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500 series (top 500 shown)

Wrong Side of the Tracks

★ 7.1
8K 32 2021–2024
Working class

Die Hart

★ 5.3
8K 25 2020–present
Ironic & meta · Parody

The Wonderfools

★ 7.6
8K 8 2026–present
Fast-paced

The Good Bad Mother

★ 8.4
8K 14 2023–2023
K-drama · Sentimental · Tearjerker

American Born Chinese

★ 7.0
8K 8 2023–2023
Immigrant experience

The Way of the Househusband

★ 7.3
8K 15 2021–2023
Absurdist · Anime · Parody

Study Group

★ 8.2
8K 10 2025–2025
Fast-paced · Criminal underworld

Shangri-La Frontier

★ 7.6
8K 51 2023–2026
Anime · Genius lead

Running Errands

★ 8.4
7K 38 2021–2024
Fast-paced · Witty banter

Robin Hood

★ 6.8
7K 11 2025–present
Period piece · Class divide

Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight

★ 7.9
7K 5 2025–2025
Whimsical · Kids & family

Wistoria: Wand and Sword

★ 7.7
7K 25 2024–present
Anime · High fantasy

Q-Force

★ 6.7
7K 10 2021–2021
Adult animation · Queer stories

Bad and Crazy

★ 7.9
7K 12 2021–2022
K-drama · Antihero lead

Memory of a Killer

★ 6.9
7K 12 2026–present
Gritty · Tense · Dark tone

Yasuke

★ 6.2
7K 6 2021–2021
Anime · Distinctive score

Shaitan

★ 6.4
7K 9 2023–present
Criminal underworld · Indian TV

Pacific Rim: The Black

★ 7.1
7K 14 2021–2022
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Backstreet Rookie

★ 7.5
7K 16 2020–2020
K-drama · Love story

Friendly Rivalry

★ 7.6
7K 16 2025–2025
K-drama · Serialized · Tense

Baki Hanma

★ 7.0
7K 39 2021–2023
Anime · Graphic violence · Campy

Good Boy

★ 7.4
7K 16 2025–2025
K-drama · Fast-paced · Adrenaline

The War Between the Land and the Sea

★ 6.2
7K 5 2025–2025
Tight limited run · British TV

M.O.D.O.K.

★ 6.3
7K 10 2021–2021
Adult animation · Absurdist
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