronicles the day-to-day goings-on in the workplace. Come to Carell offering one of the best performances in the history of TV, stay for the emotional heft of the relationship between Jim and Pam.
4. Gentefied
Cast: Soria, Carlos Santos, and Karrie Martin
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Number of Seasons: 1
What’s it about: The new half-hour original Netflix show Gentefied follows three Mexican-American cousins who are fighting to keep the Los Angeles-based taco shop open in the face of gentrification.
5. Locke and Key
Cast: Darby Stanchfield, Connor Jessup, and Emilia Jones
Genre: Fantasy
Number of Seasons: 1
What’s it about: The long-awaited adaptation of the graphic novel Locke & Key follows three siblings who move in with their mom after the murder of their father, only to discover that her ancestral estate contains different magic keys that open different doors and abilities.
6. Narcos: Mexico
Cast: Michael Pena, Diego Luna, Tenoch Huerta, and Alyssa Diaz
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Number of Seasons: 2
What’s it about: Originally planned to be a fourth season of the Netflix show Narcos, Narcos: instead, Mexico was created as a sequel series investigating Mexico’s illicit drug trade and taking place in the 1980s.
7. Altered Carbon
Cast: Joel Kinnaman (Season 1), Anthony Mackie (Season 2)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Number of Seasons: 2
What’s it about: The original Netflix cyberpunk series Altered Carbon takes place in a world where consciousness can be passed to different bodies. Joel Kinnaman takes the lead in Season 1 as Takeshi Kovacs, a former soldier turned detective who, 250 years later, is awoken and charged with solving a murder. In Season 2 Anthony Mackie plays the current Kovacs host body.
8. I Am Not Okay with This
Cast: Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, and Kathleen Rose Perkins
Genre: Teen Sci-Fi Dramedy
Number of Seasons: 1
What’s it about: A Stranger Things meets superheroes series called I Am Not Cool with this which stars Sophia Lillis as an insecure teen who starts to manifest superpowers comes from the creator of It’s the End of the F***ing World.
9. The trial of Gabriel Fernandez
Genre: True Crime Documentary
Number of Seasons: 1 (Limited Series)
What’s it about: Gabriel Fernandez’s six-hour docuseries The Trials covers the rape and murder of eight-year-old Gabriel Fernandez in 2013, and the role his parents and social workers have played in this case.
10. Love is blind
Genre: Reality
Number of Seasons: 1
What’s it about: Love Is Blind, the buzzy Netflix original reality show, brings together men and women to try love and get engaged — all without meeting in person.
Conclusion:
It’s unclear exactly how this data is calculated by Netflix — watching the first 5 minutes of an episode count as a view, or do you have to watch the entire show? But at least this gives us an indication of the shows at least draw the most interest from viewers because there is a lot to choose from.
