The 23 Best Netflix Original TV Series

The prestige of streaming television has skyrocketed in a relatively short amount of time. In 2013, Netflix original series House of Cards became the first streaming series to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy. In 2021, Netflix’s slate of original programming received 129 nominations, eventually winning 44.

The death of appointment network television has benefitted both creators and viewers. The creators get to craft denser, more complex narratives, assured with the knowledge that their audience is binging the show rather than watching (and forgetting it) once per week. The viewers get the flexibility of when and how to consume that content, and better fit it into their lives.

While this is the playbook for nearly every streaming service, Netflix distinguishes itself by how wide it casts its net. If you throw enough at the wall, some of it is bound to stick–or in Netflix’s case, win Emmys. The company spent 85% of $8 billion on original content in 2018.

Three years later, we see the fruits of that approach, in the form of many excellent shows that collectively cater to everyone’s tastes. Here are the 23 best Netflix original series that you can watch, right now.