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How many times are you sitting around with your friends and someone brings up what they are watching on TV? Everyone exchanges notes and titles but almost always I can’t remember half of what I’ve been watching. That prompted me to create this blog where I am listing all of my favorites on Netflix and beyond! This is by no means a complete list and you will quickly see it’s based on my favorite genres. There are some big titles left off because I just didn’t like them. I’m sure you’ll gasp when I tell you I never watched “The Crown” or “Dexter”. If you have the same taste as me, you have just hit the jackpot. If you feel like I missed some big ones, please feel free to comment. 

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2013-2021
  • House of Cards; 2013; 6 seasons; Political thriller that takes place in Washington DC with a congressman and his ambitious wife.
  • Girlfriend’s Guide to Divorce; 2014; 5 seasons; Comedy- drama around a self-help author facing an impending divorce.
  • Life in Pieces; 2015; 4 seasons; sitcom that chronicles the lives of 3 generations of the Short family.
  • Bloodline; 2015; 3 seasons; thriller drama series revolving around the Rayburn family, hard working pillars of the Florida Keys community. When the black sheep son of the respected family threatens to expose dark secrets, sibling loyalties are put to the test.
  • Schitt’s Creek; 2015; 6 seasons; sitcom that follows the formerly wealthy Rose Family’s trials and tribulations.
  • Easy; 2016; 3 seasons; television series that follows several different couples in their respective forms of relationship exploration in modern day Chicago.
  • Tagged; 2016; 3 seasons; teen psychological thriller that follows 3 high school girls that have all been tagged on violent videos and they must find out who it is to survive.
  • Friends from College; 2016; 2 seasons; comedy series that depicts the tragicomic misadventures of a close-knit group of Harvard alumni in their 40’s.
  • 13 Reasons Why; 2017; 4 seasons; Teen drama revolves around a high school student’s suicide.
  • Imposters; 2017; 2 seasons; dark comedy that follows con artist Maddie who gets involved in relationships and then leaves them with nothing.
  • Ozark; 2017; 4th season coming out Jan 21; Crime drama surrounding money laundering.
  • Somewhere Between; 2017; Limited Series; a drama involving a mother who tries to change the fate of her daughter’s murder.
  • The Sinner; 2017; 4 seasons; crime drama where each season tells a different story but is centered around Detective Ambrose, played by Bill Pullman.
  • You; 2018; 3 seasons; a psychological thriller series which follows Joe Goldberg, a bookstore manager and serial killer as he falls in love and develops extreme obsession.
  • In the Dark; 2018; 3 seasons; crime television series whose main character is an irreverent blind woman.
  • Waco; 2018; limited series; miniseries that dramatizes the 1993 standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas.
  • Seven Seconds; 2018; 1 season; Crime drama follows the people involved in investigating the death of a Black teenager and his family as they reel after the loss.
  • Dirty John ; 2018; 2 seasons; Season one follows the charismatic but manipulating John Meehan while season 2 follows the breakdown of Betty Broderick’s marriage to childhood sweetheart Dan Broderick
  • Manifest; 2018; 3 seasons; when a plane mysteriously lands years after takeoff, the people onboard return to a world that has moved on without them.
  • Dead to Me; 2019; 2 seasons; dark comedy about a friendship that blossoms between two women who meet in therapy.
  • Unbelievable; 2019; limited series; true crime series following a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped.
  • Reckoning; 2019; limited series; thriller that explores the darkest corners of the male psyche through the eyes of two fathers, one of whom is a serial killer.
  • The Queens Gambit; 2020; limited series; coming of age period drama that follows the life of a chess prodigy and her rise to the top.
  • The Mess You Leave Behind; 2020; limited series; a young literature teacher returns to her husband’s birth town which hides a dark secret she will try to unravel.
  • Firefly Lane; 2021; 1 season; drama navigates the lives of 2 teenage girls in the 1970s all the way through adulthood. Season 2 coming in 2022.
  • Clickbait; 2021; limited series; drama that explores the ways dangerous and uncontrolled impulses are fueled in the age of social media.
  • Maid; 2021; limited series; drama that follows Alex who leaves her abusive husband with their toddler daughter and gets a job cleaning houses all while dealing with her own dysfunctional family.
  • Pieces of Her; 2022; 1 season; drama where a woman pieces together her mother's dark past after a violent attack in their small town
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British shows on netflix

I have a weird weakness for British shows. I think I love seeing the European setting and of course LOVE the accents. Also shows that started on BBC seem to take more risks than the majority of American shows. And speaking of foreign films, yes, I did watch Squid Games, but it just didn’t make my favorite list.

