Netflix keeps adding TV shows to its catalog every week, forming an extensive and rich selection with something for every taste. Although now there is a wide variety of streaming services offering both licensed and original content, Netflix continues to be quite popular and one of the richest platforms when it comes to content.
Many of Netflix’s original TV shows now rank among the best TV shows of all time, and the streamer has stood out for its original content, covering different genres and aiming at different target audiences. From TV shows in other languages to impressive animated shows and shocking stories, Netflix has a variety of TV shows to choose from.
The Witcher
Fifth & Final Season In Development
The Witcher is an adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels of the same name, as well as of the video games based on the novels. The Witcher follows the title monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill and Liam Hemsworth), who, along with sorceress Yennefer of Vengerberg (Anya Chalotra), and other allies, sets out to protect Princess Ciri (Freya Allan) from those who want her for disturbing purposes.
Despite its controversies, such as changes to the source material, The Witcher is a great watch for those into fantasy, drama, and monsters, and it’s currently preparing for its fifth and final season.
Virgin River
Seventh Season In Development
Virgin River is a romantic drama TV series based on the novel series of the same name by Robyn Carr. Virgin River is set in the titular town in Northern California, and follows Mel Monroe (Alexandra Breckenridge), a midwife and nurse practitioner who recently moved there for a fresh start; however, she soon learns that living in a small town isn’t exactly peaceful.
You
Five Seasons
You is a psychological thriller TV series based on Caroline Kepnes’ books of the same name. You follows Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), a bookstore manager and serial killer who becomes obsessed with an aspiring writer. Throughout five seasons, You explores Joe’s obsessions and how far he’s willing to go to get what he wants.
Quicksand
One Season
Quicksand is a Swedish psychological-crime drama TV series based on Malin Persson Giolito’s 2016 novel of the same name. Quicksand begins with a school shooting in Djursholm senior high school, with 18-year-old Maja (Hanna Ardéhn) arrested not just for the shooting but the murder of her ex-boyfriend, Sebastian (Felix Sandman), too, who is found dead at the scene.
Maja admits to the murder but not the shooting, and so Quicksand follows the investigation, supported by flashbacks to how Maja and Sebastian met and the development of their toxic relationship.
Man on the Inside
Two Seasons
Man on the Inside is a comedy TV series created by Michael Schur. It’s the story of Charles Nieuwendyk (Ted Danson), a retired college engineering professor who starts working as a private detective. Man on the Inside is based on Maite Alberdi’s 2020 documentary The Mole Agent, and it has received critical acclaim.
Club de Cuervos
Four Seasons
Club de Cuervos is a Mexican comedy-drama TV series created by Gaz Alazraki and Michael Lam. Club de Cuervos takes viewers to the fictional town of Nuevo Toledo to meet the Iglesias family, owners of the local soccer club Cuervos FC.
When the patriarch dies, his adult children, Isabel (Marian Treviño) and Chava (Luis Gerardo Méndez), fight for ownership and direction of the team, and their plans for it are as different as their personalities and lifestyles.
Castle Rock
Two Seasons
Castle Rock is a supernatural horror TV series adapted from Stephen King’s stories and characters, though it’s not an adaptation of a specific novel or short story. Season 1 of Castle Rock follows criminal attorney Henry Deaver (André Holland), who returns to the titular town when a mysterious prisoner simply referred to as The Kid (Bill Skarsgård) is found in an abandoned cell at Shawshank State Penitentiary.
Season 2 is a different story, following a young Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan) and her daughter, Joy (Elsie Fisher), in the events leading up to Annie’s disturbing actions in Misery. Castle Rock is a unique expansion of Stephen King’s universe.
All Of Us Are Dead
Second Season In Development
All Of Us Are Dead is a South Korean coming-of-age horror TV series based on Joo Dong-geun’s Webtoon of the same name. All Of Us Are Dead follows a group of students trapped inside Hyosan High School who are attacked by classmates infected with a deadly zombie virus.
The group must find a way to survive without food or water and escape the school and the city, as the authorities have kept the school isolated.
The Umbrella Academy
Four Seasons
The Umbrella Academy is a superhero TV show based on the comic book series of the same name by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. The Umbrella Academy follows the title team, formed by seven adopted siblings with superpowers who, along with 36 other children, were born on the same day, at the same time, to women who weren’t pregnant when the day began.
These seven kids were adopted by scientist and billionaire Reginald Hargreeves (Colm Feore), who trained them and formed the title team. In every season, the team has to stop the apocalypse, triggered by different events that bring huge reveals about their origins and purpose.
Black Sails
Four Seasons
Black Sails is a historical action-adventure TV series created by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine. Set in the early 18th century, Black Sails follows Captain Flint (Toby Stephens) and his crew as they go on different missions, beginning with the hunt for the Spanish treasure galleon Urca de Lima.
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
