(Photo by ©Netflix/Courtesy Everett Collection) 100 Best Netflix Series to Watch Right Now (August 2025)
Looking for the best shows on Netflix? Look no further, because Rotten Tomatoes has put together a list of the 100 best original Netflix series available to watch right now, ranked according to the Tomatometer. To keep the list fresh with the best Netflix series to watch, the series featured here are currently in production, have been renewed for further seasons, or aired their final episode recently (within the last year or two, so people can still discover them after they’ve ended).
Recently Added: Love Life (August 5) , Outlander: Season 7 (August 11) , Extant (August 18) , The Hunting Wives , Untamed .
Leaving this month: A Discovery of Witches Gangs of London Dark Winds , Kevin Can F**k Himself , Into the Badlands The Walking Dead: Ones Who Live (August 19).
#1
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Synopsis: The mage Frieren defeated the Demon King alongside the hero Himmel’s party after a 10-year quest. Peace was restored to
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Synopsis: Fifteen years ago, the loss of three young people tore a sleepy seaside town apart; the death of a young
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Synopsis: Chronicles the illegitimate son of Zeus, a young man tasked with saving heaven and earth despite the interference of a
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Synopsis: Seven young adults on the autism spectrum dive headfirst into the dating pool, exploring the unpredictable world of love and
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Synopsis: When a little girl goes missing during a parade in Málaga, a young newspaper journalist becomes fiercely determined to help
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Synopsis: In South London, a group of normal people suddenly develop superpowers, and the only apparent connection between them is that
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Synopsis: With a planet hurtling towards Earth, extinction is imminent for humans; while most feel liberated to pursue their wildest dreams,
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Synopsis: With the help of concierge Haru, Pokémon relax and have fun at the Pokémon Resort.
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Synopsis: Teens must survive a summer of terror after downloading a mysterious app called Red Rose. that makes dangerous demands with
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Synopsis: A street kid tries to survive in a technology and body modification-obsessed city of the future; with everything to lose,
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#11
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Synopsis: The catastrophic eruption of sub-glacial volcano Katla turns a nearby community’s world upside down as mysteries begin to emerge from
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#13
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Synopsis: Dealing with a female stalker, a man is forced to face a dark, buried trauma.
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Synopsis: He wasn’t always Saul Goodman, ace attorney for chemist-turned-meth dealer Walter White. Six years before he begins to represent Albuquerque’s
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#15
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Synopsis: A family’s world turns upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller is arrested for murdering a schoolmate: the charges against their
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#16
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Synopsis: Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.
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#17
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Synopsis: Two strangers get into a road rage incident that brings chaos into their lives.
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#18
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Synopsis: A retelling of the classic French story about Arsène Lupin, the world-famous gentleman thief and master of disguise.
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#19
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Synopsis: The deceased king rises and a mysterious plague begins to spread; the prince must face a new breed of enemies
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#20
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Synopsis: Mo Najjar straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a ton of foolishness as a Palestinian refugee constantly
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#21
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Synopsis: An alien crashes on Earth and hides in a remote Colorado mountain town. After assuming the identity of the town
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#22
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Synopsis: Actor Tim Robinson stars in this sketch comedy series — which he also co-created — that sees him trying to
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Synopsis: This drama takes viewers into the housing estates of East London. There is tension between the drug gangs that operate
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#24
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Synopsis: Unearthly beings deliver condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of
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#25
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Synopsis: A master of the sword lives life in disguise while seeking revenge in Edo-period Japan.
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#26
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Synopsis: Rescued after 15 years in a cult, Kimmy Schmidt decides to reclaim her life by venturing to New York, where
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#27
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Synopsis: Set during the Cold War era, orphaned chess prodigy Beth Harmon struggles with addiction in a quest to become the
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#28
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Synopsis: After meeting the woman of his dreams, a charming musician finds himself contending with an army of her ex-boyfriends.
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#29
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Synopsis: A woman flees an arranged marriage in Brooklyn to start a new life abroad, then her past catches up to
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#30
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Synopsis: Retsuko is a 25-year-old red panda who is growing increasingly frustrated with her job in the accounting department of a
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#31
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Synopsis: The adventures of famous Vikings as they blaze new paths in an ever-changing Europe.
