27 Must-Watch Shows on Netflix Right Now (September 2025): 'Nashville' and More

During its initial years on ABC, Nashville was as popular for its original music as it was for the soap opera of the show itself. Connie Britton stars in the series as Rayna Jaymes, an aging country music superstar whose best days may be behind her.

A young upstart, Juliette Barnes (Hayden Panettiere), is determined to claim Rayna’s crown for herself. The first few seasons follow the rivalry between the two women, as well as the ongoing drama of the family and friends in their orbit.

Nashville will stream on Netflix on September 15.

Life takes a strange twist for con artist Sarah Manning (Tatiana Maslany) in Orphan Black. After witnessing the suicide of her near exact doppelganger, Beth Childs (Maslany), Sarah decides to take over the woman’s life and clean out her savings account.

That comes back to haunt Sarah when Beth’s body is mistaken for her own, which forces her to separate from her daughter, Kira (Skyler Wexler). Sarah also learns why Beth may have killed herself, as she discovers that she’s a clone … and she’s not the only one left.

Orphan Black is streaming on Netflix.

Three years between seasons is a pretty long wait, even by streaming standards. But Jenna Ortega is finally back as Wednesday Addams in Wednesday season 2. Expect to see more of the rest of the Addams family this season, while Wednesday herself returns to Nevermore Academy.

Wednesday isn’t really the friend-making type, but her roommate, Enid Sinclair (Emma Myers), is a rare exception. That gives Wednesday a personal incentive to save Enid when the latter is apparently marked for a dark fate in season 2. And there’s no guarantee that Wednesday will be able to protect her.

For almost everyone, time moves forward in a linear fashion. But in The Lazarus Project, George (Paapa Essiedu) is trapped in a time loop he doesn’t understand. The only way out George has is to accept a place among the Lazarus Project, the agency behind the time loop.

This ability to reset history is meant to be used in case of a world-ending disaster or something on that scale. When George has need of it for a personal reason, he may have to risk everything, including his own team, to save the woman he loves.

Ready for your next Netflix murder mystery obsession? Untamed stars Eric Bana as Kyle Turner, an Investigative Series Branch agent who is called to investigate a brutal murder at the serene Yosemite National Park. Kyle gets more than he bargains for as his quest to find the killer unlocks shady secrets about the park — and his own past.

Untamed ticks all the streaming murder mystery boxes and then some, with a stellar supporting cast that includes Jurassic Park vet Sam Neill and Mad Men’s Rosemarie DeWitt. It’s Bana, though, who steals the spotlight as the increasingly conflicted Kyle. His character has a past he’s not proud of, and it will definitely come back to haunt him as he tries to find the killer.

The Waterfront is a crime drama with a dark sense of humor which finds Cane Buckley (Jake Weary) and his mother, Belle Buckley (Maria Bello), struggling to save the family’s business interests while Belle’s husband, Harlan Buckley (Holt McCallany), recovers from health issues.

After discovering that Cane and Belle made a risky alliance with drug smugglers, Harlan pushes things even further. Meanwhile, Cane’s sister, Bree Buckley (Melissa Benoist), is sleeping with a DEA agent and informing him of her family’s crimes. That may be more than enough to bring the Buckley empire to its knees. 

The Waterfront is streaming on Netflix.

Rami Malek scored the role of a lifetime when he was cast in the lead of Mr. Robot. This dark cyberpunk thriller broke the mold for USA Network originals, and Malek won an Emmy for his performance as Elliot Alderson, a vigilante hack with a desire to change the world.

Mr. Robot (Christian Slater) seizes on that desire to recruit Elliot into fsociety, a hacker collective with an ambitious plan to redistribute wealth on a massive scale. It’s a tantalizing prospect, but it also sends Elliot down a rabbit hole that makes him question what’s really happening in his life.

Mr. Robot is streaming on Netflix.

Blindspot gave Jaimie Alexander the chance to headline her own show as Jane Doe, a mysterious woman who was found in Times Square without any memories about who she is or where she came from.

FBI Special Agent Kurt Weller (Sullivan Stapleton) is summoned to investigate Jane when his name is found among the hundreds of tattoos on her body. Their pairing is not a coincidence, as Jane and Kurt realize that the tattoos are also meant to help them investigate numerous crimes as part of someone’s hidden agenda. And they’re only going to find out who was behind this by working together.

Blindspot is streaming on Netflix.

