22 Must-Watch Underrated Shows on Netflix in December 2023

Whether you're looking for a new obsession or just a few hidden treasures, it's time to give these under-the-radar series the attention they richly deserve.

1. "Medical Police" (2020, Comedy, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%

Two American physicians stationed at a pediatric hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, discover a civilization-threatening virus and are recruited as government agents in a race against time and around the world to find a cure and uncover a dark conspiracy.

2. "Bloodline" (2015, Thriller, 3 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 53%

The Rayburns, a respected family in a Florida Keys community, have their past secrets and scars brought to the surface when the black sheep of the family returns home, leading to a spiral of betrayal, secrets, and a tragedy.

3. "Lady Dynamite" (2016, Sitcom, 2 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

A semi-autobiographical series following comedian Maria Bamford, portraying her life before and after her hospitalization for bipolar disorder, blending real-life situations with surreal, often satirical, humor.

4. "Seven Seconds" (2018, Drama, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 78%

After a white cop accidentally hits and critically injures a black teenager, a New Jersey town explodes with racial tension, an attempted cover-up, and its aftermath, as seen through the eyes of the victim's family, the perpetrators, and the community.

5. "Everything Sucks" (2018, Drama, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 72%

In a 1990s Oregon high school, two groups of students from the A/V club and the drama club face the awkwardness of growing up, dealing with first loves, and coming out.

6. "The Get Down" (2016, Drama, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 81%

Set in the South Bronx region in the late 1970s, this musical drama follows a group of teenagers navigating through a city in decay, using music, dance, and art to escape their surroundings and make their dreams a reality.

7. "American Vandal" (2017, Drama, 2 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%

A true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of various high school pranks gone wrong, delving into the seriousness and absurdity of teenage life through mockumentary-style storytelling.

8. "Godless" (2017, Western, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%

In a town mysteriously made up entirely of women, a ruthless outlaw terrorizes the West in search of a former member of his gang, who's found a new life in the quiet town.

9. "Gypsy" (2017, Thriller, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes Audience score: 83%

A therapist begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients' lives, blurring the lines of professionalism and risking her family life along with her sanity.

10. "The Society" (2019, Drama, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%

A group of teenagers returns early from a canceled field trip to discover that everyone else in their town has disappeared, leading to a struggle to survive in a world without adults and establish order within their own society.

11. "Maniac" (2018, Drama, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 85%

Two strangers, drawn to the late stages of a mysterious pharmaceutical trial for different reasons, experience mind-bending realities and complex fantasies, blurring the lines between truth and hallucination.

12. "Flaked" (2016, Drama, 2 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes Audience score: 89%

A self-appointed "guru" in Venice, California, struggles to stay a step ahead of his own lies and maintain his sobriety, while his life and relationships unravel around him.

13. "Wormwood" (2017, Documentary, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 90%

This docudrama explores the mysterious death of military scientist Frank Olson and his son's tireless quest to uncover the truth, possibly involving the CIA's LSD experiments in the 1950s.

14. "Easy" (2016, Drama, 3 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

An anthology series set in Chicago that explores diverse characters navigating the modern maze of love, sex, technology, and culture, revealing the complexities of relationships in the modern world.

15. "White Rabbit Project" (2016, Documentary, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes Audience score: 65%

The team from "MythBusters" explores various events, topics, and pop culture phenomena using science, experiments, and builds, providing an entertaining and informative look into diverse subjects.

16. "Love" (2016, Romance, 3 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

A program that follows the awkward experiences and unlikely relationship between Mickey, a free spirit, and Gus, a good-natured but nerdy tutor, as they navigate the exhilarations and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, love, and other things they were hoping to avoid.

17. "Russian Doll" (2019, Comedy, 2 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%

A woman finds herself trapped in a mysterious time loop, repeatedly attending the same party and dying at the end of the night, only to wake up unharmed and trying to find a way out of this strange cycle.

18. "On My Block" (2018, Drama, 4 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%

Set in a rough inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood, this coming-of-age series follows a group of bright and street-savvy friends navigating their way through high school, dealing with the challenges of teenage life, family dynamics, and the dangers of their neighborhood.

19. "Netflix Presents: The Characters" (2016, Comedy, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

An innovative sketch comedy show where each episode allows a different comedian to create and star in their own 30-minute segment, showcasing their unique style of humor and characters, resulting in an eclectic and surprising collection of comedic sketches.

20. "Dead to Me" (2019, Drama, 3 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 84%

This dark comedy series revolves around a powerful friendship that blossoms between a tightly wound widow and a free spirit with a shocking secret, as they both deal with personal tragedies, complex emotions, and uncovering dark secrets.

21. "I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson" (2019, Comedy, 3 seasons)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%

Created by and starring Tim Robinson, this sketch comedy series features a series of absurd, offbeat, and often cringe-worthy sketches that push the boundaries of social norms and comedic conventions.

22. "Living With Yourself" (2019, Drama, 1 season)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 79%

A man, struggling with his life, undergoes a mysterious treatment only to discover he has been replaced by a cloned version of himself, leading to an existential crisis as he confronts his own identity and the concept of happiness.