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500 series (top 500 shown)

Ripley

★ 8.1
69K 8 2024–2024
Stylized direction · Antihero lead

Poker Face

★ 7.7
69K 22 2023–2025
Procedural · Detective mystery

The Chestnut Man

★ 7.6
69K 12 2021–present
Nordic noir · Detective mystery

Archive 81

★ 7.3
68K 8 2022–2022
Mystery box · Unsettling

The Studio

★ 8.0
68K 15 2025–present
Satirical · Workplace

Hacks

★ 8.2
68K 47 2021–2026
Witty banter · Central duo

Clickbait

★ 7.2
68K 8 2021–2021
Tight limited run · Mystery box

The Flight Attendant

★ 7.0
67K 16 2020–2022
Addiction & vice

One Day

★ 8.0
67K 14 2024–2024
Bittersweet · Romantic yearning

The Great

★ 8.1
66K 30 2020–2023
Royalty & aristocracy · Satirical

Tandav

★ 4.8
66K 9 2021–present
Political intrigue · Indian TV

Zero Day

★ 7.0
65K 6 2025–2025
Political intrigue

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

★ 7.0
65K 8 2022–2022
Anthology · Unsettling

Fate: The Winx Saga

★ 6.8
65K 13 2021–2022
Young adult · School & campus

The Residence

★ 7.7
65K 8 2025–2025
Detective mystery · Ensemble cast

Your Friends & Neighbors

★ 7.7
64K 20 2025–present
Elites & privilege

The Old Man

★ 7.5
63K 15 2022–2024
Espionage · Morally gray · Tense

Little Fires Everywhere

★ 7.6
62K 8 2020–2020
Suburban underbelly · Class divide

The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window

★ 6.4
61K 8 2022–2022
Parody · Ironic & meta · Campy

Warrior Nun

★ 7.0
60K 18 2020–2022
Young adult · Supernatural

Aashram

★ 6.6
59K 34 2020–present
Faith & religion · Indian TV

Indian Police Force

★ 5.0
59K 7 2024–present
Indian TV · Adrenaline

Devs

★ 7.6
58K 8 2020–2020
Philosophical · Existential dread

Widow's Bay

★ 8.1
58K 11 2026–present
Dark comedy · Small town
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