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The Get Down

★ 8.2 25K votes 2016–2017 1 season · 11 episodes Canceled Netflix
Music sceneMusicians, bands and the industry behind them.This show: 10/10Stylized directionBold, signature formal choices.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10Visually strikingComposition and imagery worth pausing for.This show: 8/10Coming of ageGrowing up as the central arc.This show: 8/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 7/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 7/10Ensemble castMany characters carrying equal weight.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Justice SmithShameik MooreHerizen F. GuardiolaSkylan BrooksTremaine Brown Jr.Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Written by
Stephen Adly GuirgisBaz Luhrmann
Starring
Justice SmithShameik MooreHerizen F. GuardiolaSkylan BrooksTremaine Brown Jr.Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Written by
Stephen Adly GuirgisBaz Luhrmann
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
03006009001k

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About

"A lavish, uneven ode to hip-hop's birth"

Set in the South Bronx in 1977, this Netflix drama follows a group of teenagers caught between the collapse of disco and the birth of hip-hop, DJing, graffiti, and street poetry. It mixes grounded coming-of-age romance with wildly stylized musical sequences and glossy visual flourishes courtesy of Baz Luhrmann. The pace is uneven, alternating between intimate character moments and sprawling, almost operatic set pieces. What carries it is the electric young cast, the era-specific soundtrack, and a genuine love letter to the culture that birthed a genre.

Watch it for

the electric young cast and the loving recreation of hip-hop's earliest days.

Maybe skip if

you dislike inconsistent pacing or overly stylized, larger-than-life musical sequences.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12016
8.46K118h 24m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Where There Is Ruin, There Is Hope for a Treasure8.4
1K93 min
▶2Seek Those Who Fan Your Flames8.2
64958 min
▶3Darkness Is Your Candle8.2
61857 min
▶4Forget Safety, Be Notorious8.2
55464 min
▶5You Have Wings, Learn to Fly8.8
65253 min
▶6Raise Your Words, Not Your Voice9.1
80956 min
▶7Unfold Your Own Myth7.9
33347 min
▶8The Beat Says, This Is the Way8.2
316—
▶9One by One, Into the Dark8.1
294—
▶10Gamble Everything8.6
373—
▶11Only from Exile Can We Come Home8.6
37076 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Justice Smith Ezekiel 'Books' Figuero
Shameik Moore Shaolin Fantastic
Herizen F. Guardiola Mylene Cruz
Skylan Brooks Ra-Ra Kipling
Tremaine Brown Jr. Boo-Boo Kipling
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Cadillac
Jimmy Smits Francisco 'Papa Fuerte' Cruz
Jaden Smith Marcus 'Dizzee' Kipling
Stefanée Martin Yolanda Kipling
Shyrley Rodriguez Regina

Crew

Stephen Adly Guirgis
Baz Luhrmann

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