Top 10 Popular Netflix Shows Of All Time
TOP 10 NETFLIX SHOWS OF ALL TIME
Here are the top 10 most popular netflix shows
Squid Game
Netflix has been way ahead of other streamers in terms of acquiring or developing programming for its international markets (Elite, Money Heist, Lupin). The best of these series — as cemented by its 14 Emmy nominations, including for Outstanding Drama Series, the first foreign-language show to get that nod — is Squid Game, a riveting dystopian thriller out of Korea about financially desperate people who agree to compete in a deadly, winner-takes-all competition inspired by schoolyard games like Red Light, Green Light. A triumph of both social satire and production design, it became a rare word-of-mouth phenomenon.
Sex Education
YA has been a fruitful category for Netflix, particularly this rollicking Britcom. Shy teenager Otis (Asa Butterfield) has been miserable growing up with a single mom who’s an outspoken sex therapist (Gillian Anderson). But when the kids at his school start having relationship difficulties, Otis, his queer best friend Eric (Ncuti Gatwa, in a star-making performance), and Otis’ crush Maeve (Emma Mackey) start up a bootleg sex clinic to help their classmates get satisfaction. A comedy as sweet as it is silly, it explores a wide range of sexual and romantic relationships.
Mindhunter
David Fincher executive-produced House of Cards, but his best contribution to Netflix was his return to the serial-killer territory of Se7en and Zodiac. This time, he approached the genre from a different direction, with a drama about the FBI agents (played by Jonathan Groff and Holt McCallanny) and psychiatrist (Anna Torv) who created the science of criminal profiling. The bulk of the show is just the agents talking with incarcerated monsters — making Mindhunter the odd thriller that’s all talk and little action, and much more interesting for it.
Bridgerton
Bridgerton is based on romance veteran Julia Quinn’s epic eight-part romance novel series of the same name. (That might sound daunting, but for the romance genre, a series of that size is fairly common.) The series, like most historical romances, sets itself within a loose version of the Regency period — that particular moment of pre-industrial 19th-century Britain when London aristocracy was rich and bored enough to revolve around an annual “season” of nightly parties and events. (The era was named after George IV, who at the time was prince acting as the Regent — or proxy ruler — for his father, George III, who had succumbed to his famous “madness.” “Prinny” was mainly known for caring more about high society, or the haut ton, than boring government concerns, and the Regency period likewise borrowed his character traits of frivolous vanity.) London social functions had a complex etiquette and were usually held with the tacit purpose of matchmaking eligible men and women. This ritual, as the show explains to us early on, was known as the marriage mart, and as ridiculous as it might seem now, the stakes were very high.
Money Heist
Spanish drama Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) is a heist-centric engaging drama which left the audience on the edge of their seats with its telenovela style of storytelling. The intriguing plot which unfolds a new mystery with several twists focuses on serious social agendas of current times but at the same time keeps the audience engrossed with its dramatic execution as well.
Lucifer
Based on characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg, this series follows Lucifer, the original fallen angel, who has become dissatisfied with his life in hell. After abandoning his throne and retiring to Los Angeles, Lucifer indulges in his favorite things (women, wine and song) -- until a murder takes place outside of his upscale nightclub. For the first time in billions of years, the murder awakens something unfamiliar in Lucifer's soul that is eerily similar to compassion and sympathy. Lucifer is faced with another surprise when he meets an intriguing homicide detective named Chloe, who appears to possess an inherent goodness -- unlike the worst of humanity, to which he is accustomed. Suddenly, Lucifer starts to wonder if there is hope for his soul.
All of Us Are Dead
All of Us Are Dead is a thrilling zombie series full of brutal and violent scenes involving characters who are all so human. Whilst not hitting the heights of the amazing Squid Game, the series is still an excellent piece of television that fans of the zombie genre will devour like the tastiest of brains. Here’s to hoping that there’s a second season!
Like Gilmore Girls, Ginny & Georgia is about a mother (Georgia) who had her daughter (Virginia/Ginny) as a teenager and is dealing with parenting that daughter now that said daughter is a teenager. When the series begins, Georgia is 30 and Ginny is 15; they live in a small town in Massachusetts (instead of Connecticut like in Gilmore Girls), and complicated family dynamics, class issues, and love triangles dominate both shows’ plotting.
This Netflix biography chronicles the grisly murders of young gay men committed by one of America’s most dreaded serial killers, who wasn’t arrested despite multiple complaints against him.Dahmer Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story has hit source material. Add slick cinematography, sepia-toned theme of the 80’s, a mystical background score and a talented cast and you have a winner. That’s a given. But to be able to engage the viewers for ten long episodes whilst elaborating on various aspects around such blood-curdling crimes, is a balanced feat that Ryan Murphy achieves with a killer expertise.
Like Steven Spielberg’s Jaws sent the movie business on a never-ending hunt for blockbusters, the success of Stranger Things — itself an homage to the Eighties works of Spielberg and Stephen King — transformed Netflix from a company happy with boutique hits and critical acclaim into one that wanted its shows to attract huge audiences. If the series has begun to feel bloated in its later seasons (and if the kids look old enough to run for Congress), it’s still terrific popcorn entertainment that’s made at least one great new star in Millie Bobby Brown as the telekinetic Eleven.
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