When TV maverick Shonda Rhimes signed a $100 million deal with Netflix, the last thing people expected the Grey’s Anatomy creator to produce was a steamy Regency-era romp based on a series of romance novels. Recommended: The best films streaming on Netflix right now
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Whether you’re into documentaries, dramas or comedies, Netflix has something for you. Below is a list of Netflix's strongest original offerings, ranked from good to great. Choose wrong, and suddenly you're on a ranch with Ashton Kutcher or touring the whitest parts of Paris with some grating Yank named Emily. Choose correctly and you'll be embroiled in the world of Orange is the New Black or Squid Game. A mere eight years later, Netflix is essentially a network unto itself, shelling out a near endless array of awards-bait dramas, true-crime documentaries, childrens' series, sitcoms, superhero thrillers and period romances.Ĭhoosing what to watch amid Netflix's endless scroll can be daunting.
At the time, it was a risky gambit for the streamer previously known as a mail-order video shop. Netflix debuted its first in-house series, House of Cards, in 2013.
