Netflix have stolen the show in recent years, quite literally. Any series or film worth anything has been snapped up by Netflix, that is if HBO didn’t get there first. Regardless Netflix has become the most subscribed to distributor of television and film in the world, in 2017 it reached the milestone 100 million mark.

We’ve written a lot recently about some of the best shows and films to be featured on Netflix. Below is a roundup of the best shows you and bae should snuggle down and watch.

House of Cards

House of Cards season 5 is back. The new season looks incredible. Frank Underwood, played masterfully by Kevin Spacey, and wife Claire Underwood, played by Robin Wright, are sat pretty in the White House, ready for world domination. You can watch a trailer for it below, and find all five seasons on Netflix.

You have to stick House of Cards up there with shows that have defined their era, we’re talking The Wire, The Sopranos and Breaking Bad. Era defining and format affirming, they led the way in how television is created and consumed. House of Cards was the first major series to be released all in one go, and more to the point was written and created with bingeing in mind.

Peaky Blinders

This plucky British entry definitely deserves watching. It follows a gang of Brummie (that’s people from Birmingham in the UK) gangsters in the 1920s. Watch the ruthless Shelby brothers go about their mission of world domination against the backdrop of smoggy, industrial Birmingham.  

Originally released through the BBC in the UK. Netflix bought the previous seasons and are airing them in all their territories. Peaky Blinders season four is about to launch at the end of May, while Netflix is about to launch season 3 to its international audiences.

If you liked the British gangster film Snatch this is likely to float your boat. Stylized, violent, gritty in its Britishness and with a heartthrob lead (Cillian Murphy) there really is little more you could want from the show.

Sense8

Sense8 is an odd one. It has been roundly panned by the critics, but seems extremely popular with the viewing. I mean, what do experts know after all? Now in its second season the show has confounded the critics. It is directed by the Wachowskis who are probably best known for the Matrix. Sense8 Season 2 looks to pick up where the first season left off, it is about a group of eight psychics who, while physically located all around the globe, can use their powers to effectively work side by side wherever they are needed.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 was released in May 2017. The show follows Kimmy Schmidt and her unbreakable optimism. In 8th Grade she was kidnapped and, along with two other women, held hostage in a bunker by a man, Reverend Richard Wayne Gary Wayne (Jon Hamm) who believed Doomsday was nigh. On release Kimmy’s unwavering optimism takes her to New York and a new, modern life. 

The show has been raved about from audiences and critics alike. The second season in particular is rated at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes. The first season hardly trails behind either with a rather impressive 95% rating.

War Machine

War Machine stands alone in this list as the sole film. But it is so much more than just that. This is Netflix Originals entering the big league. With an all star cast including Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton and Ben Kingsley this shows the streaming network maturing into a serious player.

The film cost Netflix $60 million to buy, making it by a long way the biggest investment yet. This film and a more low key release, Okja, is getting the service booed at the Cannes film festival for their part in ‘ruining cinema’, whatever that may mean.

Oh yeah the film has content as well. It’s about a crazy American general spreading his particular brand of buffoonery around late aughties, War on Terror era Afghanistan.

12 Monkeys

12 Monkeys season 3 has been released to the US. But the international market has had to wait a little longer for it. The series is released through Netflix internationally. The first two series have already come out on Netflix.

This series is based off the 1995 released film of the same name. The series, like War Machine and House of Cards, has been distributed in an interesting way. It was originally released on the SyFy channel, where the 10 episodes of the latest season were released over the space of three nights. All so the series could be put out on streaming services such as Hulu (in the US) and Netflix (internationally).

Marvel’s The Defenders

Marvel’s The Defenders is what fans of Netflix’s Marvel series have been waiting for. Finally the four heroes are working together to save NYC. 

The unit is made up of Jessica Jones, Iron Fist, Daredevil and Luke Cage. The season is unfortunately not out just yet, it drops in August 2017. But you can watch a trailer below:

GLOW

GLOW or Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling is a series about female wrestling, think less Olympics and more The Most Electrifying Man in Sports Entertainment History Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. This show stars Alison Brie of American Gods fame as well as Yvette Nicole Brown who is slated to appear in The Mayor. The show is due out in June, but you can watch a trailer below:

Mindhorn 

This final, slightly left of field choice is a quirky British comedy film. It is being distributed internationally by Netflix, but not in the UK. Starring Julian Barratt, who is a bit of a UK comedy cult legend and Steve Coogan who has an equally devout following in his role as peculiarly British oddball Alan Partridge.  

Mindhorn is about a washed up old actor who brings his character out of retirement for one final hurrah and to overcome an international criminal mastermind.