Favorite Series of 2021
As the holiday season begins, we offer our favorite series of 2021 for your bingeing pleasure. Some of these series launched this year; others kept going strong; and a few came to a close. From fantasy to gritty reality, from Israel to Iceland, from detectives and cleaners to monsters and zombies, this lineup has something for everyone.
It's a Sin
Four gay men form a close friendship group and live fiercely through the rise of the 1980s UK HIV/AIDS crisis.
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- United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Russell T Davies
- Cast Olly Alexander, Omari Douglas, Callum Scott Howells, Lydia West, Nathaniel Curtis, Keeley Hawes
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Max Amazon Channel, Max
Lupin
Gentleman thief Assane Diop sets out to avenge his father for an injustice inflicted by a wealthy family.
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- France, United States • 2021
- Creator George Kay
- Cast Omar Sy, Hervé Pierre, Nicole Garcia, Clotilde Hesme, Ludivine Sagnier, Soufiane Guerrab
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Squid Game
(오징어 게임)
A man struggling with debt receives an invitation to join a brutal survival game with a life-changing cash prize.
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- Korea • 2021
- Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Cast Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Jung Ho-yeon, Wi Ha-joon, Oh Yeong-su, Heo Sung-tae
- Genre Action & Adventure, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
We Are Lady Parts
A geeky doctoral student becomes the unlikely lead guitarist of an all-female Muslim punk band.
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- United Kingdom • 2021
- Creator Nida Manzoor
- Cast Anjana Vasan
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus
Ethos
(Bir Başkadır)
In modern-day Istanbul, a group of women from different social, cultural, religious, and economic worlds find their lives intersecting.
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- Turkey • 2020
- Creator Berkun Oya
- Cast Öykü Karayel, Fatih Artman, Funda Eryiğit, Defne Kayalar, Settar Tanrıöğen, Tülin Özen
- Genre Drama, Mystery
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Sex Education
After accidentally helping a bully with his performance anxiety, an insecure teen sets up a sex advice business at his school.
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- United Kingdom • 2019
- Creator Laurie Nunn
- Cast Gillian Anderson, Asa Butterfield, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Aimée-Lou Wood
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Money Heist
(La casa de papel)
A criminal mastermind enlists a ragtag team of robbers to carry out his perfect crime: a heist on the Royal Mint of Spain.
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- Spain • 2017
- Creator Álex Pina
- Cast Úrsula Corberó, Álvaro Morte, Itziar Ituño, Pedro Alonso, Alba Flores, Miguel Herrán
- Genre Crime, Drama
- Available on Netflix
Kim's Convenience
The funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family who run a convenience store in downtown Toronto.
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- Canada • 2016
- Creator Ins Choi, Kevin White
- Cast Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Jean Yoon, Andrea Bang, Simu Liu, Andrew Phung, Nicole Power
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Amazon Video, Netflix, Netflix basic with Ads
Trapped
(Ófærð)
A small town is trapped after a heavy snowstorm, with a killer hiding among them.
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- Iceland, Denmark, Finland • 2015
- Creator Baltasar Kormákur
- Cast Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Attack on Titan
(進撃の巨人)
When the human race is hunted nearly to extinction by giant monsters, a small group of humans fight back.
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- Japan • 2013
- Creator
- Cast Yūki Kaji, Marina Inoue, Yui Ishikawa, Hiroshi Kamiya, Saki Fujita, Yoshimasa Hosoya
- Genre Action & Adventure, Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, War & Politics
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, Hulu, Microsoft Store, Crunchyroll, Adult Swim, Spectrum On Demand, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel
Shtisel
(שטיסל)
The story of Jerusalem's Shtisel family across time and generations.
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- Israel • 2013
- Creator Yehunatan Indorski, Ori Alon
- Cast Michael Aloni, Doval'e Glickman, Neta Riskin, Shira Haas
- Genre Drama
- Available on Amazon Video, Chai Flicks
Line of Duty
Steve Arnett and his partner Kate Fleming work to uncover corruption in the police force and bring those responsible to justice.
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- United Kingdom • 2012
- Creator Jed Mercurio
- Cast Martin Compston, Vicky McClure, Adrian Dunbar, Gregory Piper
- Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Available on Tubi TV, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Amazon Prime Video, Crackle, Hulu, The CW, Acorn TV, BritBox, AcornTV Amazon Channel, BritBox Amazon Channel, The Roku Channel, Hoopla, fuboTV, Pluto TV, Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Spectrum On Demand, Plex, Freevee, Britbox Apple TV Channel , Acorn TV Apple TV, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads