The 17 Obscure Netflix Series That Demand an All-Nighter

These aren't your mainstream hits; they're the under-the-radar gems that you stumble upon at 2 a.m., wondering where they've been all your life.

1. The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 53%

A heartbroken woman, prone to mixing wine with medication, becomes obsessed with solving a murder she believes she witnessed in her neighborhood, leading to a twisted investigation that blurs the lines between reality and paranoid fantasy.

2. Brand New Cherry Flavor (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 76%

An aspiring film director in 1990s Los Angeles embarks on a dark journey of revenge against a producer who betrayed her, entangling herself in a surreal world of witchcraft, supernatural curses, and horrifying personal discoveries.

3. Behind Her Eyes (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 63%

A single mother enters a twisted game when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife, leading to a complex web of secrets, lies, and a shocking supernatural twist that challenges the nature of identity and reality.

4. Bonding (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 73%

A New York City graduate student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay best friend from high school to be her assistant, exploring themes of friendship, sexual openness, and personal discovery against the backdrop of BDSM culture.

5. Clickbait (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 59%

In this thriller, a family man is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, and as his loved ones rush to find him, they uncover a complex web of deceit, secrets, and the dangerous underbelly of social media voyeurism.

6. Dorohedoro (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

In a dystopian city marked by a division between sorcerers who rule and humans who suffer from their spells, an amnesiac reptile-headed man, aided by his friend, hunts for the sorcerer who cursed him, encountering bizarre magic and dark secrets in a quest for identity and revenge.

7. Extracurricular (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes Audience score: 91%

A high school student leading a double life running an illegal business faces moral dilemmas and life-threatening situations when his two worlds collide, forcing him to navigate the dangerous consequences of his choices.

8. Feria: The Darkest Light (2022)

Rotten Tomatoes Audience score: 63%

In 1990s Spain, two sisters uncover a horrifying and otherworldly secret involving their parents and a cult, leading them on a dark journey into the past to unravel the truth about their family's connection to esoteric rituals and cosmic terror.

9. The Get Down (2016)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 82%

In the late 1970s South Bronx, a group of teenagers with dreams of making it big in the music industry navigate love, life, and societal challenges through the emerging scenes of hip-hop, disco, and punk, marking the birth of a new cultural movement.

10. Maniac (2018)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 85%

Two strangers, drawn together by the promise of a revolutionary drug trial that claims to repair anything about the mind, find themselves in a series of surreal and mind-bending adventures that blur the lines between fantasy and reality.

11. Maid (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%

A young mother flees an abusive relationship and struggles to provide for her daughter by taking a job cleaning houses, confronting the harsh realities of poverty, the challenges of single parenthood, and the fight for dignity amidst adversity.

12. Midnight Mass (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 87%

The arrival of a charismatic priest on a secluded island community brings miraculous events and renewed religious fervor, but as strange phenomena unfold, the islanders face terrifying secrets and a crisis of faith with horrifying consequences.

13. Midnight Gospel (2020)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%

A spacecaster travels the multiverse interviewing beings living in dying worlds for his space podcast, delving into existential questions, life's profound mysteries, and complex topics through visually rich and philosophically engaging conversations.

14. Quicksand (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes Audience score: 75%

After a tragedy at a Stockholm prep school, a high-achieving student finds herself on trial for murder, unraveling the events that led to the crime and exposing issues of class, family pressure, and the volatile nature of teenage relationships.

15. Safe (2018)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 71%

Following the disappearance of his daughter, a widowed surgeon begins to uncover dark secrets about the people closest to him in his affluent neighborhood, revealing lies, cover-ups, and the lengths people will go to protect their secrets.

16. The Spy (2019)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%

Based on the true story of Eli Cohen, Israel's most prominent spy in the 1960s, who infiltrated the Syrian government, providing critical intelligence with far-reaching consequences, all while keeping his true identity and motives hidden.

17. Tear Along The Dotted Line (2021)

Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%

An introspective cartoonist in Rome, accompanied by his imaginary armadillo friend, embarks on a road trip that prompts reflections on friendship, love, and the anxiety of life choices, blending humor with existential musings.