Top 10 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 10 list of the best original shows on Netflix, using the power of Rivr and its users.
This list was last updated on Apr 22, 2024.
9. 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 • Released: Jul 11, 2013
8. 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.
8.461 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Released: Jan 26, 2017
7. Bridgerton
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
8.108 ⭐ • Drama • Released: May 16, 2024
6. 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
5. 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.
8.167 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Action & Adventure • Released: Apr 10, 2015
4. Stranger Things
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
8.612 ⭐ • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Mystery • Released: Jul 15, 2016
3. 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
2. Testament: The Story of Moses
This illuminating docudrama series chronicles Moses' remarkable life as a prince, prophet and more with insights from theologians and historians.
7.977 ⭐ • Documentary • Drama • Released: Mar 27, 2024
1. Anthracite
An old case is wrenched open when a reporter goes missing, leading his web sleuth daughter to a small mountain town haunted by a sect, secrecy and death.
6.033 ⭐ • Mystery • Crime • Drama • Released: Apr 10, 2024
