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The Best Netflix Shows to Watch Right Now

The Best Netflix Shows to Watch Right Now

Streaming services have been a godsend during the COVID pandemic, enabling people to watch or rewatch great shows when many other entertainment options have been unavailable. In some regards, Netflix is the granddaddy of them all. Founded by Reed Hastings in 1997, it began selling and renting DVDs by mail. It introduced streaming in 2007 and began producing its own content in 2012. Now it has a vast library of films and television shows, original and otherwise, and hundreds of millions of subscribers all over the world. This is every state’s favorite show on Netflix in 2020.

24/7 Tempo has compiled a list of the all-time best Netflix shows based on Rotten Tomatoes ratings. Topping the list is “Master of None,” an award-winning comedy-drama TV series that is now more than five years old. Created by Aziz Ansari and Alan Yang, it tells the story of a young actor, played by Ansari, and his personal and professional adventures. It has had guest appearances by stars such as Claire Danes and Angela Bassett. Read here for America’s most loved TV personalities.

To identify the all-time best Netflix shows to watch, 24/7 Tempo reviewed the TV shows airing on Netflix with the highest Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, an online movie and TV review aggregator, as of April 27, 2021. To be considered, shows needed to have a rating of at least 60% and be reviewed by at least 10 people, with ties being broken by the number of reviews.

The list covers every subject imaginable. There’s “GLOW,” an acronym for the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, about a group of Hollywood misfits who get involved in the women’s professional wrestling circuit in the 1980s. From the same era, there’s also “Cobra Kai,” a martial arts comedy-drama series based on the movie “The Karate Kid” and, like that movie, starring Ralph Macchio. 

Then there’s “Money Heist,” a Spanish crime series that became the most-watched non-English-language series on Netflix, until it was supplanted this year by the French-language original “Lupin.”. There are also adult animated shows such as “Bojack Horseman,” with a cast that includes Will Arnett and Aaron Paul, and “Big Mouth,” starring Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. The variety is endless.

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75. The Devil Next Door (2019)
> RT score: 91%
> Starring: Eli Gabay, Eli Rosenbaum, Michael Shaked, Yoram Sheftel

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74. Queen Sono (2020)
> RT score: 91%
> Starring: Pearl Thusi, Rob van Vuuren, Vuyo Dabula, Chi Mhende

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

73. Gentefied (2020)
> RT score: 91%
> Starring: George Lopez, Joaquín Cosio, Karrie Martin

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72. The Midnight Gospel (2020)
> RT score: 91%
> Starring: Pendleton Ward

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71. The Last Kingdom (2015)
> RT score: 91%
> Starring: Alexander Dreymon, Matthew MacFadyen, Rutger Hauer, David Dawson

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

70. Dating Around (2019)
> RT score: 92%
> Starring: N/A

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

69. Medical Police (2020)
> RT score: 92%
> Starring: Erinn Hayes, Rob Huebel, Malin Akerman, Lake Bell

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68. Criminal: UK (2019)
> RT score: 92%
> Starring: David Tennant, Hayley Atwell, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Katherine Kelly

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67. Castlevania (2017)
> RT score: 92%
> Starring: Richard Armitage, James Callis, Graham McTavish, Alejandra Reynoso

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66. Marvel’s Daredevil (2015)
> RT score: 92%
> Starring: Elden Henson, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

65. GLOW (2017)
> RT score: 92%
> Starring: Alison Brie, Marc Maron, Betty Gilpin, Britney Young

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64. Julie and the Phantoms (2020)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Madison Reyes, Charlie Gillespie, Owen Patrick Joyner, Jeremy Shada

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63. Teenage Bounty Hunters (2020)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Maddie Phillips, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Kadeem Hardison, Virginia Williams

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62. Our Planet (2019)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: David Attenborough

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61. Money Heist (La Casa De Papel) (2017)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Álvaro Morte, Úrsula Corberó, Pedro Alonso, Miguel Herrán

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

60. Bodyguard (2018)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Stuart Bowman, Tom Brooke, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Vincent Franklin

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59. Peaky Blinders (2013)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Paul Anderson, Tom Harper, Cillian Murphy, Iddo Goldberg

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58. The End Of The F***Ing World (2018)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Alex Lawther, Jessica Barden, Wunmi Mosaku, Gemma Whelan

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57. Queer Eye (2018)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Bobby Berk, Tan France, Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski

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56. The Haunting of Hill House (2018)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Michiel Huisman, Carla Gugino, Timothy Hutton, Elizabeth Reaser

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55. Cobra Kai (2018)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Ralph Macchio, William Zabka, Martin Kove, Courtney Henggeler

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

54. Bojack Horseman (2014)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie

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53. Stranger Things (2016)
> RT score: 93%
> Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard

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52. The Staircase (2005)
> RT score: 94%
> Starring: Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

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51. Last Chance U (2016)
> RT score: 94%
> Starring: Buddy Stephens, Brittany Wagner (I)

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50. Love (2016)
> RT score: 94%
> Starring: Paul Rust, Gillian Jacobs, Andy Dick

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49. Sex Education (2019)
> RT score: 94%
> Starring: Aimee Lou Wood, Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

48. Rhythm + Flow (2019)
> RT score: 95%
> Starring: Cardi B, Chance the Rapper, T.I., Troy Curry

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47. Flint Town (2018)
> RT score: 95%
> Starring: Tim Johnson, Bridgette Balasko, Robert Frost, Dion Reed

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

46. Bobby Kennedy for President (2018)
> RT score: 95%
> Starring: Peter Edelman, Paul Schrade, William Arnone, Harry Belafonte

