Best sci-fi & fantasy & crime shows on Netflix, ranked.
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Stranger Things
2016–2025 · Series · 5 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Horror
12 EmmysBest Sci-Fi & Fantasy SeriesIn 1980s Indiana, a group of young friends witness supernatural forces and secret government exploits. As they search for answers, the children unravel a series of extraordinary mysteries.
Netflix - #1087
Black Mirror
2011– · Series · 7 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
6 EmmysFeaturing stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the moder...
Netflix - #2484
Nayattu
2021 · Movie · Malayalam · 2h 4mCrime · Thriller
Three police officers who are on a run for life, escaping the outbreak against them due to the unlawful arrest and torture of a civilian. It brings in a few shades of arrogant yet very much human police officers and their helpless...
Netflix - #3382
Pit Babe
2023– · Series · Thai · 2 seasonsSci-Fi & Fantasy · Romance · Sport
Babe, the number 1 driver, is Charlie's idol. Charlie wants to be like Babe, but he does not have a race car. He plucks up courage and approaches Babe to ask to borrow one. Babe agrees and the two make an interesting deal.
Netflix - #3582

El marginal
2016–2022 · Series · Spanish · 5 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Pastor, an undercover cop sets on a mission to rescue the kidnapped daughter of a judge by infiltrating the prison where she's suspected to be at. Once inside he will have to learn to live by the prison's and the inmates' rules.
Netflix - #3881
The Sinner
2017–2021 · Series · 4 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Detective Ambrose employs some unusual tactics, and a deep capacity for empathy to solve his cases. His boundless dedication is driven by his dark past, leading him into powerful and often dangerously intimate bonds with his suspe...
Netflix - #4980
Rizzoli & Isles
2010–2016 · Series · 7 seasonsCrime · Drama · Mystery
Boston's assertive detective Jane Rizzoli and steady medical examiner Maura Isles are hailing from very different economic backgrounds, but the strong, competent women effectively work together to solve the city's most puzzling cr...
NetflixPeacock - #6079

Forgotten
2017 · Movie · Korean · 1h 48mCrime · Mystery · Thriller
Jin-seok, 21-year-old, moves into a new house with his family. One night, his beloved brother is kidnapped before his eyes. After long silence of 19 days, suddenly Yu-seok returns home. And soon Jin-seok feels Yu-seok is a total s...
Netflix - #7077
Reunited Worlds
2017– · Series · Korean · 1 seasonSci-Fi & Fantasy · Romance
Sung Hae Sung reappears 12 years after a fatal accident, unchanged and seeking answers about his resurrection. Aided by friends and Jong Won, he strives to right wrongs and unravel the enigma surrounding his death.
Netflix - #7777
Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga
2023 · Movie · Hindi · 1h 50mCrime · Drama · Thriller
A flight attendant and her business partner on a mission to steal diamonds and free themselves from the clutches of a loan shark.At 40,000 feet in the air, the heist goes horribly wrong and turns into a hostage situation.
Netflix - #7977
The 7 Lives of Lea
2022– · Series · French · 1 seasonCrime · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Follows a woman who stumbles upon the body of Ismael, a teenager who disappeared thirty years earlier, with the event taking her back to 1991 and seeing her wake up every morning in the body of a different person.
Netflix - #9576
Sector 36
2024 · Movie · Hindi · 2h 3mCrime · Drama · Thriller
A fictional story Inspired by true events, several children go missing from a basti (slum) in Sector 36. A determined police officer must now face off with a cunning serial killer as a chilling investigation and dark secrets unfold.
Netflix - #9676
The Boss: Anatomy of a Crime
2014 · Movie · Spanish · 1h 30mCrime · Drama
With dreams of a better life, a humble but illiterate labourer and his wife leave their poor village in Santiago to move to Buenos Aires. However, a sinister boss' promise of a bright future will come at a high price.
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