Georgia Miller (Brianne Howey) has a son, Austin (Diesel La Torraca), on Ginny & Georgia. But as implied by the name of the series, a lot of the focus is on her daughter, Ginny (Antonia Gentry). Georgia has tried to be a good mother to her kids, but she’s left some literal bodies in her wake.

Season 3 picks up with Georgia on trial for murder, her marriage to Paul Randolph (Scott Porter) in jeopardy, and she may lose custody of both of her children while fighting for her freedom. Ginny has her own problems at school as the media scrutiny and her complicated relationships threaten to derail her life.

Ginny & Georgia is streaming on Netflix.

The Queen’s Gambit creator Scott Frank has returned to Netflix with a new mystery series, Dept. Q, based upon Jussi Adler-Olsen‘s Department Q crime thriller novels. The show is making some changes to the source material, including setting the series in Scotland instead of Denmark. But the core premise remains.

Carl Morck (Matthew Goode) was once one of the top detectives in his department, but now he’s been reduced to heading up Department Q, the cold case division that has nothing but crimes other detectives couldn’t solve. It’s a career dead end, at least until Carl actually starts making headway on these impossible cases alongside a team of misfits who just don’t fit in around the regular cops.

Dept. Q is streaming on Netflix.

The Four Seasons is loosely based on the 1981 film of the same name, and it still revolves around three couples: Kate (Tina Fey) and Jack (Will Forte), Nick (Steve Carell) and Anne (Kerri Kenney-Silver) and Danny (Colman Domingo) and Claude (Marco Calvani).

The six of them are such close friends that they take four vacations a year together, hence the title of the show. While there’s some drama in each of these couples, only Steve is willing to end his marriage with Anne in pursuit of a younger lover. That major life change threatens the dynamic of the group and may send these lifelong pals in different directions.

The Four Seasons is streaming on Netflix.

Westerns are all the rage now thanks to Yellowstone, and Netflix is the latest streamer to throw its lasso into the ring with its new series, Ransom Canyon. The 10-episode first season stars Josh Duhamel as Staten Kirkland, a lonesome Texas rancher who is still not over the death of his wife. His mood improves considerably when Quinn O’Grady (Minka Kelly) returns to Staten’s small town to oversee the local dance hall. 

Staten and Quinn were once sweethearts, but can they rekindle the love they felt for each other all those years ago? As you can tell, Ransom Canyon is more romantic than Kevin Costner’s hit cowboy series, but it’s just as watchable and dramatic. Duhamel and Kelly have great onscreen chemistry as reluctant lovers and the show features some amazing shots of the Texas countryside.

Those looking for quality shows that don’t get the spotlight other Netflix shows like Stranger Things and You receive should stream The Eternaut, an outstanding new sci-fi series from Argentina. Based on a popular 1950s graphic novel, the six-episode series begins with a beautiful but deadly snowfall that wipes out most of humanity.

The survivors are left to pick up the pieces, and that includes Juan Salvo (Ricardo Darín), who wants to find his missing daughter while helping others seeking food and shelter. But deeper mysteries remain, including who — or what — caused the snowfall and why? What makes The Eternaut so entertaining is peeling away its many layers and discovering the shocking origin of the event that changed the world forever. Don’t miss it.

Even though it originated on Lifetime, You only became a big hit when it started streaming on Netflix. The show follows charming psychopath Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) as he travels the country — and later the world — looking for love and leaving a lot of dead bodies in his wake.

The recently released season 5 is the show’s last and provides a satisfying conclusion to Joe’s story. He’s back in New York City, the setting in season 1, and obsessed with yet another winsome female, Bronte (Madeline Brewer). But Bronte may be hiding some secrets of her own, and they may prove to be Joe’s downfall.

Is there any sci-fi show as effective and unsettling as Black Mirror? The critically acclaimed Charlie Brooker series has been disturbing audiences since 2011 — and it shows no signs of ending its reign of enjoyable terror. The show just returned from a brief hiatus with new tales of science gone awry and the dangerous allure of technology. 

Season 7 features such stars as Paul Giamatti, Issa Rae, Will Poulter and Emma Corrin in stories that blend reality and fantasy. Some standout episodes include “USS Callister: Into Infinity,” which is a follow-up to season 4’s much-acclaimed “USS Callister,” and “Hotel Reverie,” an unusual romance that explores how artificial intelligence can make someone’s dreams come true with devastating results. 