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45. On My Block (2018)
> RT score: 95%
> Starring: Diego Tinoco, Jason Genao, Jessica Marie Garcia, Sierra Capri

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

44. Dark (2017)
> RT score: 95%
> Starring: Louis Hofmann, Oliver Masucci, Stephan Kampwirth, Karoline Eichhorn

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43. Dear White People (2017)
> RT score: 95%
> Starring: Logan Browning, Brandon P Bell, DeRon Horton

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42. Kingdom (2019)
> RT score: 96%
> Starring: Joo Ji-hoon, Doona Bae, Ryu Seung-ryong

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

41. I Think You Should Leave With Tim Robinson (2019)
> RT score: 96%
> Starring: Tim Robinson, Andy Samberg, Ashleigh Nicole Johnson, Hina Khan

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40. Special (2019)
> RT score: 96%
> Starring: Ryan O’Connell, Jessica Hecht, Punam Patel, Marla Mindelle

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39. Unorthodox (2020)
> RT score: 96%
> Starring: Rob Lowe, Shira Haas, Jeff Wilbusch, Amit Rahav

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38. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017)
> RT score: 96%
> Starring: Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Lucy Punch, Nathan Fillion

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

37. Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015)
> RT score: 96%
> Starring: Ellie Kemper, Tina Fey, Lauren Adams, Sara Chase

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36. Cheer (2020)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Monica Aldama

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35. The Keepers (2017)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Ryan White, Jessica Hargrave, Josh Braun

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34. Elite (2018)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Danna Paola, Miguel Herrán, María Pedraza, Álvaro Rico

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

33. Lady Dynamite (2016)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Maria Bamford, Ana Gasteyer, Carlos Antonio, Josh Casaubon

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32. Never Have I Ever (2020)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

31. She-Ra and The Princesses of Power (2018)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Aimee Carrero, Karen Fukuhara, Amanda Michalka, AJ Michalka

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

30. When They See Us (2019)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Jovan Adepo, Reginald L. Barnes, Asante Blackk, Marsha Stephanie Blake

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

29. Russian Doll (2019)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Greta Lee, Yul Vázquez, Elizabeth Ashley

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28. The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Moses Ingram

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27. Mindhunter (2017)
> RT score: 97%
> Starring: Oliver Cooper, Christopher Backus, Jonathan Groff, Robert Aramayo

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26. Nailed It! (2018)
> RT score: 98%
> Starring: Nicole Byer, Jacques Torres, Jay Chandrasekhar, Rosanna Pansino

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25. Lovesick (2015)
> RT score: 98%
> Starring: Johnny Flynn, Daniel Ings, Riann Steele, Nikki Amuka-Bird

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24. Five Came Back (2017)
> RT score: 98%
> Starring: Meryl Streep, Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Guillermo del Toro

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23. Lupin (2021)
> RT score: 98%
> Starring: Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme, Nicole Garcia

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22. Wild Wild Country (2018)
> RT score: 98%
> Starring: Maclain Way, Chapman Way

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21. Tuca & Bertie (2019)
> RT score: 98%
> Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Ali Wong, Steven Yeun

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20. Unbelievable (2019)
> RT score: 98%
> Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, Vanessa Bell Calloway

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19. American Vandal (2017)
> RT score: 98%
> Starring: Griffin Gluck, Tyler Alvarez, Jimmy Tatro, Camille Hyde

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18. Alias Grace (2017)
> RT score: 99%
> Starring: Sarah Gadon, Zachary Levi, Anna Paquin, Paul Gross

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17. Big Mouth (2017)
> RT score: 99%
> Starring: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, David Thewlis, Richard Kind

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

16. One Day At A Time (2017)
> RT score: 99%
> Starring: Justina Machado, Rita Moreno, Todd Grinnell, Isabella Gomez

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15. Crazyhead (2016)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Cara Theobold, Susan Wokoma, Riann Steele, Lewis Reeves

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14. Middleditch & Schwartz (2020)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Thomas Middleditch

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

13. Lenox Hill (2020)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: John Boockvar, David Langer, Mirtha Macri, Amanda Little Richardson

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

12. The Confession Killer (2019)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Robert Kenner, Taki Oldham

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11. Blood of Zeus (2020)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Derek Phillips, Jason O’Mara

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10. Dirty Money (2018)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Adam Del Deo, Yon Motskin, Lisa Nishimura, Stacey Offman

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9. Immigration Nation (2020)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz

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8. Call My Agent! (2016)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Camille Cottin, Thibault de Montalembert, Grégory Montel, Liliane Rovère

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7. Giri/Haji (2019)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Charlie Creed-Miles, Takehiro Hira, Togo Igawa, Andrew Joshi

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6. Ugly Delicious (2018)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: David Chang, Nick Kroll, Aziz Ansari, Padma Lakshmi

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5. Dash & Lily (2020)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Austin Abrams, Midori Francis , Dante Brown, Troy Iwata

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4. Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Return (2017)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Jonah Ray, Joel Hodgson, Hampton Yount, Baron Vaughn

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3. Feel Good (2020)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Mae Martin, Charlotte Ritchie, Adrian Lukis, Sophie Thompson

Source: Courtesy of Netflix

2. The Baby-Sitters Club (2020)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Sophie Grace, Alicia Silverstone, Mark Feuerstein, Malia Baker

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1. Master of None (2015)
> RT score: 100%
> Starring: Claire Danes, Aziz Ansari, Cady Huffman, Ravi Patel

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