We've all experienced it: being so overwhelmed by streaming offerings that we spend more time scrolling through options than actually enjoying a new show or movie. Netflix, for one, has an incredibly vast stable of original TV shows, in many languages and of almost every genre you can think of. How are you supposed to choose what to watch next? Fortunately, the site Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates expert reviews, has your back. To help you narrow down your next binge, we've rounded up the top 50 shows on Netflix right now, according to critics.
To keep things manageable and mostly fiction-based, we excluded docuseries and reality shows from this list. (We can assure you, however, that the baking fail competition show Nailed It! is worth your time.) Ahead, you'll find drama, comedy, thrillers, horror, and several combinations of two or more of those things. So read on to learn about the prevailing critical opinion of your favorite Netflix series and maybe find a few acclaimed gems you've yet to start. And for more classic TV you loved tuning into, check out The 40 Longest-Running American TV Shows of All Time.
50 Queen Sono
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91 percent
49 Teenage Bounty Hunters
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91 percent
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48 Gentefied
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91 percent
47 The Last Kingdom
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91 percent
46 Medical Police
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92 percent
45 Marvel's Daredevil
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92 percent
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44 GLOW
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92 percent
43 Carmen Sandiego
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
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42 The Midnight Gospel
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
41 Money Heist
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
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40 Castlevania
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
39 Bodyguard
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
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38 Peaky Blinders
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
37 The End of the …. World
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
36 The Haunting of Hill House
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
35 Bojack Horseman
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
34 Stranger Things
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
33 Love
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94 percent
32 Sex Education
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94 percent
31 Cobra Kai
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94 percent
30 On My Block
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent
29 Unorthodox
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent
28 Dark
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent
27 Dear White People
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent
26 Kingdom
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
25 Special
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
24 I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
23 Never Have I Ever
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
22 When They See Us
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
21 A Series of Unfortunate Events
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
20 Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
19 Elite
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97 percent
18 Lady Dynamite
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97 percent
17 She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97 percent
16 Russian Doll
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97 percent
15 Mindhunter
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
14 Lovesick
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
13 Tuca & Bertie
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
12 Unbelievable
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
11 American Vandal
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
10 Alias Grace
Rotten Tomatoes score: 99 percent
9 Big Mouth
Rotten Tomatoes score: 99 percent
8 One Day at a Time
Rotten Tomatoes score: 99 percent
7 Crazyhead
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
6 Middleditch & Schwartz
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
5 Girl/Haji
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
4 Feel Good
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
3 Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
2 The Baby-Sitters Club
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
1 Master of None
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
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