Netflix has a treasure trove of terrific movies that you can stream right now, but if you’re looking for more than just a two-hour commitment,it’s also got a boatload of great TV shows you can delve into to keep yourself occupied for days, or even weeks. If you just finished a good series and need a new one to fill the void, Netflix is the place to go, given the service’s phenomenal mix of classic, current, and original programming. Below, I’ve rounded up the best shows on Netflix right now, so you can binge-watch in your PJs without having to hunt for the right title.
1. Giri/Haji
Netflix description: “Family duty sends a lawman to London to look for his mob-assassin brother as a yakuza war threatens to engulf Tokyo. Trust is even tougher to find.”
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 100%
2. Ozark
Netflix description: 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.
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 97%
3. Mindhunter
Netflix description: “In the late 1970s two FBI agents expand criminal science by delving into the psychology of murder and getting uneasily close to all-too-real monsters.
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 97%
4. Unorthodox
Netflix description: “A Hasidic Jewish woman in Brooklyn flees to Berlin from an arranged marriage and is taken in by a group of musicians–until her past comes calling.”
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 95%
5. The Haunting of Hill House
Netflix description: “Flashing between past and present, a fractured family confronts haunting memories of their old home and the terrifying events that drove them from it.
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 93%
6. Peaky Blinders
Netflix description: “A notorious gang in 1919 Birmingham , England, is led by the fierce Tommy Shelby, a crime boss set on moving up in the world no matter the cost.”
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92%
7. The Midnight Gospel
Netflix description: “‘The MIdnight Gospel’ is the story of Clancy, a spacecaster with a malfunctioning multiverse simulator who leaves the comfort of his extra-dimensional home on the Chromatic Ribbon to interview beings living in other worlds.”
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 92%
8. On My Block
Netflix description: “‘On My Block’ is a coming of age comedy about four bright and street-savvy friends navigating their way through the triumph, pain and the newness of high-school set in the rough inner city.”
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 90%
9. Community
Netflix description: “When his degree is found bogus, lawyer Jeff Winger is sent back to college, where he meets students and teachers with credentials as dubious as his.”
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 88%
10. Tiger King
Netflix description: “Among the eccentrics and cult personalities in the stranger-than-fiction world of big cat owners, few stand out more than Joe Excotic, a mulleted, gun-toting polygamist and country western singer who presides over an Oklahoma roadside zoo.”
Rotten Tomatoes rating: 86%
