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7 Best Netflix Shows to Binge Watch Right Now (January 2025)

Did someone order binge watchable series on Netflix?

  • written by Joy Onu
  • 9 min read
  • 05 Jan, 2025
Peoples Magazine

Need something to get lost in? We’ve got you! We’ve compiled a short and sweet list from thrillers to comedies to dramas available on Netflix that are surely awaiting your viewing presence and will have you on the edge of your seat. There are so many good TV shows on Netflix, but it can be pretty daunting to find the right fit. This article will help you choose your next watch. Here are the 7 best Netflix shows. Whether you like espionage, emotional rollercoasters or feel good laughs, we’ve got you covered. Let’s get started!

1. Missing You

Missing You Series Netflix
Harlan Coben does it again! After the huge success of Fool Me Once, his latest thriller, Missing You is finally here. The series is another book adaptation of the same name by Coben. Detective Kat Donovan (Rosalind Eleazar) is thrown into chaos when she finds her missing fiancé on a dating app. Full of twists, this adaptation of Coben’s novel is the perfect start to your 2025 binge list, it also happens to be a fan favorite novel, just in case you want to check that out. It stars a variety of British actors including Richard Armitage who is no stranger to the Coben world.

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2. No Good Deed 

No Good Deed Netflix
From the creator of Dead to Me, Liz Feldman, comes this dark comedy. No Good Deed follows three eccentric families who all want the same Spanish-style villa, thinking it will fix their problems. Starring Lisa Kudrow, Linda Cardellini and Ray Romano, this is the type of comedy you need on a cold winter night. Plus, it’s not all fun and games, there’s a touch of mystery, emotion, and plot twists to keep you coming back for more.

Watch No Good Deed on Netflix

3. Black Doves 

Black Doves Netflix
If you like espionage and drama, Black Doves  is a must watch. This Joe Barton thriller follows Keira Knightley as Helen, a spy whose steamy affair could ruin her career. With Ben Whishaw as Sam, her enigmatic ally, there’s intense drama and an amazing performance to boot. The series is so good that it  has already been renewed for season 2.

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4. The Madness 

The Madness Nettflix
Colman Domingo is incredible in The Madness, a conspiracy thriller which follows a man, Muncie, who accidentally witnesses a murder in the middle of nowhere, and is somehow now being framed for said murder. As Muncie Daniels, a media pundit caught up in a murder plot, he has to prove his innocence. Full of suspense, this 8 episode series will leave you gasping.

Watch The Madness on Netflix

5. Ripley

Ripley Netflix
Andrew Scott is Tom Ripley in this noir thriller based on Patricia Highsmith’s novels. Set in 1960s Italy, the series is a tale of deceit and ambition, it follows Tom Ripley, a conman hired by an industrialist to go to Italy to convince his son to come home. The twists and deceitful turns that follow will have you on the edge of your seat. The show stars actors such as Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn, Eliot Sumner, and others. The cinematography is so good, Ripley is more than a show—it’s a work of art.

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6. Yellowjackets

Yellowjackets on Netflix
A survival story with a twist, Yellowjackets switches between a high school soccer team’s wilderness adventure and the haunting aftermath 25 years later. With its Emmy nominated cast this show is as good as it is scary. Basically, a girls’ high school soccer team on their way to an out of state competition, get in a plane crash and have to find a way to survive in a wilderness, unfortunately for them, surviving in a wilderness is much harder than they think and things get brutal real fast. The casting of this series is elite, the storyline is high school but so much more refreshing.

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7. Derry Girls

Derry Girls Netflix
In 1990s Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Derry Girls follows a group of Catholic schoolgirls, and James getting through adolescence in the most hilarious way possible. Lisa McGee really did her big one with this sitcom that is funny, almost relatable and lovely. Derry Girls also tackles the sensitive political subject matter of that time, it blends in family, and the coming of age trope, all in one, in a light hearted manner. It’s the kind of sitcom that will actually have you laughing the whole time, and there are certain scenes that will remain engraved in your heart forever. It stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Bridgertons Nicola Coughlan, Louisa Harland, Jamie-lee O’Donnell, and Dylan Llewellyn

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