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#32
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Synopsis: Sir David Attenborough narrates this eight-part series that explores the unique wonders of the natural world. Produced in partnership with
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Synopsis: After a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman
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#34
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Synopsis: Skeptical psychologist Kristen Bouchard joins David Acosta, who is training to be a Catholic priest, and a blue collar contractor
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#35
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Synopsis: Giovanni Ribisi plays the role of Marius, a con man who tries to leave his old life behind by assuming
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#36
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Synopsis: An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love; discovering if their relationship survive their wildly different
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#37
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Synopsis: When two children go missing in a small German town, its sinful past is exposed along with the double lives
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#38
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Synopsis: Transatlantic is inspired by the true story of Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold and the Emergency Rescue Committee. Risking their
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#39
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Synopsis: The war for Eternia begins again in what may be the final battle between He-Man and Skeletor.
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#40
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Synopsis: Helen embarks on a passionate affair with a man who has no idea what her secret identity is; caught in
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#41
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Synopsis: Young, anti-social computer programmer Elliot works as a cybersecurity engineer during the day, but at night he is a vigilante
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#42
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Synopsis: The young queen’s marriage to King George of England ushers in an epic love story and transforms high society.
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#43
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Synopsis: Even for a cartoon character, going through puberty isn’t easy for a young person. Andrew is learning that first hand
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#44
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Synopsis: Single mother Alex turns to housecleaning to make ends meet as she escapes an abusive relationship and overcomes homelessness to
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#45
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Synopsis: “Heels” is a story about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of
small-town pro wrestling. Set
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#46
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Synopsis: Twin sisters Blair and Sterling balance teen life at an elite Southern high school with an unlikely new career as
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#47
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Synopsis: Thirty four years after events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament, a down-and-out Johnny Lawrence seeks redemption by reopening
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#48
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Synopsis: The complicated life of a first-generation Indian-American teenager.
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#49
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Synopsis: A humanoid horse, BoJack Horseman — lost in a sea of self-loathing and booze — decides it’s time for a
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#50
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Synopsis: Socially awkward high school student Otis may not have much experience in the lovemaking department, but he gets good guidance
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#51
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Synopsis: Britain is a mixture of despair and hedonism in 1919 in the aftermath of the Great War. Returning soldiers, newly
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#52
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Synopsis: “Grey’s Anatomy” creator Shonda Rhimes is the creative mind behind this ABC drama. Olivia Pope, a former media consultant to
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#53
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Synopsis: An anthology of sinister stories told by revered horror creators.
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#54
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Synopsis: A crime drama that takes place in the latter half of the 19th century during brutal gang wars in San
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#55
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Synopsis: More than a decade after the original series went off the air, Netflix reboots the “Queer Eye” franchise with a
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#56
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Synopsis: Mavis Beaumont, a plus-sized Black woman, is newly single and finds herself having to rebuild her life as a struggling
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#57
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Synopsis: On a perilous adventure in a post-apocalyptic world, a boy who’s half-human and half deer searches for a new beginning
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#58
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Synopsis: Two teenage ghosts work alongside a clairvoyant to solve mysteries for their supernatural clientele, until a powerful witch complicates their
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#59
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Synopsis: In a grueling interview, detectives pressure a taciturn doctor to confess to a murder.
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#60
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Synopsis: In 2070, three siblings set out to change the fate of Europe after a global catastrophe fractures it into countless
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#61
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Synopsis: With great power at stake, a group of rebel mages and thieves goes head to head against a sinister force
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#62
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Synopsis: After graduation, Emma and Dexter go their separate ways; however, fate leads to the unexpected.
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#63
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Synopsis: Mysteries unravel in a small Midwestern town in the 1980s, involving supernatural forces, secret experiments and one strange girl.
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#64
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Synopsis: As a child, Uhtred witnessed his father being killed and the Saxon army defeated by invading troops. Danish warlord Earl
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Synopsis: Maddie is a teen girl stuck in the afterlife investigating her own mysterious disappearance; she goes on a crime-solving journey
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#66
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Synopsis: A space caster traverses trippy worlds inside his universe simulator, exploring existential questions about life, death and everything in between.
