Best TV Shows of All Time on Netflix
Last updated April 29, 2025
Highest Rated TV Shows with a 4.2 / 5 Star Rating
Doctor Who: Pyramids of Mars
1975 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe TARDIS takes the Doctor and Sarah to 1911 England, where they discover that Egyptologist Marcus Scarman has not only found a burial chamber inscribed with the Eye of Horus, he has been taken over by Sutekh, last of the all-powerful Osirans.
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Doctor Who: The Ark in Space
1975 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe TARDIS and its crew materialize in the future aboard the Ark, a space station in orbit around Earth, where they discover the last remaining members of humankind in suspended animation.
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Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
1972 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAs gel creatures materialize around UNIT HQ and commence a full-scale attack, the Doctor realizes that the situation is beyond even him to control and so he does the unthinkable, by sending an SOS to his two previous incarnations from the past.
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Heaven's Lost Property Forte: Season 2
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe divine high jinks continue in Season 2. Tomoki longs for a quiet life, but with Ikaros and Nymph still adjusting to Earth, things won't be calming down soon. Plus, a new Angeloid is on the scene to eliminate Tomoki.
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Heaven's Lost Property: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen an angel android falls from the sky and starts granting Tomoki Sakurai's wishes, the teenage boy's life is turned upside down. Tomoki soon learns his hormone-inspired wishes can turn into nightmares, like maniacal robots made of lingerie.
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House of Anubis: Season 1
2011 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWelcome to Anubis House. At this boarding school, students begin settling in for the academic year, only to find a student missing, a secret panel in the house's attic, codes leading to hidden staircases and more!
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 1
2005 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen his best friend announces he's engaged, single guy Ted throws his search for a soul mate into high gear. Via flashback, he recounts to his kids 25 years later the often-hilarious story of how he met -- and eventually married -- their mother.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 2
2006 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen Ted's best friends, Marshall and Lily, become engaged, Ted urgently sets out to find his soul mate. Coming to his aid is Barney, a highly opinionated, self-styled Casanova with a healthy obsession for suits.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 3
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsIn this season's antics, viewers meet the woman who "stole" Barney's virginity; Lily and Marshall go apartment hunting; Marshall has a career crisis; Ted and Barney come up with a ploy to pick up women; and more.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 4
2008 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThrough a series of mishaps as unpredictable as life itself, Ted gets closer to finding "the one" as he recounts to his kids how he met their mother 25 years earlier and describes his days of bachelorhood, when he was surrounded by his pals.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 5
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe gang's all back for yet another season of this popular, Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom, centered on Ted Mosby's hilarious accounts of urban single life with his pals and his search for the eventual mother of his two children.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 6
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAs it turns out, Ted Mosby's tale of how he met and eventually married the mother of his two kids is a pretty long story, a saga that continues in Season 6 of this sitcom that gets its kick from the ongoing mystery and a stellar ensemble cast.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 7
2011 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThe seventh season of this hit CBS sitcom about friendship and relationships follows up on the shocking revelation that Barney -- yes, Barney -- is getting married, exploring the how's, why's and (more importantly) who's of the equation.
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How I Met Your Mother: Season 8
2012 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsTed continues recounting the high jinks and mishaps that occur during his search for the woman who will eventually be the mother of his children in this eighth season of the popular Emmy Award-winning sitcom.
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Justified: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAssigned to keep order in the modern, turbulent society of the Kentucky region where he spent his childhood, Raylan Givens finds himself at odds not only with the criminals he pursues but also with his bosses at the U.S. Marshal Service.
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Justified: Season 2
2011 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAs the season kicks off, Raylan's investigation of a paroled sex offender brings the lawman face to face with a longtime enemy of the Givens clan. Later, Raylan has to save a pregnant inmate abducted by human traffickers.
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Ken Burns: The Civil War
1990 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThis documentary masterpiece from Ken Burns depicts the strategies and action of famous Civil War battles, and relates the stories of generals, field soldiers, politicians, heroes and a beleaguered president.
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Ken Burns: The Dust Bowl
2012 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsThis TV miniseries chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, when a frenzied wheat boom on the southern Plains -- followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s -- nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation.
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Ken Burns: The War
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsDocumentarians Ken Burns and Lynn Novick bring the harrowing history of World War II to life through the personal accounts of a handful of participants from four "typical" American towns -- proving nothing was typical during this terrible time.
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Lie to Me: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsDr. Cal Lightman is a behavioral scientist with a talent for reading criminals' body language when they try to lie. Together with his team of specialists, Lightman helps the FBI and others who need help uncovering the truth in sticky situations.
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Lie to Me: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsTim Roth returns as behavioral scientist Cal Lightman, whose keen eye detects when and why somebody is lying. As Lightman assists law enforcement, he learns that teasing out the truth in his personal relationships can do more harm than good.
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Lie to Me: Season 3
2010 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsBehavioral psychologist Dr. Cal Lightman is a top expert in the field of human deception. Working with law enforcement, his firm's employees put their analytic tools to use to uncover the truth in cases involving rape, murder and human weakness.
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Life: Season 1
2007 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsAfter spending years behind bars for a crime he didn't commit, Det. Charlie Crews returns to the police force determined to prove himself to wary co-workers. Crews struggles to adjust, but he discovers that his time away has also given him an edge.
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Life: Season 2
2008 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsDamian Lewis stars as Charlie Crews, a Los Angeles detective who returns to the force after being jailed for a crime he didn't commit. As he tries to solve the crime that put him behind bars, Crews and his partner also probe a deadly love triangle.
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Lilyhammer: Season 1 (Recap)
2013 | NR | 4.2 out of 5 StarsWhen a mob boss tries to whack him, wise guy Frank Tagliano enters the witness protection program and relocates to Norway with a new identity. Instead of laying low, Frank buys a night club and organizes his own gang in his new home of "Lilyhammer."
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