When 13-year-old Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper) is accused of killing a fellow classmate who rejected his advances, his family must deal with the fallout. Meanwhile, the town’s cops and teachers struggle to understand why a seemingly well-adjusted child would want to murder another.

Since its release in March, Adolescence has ignited worldwide discussion about incel culture and its effects on young males. The series is only four episodes long, with each one devoted to exploring different points of view: Jamie’s family, his teachers and friends, a child psychologist struggling to understand him and, finally, his father. Adolescence is a disturbing drama that is both punishing and rewarding to watch.

The Residence has a setup we’ve all seen before — a murder has been committed at a large house, and a kooky detective must solve the case. But the man who has been murdered is a chief usher to the President of the United States, and the house he was killed in is the White House. This isn’t an ordinary murder, and The Residence isn’t your ordinary mystery show.

Uzo Aduba stars as Cordelia Cupp, the aforementioned detective who is as fastidious as Hercule Poirot and as fashion-forward as Carmen Sandiego. She has to interrogate a handful of colorful suspects —including Jason Lee as the president’s brother and Ken Marino as a shady chief adviser — and figure out who did it and why before the killer claims their next victim.

The Residence is a comedic thriller that doesn’t take itself too seriously, yet is more uncommon than you might think. Aduba is terrific as the crafty Cupp and the supporting cast all make their suspects vivid enough to remember — and be suspicious of.

Belle Gibson has a secret. As the creator of the successful wellness app The Whole Pantry, the twentysomething influencer from Australia seemingly has it all: a burgeoning career, a supportive family and an inspiring backstory about how she beat multiple forms of cancer without the help of conventional Western medicine, capturing the hearts and minds of her online fandom in the process. The only problem? Belle never had cancer, and she isn’t as well-intentioned as people think.

That’s the intriguing setup to Apple Cider Vinegar, a six-episode limited series that stars The Last of Us Season 2’s Kaitlyn Dever as Belle. The show delves into the real-life case of how Gibson built an alternative medicine empire in the early 2010s and how quickly it all came apart as Belle’s lies were exposed. If Apple Cider Vinegar leaves you wanting more, check out The Search for Instagram’s Worst Con Artist, which unveils even more infuriating details of Belle’s elaborate con.

Dig a little deeper into Netflix’s vast catalogue, and you’ll find some quality foreign mystery shows just waiting to be binged. One such show is The Åre Murders, a Swedish-language series based on a popular series of novels by Viveca Sten. It’s like True Detective: Night Country, only with fewer supernatural elements and more snow. 

Hanna (Carla Sehn) is a detective in Stockholm tasked to investigate a bizarre crime in Are, a remote city nestled in a mountain range. At a ski resort, a young girl, Amanda, has gone missing. As search parties frantically try to find any trace of her, Hanna suspects the girl’s family and friends know more than they are telling. Can Hanna crack the case before it’s too late?

Robert De Niro is a cinema legend who has never led a TV series in his long career. That all changes with Zero Day, a new political thriller with a heady premise and a stacked cast. De Niro stars as George Mullen, an ex-president of the United States who is recruited by America’s current head of state, Evelyn Mitchell (Angela Bassett), to lead the Zero Day Commission, a top secret government division specializing in high-profile cases.

Mullen quickly has his hands full when he’s called to investigate a massive cyberattack that caused worldwide destruction. But as he discovers just who is behind the terrorist attack and why, he gradually uncovers a massive conspiracy that is closer to home than he realizes. Also starring Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Connie Britton and Joan Allen, Zero Day is a captivating thriller that will prompt you to binge all of its six episodes in one sitting.

Kate Hudson is due for a comeback. The Almost Famous actress and former Fabletics spokeswoman was the rom-com queen of the early 2000s, but lately, she hasn’t been in anything significant. That changes with Running Point, a new series from Mindy Kaling that puts the star front and center of her own Netflix show.

The series follows Isla Gordon (Hudson), who has to take over the family business after one of her brothers, Cam (Justin Theroux), gets into an accident. The business in question is the Los Angeles Waves, a successful basketball team that has seen better days. Isla’s never managed a pro team, and the Waves aren’t exactly thrilled to have her there, but with the help of her brothers, friends and one hot coach (Jay Ellis), she may prove her haters wrong in the end.

When it debuted in 2023, The Night Agent was an unexpected sensation. The story of how a lowly FBI Agent, Peter Sutherland (Gabriel Basso), uncovers a vast conspiracy involving assassins, criminal cover-ups and the White House electrified viewers. To no one’s surprise, Netflix immediately renewed it for a second season.

