TV Dramas on Netflix
Last updated March 11, 2025
Gossip Girl: Season 3
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsThe reliably juicy buzz dripping from Gossip Girl's wicked blog continues as Dan begins dating teen film star Olivia Burke and a falling out with Chuck leads Serena to enlist his nemesis, Carter, to help her even the score.
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HawthoRNe: Season 1
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsRecently widowed Christina Hawthorne -- chief nurse at a metropolitan hospital -- often butts heads with arrogant doctors and callous administrators. When she's not championing her patients' rights, Christina struggles to raise her teenage daughter.
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Life on Mars (UK): Series 1
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsDetective Sam Tyler's world is turned upside down when, moments after he is knocked unconscious by a car, he wakes up in 1973. He soon finds that the police force of old needs his help when he meets the corrupt, technologically backward boss.
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Being Human: Series 1
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a werewolf named George and his vampire pal Mitchell rent a flat haunted by a ghost, the three help one another face the peculiar problems of supernatural beings, including George and Mitchell's struggle to control their urges and be more human.
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Survivors: Series 1
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a lethal flu virus ravages the global population, Abby Grant begins a search for her missing son and soon becomes the leader of a small group of survivors trying to live in a world thrown into chaos.
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Wallander: Series 1
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsKenneth Branagh delivers a bravura performance as Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander in three stories drawn from Henning Mankell's best-sellers.With violence on the rise in once-peaceful Ystad, the dour detective battles crime as well as personal demons.
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Numb3rs: Season 6
2009 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsFBI Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) continues to rely on the skill of his math genius brother (David Krumholtz) to solve the most cryptic cases the bureau can throw at the investigator in this all-in-the-family crime drama's sixth season. Featuring bona fide mathematics concepts and stories inspired by real crimes, the show also stars Judd Hirsch as the siblings' crosspatch father and Peter MacNicol as a mathematical mentor.
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The Guardian: Season 1
2001 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a drug conviction upends corporate attorney Nick Fallin's high-powered career, he's sentenced to 1,500 hours of community service. To fulfill his obligation, Nick works to help children tangled up in bad luck, bad families or both.
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Life on Mars (UK): Series 2
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhile butting heads with his chain-smoking, bigoted and dangerously dodgy colleagues, Sam is slowly beginning to discover a chilling meaning behind everything that's happened. Will he ever find a way to get back home?
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Survivors: Series 2
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAt a sealed-off "safe" area, scientists are eager to learn how Abby survived the global pandemic that claimed most of the planet's population. Elsewhere, Anya and Al remain pinned under debris in a crumbling hospital.
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Gossip Girl: Season 4
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAs the season kicks off, Blair and Serena are enjoying summer vacation in Paris, where Blair unexpectedly finds romance with a handsome young man. Back on the home front, Nate meets an intriguing Columbia coed -- who's harboring a hidden agenda.
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Californication: Season 4
2011 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn Season 4, troubles with the law further derail Hank's life, alienating him from Karen and Becca -- but he still has time to romance his lawyer. Meanwhile, Marcy and Charlie both get surprising news.
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HawthoRNe: Season 2
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsJada Pinkett Smith returns as chief nurse Christina Hawthorne in this medical drama about the lives of caregivers and patients inside a Richmond, Va., hospital. In the season premiere, Christina starts with a clean slate at James River Hospital.
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The Shield
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsAs leader of the Los Angeles police department's controversial Strike Team unit, Det. Vic Mackey is above the law, stopping at nothing to rid the streets of gangland thugs. His questionable tactics constantly place him at odds with his superiors.
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Weeds
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsNancy Botwin takes a big hit when her husband dies suddenly and she's left struggling to maintain her comfortable lifestyle -- so the suburban soccer mom summons up her inner entrepreneur and starts selling pot to her affluent neighbors.
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsMaster of the suspense Alfred Hitchcock brings his droll sensibility to the small screen in four seasons -- 1955 through 1958 -- in this anthology series featuring a parade of stars in chilling stories by leading authors.
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Californication
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsBest-selling novelist Hank Moody battles writer's block and a weakness for drugs, booze and one-night stands while he struggles to make things work with his on-and-off girlfriend and their teenage daughter.
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Numb3rs
2005 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsReal-life brothers Ridley and Tony Scott serve as producers of this crime drama about two brothers -- Don Eppes, a veteran FBI agent, and Charlie Eppes, a genius mathematician -- who pool their divergent skills to crack cases.
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Rescue Me
2004 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHaunted by ghosts from his past, veteran New York City firefighter Tommy Gavin struggles to keep his anxiety in check, look out for his fellow Engine 99 firefighters and handle the emotional turmoil that surfaces in his personal life.
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Torchwood
2006 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsA spinoff from the long-running "Doctor Who," this wild sci-fi series chronicles the exploits of the mysterious Capt. Jack Harkness, who leads the Torchwood Institute team in the fight against hostile alien life forms.
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The Guardian: Season 2
2002 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2, lawyer Nick Fallin continues his court-ordered service at a legal aid firm, where his once-reluctant commitment deepens. Nick also must cope with a thorny relationship with his father, his ex-dealer's murder and a complicated romance.
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Masterpiece Mystery!: Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsHercule Poirot (David Suchet) faces one of his most baffling cases when an overbearing American businessman turns up stabbed to death aboard the &NFi;Orient Express&NFi_;, a pan-European train that becomes stuck in a snowdrift en route from Istanbul. With no help available from the outside, Poirot must rely on his famous "little grey cells" to ferrett out the killer. Philip Martin directs this adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie whodunit.
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Being Human: Series 2
2010 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsBlending elements of the supernatural with everyday life, this series centers on a trio of unlikely roommates. In Series 2, Annie takes a new job at a pub and starts dating one of the customers, and George accidentally turns someone into a werewolf.
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Gossip Girl
2007 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsKristen Bell provides the voice of an anonymous blogger who narrates the action in this hit series set in an exclusive New York City boarding school. The plot centers on the day-to-day dramas of the school's most privileged students.
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Survivors
2008 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsWhen a deadly strain of flu decimates the world's population, a scrappy group of survivors find themselves struggling to exist in a world devoid of electricity, running water and government services.
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