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500 series (top 500 shown)

The Sandman

★ 7.6
211K 23 2022–2025
Deep worldbuilding · Atmospheric

From

★ 7.8
201K 41 2022–present
Mystery box · Unsettling · Tense

Midnight Mass

★ 7.7
172K 7 2021–2021
Faith & religion

Alice in Borderland

★ 7.8
150K 22 2020–2025
Survival · Tense

The Haunting of Bly Manor

★ 7.4
146K 9 2020–2020
Melancholic · Bittersweet

The Fall of the House of Usher

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

The Outsider

★ 7.6
118K 10 2020–2020
Unsettling · Atmospheric

Yellowjackets

★ 7.7
116K 37 2021–present
Survival · Mystery box

It: Welcome to Derry

★ 7.9
115K 10 2025–present
Monster horror · Mounting dread

Locke & Key

★ 7.3
109K 28 2020–2022
Supernatural · Coming of age

Alien: Earth

★ 7.1
108K 10 2025–present
Monster horror · Space & sci-fi

The Watcher

★ 6.5
94K 14 2022–present
Suburban underbelly · Unsettling

Paranormal

★ 7.9
76K 6 2020–2020
Supernatural · Atmospheric

Archive 81

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

Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

★ 7.0
65K 8 2022–2022
Anthology · Unsettling

Widow's Bay

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

Lovecraft Country

★ 7.1
51K 10 2020–2020
Social commentary · Period piece

The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

★ 7.7
50K 6 2024–2024
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Resident Evil

★ 4.2
50K 8 2022–2022
Post-apocalyptic · Monster horror

Interview with the Vampire

★ 7.6
43K 16 2022–present
Supernatural · Atmospheric

Sweet Home

★ 7.2
43K 26 2020–2024
Monster horror · Survival

The Midnight Club

★ 6.5
41K 10 2022–2022
Young adult · Existential dread

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon

★ 7.5
40K 27 2023–2026
Post-apocalyptic · Survival

Ekaki

★ 8.1
37K 5 2025–present
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