The 50 Best Netflix Shows Ever, According to Critics
From fierce female wrestlers to chilling crimes based on true events, these are the series critics love.
![Noah Schnapp, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Sadie Sink and Caleb McLaughlin in Stranger Things](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Stranger-Things-2.jpg?quality=82&strip=1&resize=640%2C360)
We've all experienced it: being so overwhelmed by streaming offerings that we spend more time scrolling through options than actually enjoying a new show or movie. Netflix, for one, has an incredibly vast stable of original TV shows, in many languages and of almost every genre you can think of. How are you supposed to choose what to watch next? Fortunately, the site Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates expert reviews, has your back. To help you narrow down your next binge, we've rounded up the top 50 shows on Netflix right now, according to critics.
To keep things manageable and mostly fiction-based, we excluded docuseries and reality shows from this list. (We can assure you, however, that the baking fail competition show Nailed It! is worth your time.) Ahead, you'll find drama, comedy, thrillers, horror, and several combinations of two or more of those things. So read on to learn about the prevailing critical opinion of your favorite Netflix series and maybe find a few acclaimed gems you've yet to start. And for more classic TV you loved tuning into, check out The 40 Longest-Running American TV Shows of All Time.
50
Queen Sono
![Pearl Thusi in Queen Sono](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Queen-Sono.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91 percent
49
Teenage Bounty Hunters
![Anjelica Bette Fellini and Maddie Phillips in Teenage Bounty Hunters](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Teenage-Bounty-Hunters.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91 percent
And if you love the teen scene, check out The 20 Best Teen Romance Movies to Make You Nostalgic for Young Love.
48
Gentefied
![Annie Gonzalez and Joseph Julian Soria in Gentefied](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Gentefied.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91 percent
47
The Last Kingdom
![Alexander Dreymon in The Last Kindom](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/The-Last-Kingdom.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91 percent
46
Medical Police
![Erinn Hayes and Rob Huebel in Medical Police](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Medical-Police.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92 percent
45
Marvel's Daredevil
![Charlie Cox in Marvel's Daredevil](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Daredevil.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92 percent
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44
GLOW
![Scene from GLOW Season 3](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/GLOW.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92 percent
43
Carmen Sandiego
![Carmen Sandiego](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Carmen-Sandiego.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
And if you loved this show growing up, check out 20 '90s TV Shows You've Completely Forgotten About.
42
The Midnight Gospel
![The Midnight Gospel](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/The-Midnight-Gospel.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
41
Money Heist
![Money Heist](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Money-Heist.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
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40
Castlevania
![Castlevania](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Castlevania.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
39
Bodyguard
![Richard Madden and Keeley Hawes in Bodyguard](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Bodyguard.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
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38
Peaky Blinders
![Cillian Murphy in Peaky Blinders](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Peaky-Blinders.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
37
The End of the …. World
![End of the .... World](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/End-of-the-Fing-World-1.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
36
The Haunting of Hill House
![Julian Hillard in The Haunting of Hill House](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Haunting-of-Hill-House.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
35
Bojack Horseman
![Bojack Horseman](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Bojack-Horseman.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
34
Stranger Things
![Millie Bobby Brown in Stranger Things](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Stranger-Things.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 93 percent
33
Love
![Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs in Love](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Love.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94 percent
32
Sex Education
![Ncuti Gatwa and Asa Butterfield in Sex Education](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Sex-Education.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94 percent
31
Cobra Kai
![Ralph Macchio in Cobra Kai](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Cobra-Kai.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94 percent
30
On My Block
![Brett Gray in On My Block](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/On-My-Block.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent
29
Unorthodox
![Shira Haas in Unorthodox](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Unorthodox-copy.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent
28
Dark
![Louis Hofmann in Dark](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Dark.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent
27
Dear White People
![Logan Browning in Dear White People](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Dear-White-People.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent
26
Kingdom
![Ji-Hoon Su in Kingdom](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Kingdom.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
25
Special
![Ryan O'Connell in Special](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Special.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
24
I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson
![Tim Robinson in I Think You Should Leave](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/I-Think-You-Should-Leave.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
23
Never Have I Ever
![Maitreyi Ramakrishnan in Never Have I Ever](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Never-Have-I-Ever.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
22
When They See Us
![Jharrel Jerome in When They See Us](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/When-They-See-Us.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
21
A Series of Unfortunate Events
![Louis Hynes and Neil Patrick Harris in A Series of Unfortunate Events](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/A-Series-of-Unfortunate-Events.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
20
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
![Tituss Burgess and Ellie Kemper in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Unbreakable-Kimmy-Schmidt-2.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96 percent
19
Elite
![Elite](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Elite.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97 percent
18
Lady Dynamite
![Maria Bamford in Lady Dynamite](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Lady-Dynamite.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97 percent
17
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
![She-Ra and the Princesses of Power](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/She-Ra.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97 percent
16
Russian Doll
![Nastasha Lyonne in Russian Doll](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Russian-Doll.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97 percent
15
Mindhunter
![Holt McCallany and Jonathan Groff in Mindhunter](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Mindhunter.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
14
Lovesick
![Antonia Thomas and Johnny Flynn in Lovesick](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Lovesick.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
13
Tuca & Bertie
![Tuca and Bertie still](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Tuca-and-Bertie.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
12
Unbelievable
![Merrit Wever and Toni Collette in Unbelievable](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Unbelievable.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
11
American Vandal
![Travis Tope in American Vandal](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/American-Vandal.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98 percent
10
Alias Grace
![Sarah Gadon in Alias Grace](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Alias-Grace.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 99 percent
9
Big Mouth
![Big Mouth](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Big-Mouth.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 99 percent
8
One Day at a Time
![Isabella Gomez, Justina Machado, and Marcel Ruiz in One Day at a Time](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/One-Day-at-a-Time.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 99 percent
7
Crazyhead
![Susan Wokoma, Lewis Reeves, and Cara Theobold in Crazyhead](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Crazyhead.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
6
Middleditch & Schwartz
![Ben Schwartz and Thomas Middleditch in Middleditch & Schwartz](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Middleditch-and-Schwartz.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
5
Girl/Haji
![Takehiro Hira in Giri/Haji](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Giri-Haji.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
4
Feel Good
![Charlotte Ritchie and Mae Martin in Feel Good](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Feel-Good-2.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
3
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return
![Jonah Ray in Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/MST3K-The-Return.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
2
The Baby-Sitters Club
![Shay Rudolph, Momona Tamada, Sophie Grace, and Malia Baker in The Baby-Sitters Club](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Baby-Sitters-Club.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent
1
Master of None
![Aziz Ansari and Noel Wells in Master of None](https://bestlifeonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2020/09/Master-of-None.jpg)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent