Netflix has kicked off the beginning of 2024 in type, boasting the return of some main tentpole reveals, in addition to some new hits.
We returned to the Regency period with Bridgerton Season 3, could not cease crying after One Day, and even witnessed the beginning of an alien invasion in 3 Physique Drawback. However that is not all! From sci-fi to romance to drama, listed below are the very best Netflix reveals of the 12 months to date.
10. Eric
Benedict Cumberbatch and Ivan Howe play father and son in “Eric.”
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When you miss the Sherlock days, when Benedict Cumberbatch was a broody misanthrope on a mission to resolve a confounding case, it’s best to take a look at Eric.
This mini-series created by Abi Morgan stars the British main man as Vincent, a grumbling puppeteer in Nineteen Eighties New York. Whereas at work, it is his job to carry out warmly; at residence, he is callous together with his spouse (Gaby Hoffmann) and son Edgar (Ivan Morris Howe). However when his child goes lacking on the stroll to highschool, Vincent is set to search out him — with the assistance of an imaginary monster named Eric. Mixing household drama with crime procedurals and Sesame Avenue, Eric weaves collectively narratives of cops, criminals, suspects, and the guilt-stricken father that kicks this story off. When you’re in search of one thing with twists and thrills, take into account this present on your subsequent binge-watch. — Kristy Puchko, Leisure Editor
How one can watch: Eric is now streaming on Netflix.
9. The Brothers Solar
Sam Music Li, Michelle Yeoh, and Justin Chien in “The Brothers Sun.”
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Academy Award–winner Michelle Yeoh will get bloody in The Brothers Solar, a household drama-meets-crime thriller-meets comedy caper about two very completely different brothers. Charles (Justin Chien) is a world-renowned murderer with an enormous position to play within the household’s Taiwanese crime syndicate. Bruce (Sam Music Li) loves improv, slacks in class, and would not know a factor in regards to the household enterprise. However when an assault on their father brings the estranged brothers collectively, it is as much as this unlikely pairing — and their fierce mom Eileen (Yeoh) — to take down their enemies. That includes some kick-ass battle, heartfelt musings on completely different immigrant experiences, and a shocking quantity of churros, The Brothers Solar is an action-packed deal with. It is a disgrace Netflix canceled it. — Belen Edwards, Leisure Reporter
How one can watch: The Brothers Solar is now streaming on Netflix.
8. Bridgerton, Season 3
Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan in “Bridgerton.”
Credit score: Liam Daniel/Netflix
First there was Daphne and the Duke. Then got here Kate and Anthony and Queen Charlotte and George III. Now, with Season 3, Shondaland’s beloved adaptation of Julia Quinn’s romance novels brings us Penelope and Colin’s love story, the slowest-burn romance but — she’s been burning for him since Season 1! It took touring world wide for Colin Bridgerton to get a glow-up and notice what an ideal woman he had again residence. Fortunately by the tip of half one, he confirmed her his deep, probing affection in a carriage scene that left followers scorching and bothered.
Half two throws these lovers into one another’s arms and contemporary drama. And we’re right here for each second, as a result of Nicola Coughlan is our queen. Certain, there’s different plotlines this season, some spicy, some bewildering, and one involving a vegetarian who deserves higher! But it surely’s Coughlan and her grace, her comedic timing, and her swoon-inducing charms that has made Bridgerton Season 3 amongst Netflix’s highest in 2024. — Okay.P.
How one can watch: Bridgerton Season 3 is now streaming on Netflix.
7. Lifeless Boy Detectives
Jayden Revri and George Rexstrew in “Dead Boy Detectives.”
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Tailored from the comedian ebook sequence by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner, Lifeless Boy Detectives‘ premise is fairly self-explanatory: Two teen ghosts resolve crimes.
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Particularly, Edwin Payne (George Rexstrew) and Charles Rowland (Jayden Revri) are an odd couple, the previous a 1918 prep college scholar, the latter a 1989 punk. However collectively — with the assistance of psychic gal pal Crystal Palace (Kassius Nelson) and a uniquely plagued neighbor Niko Sasaki (Yuyu Kitamura) — they crack the circumstances that the dwelling cannot. Whereas every episode follows a Buffy the Vampire Slayer monster-of-the-week mannequin, the overarching plotline has the pair dodging Dying (The Sandman‘s Kirby Howell-Baptiste), matching wits with the mischief-making Cat King (Lukas Gage), combatting a gnarly witch often known as Esther Finch (Jenn Lyon), and confronting their very own complicated teenage longings. When you like your teen drama with a contact of gallows humor and scads of supernatural mayhem, you may revel on this charmingly creepy sequence. — Okay.P.
How one can watch: Lifeless Boy Detectives is now streaming on Netflix.
6. 3 Physique Drawback
Sea Shimooka in “3 Body Problem.”
