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Netflix has a bulging library of TV shows and as each week brings new things to watch, it can be an exercise to sift through the best of the bunch. Tight on time? No need to worry. We've done the hard work for you.
You'll find highlights of new content below, as well as CNET's full list of best TV originals on Netflix.
What's new this week (July 11 to 17)
Check out this week's highlights.
Tuesday
- How to Change Your Mind (Season 1): Docuseries. Author Michael Pollan leads the way in this docuseries exploring the history and uses of psychedelics, including LSD, psilocybin, MDMA and mescaline.
Wednesday
- D. B. Cooper: Where Are You (Season 1): Docuseries. In 1971, a skyjacker parachutes off a plane with a bag of stolen cash -- and gets away with it. Decades later, his identity remains a compelling mystery.
- Hurts Like Hell (Season 1): Thai drama. From illegal gambling to match-fixing, discover the seedy underworld behind the once-revered sport of Muay Thai in this drama inspired by real events.
- Sintonia (Season 3, the final season): Portuguese crime drama. Three teens living in the same São Paulo favela pursue their dreams while maintaining their friendship, amid a world of music, drugs and religion.
Thursday
- Resident Evil (Season 1): Video game adaptation. Years after a viral outbreak caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker vows to bring down those responsible while fighting to survive against the Infected.
Friday
- Alba (Season 1): Spanish romantic drama. Alba awakens on a beach, bearing evidence of a rape but with no memory of the night before. Then she learns her rapists are her boyfriend's buddies.
- Backstreet Rookie (Season 1): K-drama. Laugh, cry, sigh, scream, shout or whatever you feel like with these funny, intense, romantic and suspenseful Korean dramas.
- Country Queen (Season 1): Kenyan drama. A Nairobi event planner returns to her village after 10 years, where she confronts her past — and a mining company that threatens to destroy her home.
- Farzar (2022): Adult-animated series. Prince Fichael lives in a human colony on an alien world and vows to rid the planet of evil -- but then learns his dad's the biggest evildoer of them all.
- Mom, Don't Do That! (2022): Taiwanese romance. After her husband's death, a 60-year-old mom decides to find love again -- to the joy and annoyance of her two daughters. Based on a true story.
- Remarriage & Desires (Season 1): K-drama. Through an exclusive matchmaking agency that caters to the ultrarich, a woman plots revenge against her ex-husband's scheming mistress.
Read more: The Absolute Best Movies on Netflix
Best Netflix original TV shows
At the time of writing, these TV shows all scored at least 70 on Metacritic.
Romance
Netflix Heartstopper (2022—)
If you're in the market for an impeccable new happy place to move into, look no further. Heartstopper is a bright spark of a coming-of-age series, telling an LGBTQ+ love story with compassion and grace (and no one dies). Charlie falls in love with Nick, but Nick is still figuring out his sexuality. With real teenagers playing teenagers, fleshed out characters and little animations that evoke Alice Oseman's graphic novel of the same name, Heartstopper is a safe, joyous, life-affirming queer romance. Essential viewing.
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