25 TV Series Currently on Netflix You Can Watch in One Weekend
Who needs fresh air when you've got the glow of the TV screen to keep you company, anyway.
These aren't your average, drawn-out dramas that take longer to finish than it does to scroll through your entire Instagram feed. Nope, these are the juicy, underrated masterpieces that are just waiting to be your next obsession. Each of these series is short enough to binge in a single weekend.
25. "The Golden Hour" (2022)
This series focuses on the first responders and medical teams in New Zealand, emphasizing the critical "golden hour" in emergency response where quick and decisive action can save lives.
24. "Echoes" (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 22%
A mystery thriller about identical twins who secretly swap lives, but when one of them goes missing, it unravels a series of dark truths and hidden identities.
23. "Devil in Ohio" (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 50%
A psychiatrist shelters a mysterious cult escapee, her presence threatening to tear the psychiatrist's own family apart while unraveling a larger, sinister plot.
22. "Anatomy of a Scandal" (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 58%
A gripping psychological drama that unravels a sexual consent scandal among Britain's privileged elite, focusing on a high-profile marriage that begins to unravel when the husband is accused of a shocking crime.
21. "The Great Heist" (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 67%
Based on the true story of the 1994 robbery of the Bank of the Republic in Colombia, one of the most notable heists in the history of the country.
20. "Safe" (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 71%
After his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon in a gated community begins uncovering dark secrets of the people closest to him, revealing the chaos lying beneath the community's facade of perfection.
19. "Thai Cave Rescue" (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 71%
A dramatization of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue, where a young Thai soccer team and their coach are trapped in a cave with rising waters, sparking a massive and perilous international rescue effort.
18. "Quicksand" (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes Audience score: 77%
After a tragic school shooting in Stockholm's wealthiest suburb, a normal high school student finds herself on trial for murder, revealing a series of events that led to the catastrophe.
17. "Black Earth Rising" (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 79%
This series centers on a legal investigator in London, who was rescued from the Rwandan genocide as a child, as she faces her past and embarks on a journey across Europe and Africa to prosecute international war crimes.
16. "The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez" (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%
This heart-wrenching documentary series focuses on the tragic and horrific abuse of an eight-year-old boy, Gabriel Fernandez, leading to his death and the subsequent landmark court case.
15. "Clark" (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%
A dramatized account of the life of infamous Swedish criminal Clark Olofsson, whose actions gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome."
14. "The Stranger" (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%
Based on Harlan Coben's novel, this series follows the life of a family man turned upside down after a stranger reveals a shocking secret about his wife, leading to a web of conspiracy and murder.
13. "Godless" (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 83%
In the 1880s American West, a menacing outlaw terrorizes the West while hunting down his partner-turned-enemy, leading him to a quiet mining town mysteriously governed almost entirely by women.
12. "Maniac" (2018)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 85%
Two strangers participate in a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that promises to fix everything wrong with their minds, leading them through a series of fantastical and emotionally charged experiences.
11. "From Scratch" (2022)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%
An American woman falls in love with a Sicilian man while studying abroad in Italy, leading to a sweeping cross-cultural love story that unfolds as she navigates the complexities of marrying into a different culture and family.
10. "Midnight Mass" (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 87%
The arrival of a charismatic young priest on a remote island community coincides with unexplained and seemingly miraculous events, uncovering deep secrets and renewing religious fervor with disturbing consequences.
9. "The Woods" (2020)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%
A Warsaw prosecutor reopens a case from his past when a body is found linked to his sister's disappearance 25 years earlier, revealing long-hidden family secrets.
8. "Stay Close" (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%
Adapted from Harlan Coben's novel, this British crime drama series revolves around three people harboring dark secrets, whose lives collide amidst the re-emergence of a long-missing person, uncovering a web of lies and a series of unsolved murders.
7. "Maid" (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%
"Maid" follows Alex, a determined mother who, after leaving an abusive relationship, steps into the grueling world of housecleaning to make ends meet. With a little daughter in tow and battling against the relentless tide of poverty, Alex clings to the dream of a better life for herself and her child.
6. "Transatlantic" (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%
Set against the backdrop of the 1940 Marseille Resistance movement, it follows the stories of refugees and agents as they navigate the complex politics and danger of escape during World War II.
5. "When They See Us" (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%
A miniseries based on the true story of the Central Park Five, five teenagers from Harlem who were falsely accused and prosecuted for a brutal attack in Central Park in 1989.
4. "The Billion Dollar Code" (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes Audience score: 98%
Based on a true story, this series recounts the journey of two German computer pioneers who claim that Google stole their idea for Google Earth and their subsequent legal battle against the tech giant.
3. "Alias Grace" (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 99%
Adapted from Margaret Atwood's novel and set in a Victorian-era world, this is a story of Grace Marks, a young Irish immigrant and domestic servant in Canada who finds herself convicted of a double murder. As a psychiatrist unravels her tale through a series of interviews, the narrative weaves between Grace's perspective and his investigation.
2. "The Innocent" (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%
A man's life is turned upside down when he accidentally kills a man and then receives a mysterious phone call years later, unraveling a complex web of secrets and lies.
1. "Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami" (2021)
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%
A documentary series about two childhood friends who become the most powerful drug kingpins in Miami, their rise to power, and the law enforcement's pursuit to bring them down.