- Home
- TV
- What to Watch
- Best series to watch on Netflix right now – updated (October 2026)
❚ We may earn commission from links on this page. Our editorial is always independent (learn more).
Best series to watch on Netflix right now – updated (October 2026)
Some of the best shows on Netflix right now include The Gentlemen, The Woman in the Wall, Heroes and Bridgerton.
Netflix
- Radio Times staff
Published: Friday, 16 October 2026 at 5:27 pm
76 items
Subscribe to Radio Times: 10 weeks for £10, including the Christmas double issue
Too much choice on Netflix? Trust Radio Times's experts to help you discover the shows most deserving of a place on your watchlist.
Set against Newfoundland’s dramatic coastline, Below sees Josh Hartnett, Charlie Heaton and Mackenzie Davis tackle a mysterious creature threatening a close-knit fishing community. It’s a satisfyingly eerie blend of small-town drama, local folklore and creature-feature thrills.
The Diplomat is back for season four, making now the perfect time to discover, or revisit, Netflix’s twisty political drama. If you’re a newcomer, start at the beginning and watch Keri Russell’s reluctant ambassador Kate Wyler navigate international crises, political power plays and a turbulent marriage.
A recent arrival is East of Eden, a sweeping period drama based on John Steinbeck’s classic novel. Set in the early 1900s, it follows the turbulent Trask family across two generations as the fiercely independent Cathy Ames (played by Florence Pugh) drives a bitter rivalry between brothers Adam (Christopher Abbott) and Charles (Mike Faist), exploring themes of family, morality and free will.
An old, neglected scandal gains new power as Jodie Whittaker leads true-life drama Toxic Town about the 1980s Corby poisonings. It's a powerful tale of ordinary people on the end of a grave injustice, having to fight for their voices to be heard.
Guy Ritchie's crime-comedy drama The Gentlemen follows aristocrat Eddie Horniman (Theo James) as he discovers his inherited estate is home to a sprawling cannabis empire. With series two having recently arrived, there's never been a better time to dive into the witty, action-packed underworld.
In Hostage, Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy go full throttle in a pacy political thriller that’s low on plausibility but high on action. The new-ish British Prime Minister (Jones) hasn’t been in office long when she’s faced with a crisis very close to home. She calls on the French President (Delpy) for help, but can she be trusted?
And there are still plenty of other options available on the platform. As well as mushc-loved hits such as Stranger Things, The Crown and Black Mirror, you could try fantastical horror Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, gritty Norwegian crime drama Jo Nesbo's Detective Hole or stylish thriller The Beast in Me.
If you can't quite decide which to choose, read on for our latest suggestions of the best TV series on Netflix, so you can stop searching and start watching ASAP. Alternatively, check out our line-up of the best Netflix films or best documentaries on Netflix for more recommendations.
Updated weekly.
Showing 1 to 24 of 76 results
-
2026
Mystery
Sci-fi
18
When a mysterious sea creature starts terrorising a coastal town, a fisherman must fight to protect his family and his community's vanishing way of life.
-
2023
Thriller
Drama
15
In the midst of an international crisis, Kate Wyler, a career diplomat, lands in a high-profile job for which she is not suited, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future.
-
2026
Drama
Romance
15
In the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations.
-
2025
Drama
Romance
15
Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight pours himself a large glass of bitter infighting for a gritty eight-part period drama set in 19th-century Dublin and New York. The death of Sir Benjamin Guinness creates a power vacuum at the world-renowned brewery that could be filled by one or more of his children, Anne (Emily Fairn), Arthur (Anthony Boyle), Ben (Fionn O'Shea) and Edward (Louis Partridge). Anne is immediately overlooked by virtue of her sex while the men disagree about the best course of action to ensure the continued prosperity in the stately mansions of Dublin. Brewery foreman Sean Rafferty (James Norton), who operates as a fixer for the Guinness dynasty, is a key ally as powerful rivals circle like sharks and the four children try to continue their father's remarkable legacy
-
2026
Drama
Comedy
15
Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia May Jonas, Vladimir is a seductive eight-part thriller of desire and betrayal starring Rachel Weisz, Leo Woodall and John Slattery. The nameless protagonist (Weisz), who breaks the fourth wall to speak directly to camera and share her innermost thoughts, is middle-aged wife and mother, who has worked for years as a teacher at small liberal arts college. Her marriage to her husband John (Slattery) is stagnating so when a new teacher, Vladimir (Woodall), arrives at the college, the heroine's world spins off its axis. She develops an all-consuming obsession with her colleague and recklessly pursues this fixation at the expense of her marriage and job.
-
2025
Comedy
Romance
15
Jessica (Megan Stalter) is a New York workaholic in her mid-thirties, reeling from a broken relationship that she thought would last forever and slowly isolating everyone she knows. When every block in New York tells a story of her own bad behaviour, the only solution is to take a job in London, where she plans to live a life of solitude like a Bronte sister. But when she meets Felix (Will Sharpe) — a walking series of red flags — she finds that their unusual connection is impossible to ignore, even as it creates more problems than it solves. Now they have to ask themselves: do Americans and Brits actually speak the same language?
-
2017
Crime/detective
Drama
18
In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.
