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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Boroughs

★ 7.2
36K 8 2026–2026
Supernatural · Ensemble cast

Pieces of Her

★ 6.3
36K 8 2022–2022
Secrets & lies · Tight limited run

Cross

★ 7.2
36K 24 2024–present
Detective mystery · Serialized

The Walking Dead: Dead City

★ 7.0
36K 22 2023–present
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Willow

★ 5.7
36K 8 2022–2023
High fantasy · Ensemble cast

Cursed

★ 6.0
36K 10 2020–2020
High fantasy · Young adult

Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen

★ 6.8
35K 8 2026–2026
Mounting dread · Unsettling

Painkiller

★ 7.4
35K 6 2023–2023
Addiction & vice

Dear Child

★ 7.3
35K 6 2023–2023
Tense · Puzzle plot · Mystery box

Sex/Life

★ 5.6
35K 14 2021–2023
Sexually explicit · Love story

Dark Winds

★ 7.7
35K 36 2022–present
Atmospheric · Detective mystery

Scenes from a Marriage

★ 8.0
34K 5 2021–2021
Central duo · Character study

Tokyo Revengers

★ 7.7
34K 51 2021–present
Anime · Time travel

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

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
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