British

2013-2021
  • The Fall; 2013; 3 seasons; Irish Crime drama revolving around a serial killer.
  • Broadchurch; 2013; 3 seasons; Crime drama that begins with the impact of the death of a local 11-year-old in a small town and focuses on the two detectives who are trying to solve the crime.
  • Lovesick; 2014; 3 seasons; a sitcom revolving around a group of friends sharing a house in the West End of Glasgow and their romantic lives.
  • Doctor Foster; 2015; 2 seasons; Television drama series about a doctor is suspects her husband of having an affair.
  • The Stranger; 2015; limited series; a mysterious stranger tells a man a secret that has a devastating impact on his seemingly perfect life.
  • Marcella; 2016; 3 seasons; a “Nordic”-noir detective series starring a former London detective who returns to work to investigate an open serial killer case.
  • Retribution; 2016; 1 season; a drama miniseries about a horrific murder that rocks the lives of two families living side by side in isolated rural Scotland.
  • The Five; 2016; 1 season; mystery thriller about childhood friends who are reunited when DNA evidence left at a murder scene is revealed to be from one of their brothers who disappeared 20 years earlier.
  • Behind Her Eyes; 2017; limited series; psychological thriller following the story of a single mother who begins an affair with her boss and is drawn into a friendship with his wife.
  • Safe; 2018; 1 season; television drama series about a widower whose teenage daughter goes missing.
  • Collateral; 2018; limited series; the shooting of a pizza delivery man leads to a complex web of characters who are all somehow connected with the story.
  • After Life; 2020; 2 seasons; black-comedy drama that follows newspaper writer Tony whose life is turned upside down after his wife dies from breast cancer.
  • The One; 2021; 1 season; science fiction series where love and lies spiral when a DNS researcher helps discover a way to find the perfect partner.
  • Stay Close; 2021; limited series; drama revolving around a suburban mum hiding a murky past.
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Documentaries on Netflix

Based on all the psychological thrillers and crime TV I love, I’m really fascinated by the true crime documentaries. Of course I had to include “The Tiger King”, although I must say season 2 and 3 were a little disappointing.  I’m not sure “The Social Dilemma” is really a favorite but worth watching in today’s crazy social media world. 

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Documentaries

2019-2020
  • Conversation with a Killer- Ted Bundy; 2019; limited series; sourced from 100 hours of interviews and footage of serial killer Ted Bundy.
  • The Disappearance of Madeline McCann; 2019; limited series; explores the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine who vanished from a seaside resort in Portugal while on vacation with her family
  • FYRE, the greatest party that never happened; 2019; 97 minutes; documentary about the failed Fyre Festival of 2017.
  • Don’t F**k with Cats; 2020; 1 season; a docuseries about an attention seeking murderer who ticked off the wrong people.
  • The Trials of Gabriel Ferandez; 2020; miniseries; investigating the tragic death of an 8-year-old California boy who endured horrific abuse by his mother and her boyfriend, along with the system that failed to protect him.
  • Tiger King, 2020; 3 seasons; true crime documentary about the life of a former zookeeper and convicted felon Joe Exotic.
  • American Murder- The Family Next Door; 2020; 82 minutes; the story of the 2018 Watts Family murders which took place in Frederick, Colorado.
  • The Social Dilemma; 2020; docudrama that examines how social media’s design nurtures and addiction, manipulates people’s views, emotions, and behaviors.
  • Bad Vegan; 2022; documentary about a vegan restaurateur who finds her life veering off the rails after a mysterious man comes into her life
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Sometimes you go outside of netflix

I mostly watch Netflix, but have wandered onto other channels as well.  Below are some shows that I would actually pay for extra subscriptions to watch. “The Handmaid’s Tale” is worth every penny to sign up for HULU service even if it’s just temporary.  Paramount is kind of a dark horse, but thanks to “Yellowstone” has moved to the front of the line.

Showtime

2014-2021
  • The Affair; 2014; 5 seasons; a struggling novelist and a young waitress strike up an extramarital relationship that promises to change the courses of their lives forever.
  • Billions; 2016; 5 seasons; drama series that tells the story of a hedge fund manager as he accumulates wealth and power in the world of high finance.
  • Yellowjackets; 2021; 1 season; a talented high school girls’ soccer team’s plane crashes into the remote northern wilderness. Twenty-five years later, they discover that what began in the wild is far from over.
  • Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber; 2022; 1 season; The story of the ride-share company Uber from the persepctive of the company's CEO Travis Kalanick
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HULU

2017-2021
  • Dopesick; 2021; minseries; focuses on the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, specifically OxyContin.
  • The Handmaid’s Tale; 2017; 4 seasons; American dystopian series wherein a totalitarian society subjects fertile women called “handmaids” to childbearing slavery.
  • Little Fires Everywhere; 2020; miniseries; drama following the intertwines fates of the picture perfect Richardson family and a mother and daughter who upend their lives.
  • Nine Perfect Strangers; 2021; miniseries; drama where 9 strangers from the city gather for a 10 day retreat at a health and wellness resort.
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HBO

2017-2021
  • Big Little Lies; 2017; 2 seasons; darkly comedic series that tells the tale of 3 mothers whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder.
  • The Undoing; 2020; 1 season; psychological thriller where the life of a wealthy New York therapist turns upside down after she and her family get involved with a murder case.
  • The White Lotus; 2021; 1 season; set in a tropical resort, it follows the exploits of various guests and employees over the span of a week.
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Apple TV

2019-2020
  • The Morning Show; 2019; 2 seasons; an inside look at the lives of people who help America wake up in the morning.
  • Ted Lasso; 2020; 2 seasons; comedy-drama series that follows an American college football coach who is hired to coach an English soccer team in an attempt by the owner to spite her ex husband.
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Paramount

2018-2021
  • Yellowstone; 2018; 4 seasons; drama follows the conflicts along the shared borders of a large cattle ranch, an Indian reservation, and land developers.
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Did you check off the list? Do you have more shows that I’ve missed? I would love to hear your thoughts and your favorites. 

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