-
2017
Mystery
Sci-fi
15
When two young children go missing in a German town, a family saga unfolds while supernatural forces are at play. Sci-fi mystery, starring Louis Hofmann, Karoline Eichhorn, Lisa Vicari and Maja Schone
-
2017
Crime/detective
Drama
18
A financial advisor drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder money to appease a drug boss.
-
2024
Crime/detective
Drama
18
When aristocratic Eddie inherits the family estate, he discovers that it's home to an enormous weed empire - and its proprietors aren't going anywhere. Action comedy, starring Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings and Joely Richardson
-
2026
Drama
Romance
12
Teen drama following gifted rower Teagan, played by Miku Martineau, as she starts at an elite East Coast prep school, navigates romance and joins a boys’ crew team.
-
2019
Comedy
Romance
18
A teenage boy with a sex-therapist mother teams up with a high-school classmate to set up an underground sex-therapy clinic at school.
-
2025
Drama
15
Dramatisation of the harrowing true story of a group of mothers, who seek justice in Corby after dozens of babies are born with disabilities
-
2026
Comedy
Drama
15
Amilie Noblet directs a feature-length spin-off from the acclaimed French TV series which ventures behind the scenes of fictional talent agency ASK (Agence Samuel Kerr), witnessing staff and celebrity clientele in emotional freefall. Call My Agent! The Movie is set five years after ASK closed its doors for good and Andrea (Camille Cottin) is poised to make her feature film directorial debut. Alas, she has an argument with her producer and her lead actor quits so Andrea enlists the help of reality TV producer Noemie (Laure Calamy) to get the project back on track. Andrea discovers she is pulling in a different direction to Noemie as she recasts each role and recovers from a series of on-set disasters. Worst of all, she becomes embroiled in an acrimonious legal battle for custody of her daughter. George Clooney and Eva Longoria cameo as heightened versions of themselves.
-
2022
Horror
Thriller
15
A group of students allow the Red Rose app to threaten the sanctity of their friendships during a long hot summer following their GCSE exams.
-
2026
Sport
Football royalty Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards deliver a fix of banter, analysis and hot takes.
-
2026
Drama
Mystery
15
When one door closes, another opens for Stranger Things creators the Duffer Brothers as they bid farewell to the Upside Down and executive produce a new tantalising eight-part mystery. Retired aeronautical engineer Sam Cooper (Alfred Molina) begrudgingly arrives in a picturesque retirement community called The Boroughs, nestled in the New Mexico desert. He is befriended by neighbour Jack (Bill Pullman) and other residents but Sam fears these so-called 'golden years' will be the worst of his life. Everything changes after a terrifying nighttime encounter that suggests something monstrous lies beneath the community's impeccably tended lawns. To prove he isn't losing his mind, Sam joins forces with spiritual seeker Art (Clarke Peters), former journalist Judy (Alfre Woodard), one-time rock 'n' roll music manager Renee (Geena Davis) and retired doctor Wally (Denis O'Hare) to discover the shocking truth about their new home.
-
2019
Fantasy
Drama
15
Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.
-
2019
Drama
15
Fact-based drama following the story of Ray, a boy on the cusp of adolescence who is arrested along with his adult brother Nathan for the murder of his mum's abusive partner. With the age of criminal responsibility set at 10, Ray stands trial for murder in an adult courtroom. The film follows both the events leading up to the crime, and the boy's experience of the trial. Starring Billy Barratt, Michelle Fairley, Tom Burke and James Tarpey
-
2026
Drama
Romance
12
Restless, razor-sharp, and refusing to conform, Sybylla is dead set on writing her own story in an era that expects her to find a man and settle down.
-
2025
Drama
Thriller
15
When the British Prime Minister’s husband is kidnapped and the visiting French President is blackmailed, the two political leaders both face unimaginable choices. Forced into a fierce rivalry where their political futures, and lives, might hang in the balance, can they work together to uncover the plot that threatens them both?
-
2019
Crime/detective
Drama
15
Following a team of skilled police interrogators as they interview suspects to get to the bottom of heinous crimes.
-
2026
Comedy
Crime/detective
15
Schitt's Creek creator Daniel Levy returns to the theme of familiar dysfunction in a new eight-part comedy about two mismatched siblings, with questionable skill sets, who blunder into the high-stakes world of organised crime. Preacher Nicholas (Dan Levy) and sister Morgan (Taylor Ortega) are implicated in a misguided theft for their dying grandmother. They are hunted down by bona fide criminal Yusuf (Boran Kuzum) and he blackmails the siblings into atoning for their sins, just as Nicky would advocate in a sermon to his congregation. The dithering duo's mother Linda (Laurie Metcalf) is potential collateral damage as they seek a way to settle their debts without landing themselves in prison. Elizabeth Perkins, Jacob Gutierrez and Mark Ivanir co-star.
-
2020
Thriller
Action
15
In North Carolina's Outer Banks, a teenager and his friends hunt for lost treasure linked to his father's disappearance, navigating dangerous rivalries, romance and a bitter class divide.
Load next
Authors
Radio Times staff
Ad
Ad
Ad
Subscribe for £1 per week
Too much to watch this autumn? Let Radio Times magazine and app do the choosing, with expert picks across TV, streaming and film.
Loading...
Ad
Loading...