7 Best Miniseries on Netflix & Prime Nobody Talks About (and That's a Shame)
For those who hate cliffhangers!
If you're looking for something to binge watch without spending all your free time watching endless seasons, check out these seven great miniseries available on Netflix and Prime.
7. The English
Premiere date: November 10, 2022
Number of episodes: 6
Rotten Tomatoes score: 84%
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Despite the involvement of Emily Blunt, The English has not attracted much publicity, although the show is well worth your time. The story is about an English lady who arrives in the Midwest in the late 1800s. Her objective is to seek revenge for the murder of her son. On her way, she crosses paths with a Pawnee who assists her in her quest, while at the same time trying to seek revenge for his own loss.
6. Maniac
Premiere date: September 21, 2018
Number of episodes: 10
Rotten Tomatoes score: 85%
Where to Watch: Netflix
Set in a retro-futuristic New York City, this show is a solid psychedelic trip that, despite its surreal style, offers a lot of reflection on our traumas and attempts to overcome them. The plot follows two strangers (portrayed by Emma Stone and Jonah Hill) who are struggling with mental health issues. They participate in a pharmaceutical company's experiment and embark on a visceral, hallucinogenic journey to confront their traumas.
5. Midnight Mass
Premiere date: September 24, 2021
Number of episodes: 7
Rotten Tomatoes score: 87%
Where to Watch: Netflix
Midnight Mass is not the most talked about of all the Michael Flanagan projects on Netflix. The main characteristic of this gothic series is that it relies almost entirely on suspense rather than graphic content. Especially noteworthy is the unparalleled performance of Hamish Linklater, who has managed to craft a deep, dramatic, albeit misguided character that you will either sympathize with or despise wholeheartedly.
4. A Gentleman in Moscow
Premiere date: March 29, 2024
Number of episodes: 8
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Ewan McGregor stars in this series, so why does no one talk about it much? A Gentleman in Moscow is a British period drama based on the novel of the same name by Amor Towles. The plot follows Russian aristocrat Count Alexander Rostov who, while under house arrest, witnesses the defining events of Russian history, from the Bolshevik Revolution to the Stalinist terror.
3. The Terror, Season 1
Premiere date: March 25, 2018
Number of episodes: 10
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Based on a novel by Dan Simmons, the first season is based on true events surrounding a lost British expedition somewhere in the Arctic in the 1840s. Two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, find themselves frozen in the glaciers of the Arctic Archipelago, but in addition to battling the weather and running out of rations, the crew faces true terror as a bloodthirsty creature from Inuit mythology lurks in the darkness.
2. When They See Us
Premiere date: May 31, 2019
Number of episodes: 4
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%
Where to Watch: Netflix
When They See Us is a disturbing dramatization of the events known as the Central Park Jogger case, when five black and Latino young men were accused of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. It was only later discovered that the perpetrator was a serial killer, long after the young people's lives had been ruined.
1. Deadloch
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Premiere date: June 2, 2023
Number of episodes: 8
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%
Where to Watch: Prime Video
Even if Australian Deadloch is not renewed, its single season, without any annoying cliffhangers, works as a full-fledged miniseries. Despite the typical mystery-crime plot twists, the show delivers an unpretentious and likable cast of eccentric Tasmanian cops investigating a gruesome murder.