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500 series (top 500 shown)

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

★ 7.5
34K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries

The Tourist

★ 7.1
34K 12 2022–2024
Mystery box · Unreliable narrator

Tehran

★ 7.6
34K 25 2020–present
Espionage · Tense

The Devil's Hour

★ 7.6
34K 16 2022–present
Unsettling · Mystery box

The Stand

★ 5.7
34K 9 2020–2021
Post-apocalyptic · Supernatural

Barbarians

★ 7.2
34K 12 2020–2022
War & military · Real history

The English

★ 7.8
34K 6 2022–2022
Rural & frontier · Revenge

Devil May Cry

★ 7.5
34K 24 2025–present
Adult animation · Adrenaline

Blue Lock

★ 8.1
34K 38 2022–present
Sports · Anime · Adrenaline

Hellbound

★ 6.6
33K 12 2021–2024
Supernatural · Dark tone

Them

★ 7.5
33K 18 2021–2024
Disturbing · Bleak · Unsettling

We Own This City

★ 7.6
33K 6 2022–2022
Cynical · Social commentary

The Agency

★ 7.5
33K 20 2024–present
Espionage · Tense · Secrets & lies

Star Trek: Starfleet Academy

★ 4.5
33K 19 2026–2027
School & campus · Space & sci-fi

Kaiju No. 8

★ 8.2
33K 25 2024–2025
Anime · Adrenaline

Chucky

★ 7.2
33K 24 2021–2024
Monster horror · Campy

A Murder at the End of the World

★ 7.0
33K 7 2023–2023
Tight limited run · Genius lead

Young Sherlock

★ 7.5
33K 10 2026–present
Detective mystery · Genius lead

Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

★ 8.3
33K 17 2022–2023
Sports · Stylized direction

Ethos

★ 8.4
32K 8 2020–2020
Class divide · Character study

The Frog

★ 8.1
32K 15 2020–2021
Secrets & lies · Slow burn

Secret Level

★ 7.3
32K 16 2024–present
Anthology · Adult animation

Time

★ 8.2
32K 7 2021–2025
Gritty · Emotionally heavy

Hell's Paradise

★ 8.1
32K 25 2023–present
Anime · Survival
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