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Comment by vonseel | Hacker News Reader

Someone recently commented elsewhere that they were tired of paying for streaming access to a bunch of shows nobody wants to watch, and they wanted access to the most popular movies/network shows/whatever.

I didn't comment then, but FWIW: some of the best shows available are now streaming originals from Netflix, Prime, etc. If you haven't checked out specifically any of the Netflix originals, you're missing out. It's a complete replacement for the non-sports watcher.

As posted in response elsewhere below, here's a list of Netflix's best work:

  - Stranger Things
  - Narcos
  - The OA
  - The Haunting of Hill House
  - Marvel series. All of them!
  - GLOW
  - Ozark
  - Altered Carbon
  - American Vandal
  - 13 Reasons Why

Also good:

  - Atypical
  - Love
  - Flaked
  - Maniac
  - Master of None
  - Chef's Table
  - Making a Murderer

This is by no means a complete list, you can find that here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_original_programs_dist...

I tried to skim through it and provide my own short list of what I really liked, so this is just one person's opinion.

These are all good but what I really like are some of the quirky Netflix-only series like "A Very Secret Service", a French comedy that would have been very hard to discover or watch in the old days

Discovery of content; that's the key! While i haven't seen the series you referenced, I agree 100% with your comment. There are numerous movies and series that I stumbled upon that are really, really enjoyable, and i would NEVER have found in the old days.

Highly subjective and therefor probably not welcome here, but since this was the comment I saw first:

My Top Netflix Shows:

- Better Call Saul

- Bojack Horseman

- Mindhunter

- Fargo

- Maniac

- The End of the Fucking World

- Master of None

- American Vandal

My Top Netflix Movies:

- Beats of No Nation

- Roma

- Annihilation

- Okja

And where I think your list is wrong:

- 13 Reasons Why

Very problematic show[1]. I found Netflix' response to the criticism lacking and season 2 doubles down on the mistake. Even if one can ignore that, I think the writing and characters are still insultingly thin.

- Ozark

Not bad at all. But also not nearly as good as Breaking Bad. If we didn't live in this gilden television age, I might've found it worth my time

- Altered Carbon

Visually very entertaining. But it's definitely pulp.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Reasons_Why#Social_impact

We recently binge watched both seasons of Stranger Things. Stranger Things and Altered Carbon on Netflix and The Marvelous Mrs Maisal and The Expanse on Amazon have been my most enjoyed shows this year.

"travelers" is good sci-fi. In the vein of "Fringe" but a little nerdier.

The Expanse was good! Fair disclaimer: I canceled Netflix recently, due to unhealthy amount of binge-watching... hence the list above. I have not heard of some of these newer titles. It seems some of them didn't make it through NFLX's recommendation system to my homescreen, because I have never heard of Marvelous Mrs Maisal but that has been out for a while.

Marvelous Mrs. Maisal is on Amazon, not Netflix. Amazon also picked up season 4 of The Expanse after SciFi cancelled it. Good for them. Who needs cable???

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