The most popular show on Netflix right now isn’t the latest season of Love Is Blind or yet another salacious true crime documentary — it’s a series about a baby-faced teenage murderer. Adolescence is an unexpected hit with audiences and critics alike, with some believing it could be the Baby Reindeer of 2025.
Adolescence isn’t for everyone, though, but fortunately for you, Netflix has tons of underrated shows to choose from. From costume dramas like Bridgerton to disturbing sci-fi tales like Dark, the streamer has a little something for everyone.
This weekend, treat yourself to a lavish remake of a classic 1963 movie, one of the best crime shows on TV right now, and an under-the-radar show about life after the world as we know has ended.
‘The Leopard’ (2025)
It’s hard to believe a big-budget show based on a classic movie qualifies as underrated, but The Leopard has been oddly ignored by audiences and most critics since it premiered earlier this month. That’s an injustice, since the six-episode series is a feast for the eyes and ears as it faithfully recreates a 19th-century Sicily that’s on the cusp of a revolution.
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The show focuses on one aristocratic family and, in particular, Don Fabrizio Corbera (Kim Rossi Stuart). He’s the elder patriarch who wields massive social and political influence in his hometown of Salina. But as Sicily’s old ways disappear and a new social order emerges, Don Fabrizio realizes he has to make some sacrifices for his family to survive. Will he do what it takes to ensure his daughters will have all the comforts they’ve been accustomed to in life even if it means breaking one of their hearts?
The Leopard is streaming on Netflix.
‘Dark Winds’ (2021-Present)
Dark Winds recently returned for its third season, and the show scored its best ratings yet. Now is as good a time as any to catch up on its terrific first two seasons that originally aired on AMC and are now available to stream on Netflix.
Based on Tony Hillerman’s Leaphorn & Chee novels, Dark Winds stars Zahn McClarnon as Joe Leaphorn, a veteran police lieutenant working in the Four Corners area of the American Southwest during the 1970s. Assisted by FBI agent Jim Chee (Kiowa Gordon) and deputy sergeant Bernadette Manuelito (Jessica Matten), Joe investigates various crimes like a mysterious armored robbery via a helicopter and the brutal murder of a cult member.
Dark Winds is unique in that the majority of its cast are Native American, and the series delves extensively into Native American customs and rituals that are pivotal to the plots and characters. That’s still rare to see on TV nowadays, but Dark Winds is also just a damn good police procedural with a lead protagonist who is always fascinating to watch. After you’ve binged the first two seasons, head over to AMC+ and watch the third season as soon as you can.
Dark Winds is streaming on Netflix.
‘The Rain’ (2018-2020)
It seems like there’s a new postapocalyptic show debuting each week, but most of them aren’t as unique as The Rain. While it’s true the series has your standard “the world is ending” plot, how it sets up its apocalypse — and how its survivors deal with the fallout — is what makes it so watchable.
As a deadly virus spreads around the world via rainfall, scientist Frederick Anderson (Lars Simonsen) hides his two children, Simone (Alba August) and Rasmus (Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen), in a bunker to save them. Six years later, they emerge determined to find out what happened to their dad. But the virus is still present, and the two siblings will have to team up with other survivors to find their missing father.
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The Rain takes place in Scandinavia, so expect a lot of lush green forests and beautiful scenery. The plot is intriguing enough for you to watch all of its three seasons, and the show’s depiction of its post-pandemic world has some interesting parallels to life immediately after COVID-19. If you’re looking for an end-of-the-world story told from a fresh perspective with talented newcomers, then The Rain is for you.
The Rain is streaming on Netflix.
