30 Best TV Shows On Netflix Right Now (April 2025)

Netflix remains one of the biggest streaming services in the world today, both with original titles as well as movies and TV shows licensed to stream on the service. One of the biggest new returns in April 2025 is the seventh season of Black Mirror, with six new episodes. These episodes include stars like Paul Giamatti, Will Poulter, Awkwafina, and more. April also sees the return of You, with a final 10-episode season wrapping up the stories. Two new shows include Ransom Canyon (April 17) and Pulse (April 3).

In some surprising news, Netflix is making the first-ever live-action Scooby-Doo TV show by creators Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg. It will start with the gang meeting for the first time (via Tudum). There is also a new football series coming to Netflix, with a second season of Quarterback arriving in July, focusing on Joe Burrow, Jared Goff, and Kirk Cousins (via Tudum). Finally, Kevin Hart has signed on to the Netflix movie 72 Hours by Rise Along director Tim Story (via Netflix).

• Adolescence

  (2025) [Crime Drama] – An intense psychological drama about a 13-year-old arrested for murder following online bullying and the incel subculture.

• American Primeval

  (2025) [Historical Western] – The true story of the Mountain Meadows Massacre that took place during the Utah War in 1857.

• Yellowjackets

  (2021-) [Drama Thriller] – A series that splits time between survival horror in the past and drama and murder in the present day after a plane crash leaves its survivors traumatized.

• The Walking Dead: Dead City

  (2022-) [Horror Drama] – Maggie teams up with Negan from The Walking Dead and reunite in Manhattan to save her son.

• The Haunting of Hill House

  (2018) [Paranormal Horror] – After a tragedy drives a father and his children from a haunted house, they are all called back as adults to finish the story.

• Lost

  (2004-2010) [Sci-Fi Thriller] – Passengers on a downed flight have to survive on a deserted island where nothing is as it seems, and their past and future influence their fate.

• Heels

  (2021-2023) [Drama] – Stephen Amell brings the world of indie professional wrestling to the small screen in a TV show about family, feuding, and fighting.

• The Night Agent

  (2023-) [Spy Thriller] – A minor FBI Agent is thrown into a conspiracy at the highest levels of government as the search for a traitor begins.

• Resident Alien

  (2021-2024) [Sci-Fi Comedy] – An alien comes to Earth as a scout but decides to fight back to protect his new home when the invasion closes in.

• Arcane

  (2021-2024) [Fantasy Animation]—Vi and Jinx set off on a grand adventure in the Leagues of Legends spinoff, which offers steampunk action in a dark animated world.

• A Man on the Inside

  (2024) [Comedy] – Ted Danson stars as a retiree sent undercover in a retirement community to help solve a crime, but instead shines a light on the dark side of retirement homes.

• Cobra Kai

  (2018-2024) [Action Drama] – A return to the world of the Karate Kid, for anyone who thought Johnny Lawrence got a raw deal in the original.

• The Gentlemen

  (2024) [Crime Drama] – Guy Ritchie directs this darkly comic spinoff of the film of the same about a man who inherits an estate that is also home to a drug empire.

• The Crown

  (2016-2023) [Historical Drama] – Epic, Emmy-winning fictionalization of the Royal Family, and the historic reign of Queen Elizabeth, with an impressive, changing cast over the years.

• Squid Game

  (2021-Present) [Drama] – A violent critique of capitalism through deadly Korean children’s games that swept the world when it premiered.

• Better Call Saul

  (2015–2022) [Drama] – Breaking Bad spin-off focused on Bob Odenkirk’s slippery lawyer actually manages the unthinkable for many, surpassing the greatness of the original.

• Band of Brothers

  (2001) [War Drama] – Produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, Band Of Brothers is so much more than a WWII story.

• Suits

  (2011-2019) [Drama] – Before she married into royalty, Meghan Markle stars in a drama about office politics and legal drama.

• Sex Education

  (2019-2023) [Teen Comedy] – Teen son of a sex therapist sets up his own sexual advice service for other teens and pretty much everything goes wrong.

• Sweet Tooth

  (2021-2024) [Fantasy] – A young boy with antlers goes on a post-apocalyptic quest in this weird comic book adaptation.

• Black Mirror

  (2011-Present) [Horror] – Increasingly horrifying episodes based on technology going to a very dark place in this horror anthology.

• One Piece (Live-Action)

  (2023-Present) [Fantasy] – A rag-tag band of pirates in a fantasy world join (reluctant) forces under the command of an irritatingly cheerful young man with superpowers.

• The Witcher

  (2019-Present) [Fantasy] – Henry Cavill manages to capture audiences despite saying almost nothing (except ‘f*ck’), in this multi-timelined high-fantasy epic.

• Stranger Things

  (2016-Present) [Fantasy Drama] – Pre-teens play D&D in this epic horror fantasy that perfectly blends Amblin-like 1980s nostalgia with an undeniable Stephen King vibe.

• Avatar: The Last Airbender

  (2024 – Present) [Fantasy] – Live-action adaptation of the animated series that may actually live up to the original.

• The Umbrella Academy

  (2019 – 2024) [Fantasy] – Impeccable vibes and dark humor make this gloriously dysfunctional superhero family one of the best shows Netflix has created.

• Bridgerton

  (2020-Present) [Historical Romance] – Regency people love sex and gossip too, in this adaptation of the hit romance novel series.

• Wednesday

  (2022-Present) [Supernatural Drama] – Return to the lives of the Addams Family, as Wednesday Addams goes to school and comes of age as she learns to control her psychic abilities.

• Big Mouth

  (2017-Present) [Comedy Animation] – Cringe-a-minute comedy as hormone(monster)s literally run wild.

• BoJack Horseman

  (2014-2020) [Black Comedy Animation] – A comedy about anthropomorphic animals living in the world with people that will make you question whether or not you need as much therapy as the characters do.

If you’re looking for more to watch on Netflix, you can read our lists on the 35 Best Action Series To Stream On Netflix, 25 Best Detective Series On Netflix or, if you have less time, the 30 Best Movies On Netflix.

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