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Typically you desire a gentle comedy; different instances, you need to lean into doubtlessly world-ending existential terror. The latter is firmly on supply in 3 Physique Drawback, a sci-fi epic primarily based on Cixin Liu’s trilogy and delivered to the display screen by Recreation of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and The Terror‘s Alexander Woo. The sequence tells the story of an alien race referred to as the San-Ti, who’ve been pressured to go away their residence planet and are a number of hundred years away from touchdown on their new residence: Earth. 3 Physique Drawback is spectacular as a result of it asks some fairly massive questions of the universe whereas additionally creating a really human story about how individuals may react when confronted with doable future extinction. Oh, and there are some sequences that can by no means depart your head — good day, episode 5. — Sam Haysom, Deputy UK Editor
How one can watch: 3 Physique Drawback is now streaming on Netflix.
5. One Day
Leo Woodall and Ambika Mod in “One Day.”
Credit score: Matt Towers/Netflix
In February, we did an entire lot of TV-induced crying, as Netflix’s One Day broke our rattling hearts. An bold, romantic, and contemporary adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel, this impeccable, sluggish burn sequence gave the story extra room to breathe than Lone Scherfig’s 2011 movie. Following college students Emma and Dex (magnetic, lived-in performances by Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall) throughout many years of their advanced friendship, One Day makes a cinematic epic of long-game love whereas unpacking the politics of privilege in relationships. Even listening to the identify of the sequence will induce starry-eyed seems to be into the horizon and a palm to the guts. — Shannon Connellan, UK Editor
How one can watch: One Day is now streaming on Netflix.
4. Girls5eva, Season 3
Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Busy Philipps in “Girls5eva.”
Credit score: Alyssa Longchamp / Netflix
When you’re on the lookout for a pop culture-savvy sitcom to fill the 30 Rock and The Different Two-shaped gap in your coronary heart, look no additional than Girls5eva. Canceled by Peacock after two (nice) seasons, Girls5eva moved to Netflix for a stellar Season 3 the place our titular woman group hits the highway on tour. The quartet of Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Paula Pell, and Busy Philipps has by no means been higher; the jokes have by no means flown sooner; and the songs are catchy as ever. “Sweet’N Low Daddy”? “Returnity”? “Tap Into Your (Fort) Worth”? All bangers! So, Netflix, please do us a favor and provides us extra of Girls5eva. To borrow a flip of phrase from our women, three seasons is simply three quick. — B.E.
How one can watch: Girls5eva is now streaming on Netflix.
3. Boy Swallows Universe
Felix Cameron in “Boy Swallows Universe.”
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A darkish however genuinely humorous story of suburban crime brimming with magical realism, the Netflix adaptation of Trent Dalton’s novel Boy Swallows Universe is one in every of 2024’s unsung heroes — very like its pint-sized protagonist, 13-year-old Eli Bell (performed by outstandingly proficient teenager Felix Cameron). Chock filled with ’80s Australiana, the sequence is about within the working-class Brisbane suburb of Darra, the place Eli navigates college bullies and a turbulent household life in addition to he handles hard-edged criminals together with his imaginative brother Gus (Lee Tiger Halley). It is a heartfelt, unsettling, and hilarious journey via younger adolescence, the truth of habit, and brutal crime, with a killer Aussie soundtrack.* — S.C.
How one can watch: Boy Swallows Universe is now streaming on Netflix.
2. Ripley
Andrew Scott in “Ripley.”
Credit score: Lorenzo Sisti / Netflix
Andrew Scott awed TV audiences because the theatrically malicious Moriarty in Sherlock, then because the scorchingly scorching Priest in Fleabag. However with Ripley, he performs a really completely different sport.
Tailored from Patricia Highsmith’s basic novel The Gifted Mr. Ripley, this drama mini-series from Steven Zaillian lures audiences into the seductive world of Thomas Ripley, American social climber turned con man and killer. Provided a free journey to Italy to reclaim an industrialist’s expatriate inheritor, Ripley sees an entire new world open earlier than him: one in every of privilege, artwork, and limitless alternatives, all tied to standing and cash. However to say a little bit of it himself, he’ll must get his fingers soiled. Whilst you may know the story (or the Matt Damon film), the persistence with which this slow-burn sequence doles it out permits audiences to luxuriate in Highsmith’s high-stakes sport of jealousy, deception, and homicide. The result’s a present that seems like a misplaced vacation — alluring, shocking, and certain to linger on in your thoughts, coronary heart, and soul.* — Okay.P.
How one can watch: Ripley is now streaming on Netflix.
1. Child Reindeer
Richard Gadd and Jessica Gunning in “Baby Reindeer.”
Credit score: Ed Miller / Netflix
For higher or worse, Child Reindeer is a present that sticks with you: It is amusing in elements, tense in others, and emotionally shattering general. Based mostly on creator Richard Gadd’s personal expertise of being stalked, the sequence follows the budding comic (who performs a model of himself) as he balances profession disappointment together with his job in a London pub — till a lady named Martha (an excellent and terrifying Jessica Gunning) is available in at some point and develops an obsession with him. “This isn’t the type of show with a clear resolution,” I wrote in my overview for Mashable. “It’s messy, thought-provoking, and — like a dream that’s difficult to shake — you’ll find your mind going back to it long after the credits have rolled.”* — S.H.
How one can watch: Child Reindeer is now streaming on Netflix.
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