It’s the weekend, and you need to binge-watch on Netflix, something till the end of your weekend. It would help if you had some series which can make you relax. And by the end of the weekend, you could complete the series. But where to begin?
More Netflix TV shows are excellent and plentiful.
With new episodes and new series every week, it becomes hard sorting out which series to watch without getting confused. Well, guess what? — we’re here to make it easier for you.
Also, keep in mind that Netflix’s original series are specific, which means they have not broadcast elsewhere other than Netflix. Besides, you can watch the current series released every weekend.
Below you’ll find a list of 10 Best Netflix Original series in 2021:
- Dead To Me:
Dead to Me, an American dark comedy TV series, premiered on May 3, 2019. It is about a friendship that blossoms between star Christina Applegate as Jen and Linda Cardellini as Judy. Jen is a recently widowed real estate agent in Laguna Beach, California, whose husband was a hit-and-run victim. She is trying to overcome her loss through therapy, exercise, and other activities.
At a support group, Jen meets Judy, who deals with the tragic loss of her fiance, who died due to a heart attack. As the bond between the two women grew, Judy carries a secret that could destroy her life and the bonding between the two of them as she knows it.
The series has shown the two character’s struggle differently, like how Jen struggles with her grief and finds herself in a dark place while Judy maintains an upbeat personality.
There are two seasons available and renewed for the third season.
- Afterlife:
Afterlife series is a comedy-drama that premiered in march of 2019, and this series is created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais. He is also the star of the show. He plays the role of Tony, a local journalist at the local newspaper whose life has changed and turned upside down after the passing of his wife.
After that, his nice-guy persona is altered, making life hell for those around him by saying and doing whatever he likes.
Afterlife is one of the shows which get better with each episode passing with a masterful performance from graves.
Two seasons are available now and renewed for the third season.
- Stranger Things:
Stranger Things, directed by Duffer Brothers, premiered in July 2016. The show set up was in the 1980s in the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. The series has shown a group of friends, their parents, and local authorities throughout three seasons. They demonstrated the mysterious events and their search for answers to supernatural events in their area throughout all the seasons.
If you are among those who need a dose of nostalgia and enjoyed Spielberg films of that period, Stranger Things is a show for you.
It renewed for the fourth season, but it could be a long wait for you with production delays!
- The Queen’s Gambit:
Based on the Noval with the same name, the Queen’s Gambit, released in October 2020. The seven episodes mini-series is about the Life of Beth Harmon, an orphan chess prodigy who rises in the levels of the chess world and begins a journey to stardom in the 1950s and 60s in a condition where she struggles with drug and alcohol dependency.
The Queen Gambit’s drama is a mini-series, so there are no plans for a second season.
- The Last Kingdom:
The Last Kingdom is a British Historical fiction TV series premiered in Oct 2015 based on the Saxon Stories series of novels by Bernard Cornwell. The set was of the late 9th century when England divided into seven separate kingdoms. The story begins with Utred, born a Saxon but raised by Vikings who seeks to claim his ancestral birthright and help create a new nation. It features fantastic action scenes and cinematography.
All four seasons are available and renewed for the fifth one.
- Dark
Dark is a German science fiction thriller that takes place in a fictional town in Germany. Spanning several generations, it follows a connection between four families as they uncover a sinister time travel conspiracy. The plots of Dark are very complicated and twisted, so they require your full attention.
All three seasons are available now, with the third bringing the story to a conclusion.
- Cobra Kai:
Cobra Kai is an American action-comedy drama that premiered its first season in 2018. The story starts decades later after the events of the 1984 all valley karate tournament. The story begins with Johnny seeking redemption reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo reigniting his rivalry with Daniel.
The story is well written, pleasantly fun, and entertaining with action.
All three seasons premiered on Netflix and have renewed for fourth.
- The Haunting Of Bly Manor:
The Haunting Of Bly Manor is American gothic supernatural Horror, premiered on Oct 9, 2020. The story starts with a young American lady hired as an au-pair at Bly to care for two children who never go to school or outside. After arriving at Bly, she starts to experience supernatural activities and entities which haunt the Bly Manor. The drama got complete in 9 episodes with only one season.
- Narcos Mexico:
Narcos Mexico is an American crime drama produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro premiered in November 2018. Narcos Mexico examined the origins of the modern war on drugs when Mexican traffickers were a disorganized confederation of independent cannabis growers and dealers. It’s a spin-off of the original narcos that centered on the illegal drug trade in Columbia.
Two seasons are available and have renewed for a third.
- Ozark:
Ozark is an American crime drama that premiered on July 17, 2017. The story starts starring Jason Bateman as Marty Byrd, a financial advisor living in the Chicago area. He forcibly relocated his family to a summer resort community in Ozark when the money-laundering scheme goes wrong for the Mexican drug cartel.
Right now, three seasons are available and have renewed for the fourth last season.
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