15 Short Miniseries on Netflix You Can Watch in Just One Day

Netflix 's lineup of short miniseries in February 2024 is like a speed dating event for TV shows: quick, engaging, and you can experience the whole thing in just one day. These 15 picks? They're the ones that catch your eye immediately and keep you hooked until the "we hope you enjoyed" screen pops up.

1. The Liberator (2020), 4 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 69%

A gritty World War II drama based on true events, focusing on U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks and his infantry unit as they battle their way through the European Theater, culminating in the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp.

2. Godless (2017), 7 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%

In the 1880s American West, an outlaw terrorizes the region in search of his former protégé, leading him to a quiet town secretly run by women who have lost their men to mining accidents.

3. The Spy (2019), 6 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%

Based on the true story of Eli Cohen, Israel's most prominent spy, who infiltrated the Syrian government in the 1960s, providing crucial intelligence but at great personal risk.

4. The Comey Rule (2020), 4 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 66%

A dramatization of former FBI Director James Comey's tenure during the 2016 U.S. Presidential elections and the early days of the Trump presidency, highlighting the clash between the two.

5. Clark (2022), 6 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%

A Swedish-language series about the notorious gangster Clark Olofsson, whose criminal exploits gave rise to the term "Stockholm syndrome."

6. The I-Land (2019), 7 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 8%

A sci-fi thriller where ten people wake up on a treacherous island with no memory of who they are or how they got there, and they set off on a trek to try to get back home.

7. Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021), 8 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 76%

A young filmmaker moves to Hollywood in the early '90s to make her movie but falls into a surreal, nightmarish world of revenge, magic, and kittens.

8. Stateless (2020), 6 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 81%

This Australian series explores the lives of four diverse characters whose lives intersect at an immigration detention center in the middle of the Australian desert.

9. I Am Not Okay with This (2020), 7 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%

A coming-of-age story that follows a teenage girl navigating the complexities of high school, family, and her sexuality, while dealing with new-found superpowers.

10. Alias Grace (2017), 6 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 99%

A psychological miniseries based on Margaret Atwood's novel, centered around a young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Canada who is accused and convicted of the 1843 murders of her employer and his housekeeper.

11. Collateral (2018), 4 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 79%

A British detective drama that delves into the complex and layered story following the fatal shooting of a pizza delivery man, uncovering a murky underworld.

12. Dracula (2020), 3 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 71%

A retelling of Bram Stoker's classic novel that follows Dracula from his origins in Eastern Europe to his battles with Van Helsing's descendants and beyond.

13. The English Game (2020), 6 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 53%

A historical drama that tells the story of the invention of football and how it quickly rose to become the world's game by crossing class divides.

14. The Woods (2020), 6 Episodes

Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%

A Polish series based on Harlan Coben's novel, following a prosecutor who believes his sister, who disappeared 25 years ago, could still be alive.

15. Luna Nera (2020), 6 Episodes

In 17th century Italy, a teenage midwife accused of witchcraft must choose between a star-crossed love and fulfilling her powerful destiny within a local witch community.