Now that Season 2 is here, expect more intrigue, action and unexpected narrative twists as Peter finally becomes an actual Night Agent. There’s a leak in the CIA, and Peter is the only one smart enough to investigate. But what if the traitor is closer than he realizes? With scenes set in Thailand and California, The Night Agent is more like a Jason Bourne movie than ever. We’re not complaining. 

Netflix has increased its true crime output in recent years, and its latest documentary, American Murder: Gabby Petito, immediately became one of the streamer’s top shows after it debuted in February 2025. There’s a good reason why — it’s addictive, gruesome stuff, a true-crime tale that showcases a love story gone terribly wrong.

In August 2021, Gabby and her fiancé Brian Laundrie travelled to Utah in their van looking for adventure. By the end of September, Gabby’s body is discovered and Brian is nowhere to be found. What happened to Gabby? And how was Brian involved in her eventual death? American Murder: Gabby Petito has no easy answers, but it faithfully captures an event that captivated the public four years ago and still fascinates people today.

Growing up is hard. Growing up during a zombie apocalypse is even worse. Don’t believe me? Then check out All of Us Are Dead, which gives the zombie genre a new twist by setting it in a South Korean high school. A science teacher conducts an experiment that goes awry, which causes most of the students and faculty to turn into rampaging flesh-eaters. The few surviving students must try to find a way to escape their school without being eaten or turned into a zombie themselves.

Like the modern horror classic Train to Busan, All of Us Are Dead is brutally effective in depicting what might happen if an actual zombie apocalypse occurred. The genius of the show, however, is that it never loses sight of the fact that its protagonists are still just kids, and thus prone to fits of anger, jealousy and love. 

If Buffy the Vampire Slayer effectively used vampires as a metaphor for the miseries of high school, this show does that just as well, with its undead antagonists symbolizing the dehumanizing effects of growing up.  

Netflix’s hottest properties include Stranger Things, Squid Game, and … Harlan Coben?!? The famed mystery author has had a run of successful Netflix adaptations recently, with his last show, Fool Me Once, becoming one of the streamer’s most-watched programs of 2024. His latest, Missing You, serves up more of what’s worked so well in the past: an intriguing mystery set in England populated by a talented cast.

Detective Kat Donovan (Rosalind Eleazar) is lonely. Eleven years ago, her fiancé, Josh (Ashley Walters), disappeared, and she’s never quite gotten over that. One night, while swiping left on a dating app, she’s stunned to find her missing lover alive and well … and actively looking for a hookup. How is Josh still alive? And what does this have to do with the death of Kat’s father years ago? Missing You weaves an intricate mystery very well, with a genuinely shocking ending.

One of Netflix’s most underrated series, Sweet Magnolias isn’t anything more than an enjoyable drama about good people doing good things. That sounds boring, but throughout its four seasons, the show has provided enough entertaining moments to remain one of the streamer’s most consistently watched original shows.

The show focuses on the friendship between three friends: Maddie Townsend (JoAnna Garcia Swisher), a mother of three recently separated from her husband Bill (Chris Klein); Helen Decatur (Heather Headley), a successful attorney contemplating a career change; and Dana Sue Sullivan (Brooke Elliott), a chef who runs her own restaurant. The three women navigate life, love and everything in between while living in an idyllic South Carolina town. 

Sweet Magnolias is romantic escapism, but it’s done well, and the three leads are genuinely charming. The fourth season premiered on February 6, 2025 and with its continued success, it’s bound to return for another season.

Westerns have been making a comeback lately thanks to Kevin Costner (Horizon: An American Saga) and Taylor Sheridan (a half-dozen Yellowstone spinoffs), so it was only a matter of time before Netflix got into the game. American Primeval is a six-episode series written by Mark L. Smith (The Revenant, Twisters) and Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights) and stars Taylor Kitsch, Betty Gilpin, Dane DeHaan and Jai Courtney.

The show follows new settlers in the American West, which is still a wild and unruly place in 1857. As the Utah War heats up and the Mountain Meadows Massacre takes place, they fight for their place in the new frontier and try to survive the harsh environment … and threats from within.

American Primeval is often very violent, but it depicts a time and place without rules. This isn’t your dad’s Western, but all the bloodshed paints an unexamined and fascinating era of American history.

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