7 Best Miniseries of 2023 to Watch on Netflix in February

Waco: American Apocalypse

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84%

In 1993, an apocalyptic cult calling themselves 'The Branch Davidians' faced off against government forces in a 51-day siege near Waco, Texas. The battle involved the biggest gunfight on American soil since the civil war, and ended with 86 people dead, including cult leader and self-proclaimed prophet David Koresh.

This three part documentary series shines a new light on Waco. It includes never before seen raw news footage, video taken from within the FBI's Hostage Negotiation Command Post, and interviews with cult survivors – including some who were children at the time of the siege.

Beef

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 98%

Even if you haven't seen Beef on your Netflix menu, you've probably heard of the show that came out of nowhere to win five Emmys and three Golden Globe Awards.

Beef stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as Amy and Danny, two stressed-out strangers who get into a fender bender. Their road rage starts with a rude hand gesture, but quickly escalates into all-out war as the feud snowballs into epic proportions.

All the Light We Cannot See

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 26%

Although critics were lukewarm on this drama, audiences have been far more enthusiastic – the Audience Tomatometer currently sits at 81%.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning international bestseller by Anthony Doerr, All The Light We Cannot See follows two teenagers during the height of WWII. Marie-Laure is a blind French girl, and Werner Pfennig is a German boy forced to join and fight for the Nazi regime. Their paths collide when France becomes overtaken by the German army.

The Fall of the House of Usher

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%

Fans of Mike Flanagan rejoice: the creator of Midnight Mass and The Haunting of Hill House is back with another spectacular horror series.

Based on various Edgar Allan Poe stories and (rumour has it) the notorious Sackler family, The Fall of the House of Usher follows the legacy of siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher. They've built an astonishing pharmaceutical empire, but when members of the dynasty start dying in nasty ways their secrets begin to bubble to the surface.

Transatlantic

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%

During 13 months between 1940 and 1941, an American journalist manages to smuggle 2,000 endangered refugees out of occupied France. That's the plot of Transatlantic – but it's also the true story of Varian Fry, Mary Jayne Gold and the Emergency Rescue Committee.

Critics have praised Transatlantic for managing the tricky balance of respecting the high stakes of the historical story while still maintaining a sense of humor and fun.

Florida Man

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 22%

Here's another limited series where the critics aren't totally into it, but the audience definitely is (audience RT score: 80%). For our part, Florida Man had us from its tagline: 'Murder. Manhunts. Manatees.'

Ex-cop Mike Valentine (Édgar Ramírez) is under the thumb of a mobster, but he has the opportunity to clear his debt. All he has to do is go to Florida, find the mobster's girlfriend, and bring her back home. But things quickly spiral out of control, and Valentine soon finds himself in a world of pain, lust, buried secrets, and treasure hunts.

Kaleidoscope

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 49%

Here's a mind-bending twist: every episode of Kaleidoscope is told from a different character's perspective, and the episodes are ordered differently across Netflix accounts. That's right – if every viewer clicked play at the first episode on the list, they would still watch the story unfold in a unique order.

Leo Pap (Giancarlo Esposito ) is the mastermind behind an elaborate $7 billion heist. But greed and betrayal threaten to upset the delicate clockwork of the plan, and every character's perspective brings a new side to the high-stakes story.