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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Night Agent

★ 7.4
163K 31 2023–2026
Built to binge · Espionage

The Pitt

★ 8.9
162K 45 2025–present
Medical · Tense · Naturalistic

What If...?

★ 7.3
162K 26 2021–2024
Anthology · Episodic

Lupin

★ 7.5
160K 25 2021–present
Heists & cons · Genius lead

Dexter: New Blood

★ 8.0
159K 10 2021–2022
Antihero lead · Gut punch

Gen V

★ 7.6
155K 16 2023–2025
Graphic violence · Cynical

Slow Horses

★ 8.3
151K 43 2022–present
Espionage · Dry humor · British TV

Dexter: Resurrection

★ 9.0
151K 20 2025–present
Antihero lead · Morally gray

Alice in Borderland

★ 7.8
150K 22 2020–2025
Survival · Tense

The Haunting of Bly Manor

★ 7.4
146K 9 2020–2020
Melancholic · Bittersweet

Black Bird

★ 8.1
146K 6 2022–2022
True crime · Tight limited run

The Acolyte

★ 4.3
145K 8 2024–2024
Mystery box · Serialized

Emily in Paris

★ 6.8
144K 52 2020–2026
Easy watching · Big city life

Ahsoka

★ 7.4
143K 16 2023–present
Big-budget spectacle

King the Land

★ 5.9
143K 16 2023–2023
K-drama · Love story

The Fall of the House of Usher

★ 7.9
136K 8 2023–2023
Dark tone · Elites & privilege

The Day of the Jackal

★ 8.1
135K 15 2024–present
Tense · Espionage · Antihero lead

Ms. Marvel

★ 6.2
133K 6 2022–2022
Coming of age · Whimsical

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

★ 8.3
132K 20 2022–present
Adult animation · Gut punch

The Terminal List

★ 7.9
129K 16 2022–present
Revenge · War & military

Shrinking

★ 8.2
128K 35 2023–present
Mental health · Warm humor

Foundation

★ 7.6
128K 38 2021–present
Space & sci-fi · Sprawling saga

Dhindora

★ 8.8
127K 9 2021–present
Indian TV · Satirical

Shadow and Bone

★ 7.5
125K 16 2021–2023
Young adult · High fantasy
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