By Paul Tassi,Senior Contributor
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While ranking something the “best” anything is always a bit subjective, there’s a new list of the Best Netflix Series of All Time that is being passed around social media and drawing a fair bit of debate and controversy.
It’s from arguably the biggest entertainment outlet left on the internet, Entertainment Weekly, which took on the arduous task of picking the 25 best Netflix shows ever, where of course this is among hundreds and hundreds of options. These are all Netflix originals, not licensed series. I’ve added their Rotten Tomatoes scores just for reference:
25) – N/A critic score, 86% audience score
24) – 98% critic score, 92% audience score
23) – 100% critic score, 87% audience score
22) – N/A critic score, 94% audience score
21) – N/A critic score, 81% audience score
20) – 94% critic score, 86% audience score
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19) – 89% critic score, 85% audience score
18) – 98% critic score, 79% audience score
17) – 97% critic score, 95% audience score
16)– 81% critic score, 92% audience score
15) – 98% critic score, 91% audience score
14) – 97% critic score, 76% audience score
13) – 87% critic score, 79% audience score
12) – 93% critic score, 78% audience score
11) – 94% critic score, 71% audience score
10) – 80% critic score, 82% audience score
9) – 84% critic score, 74% audience score
8) – 92% critic score, 90% audience score
7) – 86% critic score, 67% audience score
6) – 96% critic score, 89% audience score
5) – 97% critic score, 73% audience score
4) – 97% critic score, 74% audience score
3) – 99% critic score, 80% audience score
2) – 98% critic score, 87% audience score
1) – 93% critic score, 91% audience score
The Haunting of Hill House
Okay, that’s a lot of shows, and I have a few thoughts on some of these entries, and one enormous series that’s missing.
– I actually agree with this as #1. Mike Flanagan’s haunted house opus is, in fact, my favorite thing I’ve seen on the service, and I understand why his profile’s been so elevated and Amazon poached him. I’ve seen some people say Midnight Mass is better. Not sure I agree, but it’s also amazing.
– Mindhunter at #17 has to be some kind of joke. This is routinely cited as one of the best Netflix shows ever, and lands at the top of many lists. Ranking it so low seems totally absurd.
– I am fully okay with this being the highest-ranked comedy on the list. I guess there are funny parts in Beef, but I wouldn’t consider that one in full. I also think you can certainly make the case for Beef being in the top five. As soon as I saw it, I said the two leads should get Emmys. They did.
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– That show is not good, I have no idea why it’s so high and ranked above so many better series.
– I’m glad this made the list. One of the best zombie pieces of media ever made, up there with 28 Days Later and Train to Busan. Easily the best zombie show (sorry Walking Dead).
– Where on earth is Dark?? The best time-travel series ever made, and easily one of the best sci-fi shows ever made is cited more often than any other series as the best show on Netflix, and it didn’t even make the list. Either EW forgot about it completely, or they have some sort of vendetta against Germans. Those are the only explanations.
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