This year, Netflix introduced series like ‘1899’ and ‘All of Us Are Dead’, and there was much more to add.
Yes, there is a lot to watch on Netflix. So to help you out, MM News has curated 10 excellent series that you can watch before the year ends and the streaming platform adds more titles to the platform.
1) All of Us Are Dead
Korean series ‘All of Us Are Dead follows a group of students trying to survive an outbreak while trapped in their school amidst their flesh-eating peers.
It’s a combo that works really well, and turns All of Us Are Dead into the kind of show that’s hard not to binge — you just have to see what happens next.
2) Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities
With Cabinet of Curiosities, Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Pan’s Labyrinth) curated a terrifying anthology of hour-long episodes from some of the most exciting folks working in horror.
3) 1899
Netflix’s 1899 is a period drama. The series 1899 is the mastermind of creators of the German hit series ‘Dark’.
The eight episodes tell of the mysterious events during the voyage of an emigrant ship from Europe to New York. Passengers from the most diverse backgrounds look forward to the dawning century with hope.
4) The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself
Netflix’s newly released series ‘The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself ‘is based on the fantasy genre and a drama that one cannot miss.
The eight episodes series tells the story of the illegitimate son of a powerful and dangerous witch who becomes the target of a modern-day witch hunt.
5) Wednesday
An eight-episode series is a dark, compelling, murder mystery told brilliantly through aesthetics and style. Wednesday series is less spooky but you should give it a go.
Tim Burton’s “Addams Family” offshoot starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday has officially become the third title to cross 1 billion hours viewed on Netflix within one month — only “Squid Game” and “Stranger Things” Season 4 have also done so to date.
6) Harry & Meghan
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle get candid about their lives (well, as candid as you can expect from two former royals) in this docuseries.
The royal family has been braced for the first three episodes of the six-part series ‘Meghan & Harry’. The family was largely spared during the broadcast of the first episode, but was still on the end of accusations of “unconscious” racial bias and that it did not help Meghan or Diana after her 1992 divorce from Harry’s father Charles, now king.
7) Indian Predator: Beast Of Bangalore
The new season of Indian Predator with a haunting story of a vicious predator and his murderous pursuit of women rattled the entire state. Beast of Bangalore was dropped on December 16, 2022.
8) The Recruit
The Recruit’s story follows Owen Hendricks, who joins the CIA as a lawyer expecting to enjoy a typical first day at the office, but his first week gets off to a rocky start. When the CIA receives a letter from a former asset, Max Meladze, threatening to divulge the agency’s secrets unless she is exonerated of a severe crime, Owen Hendricks is assigned to it.
Owen embarks on a journey in the hopes of completing the mission and making a mark on the CIA despite his lack of expertise in these operations and unfavorable circumstances. However, the stakes are high in this game, and he may find himself in a world of deadly politics governed by shady personalities.
9) The Witcher: Blood Origin
Fresh off the success of Everything Everywhere All At Once, Michelle Yeoh stars in this four-episode limited series spin-off of shoppingmode The Witcher. She plays the last member of a tribe of sword elves who sets out on a quest to retrieve a stolen blade that’s sacred to her people.
It’s an origin story of how the monster slayers known as Witchers came to be. It could either be one for the diehard Witcher heads, or more accessible to non-nerds than that hardcore fantasy series.
10) Somebody
Helmed by Jung Ji-woo, Somebody is a thriller series that follows a story of a serial killer who kills girls he meets on the dating app Somebody.
Then there is a young woman called Sum (played by Kang Hae-lim) who is a software developer for a ‘Somebody’. Ironically, Sum has difficulties connecting with people in the real world but she might connect with a man who turns out to be the serial killer.