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#67
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Synopsis: A single mother must hide her young son’s superpowers to protect him from exploitation while investigating their origins and her
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#68
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Synopsis: Siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher have built a pharmaceutical company into an empire of wealth, privilege and power; however, secrets
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#69
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Synopsis: Idealistic lawyer Mickey Haller runs practice out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car, taking on cases big and
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Synopsis: After serving as a British Army nurse in World War II, Claire Randall is enjoying a second honeymoon in Scotland
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#71
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Synopsis: Amid an international crisis, a career diplomat juggles her new high-profile job as ambassador to the United Kingdom and her
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#72
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Synopsis: What would you do for love? For a brilliant male bookstore manager who crosses paths with an aspiring female writer,
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#73
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Synopsis: Four single friends — comic Jerry Seinfeld, bungling George Costanza, frustrated working gal Elaine Benes and eccentric neighbor Cosmo Kramer
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#74
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Synopsis: Trapped students must escape their high school which has become ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak.
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#75
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Synopsis: This collection of animated short stories spans several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy. World-class animation creators bring
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#76
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Synopsis: Jen’s husband recently died in a hit-and-run, and the sardonic widow is determined to solve the crime. Optimistic free spirit
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#77
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Synopsis: A brash but brilliant cop becomes head of a new police department, where he leads an unlikely team of misfits
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#78
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Synopsis: The arrival of a charismatic priest brings miracles, mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town.
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#79
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Synopsis: In a room below his house in 1980s Brisbane, Australia, Eli Bell answers a red telephone and begins a journey
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#80
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Synopsis: A warrior from a post-apocalyptic future travels to 1997 to protect an AI scientist being hunted by an unfeeling —
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#81
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Synopsis: A wealthy man hires down-on-his-luck grifter Tom Ripley to travel to Italy to urge his vagabond son to return home;
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#82
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Synopsis: The savvy and ambitious Colombian businesswomen Griselda Blanco creates one of the most profitable cartels in history.
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#83
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Synopsis: An American woman loves and loses a Sicilian man she meets in Italy.
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#84
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Synopsis: Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew explore a fantastical world of endless oceans and exotic islands in search of
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#85
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Synopsis: Hundreds of cash-strapped contestants accept an invitation to compete in children’s games for a tempting prize, but the stakes are
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#86
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Synopsis: At 11, Barry Allen’s life changed completely when his mother died in a freak accident and his innocent father was
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Synopsis: At a manor with a mysterious history, eight members of the Midnight Club meet each night at midnight to tell
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#88
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Synopsis: 132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball
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#89
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Synopsis: Bridgerton follows Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor), the eldest daughter of the powerful Bridgerton family as she makes her debut onto
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#90
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Synopsis: This high-intensity medical drama follows a team of doctors at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital who are faced with life-or death
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#91
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Synopsis: When the head of a Taiwanese triad is shot by an assassin, his eldest son, Charles “Chairleg” Sun, heads to
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#92
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Synopsis: Featuring stand-alone dramas — sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia — “Black Mirror” is a contemporary reworking of “The
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#93
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Synopsis: Sinister forces plot against a young soldier after she reveals a magical power that may unite her world.
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#94
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Synopsis: When a heartbroken New Yorker moves to London hoping for a love story, she falls for an indie musician who’s
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#95
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Synopsis: Sophie trades city life for East Texas and falls into a wealthy socialite’s magnetic orbit – where a clique of
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#96
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Synopsis: In the vast expanse of Yosemite National Park, a woman’s death draws a federal agent into lawless terrain, where nature
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#97
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Synopsis: When the Sandman, aka Dream, the cosmic being who controls all dreams, is captured and held prisoner for more than
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#98
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Synopsis: Each season of “Love Life” follows a different person, jumping back and forth between timelines throughout all the diverse relationships
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#99
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Synopsis: After spending a year living in space, conducting experiments intended for a lone astronaut, Molly Watts (Academy Award-winner Halle Berry)
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Synopsis: Devon is concerned about her sister’s unhealthy relationship with her new boss.
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