Top 25 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 25 list of the best original shows on Netflix, using the power of Rivr and its users.
This list was last updated on Apr 15, 2024.
25. 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
24. The Umbrella Academy
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
8.6 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Drama • Released: Aug 8, 2024
23. 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
22. 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.
8.267 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Drama • War & Politics • Released: Oct 10, 2015
21. Love Is Blind
Nick and Vanessa Lachey host this social experiment where single men and women look for love and get engaged, all before meeting in person.
6.6 ⭐ • Reality • Released: Feb 13, 2020
20. 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
19. Bridgerton
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
8.1 ⭐ • Drama • Released: May 16, 2024
18. 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.
8.092 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Drama • Action & Adventure • Released: Dec 20, 2019
17. 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
16. 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
15. Stranger Things
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
8.613 ⭐ • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Mystery • Released: Jul 15, 2016
14. 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
13. Lupin
Inspired by the adventures of Arsène Lupin, gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
7.8 ⭐ • Crime • Drama • Mystery • Released: Jan 8, 2021
12. 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
11. 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
10. 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.
8.29 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Drama • Mystery • Released: Dec 4, 2011
9. ONE PIECE
With his straw hat and ragtag crew, young pirate Monkey D. Luffy goes on an epic voyage for treasure.
8.183 ⭐ • Action & Adventure • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Released: Aug 31, 2023
8. Formula 1: Drive to Survive
Drivers, managers and team owners live life in the fast lane - both on and off the track - during one cutthroat season of Formula 1 racing.
8.216 ⭐ • Documentary • Released: Mar 8, 2019
7. 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.
8.036 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Action & Adventure • Drama • Released: Feb 22, 2024
6. RIPLEY
A grifter in 1960s New York is hired to convince a wealthy man's son to return home from Italy and begins a life of deceit, fraud and murder.
8.286 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Apr 4, 2024
5. 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.
7.584 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Mystery • Drama • Released: Mar 21, 2024
4. The Hijacking of Flight 601
After a plane is hijacked, two flight attendants must outwit their assailants amid intense negotiations in the air and on the ground. Based on real events.
9.0 ⭐ • Drama • Released: Apr 10, 2024
3. Parasyte: The Grey
When unidentified parasites violently take over human hosts and gain power, humanity must rise to combat the growing threat.
7.782 ⭐ • Sci-Fi & Fantasy • Action & Adventure • Drama • Released: Apr 5, 2024
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
