Best TV Shows of All Time on Netflix
Last updated September 09, 2025
Highest Rated TV Shows with a 4.1 / 5 Star Rating
The Unit: Season 2
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2 of this series that chronicles the trials of Special Forces soldiers and their families, the squad travels to Pakistan to help an undercover operative who's on a mission to thwart terrorists.
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The Unit: Season 3
2007 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsSeason 3 finds the covert Special Forces team known as the Unit facing annihilation from a mysterious source. Leader Jonas tries to keep his team together while working to uncover the identity of the deadly assassin.
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The Unit: Season 4
2008 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn this riveting drama series' final season, the dangerous missions continue for Col. Tom Ryan's covert Special Forces crew as they carry out hush-hush military operations that keep their devoted wives on tenterhooks back home.
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Top Boy: Series 1
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsWith ambitions of ruling the urban jungle, drug dealers Dushane and Sully make a shrewd alliance with notorious don Bobby Raikes. But their fledgling partnership threatens to go south when a rival gang boosts their seed money.
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Touch: Season 1
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn the first season of this moving drama, single dad Martin tries desperately to connect with his severely autistic son Jake, and discovers that Jake's peculiar gift for numbers could lay bare the mysteries at the heart of the universe.
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Touch: Season 2
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn the second season of this acclaimed drama, Martin and his mute son, Jake, travel to Los Angeles, where they set off on another journey to help people in need, employing Jake's ability to predict future events using numbers.
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Transformers Prime: Season 1
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsWhen Megatron returns more powerful than ever, the Decepticons renew their attack on Earth's Energon deposits. Now it's up to the Autobots, along with their three teenaged human allies, to defeat the Decepticons and their army of undead Transformers.
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Transformers Prime: Season 2
2012 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2, Megatron returns to Earth, so Optimus Prime and the other Autobots gear up for an epic struggle to save the planet. Meanwhile, the Autobots have to guard Jack, Miko and Raf, three kids who have accidentally discovered them.
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Transformers Prime: Season 3
2013 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsRoll out with all-new adventures starring Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, and the rest of the heroic Autobots as they battle the evil Decepticons! Now that Megatron has returned to Earth, Team Prime prepares for an epic struggle to save the planet.
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United States of Tara: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsEmmy winner Toni Collette stars as Tara, a wife and mother suffering from dissociative identity disorder. As she wrestles with multiple personalities, Tara struggles to keep her dysfunctional family from falling apart.
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United States of Tara: Season 2
2010 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsEmmy winner Toni Collette returns as Tara Gregson (and Alice, Buck and T) in this quirky series about a homemaker whose dissociative identity disorder causes aspects of her character to manifest as wildly different personalities.
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United States of Tara: Season 3
2011 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsToni Collette returns for a third season in her Emmy-winning role as Tara Gregson, a wife and mother coping with dissociative identity disorder, which causes her to have several distinct personalities that make for a very eventful family life.
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Wild China
2008 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsThis series uncovers some of the most exotic and uncharted natural habitats hidden within the vast and diverse topography of China, including Yunnan's forests, the Tibetan plateau, the Silk Road and the Mongol steppes.
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Highest Rated TV Shows with a 4.0 / 5 Star Rating
7 Plus Seven
1970 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAfter a seven-year interval, the same group of British youngsters -- now age 14 -- is quizzed about the changes that have transpired in their lives.
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American Gangster: Season 1
2006 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsGolden Globe-winning actor Ving Rhames narrates this documentary series that profiles notorious African-American criminal figures, reexamining their crimes, exploring their personal lives and analyzing their effect on the black community. In each episode, the series draws from archival footage, revealing interviews and authentic court records to separate truth from fiction and demystify the life of criminal infamy.
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American Gangster: Season 2
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsNarrated by Golden Globe winner Ving Rhames, this gritty documentary series returns with another batch of fascinating true stories profiling some of American history's most notorious black criminals. Segments include exposés about Philadelphia's black Mafia; Chicago mobster Larry Hoover and his Gangster Disciples; and Frank Lucas, the drug kingpin who inspired director Ridley Scott's 2007 thriller American Gangster.
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American Gangster: Season 3
2008 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsVing Rhames narrates the life and times of Black America's most notorious criminals in this third season of the eye-opening BET series. Using archival news footage, vintage interviews, archival photographs and expert testimony, the program paints complex portraits of the sensational figures -- whose crimes include drug dealing, theft and murder -- and examines their legacies through the lens of history.
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Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 1
1991 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsBe sure to leave the night-light on for this creepy collection of spooky delights. With eerie tales of haunted houses, voodoo spells, nocturnal neighbors and teenage ghosts, the shivers are guaranteed.
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Bar Rescue: Season 1
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn Season 1 of this reality series, bar expert Jon Taffert travels from Burbank to Boston to save Irish pubs, a champagne bar, an iconic music hall and other watering holes that are on the brink of financial ruin from owner neglect or mismanagement.
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Best of TEDx
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsThe cerebral inspiration of TED meets homegrown wisdom as individuals around the world convey rich experiences and bright ideas to a local audience, with topics as diverse as leadership and career building to cybercrime and lessons from death row.
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Better Off Ted: Season 1
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWith the motto "Money Before People," Veridian Technologies' truth-twisting, unscrupulous business tactics frame this office culture satire. At the center is the firm's ethical research and development chief, Ted Crisp.
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Better Off Ted: Season 2
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn Season 2, Ted continues his futile quest to keep his company on the straight and narrow, while his colleagues, including his bloodless boss, Veronica, use dead employees to inspire hard work and match teams with genetic information.
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Coal: Season 1
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsPut on your hardhat and go deep underground with this gripping documentary series, which follows the high-pressure, day-to-day operations of a West Virginia coal mine where owners try to turn a profit while keeping workers safe from catastrophe.
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Cracked: Season 1
2013 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsAfter an embarrassing and public breakdown, Detective Aidan Black is reassigned from his beloved SWAT team to the newly created Psych Crimes and Crisis Unit. There, he's dismayed to find his partner is not another cop, but a forensic psychiatrist.
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Cracked: Season 2
2013 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a new psychiatrist joins Psych Crimes, the bonds among what has become a cohesive unit will be tested and eventually strengthened. Although the unit operates outside normal cop culture, it is now recognized within the service as a potent force.
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