# The best Netflix series of all time

Netflix originals (or shows Netflix made its own) with the best IMDb ratings and the most press-ranking mentions: dramas, miniseries, documentaries and animation.

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- Aug 10, 2026 · Wilmer Martínez
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## Top 20

1. **Dark** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Germany, 2017–2020. Time travel and four families in Winden; Netflix's first German series and one of its best rated.
2. **BoJack Horseman** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2014–2020. A depressed, alcoholic former sitcom-star horse; adult animation rated 8.8 on IMDb.
3. **Stranger Things** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016–2025. Hawkins, the Upside Down and Eleven; Netflix's great phenomenon.
4. **When They See Us** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2019. Ava DuVernay on the Central Park Five, wrongly convicted in 1989.
5. **The Last Dance** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2020. Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls; a documentary miniseries rated 9 on IMDb.
6. **Our Planet** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2019. A nature documentary narrated by David Attenborough; Netflix's highest-rated series on IMDb.
7. **Mindhunter** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017–2019. The origins of criminal profiling at the FBI, produced by David Fincher.
8. **Narcos** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2015–2017. Wagner Moura as Pablo Escobar and the DEA in Colombia.
9. **Black Mirror** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2011–. Charlie Brooker's anthology on the dark side of technology; Netflix took it over from season three.
10. **Peaky Blinders** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2013–2022. Tommy Shelby and his gang in inter-war Birmingham; Netflix took it worldwide.
11. **The Queen's Gambit** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2020. Anya Taylor-Joy as a chess prodigy; it sent chessboard sales soaring worldwide.
12. **Arcane** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2021–2024. Fortiche's League of Legends animated series; Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program.
13. **The Crown** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2016–2023. Elizabeth II's reign over six seasons and three different casts.
14. **Ozark** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2017–2022. Jason Bateman launders cartel money in the Missouri lakes.
15. **Baby Reindeer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2024. Richard Gadd and his stalker; Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series.
16. **Squid Game** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — South Korea, 2021–2025. Debtors compete in deadly children's games; Netflix's most-watched series.
17. **Money Heist** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Spain, 2017–2021. The Professor and his heist crew in Dalí masks.
18. **Adolescence** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2025. Four episodes, each shot in a single take, after a 13-year-old boy's arrest.
19. **Bridgerton** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2020–. Shonda Rhimes' Regency London; an audience record at its launch.
20. **Midnight Mass** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2021. Mike Flanagan and a charismatic priest who arrives on an isolated island.
21. **Cobra Kai** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 2018–2025. Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso, 34 years after The Karate Kid.

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