What is the best Netflix series?

Squid Game leads with 18% of the vote

Netflix has produced some of the most culturally significant television of the last decade. From the Korean survival horror of Squid Game to the supernatural nostalgia of Stranger Things, from the Regency romance of Bridgerton to the technological dystopias of Black Mirror — the platform has consistently delivered series that transcend their genres and become genuine cultural phenomena.

These 172,500+ votes represent the genuine preferences of viewers who have watched these series and formed real convictions about which one deserves to be called the greatest Netflix has ever produced.

Every series reviewed by the community

#1

18%

31,200 votes

Squid Game

Squid Game is the most watched Netflix series in history, reaching 111 million households in its first 28 days when it launched in September 2021. Created by Hwang Dong-hyuk, the Korean survival thriller follows 456 debt-ridden contestants competing in deadly children games for a prize of 45.6 billion won. Its savage critique of capitalism, inequality and human desperation resonated globally in a way no non-English language series ever had. The iconic green tracksuits and red-uniformed guards became instantly recognizable worldwide. Season 2 arrived in 2024 and Season 3 is confirmed for 2026, making it the most anticipated Netflix return of the year.

Vote for Squid Game31,200 votes

#2

16%

26,800 votes

Stranger Things

Stranger Things is the series that defined Netflix prestige television. Created by the Duffer Brothers and set in Hawkins, Indiana in the 1980s, it follows a group of children who encounter supernatural forces from the Upside Down. The show launched the careers of Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard and Noah Schnapp while making Winona Ryder relevant again. Its meticulous recreation of 80s aesthetics, its blend of Spielbergian adventure and genuine horror, and its extraordinary ensemble cast made it appointment viewing across four seasons. The final season, arriving in 2026, is one of the most anticipated conclusions in streaming history.

Vote for Stranger Things26,800 votes

#3

14%

23,400 votes

Wednesday

Wednesday is the fastest Netflix series to reach 400 million viewing hours, achieving this milestone in just three weeks after its November 2022 debut. Jenna Ortega's portrayal of Wednesday Addams — deadpan, darkly witty, genuinely menacing — became a cultural phenomenon immediately. Tim Burton directed the first two episodes and his visual style permeates the entire series. Nevermore Academy, the mystery surrounding the Hyde creature, and Wednesday relationship with her parents gave the show genuine dramatic weight beneath its gothic comedy surface. Season 2 in 2024 confirmed it as one of Netflix most important franchises.

Vote for Wednesday23,400 votes

#4

11%

19,100 votes

Money Heist

La Casa de Papel — Money Heist — proved that non-English language drama could achieve genuine global dominance on streaming. The Spanish heist series created by Álex Pina follows a criminal mastermind known as The Professor who orchestrates an elaborate robbery of the Royal Mint of Spain. Its red jumpsuits and Salvador Dalí masks became symbols of resistance worldwide. Five seasons of increasingly elaborate plotting, deeply human characters and emotional stakes made it one of the most binged series in Netflix history. Its success opened the door for Squid Game, Lupin and the explosion of non-English Netflix originals.

Vote for Money Heist19,100 votes

#5

8%

13,200 votes

Ozark

Ozark is Netflix answer to Breaking Bad — a series about an ordinary man making catastrophic moral compromises. Jason Bateman as Marty Byrde and Laura Linney as Wendy Byrde bring extraordinary depth to a crime thriller that escalates relentlessly across four seasons. The Ozarks setting gives the show a distinctive visual identity — dark, beautiful and oppressive. Bateman directed multiple episodes himself and created a visual language as distinctive as the writing. The final season finale is one of the most discussed endings in recent television, deliberately ambiguous and genuinely shocking.

Vote for Ozark13,200 votes

#6

7%

11,800 votes

The Crown

The Crown is one of the most expensive television productions ever made, with reported budgets of over 100 million pounds per season. Peter Morgan dramatization of the British Royal Family covers from the early reign of Elizabeth II through to the Charles and Diana era. Six seasons and three different casts — including Claire Foy, Olivia Colman and Imelda Staunton as Elizabeth — chart the tensions between duty and humanity that define the monarchy. The series provoked genuine controversy in Britain for its portrayal of living figures but won Emmy and Golden Globe awards throughout its run.

Vote for The Crown11,800 votes

#7

6%

9,800 votes

Bridgerton

Bridgerton is Shonda Rhimes production company first project for Netflix and immediately became one of the platform most watched series. Set in Regency-era London with a deliberately diverse cast, it adapts Julia Quinn romance novels into lavish, emotionally intense drama. The first season Simon and Daphne story broke records in 2020. Each subsequent season focuses on a different Bridgerton sibling. Season 4 arriving in 2026 focuses on Benedict Bridgerton and is among the most anticipated returns on the platform.

Vote for Bridgerton9,800 votes

#8

5%

8,900 votes

Dark

Dark is the finest piece of science fiction television produced in Europe and one of the most structurally ambitious series ever made. The German thriller created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese follows four interconnected families in the fictional town of Winden across multiple time periods spanning centuries. Three seasons of intricate plotting where every detail matters, where the same characters appear as children, adults and elderly people simultaneously, and where the mythology becomes genuinely transcendent. Dark proves that complex, demanding television can find a global audience.

Vote for Dark8,900 votes

#9

5%

8,300 votes

Black Mirror

Black Mirror is Charlie Brooker anthology of technological dystopias, each episode a standalone story exploring what happens when our relationship with technology goes wrong. Seven seasons of some of the most provocative, disturbing and occasionally hopeful television of the streaming era. Episodes like San Junipero, Nosedive, USS Callister and Bandersnatch became cultural reference points. The series works because its horrors are always recognizably close to the present — the technology is never fantastical, always an extrapolation of something that already exists.

Vote for Black Mirror8,300 votes

#10

4%

7,100 votes

Lupin

Lupin introduced Omar Sy to global audiences and proved that French television could achieve the same international reach as Korean and Spanish drama. Sy plays Assane Diop, a master thief and con artist inspired by the fictional gentleman burglar Arsène Lupin. Three parts of beautifully constructed heist drama set across Paris, blending action, mystery and genuine emotional depth around a father-son relationship. Lupin became the first French series to reach number one on Netflix in the United States.

Vote for Lupin7,100 votes

#11

4%

6,800 votes

The Witcher

The Witcher brought Henry Cavill dream project to life — he had campaigned for the role of Geralt of Rivia for years before being cast. Based on Andrzej Sapkowski Polish fantasy novels, the series follows a monster hunter navigating a morally complex world where humans are often more monstrous than the creatures he hunts. Three seasons with Cavill established the character definitively before his controversial departure. Season 4 with Liam Hemsworth faces the challenge of winning over an audience loyal to his predecessor.

Vote for The Witcher6,800 votes

#12

4%

6,100 votes

Narcos

Narcos is the definitive dramatization of Pablo Escobar and the Medellín cocaine cartel that reshaped global crime in the 1980s. Wagner Moura performance as Escobar is one of the great villain portrayals in television history — charismatic, terrifying, genuinely human. Three seasons following the DEA agents hunting him and then the cartel that emerged after his death. Narcos Mexico extended the franchise for three more seasons covering the rise of the Guadalajara cartel. Few series have educated a global audience about a historical period as effectively as Narcos.

Vote for Narcos6,100 votes

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